Michael Thames wrote: > Nancy, etc. do you really believe that Tablature, is for the novice lute > player?........ when both the London and Dresden MS and all of Weiss's music > is written in Tablature?
I'm sure she doesn't, and nobody has said anything like it. Since you just said, "I do have a problem with people putting words in my mouth, and bending the truth," you need to go back and read what set you off on this particular rant. Read all the words. Read them in order. Use a dictionary to look up the ones you don't understand. Arthur wrote: "Judging from the inclusion of elementary instructions in many early lute tablature books, tablature was originally intended for novice players. But it was easy to print, and survived because of the many scordatura lute tunings in the 17th century. Somone counted 28 of them. Pitch notation would make that jumble of tunings a real mess for even the most skilled player. Tablature was a practical solution." A dictionary might not help you with "early lute tablature books." You either know that early lute tablature books date from the 1500s, and that Weiss came along two centuries later, or you don't. Apparently you don't, or are just uninterested in facts or logical connections. But don't expect anyone to take you seriously when you claim to be a voice of reason whose wisdom is ignored because you aren't part of the old boy network. Indeed, as a general rule, if you need to keep protesting that you're a voice of reason, you're not one. HP To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
