Frescobaldi and Split-key Keyboards

[Despina41]

This is an interesting little discussion of Frescobaldi, with a split-key harpsichord to demonstrate the tuning issues.


http://www.dreamteamtelevision.co.uk/fresco/video1.htm

[GoingBaroque]

Very interesting video and web site of Frescobaldi. Thanks for the post.

[bviolon8897]

Originally Posted by Despina41

This is an interesting little discussion of Frescobaldi, with a split-key harpsichord to demonstrate the tuning issues.


http://www.dreamteamtelevision.co.uk/fresco/video1.htm

Thanks for the post. Nicely done-fascinating to hear an instrument Frescobaldi might have played himself. It's interesting to note that it was the early keyboard Toccata that evolved into the early style phantasticus sonatas of Fontana, Uccellini, and Pandolfi Mealli. Free from a written text, the instrumental work is able to rhapsodize (in the spirit of improvisation) using rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic means to do so.