>>>>> Laurent Martelli == [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Laurent> How is it different from guitar tab ?
depends on the lute. :)
lutes came in all shapes & sizes & numbers of strings. the renaissance lute
had 6 courses (a course is a string or a pair of strings, the pair being
tuned in unison or an octave), and this grew & grew until, iirc, the german
baroque lute music i transcribed in college used 11 courses. then there's
the spanish vihuela which had 6 courses, the baroque guitar which had 5,
etc. in other words, flexibility is the order of the day; you should be
able to accommodate any number of strings in any tuning (and print the
letter name of each course before the line representing it).
an extra subtlety is that some tab used ledger lines; in the suite i
transcribed, weiss had lines drawn on a staff for the 6 main (carried over
from the renaissance) courses, and drew his own lines below the staff to
represent the 5 bass strings.
the only other difference from guitar tab was that letters were used
instead of numbers; a for the first fret, b for the second.
note that the ability to set tablature actually *is* rather important from a
classic music standpoint, not just as regards setting rock leads; if your
typesetter can't do tablature, you've missed out on almost all the
instrumental music from the renaissance.
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