Am Sonntag, 15. Januar 2017 22:37 CET, Mathias Rösel <mathias.roe...@t-online.de> schrieb:
> > and he wants to say that the false relations sound fine if played fast > > enough. > > There are no "wrong" notes. Wait, wait! Nowhere does Mudarra mention speed at all. It's an easy to fall in trap to claim to know what an author "wants to say", esp. if you are ignoring what he wrote - "Algunas falsas tañiendo se bien no pareçen mal" > Indeed, and it was Mudarra himself who wrote those words concerning "false > notes" in his fantasia. I'd even be reluctant to translate "falsas" with "false notes" (Mathias, is that why you put it in quotes?) "Musica falsa" was a well established alternative term for "musica ficta", i.e. notes that are generated from hexachords other than the standard three. So, as an alternative (possible) translation one might read: " from here until the end you find some (disjunct) hexachords that, when played well appear to sound good." Not nearly as good a story as that about Mudarra making fun of Lodovico's skills as a harp player but actually rather convincing when you look at the music. And it give us valuable information on techniques used on diatonic harps to cope with the increasing needs of raised tones in cadences. Cheers, Ralf Mattes To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
