Funny! Just today I needed to explain to one of my (guitar) pupils that what's written in the edition is not necessarily what he should play. The bass notes in "guitar notation" are often integrated in the upper voices to avoid a larger number of rests. But I don't think they should be stopped but sound as long as the next tone on the bass line appears. (just to add that the phenomenon also appears in "guitar world")
Thomas Am Die, 2003-12-09 um 21.40 schrieb Stewart McCoy: > The advantage of staff notation is supposed to be that it shows > exactly how long notes last, but does it? What if you have an > Alberti-style accompaniment in the left hand of a piano piece, i.e. > broken chords consisting of quavers? > > ____a__________a__________ > _________a___________a__|_ > ______c___________c_____|_ > _c__________c___________|_ > ________________________|_ > ________________________|_ > > (It would be in staff notation for the piano, of course.) > > OK. You can lift your finger for each note and make quavers. Now, > what happens if the music has "Ped." written underneath? The > sustaining pedal will cause all those notes to ring on, whether you > lift your fingers or not. They aren't quavers any more. They ring on > as they would on the lute, guitar or harp. The notation no longer > reflects the actual sound heard, but it is written like that, > because it is helpful for the player to see the music notated in > that way. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monica Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "lutenet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:02 PM > Subject: Re: Staff Notation/Tablature > > > > As usual Stewart has said it all and said it succinctly. I would > only add a > > couple of comments. > > > > When instrumental music began to be written or printed towards the > end of > > the 15th century the method of musical notation in general use for > vocal > > music was unsuitable for the purpose since it didn't necessarily > indicate > > the actual pitch at which the music was to be performed and method > of > > indicating time and rhythm was very complex. Other instruments, > including > > keyboard instruments and the violin also used tablature. By the > time Campion > > and Perrine expressed a view this had radically changed. Even > Campion could > > hardly have written all his guitar music using seven different > scordature in > > staff notation. > > > > Tablature is much simpler and easier both to hand copy and to > engrave or > > print - important considerations in the 16th and 17th centuries. > Anyone who > > has ever tried writing out or playing series of 5-part chords for > the > > baroque guitar in staff notation, or even in tablature, could > hardly fail to > > see the logic of alfabeto - a form of notation perfectly suited > for its > > purpose. As Stewart says - its a doddle because it is perfectly > adapted to > > the instrument! > > > > Monica > -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss --
