From: Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 To: "David van Ooijen" <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 10:18
Thank you for this. So, if I understand you right, the early lute players could all transpose tablature on sight - have you any evidence for this assertion? You also suggest we shouldn't discuss such matters....... I wonder why? MH --- On Wed, 30/11/11, David van Ooijen <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: From: David van Ooijen <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 To: "Baroque Lute List (E-mail)" <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 9:32 On 30 November 2011 09:54, Martyn Hodgson <[1]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 [2]davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk 2. http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=davidvanooi...@gmail.com 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html