Hi Rainer and all,
For those who didn't check out these examples, they all involve a
simple melody where Milan drops down to an open string resulting in a
minor third jump rather than using a half or whole step which would
better match as an imitation.
For example, instead of the notes C B C D E, which would match, one
gets C A C D E.
One would assume that Milan did this for ease of fingering, avoiding a
slightly awkward shift. (All three of these situations could have been
done "correctly", but at the cost of either an awkward stretch of the
first finger, or not being able to hold a voice or chord below the
melody.) Apparently it was more important to Milan to keep the flow
going or hold a chord rather than to use the matching interval.
In Fantasia 18 it actually is really no problem just to slide down a
half step with the first finger. But for whatever reason, Milan prefers
his open string solution.
I've just played through all three places a few times, as written, and
substituting a different interval. I would tend to leave them as is.
(Something a bit similar is where one finds a cadential ornament with
frets 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 , instead of going down to the 4 on the next
string in place of the zero. One finds this occasionally in German tab
sources and I assume elsewhere. I've always found it rather bizarre.
But if it goes by quickly, I guess it could work.)
My 2 cents worth,
Gruesse
Robert
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Von: Rainer <[email protected]>
Gesendet: Sonntag, 13. Oktober 2019 10:19
An: "Lute net" <[email protected]>
Betreff: [LUTE] A strange "error" in Maestro
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Dear lute netters,
In some cases Milan seems to have sacrificed music for playability:
Fantasia 18, bar 81 - compare bars 73-75, 78-80 and others
Fantasia 19, bar 129 - Echoes bar 126
Fantasia 20, bar 49 - compare bar 44
I don't think these are errors.
However, I also believe that this sounds ridiculous.
Any ideas?
Rainer
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