Arpeggiated Chords
research‘Arpeggiated Chords in Early Seventeenth-Century Italy’, The Lute, 42 (2002), 54–72
Among the stylistic changes that took place around 1600 in Italy was the conscious use of arpeggiated chords for the sake of enriching the musical texture. The examination of printed and manuscript sources that contain instructions for plucked instruments strongly indicate that arpeggiation patterns depended on specific right-hand fingerings. Although those fingerings were applied in order to provide specific arpeggios, once established, they produced other kinds of arpeggios when transferred to other musical contexts or instruments.
Published by theodoros on September 20th, 2007
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