[LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo.

2008-04-30 Thread Ed Durbrow
Another way would be to create a new part. This was done in the old days and we have contra-parts for Francesco Fantasias and many other pieces. On Apr 28, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Herbert Ward wrote: The obvious method for making a duet from a solo is to simply divide the notes between the two

[LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo.

2008-04-30 Thread Sauvage Valéry
 : mercredi 30 avril 2008 15:36 À : Herbert Ward; LuteNet list Objet : [LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo. Another way would be to create a new part. This was done in the old days and we have contra-parts for Francesco Fantasias and many other pieces. On Apr 28, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Herbert Ward wrote

[LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo.

2008-04-30 Thread William Brohinsky
This is an important point: if the aim is HIP, then this is it. Many three-part works written during the early chanson period were given new life by the addition of a fourth part. Some of these extra parts are quite ingenious, providing a complete change in chord structure (not that the composers

[LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo.

2008-04-28 Thread Joseph Mayes
Hello When making a guitar duo arrangement of a four-part work, I try to interlock the voices. That is, I give guitar one parts one and three and guitar two parts two and four. This takes the piece out of the one-sided area and makes it a one big instrument duo. Perhaps the same process would

[LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo.

2008-04-28 Thread Roland Hayes
I think the Valderrabano itabulations for two vihuelas work that way. -Original Message- From: Joseph Mayes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:22 AM To: Herbert Ward; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo. Hello When making

[LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo.

2008-04-28 Thread Doctor Oakroot
In the composition of a solo piece for a lute-like instrument, compromises are made to accommodate the limitations of the instrument. If one can discern these compromises, one could undo them to fill out the intended harmony in the second lute part. The obvious method for making a duet from a

[LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo.

2008-04-28 Thread Mathias Rösel
- From: Joseph Mayes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:22 AM To: Herbert Ward; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo. Hello When making a guitar duo arrangement of a four-part work, I try to interlock the voices. That is, I give