"Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>Tablature and staff notations record different things, tablature records finger > positions; staff notation records pitch. One CAN translate either into the other, > but, SHOULD one? > > +++Yes. This is why I like TablEdit so much. You input tab and you output tab > plus staff notation. It is helpful to have both when learning a different > piece > especially if it was written for an instrument with a new tuning.
Sorry to be imprecise, I was thinking of the situation where only ONE set of information is recorded, which form should it be? The trouble with forming that 'standard' is that one obliges a discarding of information; if only pitch is recorded one loses information about technique (perhaps also about intonation). It is not always possible to be certain which playing position the composer actually used, even when tablature is evident; only when 'chords' are involved is it possible to be sure in many cases. > >>the translation requires knowledge of the tuning of the > instrument; is one ALWAYS certain of that? > > +++Yes. You better but, do you? Are you certain you have interpreted that german tablature correctly? Those glyphs get pretty obscure at times, even when a k ey is included, often the glyphs used in the key differ from the ones in the body of the work. Frequently there will be glyphs unused, and glyphs used but once. One then has to consider the issue of typographical errors. > +++If you are proficient at playing the instrument, usually you will be able > to > select the best way to play a note or a group of notes, among the very few > possibilities available. yes, but, that might be different for you than it was for the composer, and perhaps when the composer indicates a particular position there is some tonal reason for it; or perhaps it due to faulty memory that the uncommonly played piece gets set down in one way when it would have been (or was) originally played much differently. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
