On 4/9/13 7:09 PM, "Leonard Williams" <arc...@verizon.net> wrote:
>In an interview before an audience of classical guitarists, Paul O'Dette >addressed (among other things) the issue of strict time in pieces like >recercari. His >comments were geared somewhat toward one's ability to play more >complicated >passages. We often hear the instruction to find the most difficult part >of a piece and gauge our tactus to our ability to play it cleanly. This, >however, can result in a predominantly slow, boring piece of music. So, >he >advised, play the piece at an esthetically pleasing pace, and just slow >down bit going into the difficult places and make the whole piece worth >listening to. After all, the composer didn't intend his music to be >boring. > >Here are links to the two-part interview: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clxoDOwK-qI > >and > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5vltWA0IY > >Regards, >Leonard Williams > >On 4/8/13 7:51 PM, "Tobiah" <t...@tobiah.org> wrote: > >>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 >> >> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y837TG7FgFM >> >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
