Lex, The more I think about it I tend to agree that it is not obvious that Sanz' comment about the D minor chord in 4/6 refers to basso continuo. Which brings me back to question that has been nagging me for a while, what on earth is Sanz on about?? Any ideas?
Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lex Eisenhardt" <eisenha...@planet.nl> To: "Peter Kooiman" <pe...@crispu.com> Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, 1 September, 2010 12:16:59 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] stringing and performance Thank you for your kind words, Peter. Yes, you are right of course. The very first example gives the alfabeto chords and the bass notes to which they belong. We find similar instructions in almost every tutor from the time. But after having done that Sanz gives many examples in staff and tablature for which alfabeto would fall short. He makes a distinction between the rasgueado method and the far more elaborate punteado. What I didn't find is any reference to playing (completely) rasgueado/alfabeto together with a bass instrument. Considering the nature of alfabeto, a system with only triadic harmonies, this seems not all too obvious. Lex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kooiman" <pe...@crispu.com> To: "Lex Eisenhardt" <eisenha...@planet.nl> Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] 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
