And in English here : http://www.lavihuela.com/Vihuela/My_publications_files/GRIFFITHS%201989%20mudarra.pdf
-------------- > >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
