Interpreting Rhythm in Carlo Calvi Alfabeto dance

[Bill Brettschneider]

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I am looking at The Alfabeto section of the Carlo Calvi book, and Im stuck on interpreting rhythm. Can you look at my attachment and tell me which interpretation is more likely, or is there some other option that makes more sense? and if its B, what do you do in the second and third measure of the second line?

 

 

[Bill Brettschneider]

It seems that whatever instruments Calvi had in mind, alfabeto and the usual 5 course tablature seemed to him to be a suitable means of communicating music for it. Also, if he was borrowing from guitar sources, I would guess that he felt that there was enough similarity between the guitar and his chitarra and chitarriglia to use material from the one on the other.
I guess at this point I'm justifying to myself my intention of playing this Calvi material on my baroque guitar when it arrives. But this is another interesting concept that I never even knew existed.
I've got some reading to do. I wish I had learned my Spanish better. And now I'm wishing also that I had studied French and Italian as well. Languages have always been one of my weaknesses..

[Bill Brettschneider]

I have to confess that I thought that chitarra and chitarriglia were Italian for baroque guitar, and a baroque equivalent to the terz guitar. I even saw a website with pictures of what that called chitariglia, that looked like smaller baroque guitars.

[Bill Brettschneider]

Thank you very much for taking the time to help someone like myself, who is kind of groping in the dark, trying to make sense as best I can.

[Monica Hall]

We are getting a little bit a cross purposes.   Calvi certainly intended all the music in his book to be played on the baroque guitar and you can feel free to do so too.   You are right that chitarriglia is strictly speaking a small guitar - smaller than a standard one.   However the term is sometimes used rather loosely for the baroque guitar in general in Italian sources.   How small is small.  There were at lest 3 different sizes.   It is the term "chitarra" on its  own which is a bit ambiguous.   Originally it referred to a lute shaped instrument.    The baroque guitar is usually referred to in Italian as chitarra spagnola to distinguish it from the chitarra italiana.  Hope that Is clearer...   Just to muddy the water a bit, of course the music can be played on any instrument with the right number of courses.