For those that may be torbanistically inclined-
I have added photos of two instruments, believed to be lost. Both are
elegantly proportioned swan-neck types, and have inlays of Hetman Mazepa
coat-of-arms, see bottom of the
http://www.torban.org/torban3b.html
RT
To get on or off this
Roman -- what I wanted to ask was did they compose with shapes on the
fingerboard and translate that to tablature or was it composed like a
species counterpoint. And did professionals play from tablature or from
standard notation, aside from figured bass.
On 7/6/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
On Jul 6, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Michael Gillespie wrote:
Does anyone have any comments on improvising trills and other accents?
You mean...(gasp)...actually putting in ornaments just anywhere, even
though they're not officially indicated in the tab? I don't know:
pretty risky business!
Roman -- what I wanted to ask was did they compose with shapes on the
fingerboard and translate that to tablature or was it composed like a
species counterpoint.
Well, I take as evidence of people composing in tabulature Weiss' own
rosicrucian entry in a friends journal, consisting of a few bars
