This "Gagliarda" is the fourth of five pieces for Renaissance guitar in Concerto Vago ... , described in my post of 13 February 2023.
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| The first two bars of "Gagliarda" Facsimile at: Museo internazionale e Bibl. della musica, Bologna (I-Bc): V.156 |
This piece, although entitled "Gagliarda", is not what I had expected a galliard to sound like (metre: 1 2 3 | 1 &3) but is set in 3/2 time following the original. In effect, 3/2 alternates with 6/4. Gilles T has pointed out to me this is known as hemiola, which I now remember encountering when transcribing Gaspar Sanz' pieces for Baroque guitar. (Incidentally, the more I read about hemiola and sesquialtera – are they or are they not synonymous? – the more confused I become.)
