I would imagine that if the thumb is playing repeated notes on lower courses
(with thumb out technique) while a note is required on the chanterelle, that
some contact with the second course could occur.
Not a deep rest stroke like some flamenco guitarists do, but light contact
resulting form the angle of the fingers.
Mark
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From: chriswi...@yahoo.com
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Daniel Winheld <dwinh...@comcast.net>
Sent: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 8:10 am
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Thumb rest stroke
I've seen Paul O'Dette use repeated rest strokes in the bass, sometimes for
fairly fast lines that I would take with p-i alternating (free) strokes. On
the
other hand, I've seen Robert Barto occasionally use rest strokes in the treble.
There are an awful lot of paintings (especially, but not exclusively,
baroque) in which the players are clearly using a rest stroke with the fingers
a
la classical guitar. In most of these the player is obviously tuning; in some,
its not so clear. I know of no printed instructions, however.
Chris
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