Those pieces can accomodate two inner parts well. But you can also play just the chords. The madrigal style is more persuasive if not too busy. dtA
t 09:04 AM 3/23/2009, you wrote: >I have a question for our continuo experts on the list. I'm going to >accompany some of Ortiz's "Recercadas sobre un canto llano" on the lute. >For those who don't know the pieces, they consist of a simple bass line >in long notes of equal value (the canto llano), above which a melody >instrument (often a viola da gamba is used) has a more elaborate line, >but not as flashy as the "bastarda" style, more soulful. The >accompanying chords are very elementary, in fact most are just major or >minor triads. And there is one chord per measure all the way through: D >minor - A minor - G minor etc. > >My question is: how would you realise this accompaniment on the lute? >Just playing the obvious chord at the beginning of each bar is not going >to be very interesting, and because the music doesn't seem to need to go >fast the sound would quickly die away before the next bar. I must admit >I am tempted to try folk guitar style arpeggio patterns, anachronistic >though it may be! > >Thanks, > Simon Lambert > >-- >Scanned by iCritical. > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
