The early German lutenist Adolf Blindhamer indicates the use of this "split course" technique in a few of his praeambulum pieces found in the manuscript that commonly bears his name. It is approximately dated 1526.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 12, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Martin Shepherd <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wrote: > > Let's not get confused here - the "split course" technique consists of > stopping only one string of a unison course so that the course produces two > different notes. This was used by Capirola, Fuenllana, Bakfark, and possibly > others. Playing the strings of an octave course separately is a completely > different technique, not used (as far as I know) before Mouton in the late > 17th century. > > Martin >> On 12/05/2015 18:25, Lex van Sante wrote: >> Yes, for instance in Rechercar XIII one has to finger one string of the >> fourth course and plucking both of them. >>> Op 12 mei 2015, om 18:18 heeft Monica Hall het volgende geschreven: >>> >>> Does Capirola say that you should play one or other string of an octave >>> strung course? >>> Monica >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Wilke" >>> <chriswi...@cs.dartmouth.edu> >>> To: <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>; <dwinh...@lmi.net> >>> Cc: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 3:20 PM >>> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vihuela Stringing >>> >>> >>>> I suppose he meant Capirola. >>>> Chris >>>> [1]Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>>> >>>> At May 12, 2015, 8:27:26 AM, Monica Hall<'mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk'> >>>> >>>> "Fuenllana (1554) prescribes playing only one of the two strings in the >>>> course in some passages (as does Dalza - does he?)" >>>> As far as I am aware this is not what Fuenllana does. What he does do >>>> is >>>> play two different notes on the same course - stopping one string of a >>>> course and leaving the other unstopped. >>>> >>>> References >>>> >>>> 1. https://yho.com/footer0 >>>> >>>> >>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > >
