Dear Monica,
The F major chord against the note d is simply a 65 chord on a bass F
(as I mentioned earlier in this thread): this chord is extremely common
at the time (and indeed many other times) as leading up to a cadential
43 chord. It is the body of contextural experience
Incidentally, I'm not suggesting bowed bass for the songs if the
theorbo is present - only if the guitar is used without the theorbo.
And if the guitar and theorbo were both present then the theorbo need
only play the bass line - a mode which is documented. Indeed to avoid
too much
Dear Lex,
My observations were withing the context of songs with an independent
basso part in addition to the guitar alfabeto, such as the Marini 1622
collection. Clearly, if only the alfabeto were present then I'd
generally expect only the guitar. I'd be very grateful if you'd
Dear Martyn,
The F major chord against the note d is simply a 65 chord on a bass F
That is exactly what I said. It is the first inversion of a minor 7th
chord on the 2nd degree of the scale and as you say it is very common in
this
repertoire. The notes which the chord includes are D
Dear Martyn
My observations were withing the context of songs with an independent
basso part in addition to the guitar alfabeto, such as the Marini 1622
collection. Clearly, if only the alfabeto were present then I'd
generally expect only the guitar. I'd be very grateful if you'd read
Dear Monica,
O death, where is thy sting?
These emails, between Lex, you and me are increasingly suffering from
failure to read (or to digest) exactly what is being said: I don't
blame anyone of us in particular.
Most recently you have written that I said something when I
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Composition of short songs in early 17th century
Italy - was Marini - was Grenerin
Dear Both of You
I have no idea what they believe, but in their (and others') writings I
see no word about having found references to the guitar + bowed string,
and I suppose anyone
Dear Lex,
I've just posted to Monica about our continuing efforts to
misunderstand each other by not very carefully reading what is being
written and am sorry to say this is happening yet again: incidentally I
point the finger at all three of us.
So yet again - sigh. I
But dear Monica,
I'm specifically NOT saying requiring an additional bass instrument
(such as theorbo or bowed bass) was general practice - merely that I
think it best for Marini's songs with an indepedent bass line (like Il
Verno).
rgds to both of you
Martyn
Where's
Dear Martyn
And yes, yet again, I would hold (repeat if necessary) the Fmaj chord
over the passing dissonant g in the bass to then resolve through the 43
cadence.
I don't understand why would you play an F major chord at all. If I were
playing the theorbo or keyboard (I have tried in
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