I wonder if I can elicit another Pavlovian response from Martyn - or anyone
else.
There is a Toccatta in Foscarini's 5th book on p.105.
Stuart has put it on his website for the benefit of those who don't have it
to hand at
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/FoscoToccata-1a.jpg
There is a particularly interesting passage on stave 7 starting after Chord
H at the double bar outlined in red - in particular the three bars which
follow the double bar.
It seems to me to make no sense to strum those notes on the 4th/5th
course - and it doesn't make much sense to include any open courses other
than
those he has indicated himself throughout the section although in some
places it is possible. It is just a
bit of 2/3 part counterpoint which should be played in lute style.
What I think is that to save himself some trouble he has put in the
figures only once and the stroke marks
are there to tell you how many times to play the single notes or chords
before moving to the next ones. The stroke marks are not there to tell
that you must play the notes with a finger or thumb up and down.
This is Suart's website again
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/FoscoToccata-1a.jpg
Answers on a postcard to...
Monica
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