>> As you imply: I guess it's because they can't be bothered to >> learn to read on an A instrument > > A lot of people prefer to work in those areas they're most familiar > with. We have modern editions of Italian music in French tablature, > because French tab is the one that a lot of people feel more at home > with. We tend to stay with the techniques we're most familiar with, > and in some cases we tend to stay with the types of music we're most > familiar with. Someone (a most renowned and magisterial figure in > the lute world ;-) ;-) ;-)) said to me last year: "Baroque lute is > late-period and decadent. I don't accept it." Another equally > renowned luter told me last year, "if it's not renaissance music I > don't play it." It's not laziness; just a reluctance to go beyond > what's familiar.
If people are obcessive about renaissance music that is fine, but I am sceptic about publishing italian music in french tabulature. There is so much interesting music out there which is still unpublished, so to me its just a waste of time and effort to translate italian music to french tabulature. Its not difficult to learn to read italian tabulature, and I consider it laziness not to try it. Are (about to learn german tabulature) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
