Thank's for the quote - from wich print is this? (sorry, I'm away from my disk with faksimiles).
The quote is from Book 1 printed in 1682.
Not that would make Robert's intentions much clearer. Leaving out a "sol" from the pitch name is possible (since it's redundant except, every "d la" is a "d sol" by nature (but not the other way round)), but the "re" pretty much excludes the high d' (unless Visee thinks of the guitar as a transposing instrument).
I don't think you can assume that de Visee fully understood the correct way to use the syllables.
And the comment about the
neccessary bourdon on the d chourse seem to continue the remark about the guitar's limitation in the lowe range.
I don't see why it should be continuing anything. De Visee is commenting on the range of the guitar - pointing out first how high it goes and then what is necessary to extend the compass downwards.
And one could read the need for guitar and score versions at the same pitch from this paragraph.
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