C slash in mirror? What do you mean? I think you're clear. You mean the
opening to the letter C is normally on the right, and "in mirror" the
opening is on the left? I've never seen it with a slash.
But No-slash Mirror C does occur on rare occasions. It is the same as C
slash.
Let's see.
Whole note (W) in C would be the same rhythmic value as a Half note (H) of
C in C slash (or No-slash Mirror C). Oops! Let's get this right. A Half
note (H) in C would be the same length as a Whole note (W) in C slash (or
No-slash Mirror C)
In mirror C slash a W of C would be the same rhythmic value as a Quarter
note (Q) in C.
Need an advanced degree in mathematics to compute musical proportions.
I'm not certain that's correct, but logically that's what Mirror slash-C
would be.
You have C-slash-3 correct. There are two examples in the ricercars of
Marco dall'Aquila. I've seen it in Newsidler (Neusidler, Nenslyder), too.
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/marcodallaquila
For specific pieces (tablature and transcriptions) click on the appropriate
"Libro" at the top of the Home Page.
See the transcriptions in my online edition, No. 46 in Libro Terzo (about
half way down the page). H = dotted H.
For a similar example see No.
22 "alla frottola" in Libro Secondo would be Slashed-circle-3. Compare the
tabkature and the transcription. Barlines (according to Barberiis [1548],
"picego" in Venetian
dialect--"slash" as with a sword) in tablature are often not metrical, but
rather mark off the tactus ("beat"). Many transcriptions that use the same
barlines as the tablature should have a meter sign of 1/1 (e.g., Chiesa).
Marco's music has some of the most amazing rhythmic
tricks that I've ever seen in early music, such as the metrical accelerando
at the end on No. 61 (Libro
quarto), Ricercar ("con misure di restringemento"/shrinking measures--see
the triangle-shaped précis at the bottom of the last page).
Now you have me wondering how that would have been notated in mensural
notation of the 16th century. And much of Marco's music strikes me as
having been conceived in mensural notation, and then intabulated.
AJN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Nightingale" <[email protected]>
To: "lute list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:10 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Purcell: Cupid, the slyest rogue alive
Dear List,
Does anyone know what the various time signatures mean that appear in
Purcell's "Cupid, the slyest rogue alive"?
My edition starts in 2/2 (C-slash), then goes to "C-slash-3" which I
interpret as 3/4 measures with the same duration as half the preceding
2/2 measures. Then it goes back to 2/2 and alternates between 2/2 and
something denoted by a C-slash in mirror image (mirrored about the
vertical). I guess it's a faster 2/2. If so, how much faster?
Thanks,
Peter.
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home of a great soul is the whole world.
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