stefanovagnini30 ott 2020Tempo di lettura: 1 minThe Modes before scalesIn the spirit of the scientific Renaissance thinking, many theorists tried to make sense and explain the modes. Often torn between...
stefanovagnini30 ott 2020Tempo di lettura: 1 minGamut and Guidonian HandFrom the middle ages until well into the 18th century, the way people were taught how to read music was with a system called solmization....
stefanovagnini30 ott 2020Tempo di lettura: 1 minTactus and ProportionsTactus and proportions are one of the infamously controversial issues in the theory of music between the 15th and 17th centuries. As much...
stefanovagnini30 ott 2020Tempo di lettura: 1 minWhat is Temperament?An introduction to the complex subject of temperaments with the tuning expert Johannes Keller. Includes an historical overview and...
stefanovagnini30 ott 2020Tempo di lettura: 1 minA new way of composing music: a cultural revolutionTowards the end of the 16th century, the theorist Giovanni Maria Artusi had enough of seeing the lack of respect young composers...
stefanovagnini30 ott 2020Tempo di lettura: 1 minImprovisation around 1600When we talk about improvisation nowadays, we can mean different things: from truly inventing something from scratch ex-tempore, on the...