As you say Monica 'There is no evidence for partial strumming of
alfabeto chords in this repertoire or in the solo repertoire. Colonna
and Sanseverino clearly state that the chord should be strummed in
full. Indeed Sanseverino says you should not do otherwise. In later
sources
Certainly we know (from more detailed intabulated later sources) that
partial strumming was later practised and there's no reason to suggest
this wasn't employed before such tablatures became common and
established their seemingly procrustean regime.
I agree that partial
