At 10:07 AM 12/9/2003 -0500, Fred Bone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Tablature is a tool that is ripe for abuse. If it's used as a >method to avoid the academic study of counterpoint, the practitioner is >ill-served in the long run. This may be recognized historically (if I can >trust the translation) by the quote from the 17th century Milleran >manuscript: > >Lecteur, si tu ne sais que c'est que Tablature, > >Mourant tu seras sot par Becare, & nature, > >Ainsi ne m'ouvre pas si tu n'y connois rien, > >De lire sans savoir, c'est un fol entretien. > > > >Translation: Reader, if you only know what tablature is, Dying you will be >ignorant of major keys and things natural, So don't open me if you don't >know anything about it, Reading without understanding is a foolish >enterprise.
Thank you for this quote. Should go into my article http://www.orphee.com/trans/trans.html as a further support of the comments by Perrine and Campion. Matanya Ophee Editions Orphe'e, Inc., 1240 Clubview Blvd. N. Columbus, OH 43235-1226 Phone: 614-846-9517 Fax: 614-846-9794 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.orphee.com
