Right on Gary, And that is why we have dynamics. I leave yours below intentionally, then comment.
> Dear Stewart; > > Regarding the situation you described of two viols playing: > > ____________ > __a__c__d___ > ____________ > ____________ > ____________ > ____________ > > and > > ____________ > __d__c__a___ > ____________ > ____________ > ____________- > ____________ > > it occurs to me that unless the timbres of the two viols are very different the listener may indeed hear the passage as > > ____________ > __d__c__d___ > __f______f___ > ____________ > ____________ > ____________ > > as per the lute intabulation. > You are quite right Gary, and I run into this ofen on the double strung harp where I am playing both left and right hand in the same octave. Sometimes I don't know here the melody is. But only if I'm not playing the notes according to the key signature, or am not making the melody dynamics clear. The same applies to the lute. beginner as I am. As to the viols, each should know where the line runs, even if the instruments are perfectly matched. The players should make the distinction with their bows, or else let it just be a sequence of notes rather than a piece of music. Best, Jon To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
