Roman, Thanks,
> Assuming the tuning in G: 7th should be an F, and I think the midi is in > error there, will have to check. With your indulgence I'll ask a bit more. ( I haven't played the midi yet, don't want to be confused with the real sound while I work out my own playing). I've converted the piece (Cantio Sarmantica XVI) into modern score, partly as I wanted to try it on the harp and partly in order to intabulate it for my "chandora" (yes, I could go directly, but by going to score I can set the pitch (key) for the best fingering by using the interim step. Turns out it is, as written, in G minor with a G tuning. I think the tab may be "wrong/ misleading" in the 17th measure. If I assume the "/a" to be one whole tone below the 7th course (which on the G tuning is F), then the "a" below the tabulation is an F and the "/a" an Eb. That doesn't fit the sense of the music. (Remember that the treatment of the 7th course depends on its tuning). The result of that for that measure is a low Eb combined with a C, and the next pair of notes is a low F and a D, then a low C and an E. I think that what is probably intended is the open fifth of F/C (which would match the "a" for the 7th course), then G/D (which would be the "a" on the sixth course, rather than "below the line", then the open third (as it is entabulated). I think there is an error in the intabulation in that 17th measure. I think it should be the "d" on the 3rd course (as it is) combined with the open 7th course (as in "a" below the line), then an "a" (open) second course with an "a" (open) on the bottom line. That would fit the piece, making an open (extended, if you prefer - I hate to speak of 12ths, etc, as harmonically they all come back to the intervals within the octave). I don't really mean error, just that the tuning may be different. That closing measure seems to want the parallel open fifths, then the open third, then the "tickle" into the final G octave open chord, and that finial low G bump. Should anyone like this piece in staff notation I'll scan my crossover transliteration (not well laid out, had to fit it on three unit paper ( two staves and one tab staff, as downloaded from LSA). I'm going to fit the piece to my chandora. Best, Jon To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
