I replied to Rob off-list, but I forgot to say something which might be
interesting to everyone:
Errors in German tab stick out, because there are no lines - if it's the
wrong symbol it's obviously completely wrong, whereas in French or
Italian tab you can get the correct symbol on the wrong course and
hardly notice.
There are a few possible confusions, though, the one which springs to
mind being being "1", meaning open 5th course, with "l", meaning third
fret 5th course, which is sometimes quite believable.
Well worth learning, anyway.
Martin
On 08/03/2011 16:54, Rob MacKillop wrote:
Exactly.
Well, it's fun to do, and it is always nice to work from facsimiles.
But yes, I could do it a hundred times faster in French tab. It has
always been a no-go area for me, or even no-reason-to-go, but I'm
taking an interest in early German lute music, and it seemed the
respectful thing to do, and not without interest.
Anyone here fluent in it?
Rob
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