Neither Ron nor I were saying that there is “no relationship whatever" between dancing and playing. That is your personal distortion of our words, which you correctly (for a change) quote here. My reasons for agreeing with Ron’s observation are already stated. Bye now, have a nice day.
D > On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:34 AM, Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Well, I suppose it must have been a different Ron Andrico who wrote > 'since lutes are and were inaudible when dancers' feet scrape the > floor, the music is adapted and performed in whatever manner the > player wishes.'. > and a different David Rastall who wrote 'I suggest that the player > is perfectly free to choose whatever tempo he wishes.' > (see earlier messages.......) > Martyn > __________________________________________________________________ > > From: David Rastall <d_lu...@comcast.net> > To: Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2014, 13:06 > Subject: Re: [LUTE] those sarabands > On Dec 18, 2014, at 5:25 AM, Martyn Hodgson > <[1]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> The point at issue was (see your earlier below) is that both Ron >> Andrico and you said there was no relationship what(so)ever between > the >> tempo of a solo lute dance and the tempo at which it was actually >> danced. > Sorry, Martyn, but those were your words. > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
