On Nov 28, 2007, at 10:33 PM, David Tayler wrote: > I think it is different for different people, but in the keyboard > world I have been part of a decades long debate about Italian > harpsichords--the one size fits all debate. > And a very wise player said, it doesn't matter that you just are not > playing those extra notes for the earlier repertory, you react > differently when you play the instrument.
Hi David, I know very little about harpsichords, but are you referring to a difference as great as, say, playing virginal music on a double- manual 18th C. instrument? If the difference in instruments is great enough, I can see that the experience of playing them would be different, like playing Capirola on a 10-course lute: physically and aesthetically, it's just not the same because the sound itself is different. Just as playing Bach on a grand piano: one reacts pianistically, and creates a pianistic ambience. Perhaps the one-size-fits-all concept is a 19th-century thing. The 19th seemed to be an era of standardization in music. David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
