Jon--
There were some harp tablatures devised, to the best of my limited knowledge,
by 16th c. Spanish
composers and, I think, the Welsh. Sorry I can't be more specific, but surely someone
else on the list has
more useful info.
Leonard Williams
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lute List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:56 AM
Subject: Notations
> To those on the Lute List who wonder why this harp related question is sent
> to you as well as the harplist, it is because you all have some experience
> with alternate notations/tabulations.
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> I'm looking at years of collection of vocal and instrumental music and
> trying to figure a way to make a sort of "fake book" for the harp. Lute
> tabulation is relative to the strings and frets, so isn't key dependant. The
> harp has strings tuned to fixed notes, and therefore the staff notation is
> key dependant - as each string has a fixed pitch and there are no frets. I'd
> like to set a notation readable for harp that is pitch independant, set the
> levers for the key and start on the chosen tonic. The best I've come up with
> so far is to use a full grand staff without a clef, but that still has the
> readability problem of the "notes on the lines" and the "notes on the
> spaces". I guess one answer would be to make two copies of each piece, one
> with the tonic on a line and one with it on a space. Any other ideas?
>
> Best, Jon
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