>I see the XI as meaning "a note above X" >It would have been immediately obvious to the player what note was called for.
Exactly what I meant. And in playing that passage in the recercar, the high g octave seemed obvious for previously stated reasons. >If that's the case, these aren't typos but shorthand; ealy notation >always has an element of shorthand. .. and why one shouldn't lose too much sleep over symbols if the intent is clear. >Also, the tab does not refer to a half-step; the half step ideogram >is a "placeholder" for the note. >Otherwise, you would not have ficta, a situation that would have >would have been absolutely impossible for a trained renaissance musician. >dt Check out the intabulations of Julien Belin for some funny ficta. Dan -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
