Ed Durbrow wrote: >>I have a question on Mat's notation. The >>one Dowland I've downloaded from one of the sites Jose-Luis mentioned seems >>to show an "r" where I would expect a "c" (second fret). > > > That is a little convention to make it easier to read. An actual C > could look like an E, especially when they are written on the lines. > There are prints with actual Cs in them though. Attaignant comes to > mind. > cheers,
Have a look at Reymann, Mertel or (shudder) Rude and you will see that sometimes you can't distinguish the "c"s and "e"s. In some manuscripts the "e" looks like an epsilon, the "f" like a beta and the "i" like y "y". Rainer adS
