Thank you for the response Roman. If it can't be transposed then I'll just have to continue to marvel at the piece, unless of course I win the lottery then I might buy a 13c.
Best regards Neil -----Original Message----- From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 June 2008 13:21 To: Narada; [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: London Manuscript revisited. From: "Narada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have been looking at the music for Courante ( Suite 7 track 3 vol 3 > of the London Manuscript ) could someone explain to me what the > following means on the bass notes, course number in brackets: a (7) a > (6) a (7) a( 6) a (7) a (7) then there is the number 4, then a ( 7 ) > then the number 4 again. Further along in the piece I see the number 5, > what is this indicating? 4 is the 11th course. 5 is the 12th. 6 is the 13th. > > Next, I appreciate that this piece is for Baroque Lute and that the > tuning is therefore I think different to 8 course, but can it be > transposed to 8 course? No. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
