Do any early sources describe something that could be interpreted as a "rest stroke" being used on the chanterelle?
-----Original Message----- From: David R <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Jan 18, 2010 6:26 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Thumb rest stroke I think it came into use with the Venetian lutenists from 1500 or so. Obviously you can't use rest strokes when you're playing thumb-index diminutions, and you don't want to be damping the string directly below your thumb if it's supposed to be sounding, but as a general rule I think that wherever possible rest-stroke was the default way to strike a bass string with your thumb right from the beginning. Nobody knows what Dowland did. Is it so important? DR On Jan 18, 2010, at 4:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I'm curious as to when it is thought the rest stroke for the > thumb came > into common use. Was it commonly used on the Renaissance lute? > Do we > think Dowland used it early, or late, or at all in his career? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ned > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
