On Ronn MacFarlane's Scottish album, there are several pieces that are only a handful of bars long in the original manuscript (Rowallen or Straloch). It's hard to imagine that they were meant to be played literally since some would barely top 10 seconds as written. He's generally used those as a starting point and fleshed them out with variations. IIRC, the Mel Bay book has his versions of at least one or two of these, but I don't recall the titles offhand.
Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: Doctor Oakroot<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu<mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 2:19 PM Subject: [LUTE] Short tunes, was Re: New Heringman CD Hmmm, 48 seconds per tune average. That brings up something I've wondered about - a lot of ren lute music seems to be very short. Did they just play lots of short pieces or was the practice to repeat a piece several times? Do the written scores represent themes which the player developed as he played? > Jacob Heringman has a new CD out on Magnatune.com called "Blame Not > My Lute" (insert joke here). A 47 minute collection of 58 Renaissance > Lute pieces. Very solid and clear playing. Highly recommended for > beginner and intermediate players who will likely come across these > pieces in various collections. You can listen to all the full length > tracks on Magnatune prior to purchase. > > DS > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html<http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html> > -- http://DoctorOakroot.com<http://doctoroakroot.com/> - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars. --
