Seems a legitimate point. Best, Eugene
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Peter Martin > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:50 AM > To: Lute list > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Transcription > > Guitarists can read tablature, so it doesn't seem worth making a > transcription into staff notation for them. For anyone else, I would > favour treble and bass clefs, which permits a much clearer texture than > a single staff does. > > P > 2010/1/6 Eugene C. Braig IV <[1][email protected]> > > ..And frankly, I think a direct transcription of the tablature > without > taking the time to make guitar arrangements would still be of great > use to > any thinking guitarist who would care to work from a source closer > to the > original. > Since tablature relates only to relative pitches, setting the first > course > at e' wouldn't even require transposition. ...Or setting it at g' > in the > main body of your document and including an appendix in e' wouldn't > require > much additional effort (certainly not as much as fully fingered > transcriptions/arrangements for 6-string guitar), and I would think > would > still likely be frequently used/cited by guitarists. > Eugene > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
