To me it's all perfectly clear short hand to indicate musical
intentions: hold the B-flat till the A-flat. If the engraver was over
enthusiastic with the angle of his lines, it only tells us he didn't
want close-to horizontal lines hat would create 7-line tablature. My
personal solution is usually wavy lines, but then again, that might be
a bother when engraving on a copper plate. I never tried.
Don't think too digital when dealing with handwritten/engraved
facsimiles, just think musical.
David
On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 at 23:14, Rainer <[1]rads.bera_g...@t-online.de>
wrote:
The situation in bar 7 is much worse :)
Rainer
On 12.03.2017 11:10, Rainer wrote:
> 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
>
> [2]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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References
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2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.html
3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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