Sorry Sean, the 'SPAM' attribute was automatically generated and added by my Internet provider who seems to have little regard for the finer details of performing Renaissance music. Best, Matthew
> On Aug 4, 2018, at 11:12, Matthew Daillie <dail...@club-internet.fr> wrote: > > Rotta uses dots to indicate non use of the thumb, as can be seen with the > broken chords elsewhere in the same pieces. > In the Minkoff reprint the dance pieces you refer to are entitled Gairda and > Padouana respectively. Obviously the key to a convincing performance is to be > very familiar with the dance rhythms involved and this in turn can help with > the choice of right-hand fingering and technique. > This advice comes from someone who has two left feet and so avoids the dance > floor like the plague... > Best, > Matthew > > > >> On Aug 4, 2018, at 1:15, Sean Smith <lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Antonio Rota in his first book has a Saltarelo and Piva in the Dm >> Antico dance cycle that includes the passage (more or less similar in >> each) >> I2 0.2.3.5.7.I >> I3 2.3.5.7.8.I etc. >> It may not be clear above but it's a run of thirds where each cipher >> has a dot following. The passage continues into the 2nd and third >> courses and the initial downbeat in each measure is undotted. Is he >> suggesting both notes are >> a) played with the index >> b) some non-thumb finger >> c) something else? brushed? strummed? two-note dedillo? lighter? >> AR is quite liberal in his right-of-cipher dottage in this print while >> the Gardane print (same year) strips them all away. >> AR also uses dots beside rootless chords on off-beats, including >> non-adjacent strings. I'm suspecting the innocuous dot may have other >> meanings beside "index finger here" but I'm not sure what. Suggestions? >> Speculation? >> Here is the facsimile link to the book [with thanks to Jo Bringmann]. >> The passages are on 13v and 15r. >> [1]http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0007/bsb00071965/images/index.ht >> ml?id=00071965&groesser=&fip=193.174.98.30&no=&seite=26 >> Sean >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. >> http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0007/bsb00071965/images/index.html?id=00071965&groesser=&fip=193.174.98.30&no=&seite=26 >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
