[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread William Samson
I would like to know too :) I think the answer is a partial barree with the first finger, avoiding fouling the first string. For me this needs a generous space between first and second courses. Any other suggestions? Bill Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Rob MacKillop
I only ever use just the first finger for the first fret. Aim for the middle... Rob On 9 September 2013 11:56, William Samson [1]willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I would like to know too :) I think the answer is a partial barree with the first finger, avoiding

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Martyn Hodgson
. Yong edward.y...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013, 11:56 Subject: [LUTE] Re: chord fingering I would like to know too :) I think the answer is a partial barree with the first finger, avoiding fouling the first string. For me this needs a generous space between

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Lex van Sante
I do the same but for ease of mind I've positioned the second and third course just a little bit closer to one another. The challenge is to play it in such a way that also the empty first course sounds clear. Happy luting! Lex Op 9 sep 2013, om 13:02 heeft Rob MacKillop het volgende

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Mathias Rösel
Of Lex van Sante Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:41 PM To: lute mailing list list Subject: [LUTE] Re: chord fingering I do the same but for ease of mind I've positioned the second and third course just a little bit closer to one another. The challenge is to play it in such a way

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 09/09/13 8:00 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote: Hans Newsidler has no barre in his tablatures. In the 1st part of his 1536 print, he offers fingerings that would imply forefinger b2, middle b3, ring c4, little d5 for this chord. He must have had small fingers to manage that. Like the others, I've

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
petit barre avec l'index; that's the canonical way. (Leroy,...). It works easily with a not wide spacing. __ De : Edward C. Yong edward.y...@gmail.com A : Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoye le : Lundi 9

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Martin Shepherd
Besard recommends using the first finger without a mini-barré - just put it in the middle. It helps if your first finger has a thickish/squarish end. Mine is quite tapered, so reluctantly I have to squash the finger sideways a bit, but it's still not a barré in the traditional sense. M

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Edward C. Yong
On 9 Sep, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Geoff Gaherty ge...@gaherty.ca wrote: On 09/09/13 8:00 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote: Hans Newsidler has no barre in his tablatures. In the 1st part of his 1536 print, he offers fingerings that would imply forefinger b2, middle b3, ring c4, little d5 for this chord.

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Dan Winheld
Bill's got it. Adrien le Roy makes it Kosher- but I would do it anyway. Exceptions are the very rare wide, blocky finger tips that can actually cover both courses (FOUR strings!) on the end. When Joseph Iadone's name came up a few weeks ago, someone said that he had such fingers could nail

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Dan Winheld
Excellent practice for jumping in and out of the E-flat chord is Luis Milan's Pavana III. He has you jumping back and forth from E-flat to A-flat at his tempo of Compas algo apriesa- somewhat fast. -Just came up from the lab- tried out the Neusidler 4-finger chord fingering pattern with the

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Martin Shepherd
On 09/09/2013 17:29, Dan Winheld wrote: Far more difficult is the same partial barre done with the 2nd finger, required for an E major chord 1/2 step higher. Dowland, Melchior Neusidler, Bakfark, and a few other of the professional heavyweights throw that one at us! 3-course partial barre

[LUTE] Re: Chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread jslute
Of jean-michel Catherinot Sent: 09 September 2013 13:33 To: Edward C. Yong; Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: chord fingering petit barre avec l'index; that's the canonical way. (Leroy,...). It works easily with a not wide spacing

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread Dan Winheld
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

[LUTE] Re: chord fingering

2013-09-09 Thread William Samson
__ From: Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net; To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk; Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Edward C. Yong edward.y...@gmail.com; Subject: [LUTE] Re: chord fingering Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 3:56:03 PM Excellent practice for jumping in and out