Greetings collective wisdom, I don't recall if this specific topic has been discussed here before. Considering the mandolino/mandola works in the Dalla Casa lute book, there are some ornament indications that I'm not entirely certain how to interpret. If you have a copy or access, please consider the one-movement Tinazzoli suonata (page 86 in the facsimile reprint). There are two instances of a small + sign. In other mandolin music from the generation immediately following, I would often take such things to simply indicate some generic ornament, often a short trill. However, in this particular case, the first (occurring above a crotchet on the page's second system) is followed by a single dot, and the second (occurring above a semiquaver on the page's fifth and last system) is followed by two dots arranged vertically. The dots look to me to be deliberately placed and not errant smudges. Any idea of how these ornaments would have been executed?
Thanks for your thoughts, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
