Dear Dana, I do agree that barlines are a nuisance and have to be, if not forgotten, at least used for what they are : a mere division of the sheet in more or less coherent cells, but of course by no means a rhythm dictate, the musical discourse generating its own rhtyhmical fluency. On the other hand, I doubt very much that the sometimes erratic barring choices in Herr Giesbert's editions (I suppose you refer to the old Schott editions of Attaingnant's dance books...) were his decision to bring players to ignore the 3/4 inner logic of some gaillardes and "actually feel the natural phrasing". In my opinion, it looks more like an editorial blunder. I do keep these old Schott books as historical relics ;-)
All the best, Jean-Marie == En réponse au message du 2009-09-12, 16:36:11 == >even one older editor (geisbert) has on occaision barred some pieces >against the grain (eg, 4/4 for a gailarde) to oblige the player to stop >with the foot stomping and actually feel the natural phrasing.
