On Tue, Nov 25, 2008, Christopher Stetson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>>> Christopher Stetson 11/25/2008 5:59 PM >>> > Hi, > > Good question, Eugene. There is no indication of octave stringing in any > staff notation that I know of, just the fundamental note.
I would assume that the exclusion is simply because the use of octave stringing is a technical issue that improves the sound of the string, varys from one instrument to another, and should not be presumed by a modern editor unless it was discussed in the prefatory material to the original edition. Potential splitting of the strings on an octaved course would be a seperate issue, and reentrant stringing (as on a banjo or maybe a cittern) would require some thought. When done as a technical issue (eg, the string would have been an octave lower had that been feasible) then the intended pitch should be indicated, but when (as on a modern banjo) the pitch actually sounded is the pitch musically desired, then that is what should be indicated, and how it is found on the instrument is then a challenge to the player. (Yay for tab!) -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
