Matthaeus Waissel's Lute Tutorial - Sarge Gerbode's Lute Page

Examples where you must stop a note in advance
with the forefinger and hold until the following note has been plucked.
In the first example, stop the v with the forefinger and at the same time the k with the little finger;
hold the v until the end. In the second example, stop the v with the forefinger and at the same time the
9 with the middle finger; and hold the v until the end.
Examples where you must hold in a barre
In the first example, place the forefinger over the f; stop the z with the little finger and the r
with the middle finger. Hold the r and f . In the second example, place the forefinger over the k,
i, and C, stop the s with the ring finger, the following r with the middle finger. Hold on the k, i, r,
and C until the end.