On Aug 27, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Antonio Corona wrote:

> "They must be played with a somewhat fast air [so much for the slow  
> pavan] and it is required that they be played twice or  
> thrice" (Debense tañer con el compas algo apresurado, y requierense  
> tañer dos o tres veces). Milan does not say "you may", he states  
> "you must".

Or  "you should" or "you ought"

> In this particular case, I would be hard pressed to explain how  
> slow pavans with the structure of a galliard could be played  
> somewhat fast in general usage.

Three beats to one step works rather like a more modern march in 6/8  
(you do have to assume that "pavana" really means "pavana" and not  
play the last two bars as a hemiola, or not care about it); the notes  
go by quite quickly but the steps are slow.
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