I've usually interpreted rest like finger position when tuning as damping, although "quilling" pairs would certainly be an option if you count beats when tuning. dt
At 05:10 AM 1/19/2010, you wrote: >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 > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
