It's not a tab staff. Robert Spencer comments: 'Forty-six permutations of the scale of C major in bass clef, suggesting changes for bell ringers, or sight-singing exercises. If and how these relate to the lute is not clear.' Best Matthew
> On Sep 12, 2014, at 22:46, Leonard Williams <arc...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Does anyone know the significance of the first page of the ML book? It's > all 0's on a tab staff and appears to be variations of arpeggiation. The > page appears here: > > http://www.gerbode.net/facsimiles/british_library/BL_MS_Add_38539_john_stur > t_lute_book/01v.png > > [cut and paste may be needed to correctly transfer the address to your > browser] > > A right hand exercise? > > Leonard Williams > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
