On Thursday 16 September 2004 16:30, you wrote: What do you mean exactly? Do you mean written out as tablature or written out with complete figuring? These suites can be played together with other instruments (I played it for example with baroque violin), but they can also be played directly on the theorbo if you have experience with staff reading (the facsimile making it slightly more difficult because the upper voice is in a french violin key). In most cases the only problem is the figuring of the bass line in these suites which is often not completely given. If you mean written out as solopieces for theorbo, you should first have a look in saizenay etc. because many pieces are in tablature available in some original form. A written out continuo line is absolutely not necessary for these pieces. For me they are/were very good exercises in reading and creating a basso continuo line on my theorbo. For some 'difficult' chords I just write a few french tab below the staff or using the bassline itself, but never a complete tab line. Taco Walstra
> Thank you to all who reflected on my question > on Visee manuscript for the theorbe. > You helped me solve the problem. > > A theorbe is a theorbe is not a theorbe, > and a simple bassline is enough to give big problems. > > By the way...could somebody throw an examle of a skillful theorbeplayers > written-out continuovoice for these suites in my head, saying: > "Do the damned work yourself!!"? > > headbending > steffen gliese > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
