A thought that comes to my mind is to find a midi version of the lute
song and pull that into your notation or tab program to use that as a
starting point. At least I can bring it in to to Finale and do that.
BTW, Stefan Lundgren's Op. 35 composition "Dawn" for solo theorbo is
based on five songs by Dowland. You can see some snippets of his
settings at:
http://www.luteonline.se/a_luteshopgallery.htm#theorbo_solo
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On May 3, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Shaun Ng wrote:
Unfortunately tuning without reentrant tuning is not possible at my
string length. For those who may find themselves in the same
situation, I have found a staff notation version to play from:
http://serpentpublications.org/wordpress/?page_id=20&id=401
Shaun Ng
0426 240775 | [email protected] | shaunng.blogspot.com
On 03/05/2012, at 23:25, Bruno Fournier <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
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Well I would think that if you do not have to play other pieces
during
that gig, I would find it simpler to retune the theorbo without
re-entrant tuning.... and play straight from the Renaissance
lute tab.
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Bruno
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On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Shaun Ng <[1][email protected]>
wrote:
Thanks for that. Are there staff notation versions flying around
online?
Yes, I doubt this will be satisfactory for our standards, but
if a
singer asks a rather baroque theorbo player to do a
renaissance lute
player's job, knowing full well that he does not play the
instrument, then we can safely assume that some concessions
can be
made. This I suppose is not quite unlike asking a pianist to
play a
harpsichord!
Shaun Ng
0426 240775 | [2][email protected] | [3]shaunng.blogspot.com
On 03/05/2012, at 21:33, David van Ooijen <[4]
[email protected]>
wrote:
On 3 May 2012 13:19, Shaun Ng <[5][email protected]> wrote:
I have been asked to play the above lute song by Dowland, but one
big problem: I don't play or own a renaissance lute! Would anyone
happen have to a version for theorbo in French tab? Any advice
appreciated. Thanks in advance.
That might be hard one to pull off. I play from the staff
notation if
I find myself with a theorbo only and I have to play a lute song. It
then becomes a sort of mixed continuo/obligato. Not always easy and
not always satisfactory. You might want to write something out in
advance.
good luck!
David
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