Minutes ago, Eugene wrote > Regarding 4th-tuned, gut-strung, > lute-like types (like those used by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Arrigoni, etc.), I'm > not aware of anything specific written on technique until the late 1760s > when the by-then-old-fashioned instrument was only mentioned as a side note > in methods written more for the 5th-tuned, wire-strung Neapolitan type and > plectrum technique. .. > ...And all these methods are looking forward to a growing classical > aesthetic rather than back to the baroque. .. > To me, iconography and some music at least imply that punteado technique > dominated under a late baroque aesthetic (like the sonatas of Arrigoni that > feature some chords/double stops and pedal passages that skip courses) and > that quills came to be more commonplace under a developing "classical" > aesthetic .. > Earlier iconography varies quite a bit, but almost always depicting what > appears to me to be punteado and most often depicting thumb out. Pinkies > seem to be planted or not. I play thumb out, no plant--almost > guitar-like--but I tend to take scalar passages alternating p-i (rather than > the more guitar-like i-m).
Interesting to see 'mostly-down' already in early classical music. So, Vivaldi on a four-course, 'violin-tuned' mandolin might be played with fingers in stead of quill? Then p-i seems the way to go. If quil, up-down seems logical. Am I right? But I might also summarize for Vivaldi: anything goes, we don't really know? Another thing today's mandoline was playing was Castaldi duets with theorbo. Arranged, obviously. Here fingers or up-don seems more appropriate? The chords with quill were a bit unconvincing. David - drinking from the fountain of knowledge, i.e. the Lute List! -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
