Dear James, Yes, it is. The reason I mentioned this notation was because Jon Murphy asked about alternative ways of notating music for the harp.
The title of Henestrosa's book published in 1557 is _Libro de Cifra Nueva para Tecla, Harpa, y Vihuela_, i.e. Book of New Cipher[s] for Keyboard, Harp, and Vihuela. Although Cabezon and Henestrosa both include the harp and vihuela on their title pages, their music is really published with keyboard instruments in mind. To make their arrangements playable, a vihuelist would to leave out an awful lot of notes, or re-arrange the music for two or three vihuelas. Best wishes, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James A Stimson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:55 AM Subject: Re: Notations > Dear Stewart, David, and All: > Is the notation you're referring to the one used by Cabezon, with a line > for each "voice" and the pitch notated with numbers? That system seems > pretty straightforward, enough so that perhaps skilled vihuelists could > read from it. It's probably easier than German tablature! > Yours, > Jim
