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Subject: Re: Airs de Cour - transposing the voice (in English song)
On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 08:25 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
...The 2nd fret on the 1st course of my lute vibrates to give
a'=440.
It will vibrate 440 times per second, whether I call it a' on a
G
lute, b
: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:19 AM
Subject: Ob Broxbourne 84.9 [was: Airs de Cour - transposing the
voice (in English song)]
Ob Broxbourne 84.9 is a manuscript that I found, or rather Peter
Ward
Jones showed to me after I nagged him for more of the same when
digging for William Lawes songs
And Gordon, with no insult to your intelligence intended, I think your
professor at McGill (my father's alma mater) had perfect relative
pitch rather than perfect pitch. Just the fact that you say it was
tunable.
Actually Bruce does have perfect pitch, because he can write down by
ear most
Wow! The question is whether this is a blessing or a
curse...
Stephan
Am 12 Feb 2004 um 11:41 hat Gordon J. Callon
geschrieben:
And Gordon, with no insult to your intelligence intended, I think
your professor at McGill (my father's alma mater) had perfect
relative pitch rather than
: Airs de Cour - transposing the voice (in English song)
Just to add a couple of supporting observations, within the
context
of seventeenth-century English song and the lute/theorbo:
In _The Performance of English Song, 1610-1670_ (New York:
Graland,
1989), Edward Huws Jones gives an extensive
On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 08:25 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
...The 2nd fret on the 1st course of my lute vibrates to give a'=440.
It will vibrate 440 times per second, whether I call it a' on a G
lute, b' on an A lute, or e' on a bass lute in D.
So if you tune your G lute down a
Stewart McCoy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote
..
Please could you tell us a little bit more about Ob Broxbourne 84.9.
It is not included in the Garland facsimile series, and I was unaware
of its existence.
..
Ob Broxbourne 84.9 is a manuscript that I found, or rather Peter Ward
Jones showed to me after
Stewart McCoy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote
..
Please could you tell us a little bit more about Ob Broxbourne 84.9.
It is not included in the Garland facsimile series, and I was unaware
of its existence.
..
Ob Broxbourne 84.9 is a manuscript that I found, or rather Peter Ward
Jones showed to me after
Dear Luties,
As a singer I can tell you that we almost never care if we have to
transpose. The voice is infinitely transposable -- well, not *infinitely*,
but until a transposition puts a song out of our singing range it is not
difficulty at all to sing in another key. Those singers who
squeeky notes like top g and a.
Best wishes,
Stewart McCoy.
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From: Candace Magner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: Airs de Cour - transposing the voice
Dear Luties,
As a singer I can tell you that we
Stewart McCoy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As often as not, transposing the voice part to match a lute in G
brings the singer's notes into a sensible range. For example, airs
de cour which imply a lute in A tend to have quite a high range. By
transposing down a tone for the sake of a lute in
I have to go with Candace on this one. I have been sight reading for voice
for over 55 years. Perfect pitch in a singer can be a handicap. What one
needs is the perfection of the intervals and the memory of the tonic pitch
for the duration of the piece. ( I remember a man in my old a cappella
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