benk@inmet.UUCP (06/10/84)
#N:inmet:23400012:000:1233 inmet!benk Jun 8 15:47:00 1984 Sorry for posting this to the net, but my reply to a net mail message from Chris Isbell regarding a note response posted by me never got to him via uumail. I owe Chris his reply, so here it is: Sender: decvax!cca!inmet!benk Subject: Early fingering methods To: ima!cca!decvax!decwrl!de!isbell To: ima!cca!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-marvin!isbell Cc: inmet!benk Dear Chris, The fingering method(s) I described are keyboard fingering methods, not recorder fingering method(s). My 'note' was a reply to a 'base note' that argued against using iconographic evidence as a clue to (early) performance practice. Specifically, the 'base note' argued that there is a great deal of iconographic evidence for using one kind of recorder embouchure (sp ?), but that the author thought that the evidence was not to be taken seriously. My reply was basically a defence of using iconographic evidence as a guide to early performance practice. I used the the case of early keyboard fingering as an example in my argument. If you are at all interested in early keyboard fingering techniques, drop me a line ( via the net !), and I'd be happy to supply you with a bibliography. Thanks for your letter, Ben Krepp (inmet!benk)