> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerzy Zak [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:57 PM > To: Lute Net > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Haynes Book, was French trill? > > > On 2009-02-04, at 21:30, David Tayler wrote: > > > BTW, the tremolo is more interesting than the vibrato in early > > recordings. People stopped using it. And it sure sounds better > > without it. I'd trade vibrato for tremolo any day. Nobody talks > > about that, but it is the biggest single change in performance in > > the 20th century. > > What is tremolo in singing or on melody instrument? > J
Epitomized in typical mandolin technique. However, I'm not certain what tremolo to which you refer, David. In "classical" guitar music, tremolo ordinarily wouldn't be used unless specifically composed. I'm not aware of early lute recordings to feature ad lib, ornamental tremolo. Are there many? Best, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
