It is not inappropriate to mention here that David practices (and performs) what he preaches. I had the good fortune to hear him in concert with the great Baroque oboe player Gonzalo X. Ruiz last night. If my aging vision serves, I saw him really whanging out all the low diapasons on his archlute with free strokes. Good, clean sound too, very audible over the harpsichord and cello or bass viol. Congratulations on a fine concert. And good free stroke basses.
Dan >Some teachers teach the rest stroke in the bass for both renaissance >and baroque. I don't, because it unfortunately affects the wrist and >then the tone. I've heard some people do it it well, but there is >often a bump in the sound, and also the technique is prone to timing >issues. Perhaps that is fixable. You can make a case for a "grazing" >stroke, however. >I do teach and rely upon the single graze and double graze for >chords, and particularly for the earlier repertory. Basically, the >thumb hits one or two and the first finger hits two, three, or four >simultaneously. When struck properly, all strings vibrate in a plane, >which I now can test with a high speed camcorder. >dt > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
