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    This document summarizes and compares two different musical versions of "A chantar". [1] The first version features a woman's voice accompanied by fiddle with interludes played by recorder and additional instruments. It has a slower tempo with long notes. [2] The second version only uses plucked fiddle accompaniment and has a faster interpretation with pauses between verses. [3] While both use the same words and melody, the first version is more drawn out while the second is shorter, and the first uses additional instruments like recorder and drum in interludes.

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    This document summarizes and compares two different musical versions of "A chantar". [1] The first version features a woman's voice accompanied by fiddle with interludes played by recorder and additional instruments. It has a slower tempo with long notes. [2] The second version only uses plucked fiddle accompaniment and has a faster interpretation with pauses between verses. [3] While both use the same words and melody, the first version is more drawn out while the second is shorter, and the first uses additional instruments like recorder and drum in interludes.

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    This document summarizes and compares two different musical versions of "A chantar". [1] The first version features a woman's voice accompanied by fiddle with interludes played by recorder and additional instruments. It has a slower tempo with long notes. [2] The second version only uses plucked fiddle accompaniment and has a faster interpretation with pauses between verses. [3] While both use the same words and melody, the first version is more drawn out while the second is shorter, and the first uses additional instruments like recorder and drum in interludes.

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    A Chantar

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    This document summarizes and compares two different musical versions of "A chantar". [1] The first version features a woman's voice accompanied by fiddle with interludes played by recorder and additional instruments. It has a slower tempo with long notes. [2] The second version only uses plucked fiddle accompaniment and has a faster interpretation with pauses between verses. [3] While both use the same words and melody, the first version is more drawn out while the second is shorter, and the first uses additional instruments like recorder and drum in interludes.

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    Kaleo Regalmuto

    Professor Shin
    Music History
    09/11/19

    Assignment #1: A chantar

    1. Describe the instrumentation of Version 1 verse by verse.

    Verse 1: Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Slow tempo with long notes held by the
    fiddle. Text setting is neumatic.

    Interlude: Recorder solo played in at a similar tempo to verse 1. Quieter in nature.

    Verse 2: Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Comes in loud.

    Interlude: Recorder with strummed lute. Same rhythmic pulse as before.

    Verse 3: Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Melody seems to be repeating.

    Interlude: Bowed fiddle with lightly strummed fiddle and some sort of drum (possibly tamborine).
    Possibly two fiddle players.

    Verse 4: Back to a Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Lots of dynamics used. Possibly
    more dynamic than the other verses. Fiddle fades out.

    Interlude: Recorder. Very short.

    Verse 5: Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Fiddle sometimes doubles melody.

    Interlude: Recorder, tambourine, and bowed fiddle. Active rhythmic pulse from the drum

    Couplet: Voice joins with the recorder, tambourine, and bowed fiddle to conclude the piece.
    Music slowed down a bit before stopping.

    2. Describe the instrumentation of Version 2 verse by verse.

    Intro: Plucked fiddle at first, then joined by a bowed fiddle. Tempo is slow.

    Verses 1, 2: Women’s voice with plucked fiddle. Clear pauses in singing to indicate the ending
    of sentence structures.
    Interlude: Plucked fiddle at first, then joined by a bowed fiddle.

    Verse 3,(4 not performed),5: Women’s voice with plucked fiddle. Fiddle seems to arpeggiate a
    lot.

    Interlude: Plucked fiddle.

    Couplet: Plucked fiddle with spoken word.

    3. What are the similarities between the two versions?

    In general both pieces were very similar. Both used the same verse and therefore the
    same words, both had interludes, and both used the same sung melody. Both pieces had
    female singers as well.

    4. What are the differences between the two versions.

    A big difference between the two pieces was the speed and interpretation of the note
    values that were sung. The first piece was much more drawn out, while the second was much
    shorter. The instrumentation also varied between the two. The first had a drum and a recorder
    being played in some of the interludes and the second piece had more elaborate lute playing.

    5. Which version do you prefer?

    I prefer the lute playing of the second piece but overall I liked the first version better. The
    way the notes were held in the first piece was really nice and everyone seemed much more
    dynamic than the second piece. Plus I liked the rhythmic quality of the first and the recorder.

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