On Jan 26, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Herbert Ward wrote: > My teacher thinks it important to play in the original tablature > system (with the exception of German).
So did mine. She saw it as a necessity for a lutenist to be fluent in both Italian and French tabs, I imagine because of the importance of being able to read from the original music in some type of facsimile. Having said that, however, to this day I can't fathom German tab... Any folk harpers out there? Try harp (clarsach) tablature sometime! No wonder folk harpers play by ear! David Rastall To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
