Ken Moore wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Owain Sutton writes:
While semiminims (ie quavers, 8th notes) are recognisable to us today, their original context means that the flags are more than adequate to highlight them - only with subsequent centurys of migration to shorter note values did flags and stems become inadequate in indicating subdivision of pulse.
On a point of detail, "semiminima" (L) = "crotchet" (Br) = "quarter- note" (Am). See "Note values" in the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music (p. 526 in my copy).
I totally agree with your main point. I much prefer to perform 16th C music from unbarred editions with the original note values (and even original clefs, so long as it is not too technically difficult).
Good point - I had a slight brainfart about semiminim and fusae (which do crop up with 'beams' of a kind in 15th-16th century manuscripts).
I too prefer original note values, at all times and in all contexts. And I'm a big fan of mensurstriche barring, which seems to me to be a good compromise between the prosaic indication of beat and the complexities of unbarred rhythms.
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