Ralf, On Tue, 2/25/14, R. Mattes <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is no such thing as "harmony below bass". Please, get > all out of your Berkeley Jazz shoes, now. No, everyone keep your shoes on, please! In fact, 17th century players frequently utilized the option to play "harmony below the bass" by recognizing chord roots and inverting them as was practical. There are even examples of written out lute realizations in which every single chord has been voiced in root position(!), which clearly shows that they understood the theoretical principles at work, even if they lacked a terminology to discuss them in today's lingo (i.e. "Berkeley Jazz shoes"). According to what we know of 17th century theory, players "couldn't" do this, but, well, um, they did. I noted one such instance from Castaldi in my last post. I discuss many more in far greater depth in an article I wrote for the LSA which has very frustratingly been in publishing limbo for several years. Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
