At 2:47 PM +0100 9/17/04, Stewart McCoy wrote: >Why > >_f___|___efefre_|_f_|| >_r___|__________|_r_|| >_____|_f________|___|| >_e___|_r________|___|| >___f_|__________|_a_|| >_____|__________|___|| > >and not > >_f___|___efefre_|_f_|| >_r___|_a________|_r_|| >_a___|__________|___|| >___a_|_r________|___|| >_____|__________|_a_|| >_____|__________|___|| ? > >Perhaps because > >1) Bar 1, first event: using e4 instead of a3 maintains the octave >stringing (and hence tone colour) in the bass line;
Good point. >2) Bar 2, event 1: using f3 instead of a2 enables the bass note c4 >to be held until the end of the bar, and reduces the chance of the >note at a2 being dampened by a wayward finger not accurately placed >on every note of the 1st course. > >3) Having the left hand first finger as a barr� throughout the >passage saves a lot of unnecessary movement. I have no problem holding the c4 until the end of the bar with the first finger and playing the notes on the 1st string with 2, 3 and 4 fingers. It is rather more difficult for me to hold a bar throughout on my G lute, though. >It is wrong to >assume that the source is always right, or offers the best way of >playing something, because, after all, there are places where >sources differ one from the other. It all goes to show that fingering was as individualistic back then as it is now. cheers, -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
