Movable type was indeed a factor - though some printers also employed a
type face with the lines incorporated.
The point is that writing tablature ms on lines was a common general
practice earlier in the sixteenth century and then, of course, became
general after the opening decades of the seventeenth.
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Neumann <tristanvonneum...@gmx.de>
Sent: 04 August 2020 15:22
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tablature letters on lines - was Re: e vs c
It seems to me that moveable type doesn't seem to have anything to do
with the decision.
The types with the line already included (as in scores) are on-line
(Phalèse).
If you print in two steps with the lines first then the letters,
above-line seems more common, maybe easier to align.
On 04.08.20 09:52, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
> Dear Martin,
> I agree that the supposed low case 'r' is merely an earlier way
of
> writing 'c'. However I'm not one with you on writing tablature
letters
> in the spaces rather than on the lines.
> Writing on the lines is generally the earlier form and, indeed,
> persisted through to the instrument's decline: the practice of
setting
> the letters in the spaces seems to have appeared when movable
type was
> employed (though not universally).
> In practice I far prefer the more common historical practice
(almost
> universal from the seventeenth century for engraved music as well
as
> ms)) of writing on the lines - a big advantage is that even with
quite
> a narrow system the letters can still be reasonably large by
extending
> into the neighboring lines without interfering with ease of
recognition
> of the 'home' line. Tablature letter 'f' is a good example.
> regards
> Martyn
>
> On Tuesday, 4 August 2020, 07:36:56 BST, Martin Shepherd
> <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wrote:
> The "r" is in most English lute MSS and in all the lute song
prints as
> well. In fact it's not an "r" at all, just another way of writing
"c".
> My biggest readability complaint is writing the letters on the
lines
> rather than between them - a habit which seems to have become
quite
> common with some modern editors of lute music. And just to open
up a
> few
> more worms, I find French tablature very convenient because
(although I
> read all kinds of tab fluently) I can write in fingerings, which
can
> get
> very confusing in Italian tab.
> M
> On 04/08/2020 02:27, T.J. Sellari wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Tristan von Neumann <[1][1]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de>
> > Date: Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 8:14 AM
> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: e vs c
> > To: [2][2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
<[3][3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> > Ah yes. I forgot about those.
> > I hate English prints. As if they were deliberately trying
to make
> > things unreadable.
> > Morlaye is the best imho.
> > On 04.08.20 01:30, Denys Stephens wrote:
> > > Dear Sean & Tristan, the Robert Dowland ÃÆ Â¢Varietie of
lute
> lessons'
> > and Barley's ÃÆ Â¢New book of tablature' both have ÃÆ Â¢r' for
ÃÆ Â¢c'
> although the
> > latter is engraved rather than typeset. I suspect that the
> Varietie of
> > lute lessons may have had an undue influence in modern times
> because it
> > was the first facsimile that many of us who were involved in
lute
> music
> > in those days owned in the Scott edition.
> > > Best wishes, Denys
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > >> On 4 Aug 2020, at 00:02, Tristan von Neumann
> > <[4][4]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Good question Sean...
> > >>
> > >> I think there's no real development in this.
> > >>
> > >> For example, Fuhrmann's Testudo Gallica&Germanica uses
> "on-line"
> > fonts,
> > >> and "c".
> > >>
> > >> This is very annoying sometimes if you want to play from
the
> > facsimile...
> > >>
> > >> In manuscripts, Marsh Lute Book uses c, it's often very
> confusing
> > next
> > >> to the e.
> > >>
> > >> French "above line" prints from earlier decades (Morlaye,
Le
> Roy)
> > also
> > >> use c but I find those prints very readable.
> > >>
> > >> I don't recall "r" in prints, but maybe I missed some.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On 04.08.20 00:56, Sean Smith wrote:
> > >>> Dear all,
> > >>> There's a long tradition of scribing the cipher 'r'
in
> place
> > of 'c' in
> > >>> manuscripts of lute tablature. It's quick and easy
and
> serves
> > to
> > >>> differentiate a 'c' from an 'e'. My question is,
did this
> > carry over
> > >>> into historic printed tablatures with standardized
> typefaces?
> > Can
> > >>> anyone suggest examples? Lute, guitar, mandora,
etc?
> > >>> I don't recall any in Renaissance prints--tho I
could
> easily
> > be
> > >>> wrong--but I know I don't have enough experience
with
> baroque
> > >>> tablatures!
> > >>> Tia, Sean
> > >>>
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> > Actually, the letter that looks like an "r" is actually a
"c" in
> > English secretary hand. That's probably why the "r" is
featured in
> > English sources.
> > If you scroll down to the chart of miniscule letters here
> >
>
[6][6]http://morristownnhpmuseum.blogspot.com/2016/10/paleography-for-e
> ver
> > yone-cracking-old.html you'll see various form(s) of c.
> > Tom
> >
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