Thank you, Richard. :-) An article on www.earlymusicmuse.com about the citole - and the making of this citole - will appear within the next month or two, with accompanying RUclips video.
@@IPMusic This music has a great resemblance to folk, Appalachian mountain, and country music. Those genres must be derived from this older style of music.
@@billspeer8387, I wonder if you mean the sound of the citole, which is rather banjo-like, and the dotted rhythm in this piece. If that's what you mean, I can see your point, though a lot of other medieval music doesn't have this resemblance. For example, ruclips.net/video/PG4OBgkpTHs/видео.html
@@billspeer8387if there is any resemblance it is only the resemblance all forms of music derived from the same areas of Europe have. All music builds off of older forms, Appalachian music is no different nor the music of any other culture in the pertinent area. The main thing is that in that light, there's absolutely nothing at all to suggest any specific relationship between the citole and music from the Appalachians, centuries later and on radically different instruments in radically different places. Saying there must be a close relationship implies a less close relationship with other forms of music, which is simply untrue and thus not worth saying.
Hello, Harold. c' is middle c, so d' is a tone above, e' the next tone and so on, until c'' an octave above middle c' and c''' an octave above c''. The signifying ' starts at c'. Going down in pitch, under middle c' is b and a and so on, down until C then down until C, (capital C with a comma below to signify that we are going down in pitch from the c below middle c'). This system is known as Helmholtz pitch notation, a way of showing which octave of a note is referred to. I prefer this to scientific pitch notation, in which middle c' is C4, the octave above is C5, the octave below is C3 and so on. I hope this helps.
Thank you, Peter. I use the citole tuning described in the Berkeley Theory Manuscript, before 1361, which is c’ d’ g’ c”. It is the only historical source I know of for citole tuning. I assume the 3 course citole lacked that bottom c', and therefore lacked that interval of a 2nd at the bottom end. For more on this manuscript as a source for citole and gittern tuning, see earlymusicmuse.com/gitternshorthistory/
I love the swing you put in it
Thank you!
What a cool version of this tune on an authentic instrument. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
Brilliant thanks!
Thank you, Lesley.
Great job! And a beautiful instrument!
Thank you, Jack. Yes, the citole is a work of art and plays beautifully. You can see more here: www.diabolus.org/workshop/citole/citole.php
This is very well done! Keep up the great content!
Thank you, Richard. :-) An article on www.earlymusicmuse.com about the citole - and the making of this citole - will appear within the next month or two, with accompanying RUclips video.
Excellent.
Thank you, Alan.
Love it 🤟😎
Beatiful!
Thank you so much, Igor.
Reminds me of authentic "Country music". There must be a close relationship.
I'm not sure what you mean, Bill. Could you say a bit more, please?
@@IPMusic This music has a great resemblance to folk, Appalachian mountain, and country music. Those genres must be derived from this older style of music.
@@billspeer8387, I wonder if you mean the sound of the citole, which is rather banjo-like, and the dotted rhythm in this piece. If that's what you mean, I can see your point, though a lot of other medieval music doesn't have this resemblance. For example, ruclips.net/video/PG4OBgkpTHs/видео.html
@@IPMusic I am certainly not an expert on the subject, but I definitely hear something derived from older music.
@@billspeer8387if there is any resemblance it is only the resemblance all forms of music derived from the same areas of Europe have. All music builds off of older forms, Appalachian music is no different nor the music of any other culture in the pertinent area. The main thing is that in that light, there's absolutely nothing at all to suggest any specific relationship between the citole and music from the Appalachians, centuries later and on radically different instruments in radically different places. Saying there must be a close relationship implies a less close relationship with other forms of music, which is simply untrue and thus not worth saying.
That rocks! NIce.
Thanks, Ed! I can't help thinking of it like some of the later fantasias, starting quite sedately then building up to a crescendo.
In a comment below it was said that this instrument is tuned c’ d’ g’ c”. Could someone tell me what the apostrophes signify? Thanks...
Hello, Harold. c' is middle c, so d' is a tone above, e' the next tone and so on, until c'' an octave above middle c' and c''' an octave above c''. The signifying ' starts at c'. Going down in pitch, under middle c' is b and a and so on, down until C then down until C, (capital C with a comma below to signify that we are going down in pitch from the c below middle c'). This system is known as Helmholtz pitch notation, a way of showing which octave of a note is referred to. I prefer this to scientific pitch notation, in which middle c' is C4, the octave above is C5, the octave below is C3 and so on. I hope this helps.
@@IPMusicVery helpful. Thank you!
Very nice! what tuning do you use?
Thank you, Peter. I use the citole tuning described in the Berkeley Theory Manuscript, before 1361, which is c’ d’ g’ c”. It is the only historical source I know of for citole tuning. I assume the 3 course citole lacked that bottom c', and therefore lacked that interval of a 2nd at the bottom end. For more on this manuscript as a source for citole and gittern tuning, see earlymusicmuse.com/gitternshorthistory/