[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau recording

2007-10-16 Thread Monica Hall
Very interesting - I wouldn't dare to let anyone else on the list hear me playing. Actually I agree with Robert - it sounds as if you are leaving out the bordon on the 5th course most of the time, whether intentionally or by accident. The one place where the bordon on the 5th course is

[VIHUELA] Guerau response and some announcements

2007-10-16 Thread Nelson, Jocelyn
Monica, Amen! Ornamentation, strum patterns and rhythm . . . there's lots more to explore in guitar repertoire besides stringing. Dear List: I would like to announce the November 3rd debut of my new early music group, Chitarrina in a concert of 16th century French and Italian music

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau response and some announcements

2007-10-16 Thread bill kilpatrick
--- Nelson, Jocelyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amen! Ornamentation, strum patterns and rhythm . . . there's lots more to explore in guitar repertoire besides stringing. amen (II) ... sometimes, even with a pick! jocelyn - in bocca al lupo for the new york venue. a search on google images

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau recording

2007-10-16 Thread Eloy Cruz
Dear Stuart, list I agree with you, this pieces can be anything you want, and they can be played in a dancy or in a more serious, instrumental way. The Vacas was a baile, a rithmic thing, but Sebastian de Covarruvias defines it this way Las Vacas es una cierta sonada entre músicos, y sobre ella

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau recording

2007-10-16 Thread Rob
Dear Eloy, Many apologies, but could you please translate that quotation for me? I'm wondering why one can't play 'seriously' in a 'dancy' way. Seems an odd dichotomy. Rob www.rmguitar.info -Original Message- From: Eloy Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 October 2007 21:44

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau recording

2007-10-16 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 03:33 PM 10/13/2007, Monica Hall wrote: (I don't know if any of our modern virtuosi have revived these passacalles with bongo drums, samples, nyckelharpa etc) Well they have certainly revived Santiago de Murcia's music with everything including the kitchen sink...but Guerau has escaped their

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau recording

2007-10-16 Thread bill kilpatrick
--- Stuart Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but I can't imagine anyone springing to their feet with this stuff. perhaps but i can imagine a group of discerning revellers of any age, at any time and at any level of intoxification being utterly transfixed by the beauty of so-called