Excellent! Thank you, Martin. Yes, those are two good ones. I can do
them- but the first chord, a-minor, is a tad shaky. Wouldn't try it in
performance! The B-flat major chord is actually a lot easier for me;
partial barre w/ last joint of 2nd finger, 3rd finger for the 3rd course
"f" fret, then pinky on high d, "h" fret. Full index finger barre of
course in the "d" fret. I have trouble with that a-minor chord shape;
nailing the fingered middle note"a"(tab e) on 4th course without damping
out the note"c"(tab d) in the course above it. Terzi uses that one, the
a minor chord, a lot. Probably the B-flat also in his short-score
intabs. of 4 - 6 part vocal polyphony.
Dan
Try:
----f-------h----
----c------d----
----d------f-----
----e------f-----
----e------f-----
----c------d----
The first one is found in Francesco da Milano, Albert de Rippe, etc.
Use the 3rd finger for the notes on 4th and 5th course.
I can't remember where the second one occurs but it does. Use the 2nd
finger for all the notes of the 5th fret.
I'm very dubious about the idea that Neusidler didn't play the Eb
chord like everyone else. Only someone who had never played on gut
strings would think of using the 4th finger on the 5th course, though
of course there are times when it is even used on the 6th.
Martin
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