Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Golt - Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: V. Gigue

The genre of miniature, cultivated by harpsichordists, required small finger technique, mainly positional (within the "position" of the hand). Hence the avoidance of placing the thumb, the preference given to putting and shifting other fingers (4th to 3rd, 3rd through 4th), silent change of fingers on one key (doigtй substituer), sliding the finger from the black key to white (doigté de glissé), etc. n. These receptions of A. are systematized by F. Couperin in the treatise "The Art of Playing the Harpsichord" ("L'art de toucher le clavecin", 1716). A. 's further evolution was connected: for bow-string performers, primarily violinists, with the development of positional play, the transition from position to position technique, for keyboard performers - with the introduction of the thumb-pad technique, which required learning the keyboard different. “Positions” of the hand (the introduction of this technique is usually associated with the name of I. S. Bach).