That seems right. I have encountered a number of intabulations of multi-voice (like 5-6) pieces that seem unplayable (and not just to me), and I reached the conclusion that they were conceptual and the player did the best they could.

--Sarge

On 3/16/2020 03:08, Ron Andrico wrote:
    I think it is generally accepted that fret positions that would call
    for glued frets on the belly are conceptual.  Meaning, if there was a
    fret there, it would be an o.

    Molinaro's music is rich in rapid passage work but the real difficulty
    lies in managing the counterpoint.  He was an organist and some of his
    lute tablature transcribed into keyboard notation could sound very well
    on an organ.  I think he just worked out his lute arrangements to the
    fullest and expected that the player would aim for that ideal or modify
    as necessary.

    RA
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    Subject: [LUTE] Re: Molinaro 12

       Are we assuming belly frets up there?
       s
       On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 10:27 AM Christopher Stetson
       <[1]christophertstet...@gmail.com> wrote:
            ...or had large hands. Actually, though, I don't find them more
            technically difficult than many of the chanson intabulations of
         earlier
            publications.
            On Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 1:12 PM Tristan von Neumann
            <[1][2]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote:
              But seriously, how do you play
              (pardon my French)
              o
              k
              i
              ??
              Molinaro must have played a small lute...
              On 15.03.20 17:59, Sean Smith wrote:
              >       I foolishly mentioned that to him once. In his
    defense
         he
              pointed out
              >       it was his first recording nearly 30 years ago. I'm
         still
              pretty
              >       impressed with it.
              >       And then there's his Terzi cd that is top notch.
              >       Sean
              >
              >       On Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 11:22 AM Jurgen Frenz
              >       <[1][2][3]eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com> wrote:
              >
              >         what about asking him?
              >         Some fool (for our free of charge pleasure)
    uploaded
         a CD
              of
              >         Molinaro pieces played by Paul Beier (do you happen
         to know
              him?).
              >         Mea culpa I downloaded it - but I believe I can
    hear
         how he
              was
              >         struggling with the playing technique.
              >         Best
              >         JÃÃÃ ¼rgen
              >         à ¢Ã ¢Ã ¢Ã ¢Ã ¢Ã ¢Ã ¢ Original Message à 
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    ¢Ã
         ¢Ã ¢Ã
               ¢
              >         On Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:38 PM, Tristan von
         Neumann
              >         <[2][3][4]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote:
              >         > But No. 12 is certainly one of the most difficult
         pieces
              of the
              >         entire
              >         > literature.
              >         > I guess even Paul O'Dette struggled a lot with
    it.
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