Dear lute netters,
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I am currently playing through the music supplement 100 (English Lute Society)
and noticed some thing I had not noticed before.
CLM 56 appears as
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_c_______a__________
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____|_____d___b___a__________|________________|________________________|_____d___b___a______|
_c__|_b_______c___________c__|_e___________b__|_____________f__________|_a_______c__________|
____|_____________c___a______|_____________c__|________________________|_____________c______|
____|_____________________d__|_c_______a______|_a___________d__________|____________________|
in the Poulton edition (1974) and in John's version in the supplement.
I think it must be changed to (bar 4)
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_d__ _c_______a___________a__ _f_______d___c__ _d___c___a___h___f___d__
_c_______a__________
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____|_____d___b___a__________|________________|________________________|_____d___b___a______|
_c__|_b_______c___________c__|_e___________b__|_____________f__________|_b_______c__________|
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____|_____________________d__|_c_______a______|_a___________d__________|____________________|
1) It sounds awfully wrong
2) Dowland did not write such harmonies - Cutting did :)
3) compare bar 2
What do you think?
Rainer
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