This particular piece is a version of a well-known tune called "La Gamba," which in many sources is called a galliard. If you play it as galliard, the walking steps of the duple pavan fit perfectly. The same is true of the triple-time pavan in Milan's El Maestro.
There was a tradition of notating galliards in duple time. The LSA Quarterly had articles about it in January 1988 (by Paul O'Dette) and November 2001 (by Daniel Heiman). On Apr 13, 2008, at 6:04 AM, Stephen Kenyon wrote: > I notice the Pisador vihuela Pavana muy llana para taner is notated > in triple time in the Schott guitar edition, which says that the > original was given in duple. Normally pavans are duple, but > looking at it it does seem to insist on being triple (or is that > just knowing it so long in triple?). > > Three questions pertain: > - should this piece really be in triple time? > - if so how does it end up in triple: is it a function of its being > from an earlier time than many pavans we are used to? > - is there an implication for tempo, eg should it be quicker than > the stately progress we think of for the standard duple pavan? -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
