Monica, I play these with two fingers (index followed by middle) in one up stroke but slightly seperating the two. One could use thumb and finger rather than two fingers but I feel this is a bit heavy for a light up stroke.
Martyn --- On Mon, 16/6/08, Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LUTE] Bartolotti query > To: "Lutelist" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 16 June, 2008, 6:04 PM > I think this query came up before but I can't remember > whether anyone knew the answer to it. > > In Bartolotti's Secondo Libro, the Allemandes usually > start with a "pick up" beat which is notated as > two semi-quavers apparently to be played as up-strokes but > tied together. You can see this in the first allemande in > E minor on p. 2 both at the beginning and at the mid point. > > Has anyone any ideas about how these should be played? As > 2 separate strokes - or 1? Why are they be tied together? > > Any thoughts on the subject gratefully received! > > Monica > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
