I've been practicing a suite by Roncalli but I only have a zerox of the one suite and no info about it. There seem to be a few altered chords (do you call them taglia?) and I wonder what they are supposed to be, as they sound fine when played as the regular type.
On p. 28 in the Corrente, fourth line, last full measure, there is a "C" with a curved line that is clearly different than the C five measures earlier. A regular D major chord seems to work fine. If the alteration means leaving off the 5th course, that may indicate that the fifth course had a bourdon, otherwise what would be the point? I would have to rethink things then. With the French tuning it would still sound in root position. A sus chord sounds wrong to me. The "D" in the pickup measure to this piece also looks different from other Ds. I don't know if this is a special chord or the copyist just did it differently there. TIA Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [1]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ [2]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- References 1. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ 2. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
