This obviously isn't 'step by step' pedagogy as is in El Maestro by Luys de Milan, but surely is good help for students to pick better pieces to start with.. :-)
Thanks Tomoko 2020å¹´1æ16æ¥(æ¨) 1:10 Jean-Marie Poirier <[1]jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr>: F = facil (easy) and D = difficile (difficult) which clearly shows how subjective the concept of easy/ difficult could be ;-) ! Best, Jean-Marie > Le 15 janv. 2020 à 17:02, Ralf Mattes <[2]r...@mh-freiburg.de> a écrit : > >  > >> Am 15.01.2020 um 16:23 schrieb Mumin Lute <[3]lutenist.mumin.ko...@gmail.com>: >> >> Dear collective wisdom, >> This could be ridiculously silly question because of my lack of some >> very basic knowledge, but it would be very much appreciated if anyone >> could direct me to the right answer... >> In Fuenllana's Orphenica Lyra, >> what does " D " or "F" in the heading of the piece stand for? >> It first appears on fol.17v as "Fantasia del author. .D.", capitalized >> and coloured in red. > > IIRC that indicates the difficulty of the piece. > > Cheers, RalfD > >> The following pieces apparently are fantasia by the author himself, >> the explanatory title on the top of the >> page says "Fantasia a quattro, Fuenllana." without any other >> attributions, so I guess the letter is not the initial of a composer. >> "F" is another mysterious letter on >> the heading..e.g. "Motete a quatro de Gombert. .F." on fol.50v... . I >> was inclined to think F is for Fuenllana but it obviously is not .. >> Regards, >> Tomoko >> . >> >> -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- References 1. mailto:jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr 2. mailto:r...@mh-freiburg.de 3. mailto:lutenist.mumin.ko...@gmail.com 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html