What is the book? Is it a facsimile? The diagaonal line: If it is a CNRS book it may mean to hold that bass note or sometims inner voices.
The single dot directly underneath and on the off beats usually means to use the r.h. index finger. If it alternates w/ a double dot then the composer suggests alternating w/ the middle finger. If it alternates w/ a short vertical line then he means to alternate the index w/ the thumb. If nothing is alternated it would depend on the era (why I ask which book), context and your playing style. There was a transition in playing styles in the ~1590-1610 that causes a bit of frustration among current scholars and players and perhaps it mirrors a similar debate at the time. The big questions (as I see it) being: when did thumb alternating w/ index give way to middle-index alternation? Who advocated it and why and who may have done both? The evidence can be a little confusing but there are a few rough guidelines. Sean Smith At 08:42 AM 5/23/04, you wrote: >Hi List, > I am looking at some tablature and there are some markings I am not > sure how to interpret. This is 16 th century French tablature. Directly > under about half of the notes is a dot. ? In the bottom space of many of > the measures is a rising diagonal line. Sometimes there are two. These > lines are present regardless of whether there are notes in this space or > not. ( If there are notes, the diagonal lines may be before, after or > between the notes.) ? > I would appreciate any help you can give in understanding these markings. > >Thanks, > Craig > > > >Craig R. Pierpont >Another Era Lutherie >www.anotherera.com > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70/year >--
