An early contradanza for six course Spanish guitar in an unusual (unique?) tuning - Early Guitars and Vihuela2024-03-29T14:53:11Zhttp://earlyguitar.ning.com/forum/topics/an-early-contradanza-for-six-course-spanish-guitar-in-an-unusual?commentId=2111060%3AComment%3A82579&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOver two years ago I posted t…tag:earlyguitar.ning.com,2020-03-21:2111060:Comment:825792020-03-21T12:15:15.257ZMartyn Hodgsonhttp://earlyguitar.ning.com/profile/MartynHodgson
<p>Over two years ago I posted this above - it met with no response!</p>
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<p>But now the advice to isolate ourselves as much as possible is general it gives me time to look again at some of these loose threads - and maybe you too may find time to examine this very early music for the new fangled six course guitar in eighteenth century Spain.</p>
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<p>In addition to the questions posed earlier about one particular set of pieces as the end of the MS, there is also the general…</p>
<p>Over two years ago I posted this above - it met with no response!</p>
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<p>But now the advice to isolate ourselves as much as possible is general it gives me time to look again at some of these loose threads - and maybe you too may find time to examine this very early music for the new fangled six course guitar in eighteenth century Spain.</p>
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<p>In addition to the questions posed earlier about one particular set of pieces as the end of the MS, there is also the general problem of realising Garcia's (or whoever's) tablature: the problem is that the scribe clearly gives the tablature but no flags to indicate durations. A few pieces are fairly obvious but, for me, most are not since Garcia (et al) adopt a particular style of chords and single note runs some of which may be triplets, some very short or long notes - a matter of personal taste. Clearly the scribe knew how the music went and the tablature was simply an aide-memoire but that's little help to us nowadays. I've had a bash at a few but am not satisfied and feel there may be some sort of key which might unlock some of the 'secrets'</p>
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<p>So my further question: has anyone unravelled any of this pieces (other than my attempt at the last pieces in the unusual tuning)?</p>
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<p>Here's the link again</p>
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<p>Martyn Hodgson</p>