On Wed, May 2, 2007, Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Might there have been a moment, between plectrum picking and the full > adoption of three finger technique, in which first thumb and index > was used only; then thumb index and medium, only, before thumb index > medium and ring were adopted; or would the passage have been directly > from plectrum, to this last more complete technique?
Unfortunately, we have very little in the way of 15c and early 16c tablature, it is difficult to know when (if) plectrum use yielded to fingers. It is clear that the weak/strong accentuation was retained when plectra were discarded for fingers, so some continuity of sound was retained. I suspect each teacher had a region of influence both geographically and time-wise; musical technique tends to be conservative. My repetoire interests slighted the period between Dowland and Sor, I am unsure as to when notation for RH fingering expands to include all four fingers. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
