Hi Christopher,
Bruno,
You're correct. The author advises not to use the 'a' finger.
The reason behind this and other arcane mysteries will be explained
in Kapsperger's new book "Kapsperger della musica." Coming soon to
a bookseller near you!
True, unfortunately the book is lost or maybe never came out of print.
HK only gives p-i-m-i and Picinnini advises the same way except in
very quick passages where you can strum the chords "in a single blow
as on the lute." I personally don't think they cared about always
going from low to high, but who knows?
It's interesting that both Kaps. and Piccinini give very similar
examples of arpeggios, and both exclude the use of the (a) finger. The
direction of the pattern is a controversial subject, but I think you
are right about this. Musicologist, Victor Coelho, also points in this
direction in his article "Frescobaldi and the lute and chitarrone
toccatas of 'Il tedesco della tiorba' ".
Bruno.
Chris
Christopher Wilke
Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
[1]www.christopherwilke.com
--- On Mon, 10/18/10, Bruno Correia <[2][email protected]> wrote:
> From: Bruno Correia <[3][email protected]>
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Toccata
> To: "Lute List" <[4][email protected]>
> Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 7:27 PM
> Howard,
>
>
>
> Exactly the way I'm doing. No (a) finger
> (the author adverts against
> its use!) and always following the
> pattern you describe. Not easy to do
> in certain chords...
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> 2010/10/18 howard posner <[1][5][email protected]>
>
> On Oct 18, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Thomas
> Schall wrote:
> > Hoppy plays it p-i-m-i-a-i-m-i (if I
> recall correctly)
>
> I hope not. I think you
> p-i-m-i-p-i-m-i. Kapsberger's instruction
> in the front of the book are
> pretty clear, if I recall: keep the
> same pattern, rather than
> arpeggiating bottom to top all the time.
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