Michael Thames wrote: > So, please show me an original baroque lute piece that uses bass clef. > It can't be done because all major, players composing original lute music > used Tablature. You New York village idiot!
Filippo della Casa's lute book is written largely in two staves (bass and treble octave). I believe this notation was not unusual in 18th-century Italian sources, but I claim no expertise in the matter. But after more than a decade on this list, I do claim sufficient experience to suggest that you tone down your presence here and perhaps learn something, rather than making comments on the knowledge or mental acuity of others who, unlike yourself, have demonstrated that their messages merit attention. Your disrespect for Arthur Ness, and apparent belief that it would carry any weight, shows not so much arrogance as complete lack of understanding; and I have to say that I am not the first, or even the second or third, to remark on it. HP To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
