And another
http://www.inthistoricalharps.org/
RT
> The Historical Harp Society is at
> http://www.historicalharps.org/
> RT
>> 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.
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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