It is very similar to a rest stroke, and yet very different. When using the two fingered graze, the fingers can either rest or brush against each other. Also, you can create the motion of the stroke without the ending, which can produce the same or similar sound--after the finger has left the string the sound is not affected. To my ear, most rest strokes sound neither renaissance nor baroque, and so I think the main thing to avoid is modern articulation. Of course that is subjective. dt
At 05:32 PM 1/18/2010, you wrote: >I don't see how that would be possible, there is nothing to rest >against except the inside of the hand? >----- Original Message ----- From: <terli...@aol.com> >To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:34 PM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Thumb rest stroke > > >>Do any early sources describe something that could be interpreted >>as a "rest stroke" being used on the chanterelle? >> >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: David R <d_lu...@comcast.net> >>To: nedma...@aol.com >>Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >>Sent: Mon, Jan 18, 2010 6:26 pm >>Subject: [LUTE] Re: Thumb rest stroke >> >> >>I think it came into use with the Venetian lutenists from 1500 or >>so. Obviously you can't use rest strokes when you're playing >>thumb-index diminutions, and you don't want to be damping the >>string directly below your thumb if it's supposed to be sounding, >>but as a general rule I think that wherever possible rest-stroke >>was the default way to strike a bass string with your thumb right >>from the beginning. >> >>Nobody knows what Dowland did. Is it so important? >> >>DR >> >>On Jan 18, 2010, at 4:31 PM, nedma...@aol.com wrote: >> >>> I'm curious as to when it is thought the rest stroke for the > >>> thumb came >>> into common use. Was it commonly used on the Renaissance lute? > Do we >>> think Dowland used it early, or late, or at all in his career? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> >>> Ned >>> >>> -- >>> >>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >> >>-- >> >>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>signature database 4784 (20100118) __________ >> >>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >>http://www.eset.com >> >> > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 4784 (20100118) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > > >
