Hi Early Guitar List,
Bad weather here in eastern NC, and I'm using it as an excuse to go
back to my favorite subject . . .
"I don't know anything specifically in these French 4 course guitar
books that indicates they're aimed at the 'professional' player (ie one
paid for playing)
The slow down in tempo in dance forms and the seperation between music
purely for dancing and that for listening to was surely more general
than just for the Allemande/Almand form and occurred earlier than the
'after the 16thC).
In any event, the original point was that once the t