Martyn; If you check closely, you will notice that Mr. Maier does use the thumb to steady the index finger in the Mudarra Fantasia No.1 when playing dedillo.
Gary On 2017-07-10 00:25, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > Thanks Lex, > This (and other clips sent to me) certainly show the index being used > on its own. But to be fair, I didn't quite say it wasn't possible - > merely that I found it tricky myself! And that the steadying of the > index with the thumb allowed (me) improved control. It was regarding > this technique that I wondered if it had been reported/discussed before > ( I thought it had - but perhaps not). > regards > Martyn > __________________________________________________________________ > > From: Lex Eisenhardt <[email protected]> > To: 'Martyn Hodgson' <[email protected]>; 'Lute List' > <[email protected]>; 'Vihuela Dmth' <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, 9 July 2017, 18:05 > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Vihuela technique: dos dedos and dedillo > Look here for an example: > [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowK9J1A_MU > Lex > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [2][email protected] [mailto:[3][email protected]] > Namens > Martyn Hodgson > Verzonden: zondag 9 juli 2017 17:04 > Aan: Lute List; Vihuela Dmth > Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Vihuela technique: dos dedos and dedillo > Reading the English language summary (in Lute News 117) of the early > journals of the Sociedad de la Vihuela 'Hispanica Lyra', I was > again struck by the different right hand plucking techniques > evidently > reasonably common and widespread in sixteenth century Spain. > Principally the use of two right hand digits (either the first and > second fingers or the thumb and first finger) ie dos dedos; or the > use > of just the index finger to strike the string ie dedillo. > Over the years I have, unsucessfully, tried to use a sort of free > stroke dedillo (similar the index finger strumming but just on one > course) but find it very tricky to control the stroke especially on > runs across different courses. I recently tried steadying the index > with the thumb and this seems to work a lot better - much increased > control and accuracy. Indeed, the position is not dissimilar to > holding > a plectrum between the thumb and first finger - but without actually > having a plectrum which place is taken by the index finger. > I seem to recall that this technique of steadfying the index with the > thumb when playing dedillo was mentioned in some other modern journal > and would be grateful for a reference - or my memory may be playing > me > false! > Martyn > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowK9J1A_MU > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
