By chance I have a recording of Antonio Ligios playing this piece and as far
as I can tell he is doing exactly what the ornaments seem to imply...
Has anyone any thoughts about the starting note of the x ornament signs in
Corbetta's La Guitar Royal of 1671, particularly the Folia starting on
page 79? On p.9 he gives an example of a prepared appoggiatura on the
fifth line. but there are numerous places that could be confusing.
The x indicates that the auxiliary note or starting note is from above.
Examples:
P.79, line 4, measure 1: It is kind of jarring to start the trill ( I play
a couple of iterations rather than an appoggiatura when the x is on a
dotted quarter) on the upper note (B) right after a Bb in the top voice.
I think the point is that it is an A major chord and you can't play a B flat
auxiliary note. It must be B natural. The cross relations (if that is the
correct terminology) are quite typical of Corbetta's style.
The top line second measure of p.80 he indicates a slur f > e followed by
x. The f > e is already an appoggiatura. The only thing I can think of is
to reiterate the upper neighbor f from the e note, an upper mordant.
I think that is what is intended here..and what Ligios seems to playthe
notes are a f f-e d
P.80 third line from bottom, 2nd measure: What's this about? X on a 16th
note but preceded by an appoggiatura from above or below?
From above I think -the notes are g g-f e.
That's my 2 pennyworth anyway. I expect someone will contradict me.
TIA
What does TIA mean?
Regards
Monica
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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