Dear lutenists,
if memory serves, we have been talking about one interesting question of
interpreting German tabulature: when (especially) Hans Newsidler
repeated a short note after longer one, did he really mean repeating the
pluck, or did he thus just in this way express a note with a dot? Did he
mean just a tie?
An example (translated to French tabulature) (use monospace!):
|\ |\\ |\
| | |
| | |
__a_____a__a__c__d_______
_____|______________|____
_____|__b________b__|____
__c__|__c________c__|____ ...
_____|______________|____
_____|______________|____
So, should or shouldn't the top string third a be plucked or not? I vote
that you should not repeat the pluck!
I played Hans' intabulation of Ludvig Senfl's famous Lied "Elslein
liebstes Elslein mein". I made two versions: First literally as it is
written, second as I think it is meant to be played. The piece becomes
much more vocal-like that way, and it also feels much more natural.
Take a look (take a hear (can you say so in English?)):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pakfWwq8wok&feature=youtu.be
http://vimeo.com/58727395
What do you vote?
All the best,
Arto
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