On Jul 2, 2011, at 6:27 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> Do it! My guess is Bakfark would have liked to have his music played with a 
> few notes missing, or on open courses, than not played at all. And I 
> guarantee you that no audience member will know or care, ever. Unless they 
> have taken part in this list-serve discussion, naturally.

I suspect one reason some lutenists made thick intabulations was that they were 
arranging the Top 40 hits of the day, and expected them to be played/heard by 
people who knew the originals very well, and would hear whether the g in the 
alto part was missing from the intabulation.  So a way of showing you were a 
top-tier Lute Guy was to get all the notes onto the page of your intabulation.  
Lesser mortals could thin as needed.  

That's my theory, which is mine.  

And what it is to.


> Quoting Eugene Kurenko <[email protected]>:
> 
>>   2011/7/2 Ed Durbrow <[1][email protected]>
>> 
>>     I just looked at the first chord and said no. I hate that chord.
>> 
>>   So do I.
>>   And if I transpose the lowest note in that chord to opened 6th course?
>>   Criminal or not?

You might also consider dropping the alto-voice g, since it's the doubled note. 
 
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