[VIHUELA] Chord I

[Monica Hall]

   This is a rather abstruse query.



   In most Italian guitar tables of alfabeto chords which include the left
   hand fingering the indication is that Chord I is to be played using a
   half (or hinge) barre to stop the 4th and 3rd courses and the 2nd
   finger to stop the 2nd course at the 2nd fret.



               0

               2    1

               2    1

               2    2

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   This doesn't seem to me the most convenient way of doing it especially
   when combined with other chords and I always use 1st, 2nd and 3rd
   fingers.



   Ruiz de Ribayaz does give my preferred  fingering as an alternative to
   the Italian one.



   Both Sanz and Murcia seem to think that the 4th course should be
   stopped with the 1st finger and a 2nd finger half barre used to stop
   the 2nd and 3rd which seems a bit odd to me!



   I wonder if Sanz is a misprint which Murcia has copied.



   In the illustrations of the fingers stopping the chords on the
   fingerboard in Sanz the standard Italian fingering is shown.



   I just wonder how everyone else on this list usually fingers chord I
   and what the advantages are of the different possibilities.



   Monica

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