Andreas Schlegel wrote: > Hello all > > Has somebody the knowledge, when the first printed books with > tablature for a 7-course, 8-course, 9-course and 10-course lute > appeared? Please give not only the book, but also the exact page on > which the lowest couse is used. I have to verfy my own list. > > I thought: > 7-course one tone below the 6th c.: Newsidler Teutsch Lautenbuch 1574 > (but I don't have a copy...)
Bakfark, Cracow Lute Book, 1565 This is the first printed book with tablature for a 7-course lute. Rainer adS To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html