Michael, there are other suites that show a totally different picture. Take e.g. the suite in f minor. Most music is playing in the high positions ... The point might be to try to understand what's the reason for often using the lower positions. I think, that the main reason might be the use of both of the chantarelles for the melody. Because they are single courses it is much clearer than on the double courses. But as the example of the f minor suite shows, he will use the positions he thinks will fit the best for his purpose. And not too seldom he uses the 4th and 5th course where he also could have used a higher course in a lower position.
Best Markus On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:57:38 -0600, Michael Thames wrote: MT> >In my eyes that isn't true for Weiss, but I should check >that once again. MT> >He uses every possible position and his fingering is very >thoughtful. MT> >Usually he therefore avoids unnecessary shifting of >positions, so very MT> often notes are played in higher >positions, although they could have been MT> played also in >the first positions. MT> MT> >Best MT> >Markus MT> MT> For instance, in the Sonata in D minor 8 Dresden within the MT> courante, out of 56 measures of the first repeat, only 2 venture out of MT> first position. Of the remaining 79 measures in the last section 20 leave MT> first position. MT> In the Allemande, same suite first section, out of 17 measures 3 leave MT> first position. Second section, out of 25 measures 2 leave first position. MT> Safe to say, I believe that this is the norm. MT> To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
