On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:39:10 -0700, howard posner wrote > Some of the posters are seem unaware that Kapsberger's Third Book > was found a few years ago. Diego Cantalupi not only recorded it, > but included a pdf facsimile of the book on the CD. Any theorbo > player who doesn't have it already should start dropping hints with > loved ones for the next gift-giving occasion: Kapsberger: Libro > Terzo dIntavolatura di Chitarrone
I guess _you_ are unaware of the fine facsimile edition of said work :-) Libro Terzo D'Intavolatura Di Chitarrone Introduzione di / Introduction by Franco Pavan Arnaldo Forni Editore 2009 Not only a good facsimile but also a well written introduction and study of the print. Relevant to this thread's starting point: There's a small introduction by Kapsberger explaining the notation used (trillo signs et al.) as well as some examples of propper arpegiation. If i read correctly they all are sounding bottom to top or reversed. More interesting: Kapsberger writes that whenever there a "more than three notes without an arpeggiation sign" the first note (bass in all his examples) has to be played with the thumb _on_ the beat, the other (three) afterwards. I take this as a rather strong evidence for using only p,i and m on the chitarrone. Cheers, Ralf Mattes -- R. Mattes -- Systemeinheitsstreichler Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg [email protected] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
