Usually plucked. There are some cases where a strum might be called for, but not that frequently in Renaissance lute.
Guy -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Banks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 7:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Diary travails of Learning the Lute . . . (Part One) February 5th, 2008 Dear Lutenists: I have just picked up a Lute primer and am deciphering Lute tablature. It is much different from playing the guitar, a steady strum or straight repetitive rhythmic plucking it is not. I am looking at John Dowland's "Weep no more sad fountains" and it looks like a lot of practice is needed to master the rhythmical cadence of the series of note plucks. First question, if 3 notes are demarcated on top of one another in tablature is that plucked or strummed? I can feel John Dowland in the background helping me write and I have 2 songs in Lyric set waiting for Lute music . . . very exciting . . . with thanks, Rebecca Banks Tea at Tympani Lane Records www.tympanilanerecords.com _________________________________________________________________ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
