On 30 November 2011 09:54, Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> lute required for a particular pitch and tuning. If singers couldn't > transpose sufficiently (because of their particular vocal range) then > the lute part would have to be re-intabulated or a different sized > instrument employed; tho' this seems an extreme remedy Transposing lute song (intabulated parts) isn't that hard for an experienced player. No need to write it out, no need to write about it. I think we (I at least) do it all the time. I'll notate a bass line if it's complicated. On the other hand, like Bob Spencer, I do carry around a set of transposed Dowland songs. :-) The discussion started on baroque lutes. Not many lute songs with intabulated parts for those. If anything, there will be a continuo part. No need to even discuss transposing: just do it. David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
