Download or read book Rhythmic Alteration in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Music written by Stephen E. Hefling and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notes inegales is the historical name of the French practice, prevalent from 1690 to 1780, of performing diminution-like passages as uneven pairs of notes despite their notation in equal values. "Overdotting" (a modern term) designates the Baroque custom of rendering certain dotted rhythms longer than their notation indicates. Appropriate adoption of both practices in performance requires that the performer weigh a wide range of interrelated variables, including tempo, articulation, and national musical styles.