Well then, you are lucky!
Deciphering obscure German Tabs is one of my next projects.
I'm running out of new music, so this would be the way to go, and as a
side effect, I might even learn to play from those tabs. I plan to
transcribe with lute in hand.
Does anyone have any insight into which German tab books are most
desired as transcriptions? I prefer German song intabulations to French
chansons. Italian Madrigals are ok. Most welcome of course are
interesting Fantasies and groovy dances.
Am 07.12.2017 um 01:44 schrieb G. C.:
So, Hans Newsidler seems to be a good place to begin, judging from the
many manuscript copies that were made of his books. He not only was an
early Renaissance lutenist, but had a didactic flair which caught on
and demonstrably also worked. (Both his sons Conrad and Melchior became
outstanding lutenists, especially Melchior). German tablature is also
made approachable for a modern player through his easy pieces. There is
a wealth of (often quite virtuosic) music available in the many German
tablature manuscripts, which have not yet been sufficiently researched
and are still awaiting academic and performer discovery.
G.
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 1:15 AM, Tristan von Neumann
<[1]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote:
THanks G.,
I own the Poulton Lute Book, also I browse regularly through Sarge
Gerbode's site. I have harvested literally 1000s of pieces now...
But you never know what's out there, so that's why I asked, and also to
see what people think is on the easy to intermediate side.
Hans Neusiedler is really really good though, I practically learned to
play the lute with his pieces.
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