Use GS View (with Ghost Script). It is free, installs quickly and easily and works very well. It is multi-platform and will show PostScript files and print to any standard printer.
See my links at: http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/archive/ftp.htm#P You must install both Ghost Script (the converting software) and GS View or Ghost View (the front end for viewing). GJC On 13 Nov 2005 at 17:33, Rob MacKillop wrote: Date sent: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:33:51 -0000 To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Theorbo tablature > Great resource, Gordon, but how many of us have a Postscript printer? > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gordon J. Callon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 November 2005 16:51 > To: dc; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Theorbo tablature > > In French tablature the diapasons or bordons are written as numbers > and / or as extra "a" letters with slashes separately below the ruled > lines (of the main six courses), viz: > > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > a /a //a ///a [etc.] [AND/OR] 4 5 [etc.] > > so that a = 7th course; /a = 8th course, ///a = 9th course, ////a = > 10th course, etc.and 4 = 10th course [i.e., the number replacing the > four slashes], etc. I have seen examples in original manuscripts that > use both numbers and /a letters together, I guess depending on the > space available under the main six courses. See, for example, Lambeth > Palace Library MS 1041. > > I have a sample in PostScript format at my www site, the anonymous > French song, with archlute or theorbo tablature, "Hola, hola Charon". > See: http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/archive/ftp.htm#A > > In Italian tablature these are shown usually with numbers above the > ruled lines (of the main six courses), viz: > > 7 8 9 X > > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > > I have samples in PostScript format at my www site, two pieces by > Alessandro Piccinini. See: > http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/archive/ftp.htm#P > > GJC > > On 12 Nov 2005 at 14:50, dc wrote: > > Date sent: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:50:43 +0100 > To: Lutelist <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > From: dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LUTE] Theorbo tablature > > > Are there any specific sites out there devoted to theorbo tablature? > > I found quite a few for the different lutes, but none for theorbo. I > > was wondering in particular how the unfretted strings were notated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > >
