Peter, there is nothing holy about that bass line. Here is a link to an
mp3 of the cittern version in the Robert Edwards Commonplace Book,
Dundee c.1650 [1]http://cittern.theaterofmusic.com/audio/index.html and
there is a link on the same page to the tablature (in diatonic tuning).
Rob MacKillop
2009/1/27 Peter Nightingale <[2]n...@pobox.com>
Dear All,
I am in the process of transcribing a version of "Joy to the Person"
for
archlute. This link points to what I am working from:
[3]http://www.phys.uri.edu/~nigh/Joy/joy_to.pdf
I guess the only original part is the melody and that all the rest
was
written by Steven Hendricks, whoever that may be. I have a problem
with
the A minor cord at the beginning of the penultimate measure of the
second
system. Originally, I had that as an E on the 8th course together
with an
open third course a, but I do not like the sound of that, and that
is
where my wild speculation starts.
The game I think I should play is that I treat Hendrick's (?) bass
line
as holy, apart from octave liberties. If one were to play a
realization
of that bass line, I do not think one would play an A minor chord in
second inversion on the first beat of measure 7, but possibly a
first
inversion C major chord would be OK given the stepwise motion of the
bass.
(This seems to have the blessing of Coprario, Simpson, Locke and
Mace,
which beats a blessing of the the Holy Trinity by one.)
So far, this is what I have in tab:
[4]http://www.phys.uri.edu/~nigh/Joy/joytab.pdf
Obviously, I am way out of my physics depth here, so please
straighten me
out.
Thanks,
Peter.
the next auto-quote is:
In violence we forget who we are.
(Mary McCarthy)
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References
1. http://cittern.theaterofmusic.com/audio/index.html
2. mailto:n...@pobox.com
3. http://www.phys.uri.edu/~nigh/Joy/joy_to.pdf
4. http://www.phys.uri.edu/~nigh/Joy/joytab.pdf
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