--- Stuart Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are we seeing a quill plectrum protruding from
> between the second joint
> of the first and second fingers? And what is the
> third finger doing? The
> left hand is fretting notes both where the quill
> would strike the
> strings and several courses away. The player could
> be about to strum a
> chord. Or could the player be playing two voices at
> once - one with the
> plectrum and one with the third finger?
in his article, prof. baldassare mentions three ways
to hold the plectrum and of the three i'd say this is
the third - hand over the strings with the palm facing
the body of the instrument with plectrum ("often a
barbless ostrich feather") placed between the tips of
the thumb and index or middle finger. he says this
technique is more prevalent in 15th cent. court music
settings.
on his site, ronny used to have a video of himself
playing oud with simultaneous use of both plectrum and
finger.
- bill
early music charango ... http://groups.google.com/group/charango
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