Dear David, yes, you're right, I shall speak for myself. And sorry, I should have been more precise. What I was referring to in particular is playing solo pieces. I for one will always prefer tablature when it comes to playing solo pieces, on renaissance or baroque lute, no matter how exact or appropiate transcription of CNRS or DTÖ or Erbe will be.
As for continuo, I cannot imagine anything else but playing from grand staff, of course. And I'll be grateful if there is keyboard realization at hand from which I can more easily and quicker see what I should do. But that is an entirely different matter. The present issue was about transcriptions of existing tablatures. Would you prefer to play Dowland's Can She Excuse from tablature or from transcribed grand staff, David? Viele Grüße Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
