i've tried to find the source but no luck. i'll try later. i remember seeing someone with st. vitus dance when i was very young - a wonder to behold. the dance i'm talking about, however came more from misery than any early music saturday night fever. more than likely the plague had something to do with it (totendanz?).
in any case, imho, music sounds better when the speed of play is governed by the ability to dance to it. mathias, what does "otoh" and "voice leading" mean? regards - bill On Venerd�, giu 11, 2004, at 08:28 Europe/Rome, Mathias R�sel wrote: > "bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> i've found that slower is better. a question of individual taste i >> suppose but stately >> play without forcing the volume sounds right. > > my experience, too. OTOH, this way forces you to precisely keep up with > the beat, i.e. more precisely than with more speed. Another feature is > that you have more space, so to say, in order to make voiceleading > clear. > >> there was a dance phenomena in the middle ages - forgot what it was >> called - where whole towns went berserk and danced for days. > > St Vitus's dance, also the name of a muscle disease. > > -- > Best wishes, > > Mathias > > Mathias Roesel, Grosze Annenstrasze 5, 28199 Bremen, Deutschland/ > Germany, T/F +49 - 421 - 165 49 97, Fax +49 1805 060 334 480 67, > E-Mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
