Ah yes, clef shock. Learning the recorders so that I can play with a recorder ensemble that reads early notation has been fun and a challenge. I knew the tenor clef from the cello (and of course treble and bass), and the alto clef from earlier lute playing. C 1 ,2 & 5 are coming along, but I've not dealt with the movable f clef yet! And, of course, all those crazy ligatures . . . And some think that music is a relaxing pastime! On Dec 4, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Daniel Winheld wrote:
> >> Dan, you are a veritable fount of early music performance knowledge. Were >> your scholarly credentials and serious demeanor less known, one might almost >> suspect you of pulling our leg! >> On Dec 4, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Daniel Winheld wrote: >> > Hmm... I wonder.. better look down and check your ankle. Well, we do know > that Monsieur Tonaparte loved his "A" lute above all others. > > I hope you have Historical Evidence for this. ;-) > > Surely Professor Ness will back me up... won't he? (sound of crickets in the > still hours of the night....) > > > Truth be told, I'm a lousy transposer. So lousy that once I have the > hang of, I cannot play at written pitch anymore. It's like finally > getting the hang of a C-clef, when suddenly it changes position! > > David- that's what I used to call "Clef Shock" -it always hits me hardest > playing bass viola da gamba- cruising along in "D" instrument mode, and I'll > suddenly slip into "G" or "E" mode, or hit the tenor clef and fall off by a > third or something. Been a long time since I've done that stuff, though. I > would bring rehearsals to a screeching halt, screaming "Clef Shock! Stop!" > > Dan > > On Dec 4, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Edward Mast wrote: > >>> Some lutenists were so accustomed to routinely transposing down a tone they >>> became unable to read either tablatures or notes at the original pitch. The >>> condition was called Acquired Ditonal Disorder, or "ADD". One unfortunate >>> soul was nicknamed Simonius Tonaparte. >>> >>> On Dec 4, 2011, at 11:08 AM, David van Ooijen wrote: >>> >>>> On 4 December 2011 19:58, David Tayler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> especially Airs to Cour but also English lute songs, and here down a >>>>> tone is the most common, followed by up a tone. >>>> >>>> I've noticed some lute songs become easier down a tone. Particularly >>>> Morley songs. I always wondered about his songs - were they written a >>>> tone lower but publisehd a tone up? Funny, that. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ******************************* >>>> David van Ooijen >>>> [email protected] >>>> www.davidvanooijen.nl >>>> ******************************* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> >>> >> >
