Agree with Lex. The G-major chord, including the b on course 3, should
be held.
David
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On 12 March 2017 at 11:37, Lex van Sante <[3]lvansa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
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
<[4]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
>
> [5]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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