Not referring to the specific manuscript, but... I don't see any
musical inconsistency in marking a LH position in preparation. LH
preparation is one of those things so common in guitar that I believe
it isn't written down anywhere -- not even in modern methods. Or at
least, I've
You should play 4 down/up/down/up strokes on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
courses and 2 - down/up on the 4th/5th.
Thanks for semi-clearing this up. Well, at least the down/up part makes
sense and that was the way I was doing it. It is often confusing in
these old sources as to what
On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Monica Hall wrote:
You should play 4 down/up/down/up strokes on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
courses and 2 - down/up on the 4th/5th.
Thanks for semi-clearing this up. Well, at least the down/up part
makes
sense and that was the way I
If you look at the example on p.177 of James Tyler's book - the first
two bars are incorrect because he misunderstood the Italian. It's the
top courses first then the bottom ones. The next long bar is correct.
Which book is that? My copy of _The Early Guitar A History and
Handbook_
