In addition, Bartolotti ends each passacaille with a chord to introduce the key of the one to follow. On the surface, the implication is at least for the possibility of through performance. I can't imagine how that could work without equal temperament.
Eugene ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Dominic Robillard [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:12 PM Cc: lute list lute list Subject: [LUTE] guitar temperament Hi luters, Bartolotti starts with a passacaille in book I. Each passacaille modulates to a different key. Was he ahead of Wagner? Were performers of passacailles through all keys allowed to stop to tune, and change fret spacing within a work? Was that okay and normal for the audience? Was there an audience? Equal temperament sounds so bad, it just can't be. I refuse to stop using meantone, 1/6, but I can't seem to get passed the 4th fret on my guitar. How many tastinos will it take? I was told by pros, including Stubbs, that things get looser up there, but I think that is just continuo talk. Even playing Sanz doesn't pan out, can anyone help? Dominic -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
