Thanks Bernd. The temptation is too great: The thing about Cs you should know, To tell how the music should go: If C has a tractus, You'll have a quick tactus; Without it, the music's quite slow.
All the best, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernd Haegemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <[email protected]>; "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Dalza > Dear all, > > > Harman concurs with what Thomas Morley has to say about it on page > > 23 of _A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke" > > (London, 1597): > [...] > > However, Morley goes on to say that the same sign could mean that > > the beat was in semibreves, confirming that people used these signs > > in different ways: > > > This shows that it really is a "Plaine" introduction to "Practicall Musicke"! > Many other theorists love to describe what they would like the things to be rather than > the contemporary practice.. > In this case it is true that we often find the same piece in different mensurations in > different mss, > especially C and ยข . (By the way, the vertical line is called virgula or tractus.) > > best wishes > Bernd To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
