Thank you Martin, I have often wondered what exactly is this ornament,
and when to use it.
However I still do not quite understand the part:
"It means that you have to embellish the note with just one finger"
and
"while the second ornament (usually but not always on the first fret) is
a lower mordent (i.e. starting with the main note, going to the lower
note, then back to the main note"
If Capirola explicitly describes the upper mordent using "another
finger", why does he describe the second as "with just one"?
It is not quite comfortable to play a mordent with one finger, though I
guess this could be done (I believe I have seen something like that in
an Oud player video).
What I suspect it really means is a vibrato, like changing the tension
of the string by quickly alternating your grip and/or pulling it a bit
outwards.
That is probably why it is done mostly on the chanterelle because it is
most effective there, especially in the higher register, where it lends
a certain sparkle to the note.
Am 04.02.2018 um 00:20 schrieb Martin Shepherd:
Hi All,
Just to let you know that (after a longish gap, sorry) the latest blog
can be found in the usual place: http://luteshop.co.uk/blog/
I hope you find it interesting.
Martin
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