Good to hear you again Monica.
As you'll not be surprised to know, I suggest there is a fourth option
to the list of possible reasons for F writing strokes/slashes:
1.He intends the notes to be played alternating thumb and finger
2.He intends them to be played
Dear Monica,
Further to my last I've now got round to reading the rest of yr email.
And can thus respond to the matters you raised
Firsly when you wrote
it In the first bar of the Balletto Polacco on p.19 it is physically
impossible to include the 5 following G3 in the chord
Thanks Monica,
I really don't want to go on plugging this same issue, but you
write In the Baletto Polacco on p.19/3rd line the up-stroke following
Chord + indicates that the whole chord is to be repeated followed by
the single note. The same thing happens after the Chord B.
Dear group members,
You are all correct with your observations about Pisador and the fourth
course: it is the only specific reference to tuning both strings of the
course to the same pitch. By the same token, the only reference to the
tuning of both strings of one course is the
To all of you who are interested in the vihuela and early guitars, and who
might happen to be in Spain or close by, the annual Encuentro of the Sociedad
de la Vihuela is being held in Sigüenza (Guadalajara) from 9-12 October.
Hopkinson Smith's concert will be one of the main features, along
