On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:12 AM, Michael Gillespie wrote:
Does anyone have any comments on improvising trills and other
accents? Or
know of any good readings on the topic? Also, (just a thought) did the
baroque masters compose in tablature? (that seems absurd). Are
there any
sources for learning notation on the lute.
Did you get any replies to your query? Your original post seems to be
the only one in the thread. I didn't see any replies, which surprises
me.
I don't quite get your first question. I don't think of trills as
being improvised. I guess that you could say that one improvises
where one puts them if they aren't marked, but I rather think of them
as something that is obligatory at cadences in certain styles of
music. What do you mean by accents? There must be heaps of reading on
the internet, just google. If you want a book, Robert Donington's
_The Interpretation of Early Music_ or _Baroque Music: Style and
Performance_ might be useful. I'm sure others know of more recent books.
The Baroque masters almost certainly composed in tablature, if by
that, you mean that when they wrote down what they composed they
didn't first write it in another system but wrote it down directly in
tab. Why does that seem absurd? Seems logical to me.
Sources for learning notation? Perhaps the easiest would be to find
parallel tab and transcription editions. There are some pieces like
that available on the web, I'm pretty sure.
HTH
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
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http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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