Harpist Mara Galassi http://polyhymnion.org/galassi sightreads lute tabulature with ease. RT
> Cynthia Cathcart is a clarsach player who comes to mind on the > subjects of both harp tab and lute tab. She's the local guru on > clarsach-related subjects in the Washington DC area: she plays > strictly wire-strung (on very beautiful Ardival harps!). I don't > know if she actually sightreads the old Scottish lute tab but (just > to keep things lute-related here) I know she's able to utilize it to > make arrangements for the wire-strung harp. In a way I guess that's > sort of like transcribing Chillesotti from guitar notation back to > lute tab! > > On Jan 26, 2006, at 3:41 PM, marigold castle wrote: > >> Actually, many folk harpers don't play by ear. Most of us amateur >> folk harpers, being lazy dogs, just buy books of predigested harp >> music converted into modern musical notation. We leave the playing >> (and arranging) from original sources to the likes of Grainne Yeats >> or Alison Kinnaird. ;) > > So do I! They do it so well! Alison Kinneard's arrangements are > very wire-strung friendly! But what I meant about playing by ear was > that after I've learned a tune I'm able to play it without having the > sheet music in front of me. I can make my own arrangement of it. I > do this with all the tunes I know on both clarsach and hammered > dulcimer. Unlike the lute, which I have to play from the tablature > every time. > > David R > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
