> >>>>Are there any > >>>>sources for learning notation on the lute.
Also for Baroque lute specialists are the Weiss transcriptions by Douglas Alton Smith and the Moscow Weiss Ms. transcription by Tim Crawford; both use a double-staff system that squeezes the staves so that only middle C has room between them, visually the best compromise for an instrument that isn't "two handed" in the same way as a keyboard. Unfortunately the whole Smith edition is almost the price of a Baroque lute of 20 years ago. If you really want to bite the bullet and learn improv and composition get Christopher Simpson's "The Division Viol, or The Art of Playing Extempore upon a Ground"- I have a facsimile that may still be available- it was from J. Curwen & Sons Ltd., Faber Music Ltd. G. Schirmer Inc., New York agents for USA. This thread has reminded me that it ought to work quite well on the lute, don't know why I hadn't thought of it before. This book provides a major education, will take a lot of time & study no matter what instrument one uses. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
