> I suppose some will want to check the sarmaticae with a Geiger counter. > RT
No, geiger counters only check the random, but very regular, emissions from radioactively decaying material. One would hope that the wonderful rhythms of music won't decay in our lifetimes. Radioactive decay is an aspect of the increase of entropy that is endemic to the universe, the active decays toward the inactive. It is speculated that the total entropy in the universe is tending to a constant - but with local resistance (such as the ordering of a local society by mankind). To that concept I contratulate the lutenist. As modern music approaches the disorganization of an entropic state (the rock group that knows three chords, but keeps it simple by only playing two) the lutenists hold the line against the trend, and maintain that resistance, by playing music. Let us be happy to be a major force reacting against the massive trend of the universe. (Wow, I almost sound new age, but that is actually real physics, with a bit of tongue in cheek). We don't need no stinking metronomes! But I still have trouble with 5/4. Easier to play it from the sound than the count. Best, Jon To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
