----- Original Message -----
From: "Lex Eisenhardt" <eisenha...@planet.nl>
To: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "Martyn Hodgson"
<hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:53 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Return to earlier question: {was Re: Agazzari guitar
[was Re: Capona?]}
Agazzari was working in Rome and Siena, and probably the chitarra
spagnuola was more widely known there around 1600.
But Agazzari's 'Del sonare sopra il basso' is really about figured bass
and counterpoint, and from how he describes the use of the 'ornamental'
instruments it appears that the chordal style of the guitar is not within
sight. I doubt if Agazzari would have considered the alfabeto of the
guitar as a 'foundation', while the bass is not even performed on the
guitar.
I think you are interpreting what he says in too narrow a way. Amongst the
second group of instruments he has included the Lirone, Cetera and the
Pandora. These are all instruments which are capable of filling in the
harmony to some extent. There is no reason to suppose that they played
nothing but a single lin - what would the point be - and the same is true of
the chitarrina. It could be strumming away in there!
Monica
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