A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-century Music: Edited by Stewart CarterStewart Carter This is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. |
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... Caccini extended speech into song . It most likely involved a laryn- geal setup known today as “ speech mode , ” in which the larynx is in a neu- tral position , with a relaxed vocal tract and without support from extrinsic muscles ...
... Caccini extended speech into song . It most likely involved a laryn- geal setup known today as “ speech mode , ” in which the larynx is in a neu- tral position , with a relaxed vocal tract and without support from extrinsic muscles ...
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... Caccini , Brunelli , Puliaschi , and others point out , they could be made more graceful by the use of dotting , back - dotting ( the so - called “ Lombard rhythm ” or “ Scotch snap " ) , and combinations of both of these . In Caccini's ...
... Caccini , Brunelli , Puliaschi , and others point out , they could be made more graceful by the use of dotting , back - dotting ( the so - called “ Lombard rhythm ” or “ Scotch snap " ) , and combinations of both of these . In Caccini's ...
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... Caccini's well - known example of how to learn the trillo shows a gradual increase in the speed of the reiterated notes . In his more extended musical examples ( see Ex . 13.26 ) , however , Caccini indicates trilli on notes as short as ...
... Caccini's well - known example of how to learn the trillo shows a gradual increase in the speed of the reiterated notes . In his more extended musical examples ( see Ex . 13.26 ) , however , Caccini indicates trilli on notes as short as ...
Contents
Bel canto Style | 30 |
ANNE HARRINGTON | 43 |
GARY TOWNE Vocal Ensembles | 54 |
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