On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:28:20 -0500, Mjos & Larson wrote > I think Valdambrini's 1646 and 1647 guitar books might also add to > this topic. He gives performance information in his introduction and > uses signs that Kapsberger previously used. > > Valdambrini's two arpeggio examples suggest to me that Chris may > well be correct -- that the finger pattern may trump ascending note > order. Kapsberger's right hand fingering pattern seems to be used, > but the notes do not sound low to high.
Hmm - I'm somehow reluctant to accept the concept of arpeggio "patterns" that early. Transfer of Kapsberger's plucking order might well be an afterthought. I cought myself doing this on the Archlute after practising Chitarrone and I actually like it. I'd expect "patterns" to show up later (see the B.C. examples in late 17. and 18th century methods). The '%' sign in Kapsberger (and related repertoire) just indicates some sort of spreading - often on unexpected short notes. Not something I'd expect a Carcassi-like rhythmic chord pattern (the sign is _also_ used in places where I _would_ expect elaborate breaking, up-and-down-arpeggiating etc. It seems to just indicate 'not together'). > You can download either Valdambrini edition from my Ning page to see > my summarization of Valdambrini's > http://earlyguitar.ning.com/profile/RockyMjos BTW, thanks for the nice editions RalfD > -- R > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
