> "Spezzata" means broken, and refers to breaking > up of the block chords in the previous dance.
isn't it melody, rather, than chords that is spezzata, or brise (the latter being is a 20th century term that was not in use during 17th and 18th centuries)? > Reprises usually use divuisions for variation. one might ask, then, what's the diffeence between divisions and spezzature. IMHO, Gianoncelli's spezzate are in line with later Gaultiers' general style of playing. The characteristic feature being that the melody is broken, or shattered, and played, so to say, off-centred or off-beat all the time (but no division into shorter notes, which is the characteristic feature of doubles). In contrast to that, divisions, as far as I've seen, are mostly on the beat, the characteristic feature being that the melody is _divided_ in many equal short notes. Cheers, Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
