>>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Dalitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christoph> @Laura:
Christoph> Do the brackets above some notes indicate ligatures in the original?
Yes, that's something Frank does in Finale that I haven't yet started
doing in either ABC or lilypond. For transcriptions of early music
it would be a good feature.
Christoph> @Frank:
Christoph> In the example the problem occurs due to rests of longa length.
Christoph> Should these be drawn like brevis rests, but twice as high?
Yes.
>> Many historic tablatures sources used ordinary notes instead
>> of the tablature "flags".
>>
Christoph> I have checked all tablature facsimiles in my posession that use
Christoph> note heads (all >= 1600: Francisque, Vallet, Ballard, Fuhrmann, Mertel)
Christoph> The longest note in these books is a whole note.
Dowland has lots of breves in the vocal parts, but a quick glance
didn't find any where the lute wasn't diddling around under them. I
Of course tablature doesn't really indicate duration of the note; just
the time elapsed before the next note is played.
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