Dear Vance, you wrote
> I don't have any criticism but only a question. Your choice for a base line > seems to be figured for a seven course Lute. I could be wrong but I think > Attaingnant only composed for six course Lute. Musically, what you have > posted is better but is it historically correct? Or is that even an issue? Well, in the early French tabulature they had only 5 lines, and I only moved one "c" from the 5th course to the 6th. So we are still playing a 6 course instrument... :-) > > |\ \\ |\ > > | | | > > ___c___a_________________________ > > |__d_____d__c__a__c____|__a___d__ > > |__d___________________|__a______ ... > > |__a___________________|_________ > > |______________________|__c______ > > c Arto