Thanks Lex, This (and other clips sent to me) certainly show the index being used on its own. But to be fair, I didn't quite say it wasn't possible - merely that I found it tricky myself! And that the steadying of the index with the thumb allowed (me) improved control. It was regarding this technique that I wondered if it had been reported/discussed before ( I thought it had - but perhaps not). regards Martyn __________________________________________________________________
From: Lex Eisenhardt <lex.eisenha...@gmail.com> To: 'Martyn Hodgson' <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>; 'Lute List' <l...@cs.dartmouth.edu>; 'Vihuela Dmth' <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, 9 July 2017, 18:05 Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Vihuela technique: dos dedos and dedillo Look here for an example: [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowK9J1A_MU Lex -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens Martyn Hodgson Verzonden: zondag 9 juli 2017 17:04 Aan: Lute List; Vihuela Dmth Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Vihuela technique: dos dedos and dedillo Reading the English language summary (in Lute News 117) of the early journals of the Sociedad de la Vihuela 'Hispanica Lyra', I was again struck by the different right hand plucking techniques evidently reasonably common and widespread in sixteenth century Spain. Principally the use of two right hand digits (either the first and second fingers or the thumb and first finger) ie dos dedos; or the use of just the index finger to strike the string ie dedillo. Over the years I have, unsucessfully, tried to use a sort of free stroke dedillo (similar the index finger strumming but just on one course) but find it very tricky to control the stroke especially on runs across different courses. I recently tried steadying the index with the thumb and this seems to work a lot better - much increased control and accuracy. Indeed, the position is not dissimilar to holding a plectrum between the thumb and first finger - but without actually having a plectrum which place is taken by the index finger. I seem to recall that this technique of steadfying the index with the thumb when playing dedillo was mentioned in some other modern journal and would be grateful for a reference - or my memory may be playing me false! Martyn -- To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowK9J1A_MU 2. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 3. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html