Stanley, I await your examples, which may well show me I am way off base.
But I had in mind that the small note symbols would be used sparingly, in accordance with what seems to me to be a rather obvious convention: a) Show only bourdon note.Indicates both strings of the course plucked, and the octave is not essential, that is, the octave rides along only to add overtones to the bourdon note for a brighter sound. Aside from works with campanella, this would probably apply to the majority of notes on the lower courses. b)Show bourdon note and small note symbol for octave. Both strings plucked, and the octave note is essential to the music. c)Show small note only. Obviously, only octave is plucked. d)Show bourdon and small note X'ed out.Obviously, only bourdon is plucked. David Cameron >David, > >What you say is true. But the mess it creates is can be a problem. I'll post few examples this weekend. > >Stanley > >Dr. Stanley Yates >Professor of Music >Austin Peay State University >Department of Music >PO Box 4625 >Clarksville TN 37043 >(001) 931 221-7351 >(001) 931 221-7529 (fax) > >> ---------- >> From: David Cameron >> Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2005 10:58 AM >> To: vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Subject: Re: Modern Notation of Five-Course Lit. >> >> StanleyYates wrote: >> >> "Surely there is a better solution than simply writing everything as if >> played on bordons with the disclaimer about where anything below a written G >> might actually sound..." >> >> I probably don't fully understand the problem, but it seems to me that >> smaller note symbols to indicate the pitch of the octave strings would do >> much of what is required. >> >> David Cameron >> >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > >
