<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Its very easy to trick oneself into > believing that if you play French-style elements A, B > and C the way that writers X, Y, and Z have described > them that you're actually playing the style. The old > ones didn't learn French style from books, afterall.
Well, they did, in a way. Not everyone lived in Paris, nor did everybody employ French teachers--except people like the Robarts, perhaps. Tablature was a means to convey tradition which is why almost everyone had their booklets ready and copied from one another. That's how French style reached even remote villages like Ebenthal (to name but one). Their situation isn't _that_ different from ours, I'd say. We'll never know if Monsieur Vieux Gaultier had raised his brows about the practical results someone in Carinthia would realize from a copy of La Belle Homicide. OTOH how do you know what Miles David would have said about youngsters playing his music in an attempt to path their own ways? -- Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
