> Yes - right. But I would rather consider the Regias Pietas as solo music > because the melody line indicated by the asterix often does not match the > melody of the geneve psalter (if I recall right).
I thought they were (it says so in the introduction of the facsimile, anyway). Fitting the Dathenus psalm texts has never given me any trouble, either. Of course, if you prefer to play them without singing, it's fine, but Vallet has explicitely added the asterixes for sing-along performances. David > > Hoping not to tell nonsense > Thomas > >>> Apart from the 2 books of psalms by Vallet (one with solo music one with >>> songs) >> >>Both books are for voice and lute. The Regia Pietas (1620) has the places >>where the next syllable is to come indicated by asterixes above the >>tablature. >> >>David > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
