I'm working on To plead my faith by Daniel Bathelar from The Musical
Banquet with a singer and a gambist and am wondering about the intended
tunings of the instruments.
The cantus line gives one flat and starts on a D; the lute part starts on a
Cminor chord w/ the singer's first note given as
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From: "lutesmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:12 PM
Subject: Lutesong in A?
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> I'm working on To plead my faith by Daniel Bathelar from The
Musical
> Banquet with a singer and a gambist and am wo
fa inasmuch as it doesn't
specify pitch.
Best wishes,
Stewart McCoy.
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From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Stewart McCoy"
Dear Roman,
Yes, it was. Thanks for passing it on.
Stewart.
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From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: Lutesong in A?
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t.
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From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Stewart McCoy"
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Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: Lutesong in A?
> Stewart,
>
> I didn't mean
in g'
>for "To plead my faith".
>
>All the best,
>
>Stewart.
>
>
>
>
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>From: "lutesmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:12 PM
>Subject: Lutesong
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To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 6:57 PM
Subject: Lutesong in A?
> Dear Sean,
>
> The lute is most definitely in g' (not in a'), which concurs with
> the pitch of the bass part. The song is in C minor. The voice part
> is w
> Dear Stewart.
>
> Perfect! And logical. As one who has read music for voice for almost sixty
> years I would love it if all voice parts were written in C (or the related
> modes). The few with "perfect pitch" would have a problem, but the rest of
> us look at the intervals, whatever the starting
the
> song from _A Musicall Banquet_, which started this thread).
> Tablature is just the same as tonic sol-fa inasmuch as it doesn't
> specify pitch.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Stewart McCoy.
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Roman Turovsky"
gt; From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Lutesong in A?
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>
>> Somehow I just don't see this to be helpful in any music that
> modulated, or
>> has a few accidentals even...
>> RT
>
>
rom: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: Lutesong in A?
Dear Jon and Roman,
We may not all have perfect pitch, but we can still be aware of
pitch. Try playing Beethoven's Moonlig
>>> years I would love it if all voice parts were
>> written in C (or the related
>>> modes). The few with "perfect pitch" would have a
>> problem, but the rest of
>>> us look at the intervals, whatever the starting
>> pitch.
>> I don't think composers would appreciate that.
>> RT
> They wouldn't h
--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Dear Stewart.
> >
> > Perfect! And logical. As one who has read music
> for voice for almost sixty
> > years I would love it if all voice parts were
> written in C (or the related
> > modes). The few with "perfect pitch" would have a
> problem, bu
--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> years I would love it if all voice parts were
> >> written in C (or the related
> >>> modes). The few with "perfect pitch" would have
> a
> >> problem, but the rest of
> >>> us look at the intervals, whatever the starting
> >> pitch.
> >> I don't
Oh my Stewart,
You've done it again. You have informed me.
> The syllable Ti or Te for the 7th degree of the scale was originally
> "Si" standing for Sancte Iohannes (Saint John).
I posted the first words of Ut queant laxis as the origin of ut (do) - re -
mi, and mentioned that there was a seven
"Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> > The old hexachord system was based on three overlapping 6-note
> > scales or hexachords.
>
> Here I disagree, the hexachord system I know of is more extensive. The first
> three overlapping 6 note scales overlap the "ut" at the "fa" of the
> previous.
lute-players. With music written in tablature, we don't
have to worry about such ambiguities.
Best wishes,
Stewart.
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From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Stewart McCoy"
<[EMAIL PROT
; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 11:32 AM
Subject: Hexachord System (olim Lutesong in A?)
> Dear Jon,
>
> We're saying the same thing in different ways. You refer to the
> seven hexachords which are normally shown to make up the hexachord
> system. I refe
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