[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: a very basic question

[Dale Young]

C.P.E. Bach wrote that   in the appogiatura, the dissonance  should be held 
AT LEAST half the value of the written note.  Most preformers cheat on this, 
making these "graces" sound more like annoying speach impediments. Even more 
annoying, I also hear single comas played as trills. We all need to listen 
to good keyboard interpretations of music from our time period and 
geographical region of choice. There are a lot of good keyboard players. Not 
so many lutenists.

So many players interpret the comma ornament as an appogiatura in a 
measured way. If this is correct, why didn't the composer just write  a 
note?

Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/




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