Right Hand Lute Technique in the Sixteenth Century, a Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of F. Moreno-Torroba, J. Dowland, J.S. Bach, P. Attaignant, V. Capirola, and Others Page: 29
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Example 4. Accented syncopation.
Example 5. Hemiola.
The notation of thumb-index alternation is found in the
majority of lute tablatures in the Renaissance and continues
into the Baroque as late as the Burwell Lute Tutor (c. 1660-
1672). Besard advises it generally in the Thesaurus
Harmonicus (1603), but much of the music here has a faster
moving bass line and so it requires the index and middle fin-
gers to play the upper part since the thumb is otherwise
occupied.6 This naturally gives a less pronounced strong-
weak pulse. Even more pieces in the Novus Partus (Besard, 1617)
use index and middle, but Besard still qualifies:
If the diminutions are quite fast,
then I would not advise you to use
the first two fingers, but rather the
thumb and index finger.47
46Beier, op. cit., 19.
47 Danner, "Lute Technique," 63.
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Craddock, Michael Duane. Right Hand Lute Technique in the Sixteenth Century, a Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of F. Moreno-Torroba, J. Dowland, J.S. Bach, P. Attaignant, V. Capirola, and Others, thesis or dissertation, December 1983; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798092/m1/38/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .