Hello Tobiah,

Einstein established that time (and space) is affected by gravity.
Just think of travelling through a musical piece where its emotional gravity 
constantly changes. It will speed up and down accordingly, but the metre will 
remain the same.

Just a thought.


Miles

On 2013-04-08, at 10:26 PM, Bruno Correia wrote:

>   Hello Tobiah,
> 
>   How absolute metric time could have been acheived in the Renaissance?
>   The tactus was a constant pulse behind the rhythm, but it was an
>   organic motion not a strict measured time like a metronome.
>   Actually, the only genre of music (which comes to my mind) that really
>   plays in time is pop music... How do we know they valued absolute
>   strict time in the Renaissance?
> 
>   I've heard it expressed by one professor, that
>   absolute metric time was desired during the Renaissance.
> 
>   2013/4/8 Tobiah <[1]t...@tobiah.org>
> 
>     I sometimes struggle with the desire to warp the
>     tempo of a lute piece, to accentuate a beautiful
>     or pivotal phrase, or to keep myself interested
>     during a more mundane passage.
>     I've heard it expressed by one professor, that
>     absolute metric time was desired during the Renaissance.
>     I also remember the notion that rubato, in the romantic
>     period, was just a way of lending or borrowing time
>     in such a way that the same piece played straight through
>     at a constant tempo would end at the same time as the
>     performance where rubato was performed.
>     All of this is bait for discussion, but also a precursor
>     to a main query.  I attempted to play along with a youtube
>     video of a fellow playing Francesco, and found that it
>     was impossible to do; he took wild liberties with the
>     tempo at every whim (either that or I can't play in time!).
>     I wanted to hear some comment on that aspect of the performance,
>     as well as on any other point I have raised.
>     Thanks!
>     Tobiah
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