[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-10 Thread David Tayler
I do in a sense. I think the lute has *way* too small a pool of performers and audience. To create a large professional class and amateur base we have to do something different, we have to make big changes. Had we started this 20 years ago, there would be 20 times more professional players, and

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread David van Ooijen
Clarity above clutter is a common factor in many postings. Personal preferences - grid rhythm signs versus minimal use of rhythm signs, landscape versus portrait, where to place measure numbers - are not interesting in itself, but if there are enough people sending in their preferences some sort

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines, impossible!

2008-12-09 Thread Spring, aus dem, Rainer
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 1:19 AM To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines, impossible! If you provide tablature in electronic format you completely loose control. true. Who needs control

[LUTE] Re: Tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread Francesco Tribioli
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 December 2008 20:16 To: List LUTELIST; howard posner Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines One feature in Finale that I find very useful is you can import a MIDI file and it will notate it automatically

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread demery
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008, David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Clarity above clutter is a common factor in many postings. agreed, clutter is bad for legibility. Grids can be good, when the music has a regular pulse that is shown clearly. Sparse flags can get me lost, the occaisional redundant

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread Lex van Sante
@Betsy Lahaussois: Intel macs can run windows very well via Boot Camp or Parallels or some other virtualisation tool. If you use Boot Camp (free with OSX leopard) you will only need a Legal copy of Windows XP with an integrated SP2 or later. Vista will run fine as well. How to do that is

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread David Tayler
I think everyone has their faves, just like the original copyists. Here's a few themes: 1. Landscape vs portrait-- Both existed historically, some formats work better for some music. But see below 2. Diplomatic facsimile--hints at, or strongly resembles the original. A very good choice for many

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread howard posner
On Dec 9, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Lex van Sante wrote: However you should note that one cannot run Windows on a PPC- Mac. I do it all the time using Virtual PC. Not exactly a perfect option... -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread Lex van Sante
@ Howard Posner: Probably off topic: Sorry! You mean you have actually been able to use Fronimo with Virtual PC? That is no mean feat! I've tried using it but it was all very slow, unstable, not to mention costly. I was fortunate that my Apple dealer at the time offered me a chance to test

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread Roman Turovsky
list lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines @ Howard Posner: Probably off topic: Sorry! You mean you have actually been able to use Fronimo with Virtual PC? That is no mean feat! I've tried using it but it was all very slow

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread howard posner
On Dec 9, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Lex van Sante wrote: You mean you have actually been able to use Fronimo with Virtual PC? I've never tried to use Fronimo. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread Sean Smith
Me too for the last 5(?) years and the only program I run on it is Fronimo which works mostly fine. (ok, and Firefox to download the newest Fronimo 3 from time to time ;^) My only slowdown is playing the midi files. I have to save them as midi files, send them to the shared folder and then

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread demery
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008, howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Dec 9, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Lex van Sante wrote: However you should note that one cannot run Windows on a PPC- Mac. how about mac OS on a pentium with a partition for windoz? Yes, it obliges purchase of pentium, which i supose was

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread Stephan Olbertz
Am 9 Dec 2008 um 14:47 hat David Tayler geschrieben: 7. All editions should be free. We need more lute players. Thanks to all who make the music available. Yes, and all lessons likewise. And all the concerts, we need more listeners, you see. After all the applause is the bread of the

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread G. Crona
David, I agree with your preferences, especially about the diapassons. FWIW, here are some personal guidelines that have crystalized through the years, and this in relation to tablatures only, I'm not talking about grand staff or notation: Landscape view, to make the score easily readable

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Spring, aus dem, Rainer
Hm, Landscape view, to make the score easily readable on the screen (or steady on the music stand) I prefer portrait and I never play from the screen Do not repeat rhytmic signs until they actually change value (much easier to read in all respects, also for prima-vista) For me this is very

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread howard posner
On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:54 AM, Spring, aus dem, Rainer wrote: Would you strike through everything in a book? It would be a great improvement in many books. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread G. Crona
] To: List LUTELIST Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:26 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:54 AM, Spring, aus dem, Rainer wrote: Would you strike through everything in a book? It would be a great improvement in many books

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Spring, aus dem, Rainer
-Original Message- From: G. Crona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:34 PM To: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines Yeah! But jokes aside, if one would actually take a look at, and play from tablature on the lines, one could

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Sean Smith
On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:54 AM, Spring, aus dem, Rainer wrote: Hm, Me too, mmm. I don't mean to answer Rainer here but will offer my responses to the same questions to show my differing taste. Landscape view, to make the score easily readable on the screen (or steady on the music stand) I

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Guy Smith
more important for accompaniment or ensemble playing. -Original Message- From: Spring, aus dem, Rainer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 7:51 AM To: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines -Original Message- From: G. Crona

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Sean Smith
: tablature notation guidelines -Original Message- From: G. Crona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:34 PM To: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines Yeah! But jokes aside, if one would actually take a look at, and play from tablature

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread William Brohinsky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:51 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines -Original Message- From: G. Crona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:34 PM To: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Sean Smith
to be antipodic in this matter. pls. read between the lines... - Original Message - From: Sean Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:52 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:54 AM, Spring, aus dem

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread howard posner
On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Peter Nightingale wrote: See Feynman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EZcpTTjjXY Fascinating, captain. A prominent scientist offering two minutes of meaningless generalities without a single fact. Completely illogical. Yours truly. Mr. Spock -- To get on or

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread tom
Hi, New to ther Lute list, and just acquired a Renaissance lute and had a wonderful lesson with Ed Martin last Thursday. I have been typesetting and transcribing music in Finale since 2000. I just acquired and registered Fronimo last night. What I am seeing in this thread are pleas for

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Doc Rossi
For PDFs, Mac OSX has a built-in Print to PDF feature that works well. For Windows there are free virtual printers around that also work pretty well. I remember using one that had Pony in the name (sorry to be so vague). On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, New to

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Guy Smith
Hit Reply instead of Reply All... -Original Message- From: Guy Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 1:02 PM To: 'Doc Rossi' Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines Word 2007 has a Save to PDF feature (introduced with that version, I think). Never

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Betsy Lahaussois
, 2008 1:02 PM To: 'Doc Rossi' Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines Word 2007 has a Save to PDF feature (introduced with that version, I think). Never tried it, though. Guy -Original Message- From: Doc Rossi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Leonard Williams
Portrait. New rhythm sign at a change or at a new line. I have some poorly edited publications in which a rhythm sign is redundantly introduced, and it just causes confusion. Consistency within a piece is perhaps the better rule: new sign only with a change of rhythm or line; or, all notes

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines, impossible!

2008-12-08 Thread Guy Smith
I've never even asked. Open Source is an interesting and sometimes useful approach to things, but it has its limits. Guy -Original Message- From: adS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 2:20 PM To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines