Ned,
Discouragingly fast. The dance involves a jump which can only be taken so
slow before it turns into a shuffle with all the grace of a walrus playing
football. (Scholars are still in disagreement about whether the football in
question is American or European and if the walruses should play on natural
grass or astroturf.) Learning the moves yourself is the best way to know the
tempo and, more important, the character. Then, even if you choose to slow
down an elaborate galliard, you'll know which aspects of the piece you're
playing are "galliardy."
There's also a theory that dance types tend to slow down over time because,
just like us and our knuckle-breaking ornamentation, the dancers began to
introduce more quick steps and elaborate variations of the gestures.
Chris
--- On Sat, 7/11/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: [LUTE] The Galliard
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 3:33 PM
> Do we know
> approximately what the tempo of the Galliard was when
> danced? And what, customarily, is
> the relationship between that and
> the tempo when played as a solo
> instrumental piece?
>
>
>
> Ned
>
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