I forgot to add that, given that rule 1 says "in this one [the punteado] the thumb strikes the number that corresponds to the base", the plucked versions of the examples definitely seem to call for bourdons on 4 and 5, it seems somewhat unlikely that Sanz did not have bourdones in mind also for the strummed versions without mentioning that very important difference.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kooiman" <pe...@crispu.com> To: "Lex Eisenhardt" <eisenha...@planet.nl> Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, 1 September, 2010 11:58:25 AM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: stringing and performance >With regard to what Sanz says about strumming the D minor chord and the >resulting 4/6 position (the A in the bass): a considerable portion of his >text is about how to play basso continuo on the guitar, and in accordance >with his advice to use bourdons for that his tablature examples show only >plucked textures, so that the bass will always be in its proper position, I just re-read the "Documentos y advertencia generales", Sanz definitely shows BOTH strumming and plucked textures in his examples. The Regla primera removes any doubt saying: "tienen todos los puntos dos acompañamientos, para que escojas el que quisieres; El uno es de Rasgueado, con toda la Guitarra, y este se señala con las letras; El otro de Punteado, que se señala con los numeros.:" "All have two accompaniments, so that you choose the one you want: One is rasgueado, with the whole guitar, and this one is indicated with letters; the other one is punteado, wich is indicaterd with numbers." So it would seem strumming in basso continuo was definitely a possibility for Sanz. Peter To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
