I don't recall that any of the original sources actually go into
sufficient detail for us to be certain what players did in the 16th
century. Therein lies the problem. Players being human beings they
probably did what they found worked for them - every player would have
done something different. Your suggestion seems eminently practical to
me.
Monica
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From: hodgsonmar...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: 10/07/2017 7:25
To: "Lex Eisenhardt"<lex.eisenha...@gmail.com>, "'Lute List'"<lute@cs.
dartmouth.edu>, "'Vihuela Dmth'"<vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Subj: [VIHUELA] Re: Vihuela technique: dos dedos and dedillo
Thanks Lex,
This (and other clips sent to me) certainly show the index being
used
on its own. But to be fair, I didn't quite say it wasn't possible -
merely that I found it tricky myself! And that the steadying of the
index with the thumb allowed (me) improved control. It was regarding
this technique that I wondered if it had been reported/discussed
before
( I thought it had - but perhaps not).
regards
Martyn
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From: Lex Eisenhardt <lex.eisenha...@gmail.com>
To: 'Martyn Hodgson' <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>; 'Lute List'
<l...@cs.dartmouth.edu>; 'Vihuela Dmth' <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, 9 July 2017, 18:05
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Vihuela technique: dos dedos and dedillo
Look here for an example:
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowK9J1A_MU
Lex
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Namens
Martyn Hodgson
Verzonden: zondag 9 juli 2017 17:04
Aan: Lute List; Vihuela Dmth
Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Vihuela technique: dos dedos and dedillo
Reading the English language summary (in Lute News 117) of the
early
journals of the Sociedad de la Vihuela 'Hispanica Lyra', I was
again struck by the different right hand plucking techniques
evidently
reasonably common and widespread in sixteenth century Spain.
Principally the use of two right hand digits (either the first and
second fingers or the thumb and first finger) ie dos dedos; or the
use
of just the index finger to strike the string ie dedillo.
Over the years I have, unsucessfully, tried to use a sort of free
stroke dedillo (similar the index finger strumming but just on
one
course) but find it very tricky to control the stroke especially
on
runs across different courses. I recently tried steadying the
index
with the thumb and this seems to work a lot better - much
increased
control and accuracy. Indeed, the position is not dissimilar to
holding
a plectrum between the thumb and first finger - but without
actually
having a plectrum which place is taken by the index finger.
I seem to recall that this technique of steadfying the index with
the
thumb when playing dedillo was mentioned in some other modern
journal
and would be grateful for a reference - or my memory may be
playing
me
false!
Martyn
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