On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Monica Hall wrote:
> You should play 4 down/up/down/up strokes on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
courses and 2 - down/up on the 4th/5th.
Thanks for semi-clearing this up. Well, at least the down/up part
makes
sense and that was the way I was doing it. It is often confusing in
these old sources as to what is top and high and up and down, for
example "up the neck...". Going from top (in pitch) down might take
some getting used to, for me, as I've been playing it the other
way.
Sorry - I think you may have misunderstood what I am trying to say.
First you play the top three strings - down/up/down/up
then you play the bottom two srings down/up/down/up
not in the reverse order.
No, that is how I understood you, if by top three strings you mean the
E, B and G strings/courses.
If you look at the example on p.177 of James Tyler's book - the first
two bars are incorrect because he misunderstood the Italian. It's the
top courses first then the bottom ones. The next long bar is correct.
Which book is that? My copy of _The Early Guitar A History and
Handbook_ has only 176 pages.
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
[1]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/
[2]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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References
1. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/
2. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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