Thanks for checking those. I am getting the 1574 pieces so you info will be
useful as I make my first attempts at German tab. Your hunches about the
spots I cited are useful, although I disagree about a lack of 12th frets in
Neusidler. There are many in the 1566 collections (all labeled 'XI').

>I've looked up the 1574 edition, but it doesn't contain 
>rececari, and the passemezzo La Milensa must be a different 
>piece as it doesn't contain the given measure.
>
>My interest was to see how 11th or 12th frets would be written 
>in German tablature. The 10th fret on 1st course 9 with a dash 
>above it. Notes on the 11th and 12th frets would have to be 
>letters with double dashes above them. I ran through the 
>entire book but couldn't find any of them.
>
>
>As for the measure from Recercar Terzo, XI could be a typo. 
>Could be XII, could just as well be X. I for one would opt for X.
>
>XI in the measure from Pass'e mezo La Milanese does certainly 
>not mean XII. Could be XI, indeed, could just as well be X. 
>I'd opt for X again, considering XI a typo, because I couldn't 
>find 11th or 12th frets at all with Newsidler.
>
>Mathias
>
>"Richard Yates" <[email protected]> schrieb:
>> Perhaps it was overlooked in the surge of new threads, or maybe my 
>> question was just an uninteresting one with an obvious solution, but 
>> any response to the example I found below about the mysterious 
>> Melchior eleventh fret would be much appreciated. RY
>> 
>> >I ran across another spot that confounds the question of 
>the eleventh 
>> >fret and its notation. In the Pass'e mezo Milanese there is a 'XI' 
>> >symbol on the second course. It sounds to me like it should 
>be played 
>> >on the eleventh fret in contrast to other places (e.g. Recercar 
>> >Terzo) where 'XI' seems to mean twelfth (i.e. octave) fret. Can 
>> >anyone unravel this one?
>> >
>> >Check the graphic of both spots at
>> > http://www.yatesguitar.com/misc/Neusidler.jpg
>> >
>> >Richard Yates
>> 
>> 
>> >>Presumably he didn't have an 11th fret, so his 11th fret is our 
>> >>12th, if you see what I mean. :-)
>> >
>> >
>> >>>Why does M. Neusidler (Intabolatura di Liuto, 1566) uses the
>> >symbol 'X'
>> >>>for the tenth fret but 'XI' for notes that would normally 
>be on the
>> >twelfth
>> >>>fret?
>> 
>> 
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