How One Expert Discovered The Creative Freedom Of Early Music

“I finally realized it felt more creative to be doing what I was doing inearly music because there was so much that we hadn’t figured out; therewas so much that was not in the scores. And just because you can’t makeup all the notes doesn’t mean you can’t make up most of them. I playedcontinuo, where you’ve got a bass line and you make it up. And I likedthat.” – Van