Hi Rainer,
I think there is a fourth possibility.
It is the B on the third course which is meant to be held for the remainder of
the measure.
Happy luting!
Lex
> Op 12 mrt. 2017, om 11:10 heeft Rainer <rads.bera_g...@t-online.de> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
> In the first prelude of the first book of Le Secret des Muses there is a very
> strange hold line in bar 15
>
> For those who do not have a digital facsimile, have a look at the links at
>
> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.html
>
> The line starts at a non-existing bass note.
>
> What does/could this mean?
>
> 1) It could mean that the G on course 6 of the first chord should sound
> throughout the whole measure.
>
> 2) The G on the 4th course in of the first chord should sound throughout the
> whole measure.
>
> 3) there is a note (an e on the 6th course?) missing in the 7th "chord".
>
>
> Option 1) makes no sense, but sometimes (very few cases) there are lines in
> Vallet starting at an un-stopped string.
>
> Option 2) makes musical sense. The engraver had a blackout :)
>
> Option 3 is the best explanation for the otherwise meaningless line, but
> adding a note here can hardly be justified.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Rainer
>
> PS
>
> I noticed that volume I was engraved by at least two different persons.
>
>
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