[LUTE] Neapolitan tablature (Was: Da Milano)

2018-12-11 Thread G. C.
Back to the Sultzbach prints. I can't help to notice, that vol. 1 (italian tab) has only the playing instructions in italian, also printed in vol 2, while vol. 2 (neapolitan tab) has two additional dedications in latin. Both volumes have a latin end page, quoting the spanish king C

[LUTE] Neapolitan tablature?

2014-10-14 Thread Gary Boye
CW: Does anyone know where the term "Neapolitan Lute Tablature" (i.e., a tablature without the zero and with the same string orientation as French tablature) originates? I've always been a little queasy about the term, but it seemed relatively convenient, so I've used it in my web