Bruno,
It doesn't refer to chords. He uses "arpeggiare" specifically to indicate
a melodic ornament ("tirate o passagi") played by alternating i and m over
another part played by the thumb. Piccinini uses the word "pizzicata" to
indicate broken chords. He goes into some detail explaining how to do this on
the chitarrone and his advice is similar to Kapsperger's. Interestingly,
Piccinini tells us something about both instruments when he says that in fast
pieces, one should play chords on the chitarrone "as on the lute, namely in a
single blow."
Chris
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bruno Correia <bruno.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Bruno Correia <bruno.l...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [LUTE] Arpegios
> To: "List LUTELIST" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 8:36 PM
> A question for
> those who have read Piccinini's (1623) preface about
> arpegiation.
>
>
>
> I have been trying to understand exactly what
> he means by "arpegiare"
> on the lute, but I'm surely missing the
> point (my Italian is also not
> that great).
>
> On the theorbo it is pretty clear that he
> is talking about the same
> technique we are aware of. However, on
> the lute it seems to be
> different ...
>
>
>
> Regards.
>
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