[VIHUELA] Re: four-course guitar music 'plus diminuees'

2009-03-26 Thread Daniel F Heiman
Stuart: In his instrumental version Michael is taking a tempo to match the current fashion for rendering the original Passereau chanson. An only slightly extreme example is the one by the King's Singers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmpl4mZQgAc If you listen to Michael's rendition immediately

[VIHUELA] Re: four-course guitar music 'plus diminuees'

2009-03-26 Thread Stuart Walsh
Monica Hall wrote: Michael Craddock has made a very nice recording of some of these pieces . It is Cantus Records, C 9632. However he does try to play the diminue versions at the same speed as the unadorned versions - and doesn't always bring it off cleanly. I would think that a slightly slo

[VIHUELA] Re: Playford on Ning

2009-03-26 Thread Rob MacKillop
Well done, Monica. Good work, as usual. Maybe Rocky could give you some formatting tips? Rob 2009/3/26 Monica Hall <[1]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> I have just uploaded my edition of 13 pieces by Playford arranged for 5-course guitar in the Princess Anne book to my

[VIHUELA] Playford on Ning

2009-03-26 Thread Monica Hall
I have just uploaded my edition of 13 pieces by Playford arranged for 5-course guitar in the Princess Anne book to my [1]www.earlyguitar.ning.com page. I had a bit of a problem combining the tablature with the introduction in one document without the music being reduced in size.

[VIHUELA] Re: four-course guitar music 'plus diminuees'

2009-03-26 Thread Stuart Walsh
I definitely agree with Martyn on this. There are numerous variations on 'Si la noce hace escura', 'Mille Regretz', 'Susanne ung jour/Susana un jur' etc. I thing the fun was and is in creating new music based on an existing (othen well known and recognised) tune. (If this means that 'more deco

[VIHUELA] Re: four-course guitar music 'plus diminuees'

2009-03-26 Thread Stuart Walsh
I definitely agree with Martyn on this. There are numerous variations on 'Si la noce hace escura', 'Mille Regretz', 'Susanne ung jour/Susana un jur' etc. I thing the fun was and is in creating new music based on an existing (othen well known and recognised) tune. (If this means that 'more deco

[VIHUELA] Re: four-course guitar music 'plus diminuees'

2009-03-26 Thread Waling . Tiersma
I definitely agree with Martyn on this. There are numerous variations on 'Si la noce hace escura', 'Mille Regretz', 'Susanne ung jour/Susana un jur' etc. I thing the fun was and is in creating new music based on an existing (othen well known and recognised) tune. (If this means that 'more decorat

[VIHUELA] Re: four-course guitar music 'plus diminuees'

2009-03-26 Thread Monica Hall
Michael Craddock has made a very nice recording of some of these pieces . It is Cantus Records, C 9632. However he does try to play the diminue versions at the same speed as the unadorned versions - and doesn't always bring it off cleanly. I would think that a slightly slower tempo might be a

[VIHUELA] Re: four-course guitar music 'plus diminuees'

2009-03-26 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Stuart, I don't see why the 'diminuee' sections need to be played at the same speed as the plain. Once the tune is established then an auditor would be able to recognise it in a slower, more decorated, exposition. Isn't there something about this in the Spanish vihuelist's re