Surely *any* ornament on that first chord is going to give a ninth. Accept it, and enjoy! P
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 3:31 PM, "Mathias Roesel" <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > There is that opening measure e. g. of Bocquet's > > allemande #7 (Vm7 6214 fol. 5) > > > > .2 3 1 1 1 1 1 > > ---|---------a---#e-e-| > > -a-|-a'---r'---a------| > > ---|-a----------------| > > ---|-a----------------| > > ---|------------------| > > ---|------------------| > > . ///a > > >> If you execute the first comma as an appogiatura, >> you'll have a ninth on the opening chord of that >> piece. Does that seem right to you? > A possible 9th in itself doesn't bother me. Neither me, personally. Yet after staying for a little while with music by Mesangeau, Vieux Gaultier, Bocquet, Bouvier et al, I found it quite out of place and order. Maybe that's a matter of taste, maybe not. > but if the affect is that of a > tombeau, the chord could be very effective, especially > if there's time to bring out the dissonance with an > expressive tire. Unfortunately, there's no hint that this is a tombeau. But, hey, I could claim it is one and play it accordingly. > I'd be very suspicious of the 9th on the opening > chord, however, mainly because an allemande nearly > always begins with a melodic anticipation. That comma > would therefore be an unprepared dissonance approached > from below. The French lutenists were willing to > break a lot of rules, but that's a bit much. *sighs* yes, that's what it seems to me, too, indeed. Thx! -- Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
