Ars Nova and Common Time

We think of music theorists as being rather remote from actual musical practice, living in their own world of abstractions, but in the early 14th century music theory, at least as it concerned mensur…

Reading Music

I am a pretty good sight-reader, but I notice lately, since I do a lot less playing than I used to, my sight-reading isn't quite as good as it used to be. If I am in a scordatura, with the 6th st…