For those genres that value strict timing, add bluegrass. Right or wrong, those cats can be some of the most elitism-prone musicians I've ever encountered.
Eugene -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Bruno Correia Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 10:27 PM Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tempo, magnitude and precision. 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 [2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y837TG7FgFM To get on or off this list see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Bruno Correia Pesquisador autonomo da pratica e interpretac,ao historicamente informada no alaude e teorba. Doutor em Praticas Interpretativas pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. -- References 1. mailto:t...@tobiah.org 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y837TG7FgFM 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
