Dear Howard, You are quite right, but that was not the point I was trying to make. Rather than questioning how to manipulate the piece, I was trying to show the inconsistency of forcing a historic category into a context that contradicts it explicitly.
With best wishes, Antonio ----- Original Message ---- From: howard posner <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> To: Lute mailing list <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Thursday, 27 August, 2009 14:40:11 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Edward Martin/who nose? 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. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
