Ron Andrico
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:32:36 -0700
Dear Stephen: You are asking some very good questions. I think you are correct in your analysis of Pegaramsey. On a lute tuned in G, the piece is in C, beginning and ending with an F harmony. It seems to fall into the category of one of those never-ending ballad tunes. The structure looks something like this: IV / I / IV / I IV, I / V / I / I IV. Even though it ends and begins, technically on the IV, I think your divisions should be based on the piece being in C on a lute tuned in G. The sense of an unresolved ending is actually very convincing. As for the pavanna, yes, there is most emphatically a tradition of triple-time pavans, however rare. The most famous example is found in Attaingnant. Keep up the good questions. Best wishes, Ron Andrico http://www.mignarda.com > Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:25:26 +0100> To: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LUTE] Peg-A-Ramsay> > > Ages ago this was sent > around as an example of a really easy lute piece, > from the Ballet MS. Each > line ends with a rising figure I struggle to > hear as the tonic, rather it > wants to be the subdominant, especially > after the 6th bar. I am interested > in adding a divisions line after > each original line, should the final line > end basically where the piece > starts (C?) or where each line ends? It seems > to me it should be the > former as the end as given is assuming a number of > repeats which would > be ended with something else...> > Thanks again,> > > Stephen> > Ps sorry if you got this twice.> > > > > > > To get on or off this > list see list information at> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html _________________________________________________________________ Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic. http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N1653A --