In the first prelude of the first book of Le Secret des Muses there is a very strange hold line in bar 15
For those who do not have a digital facsimile, have a look at the links at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.html The line starts at a non-existing bass note. What does/could this mean? 1) It could mean that the G on course 6 of the first chord should sound throughout the whole measure. 2) The G on the 4th course in of the first chord should sound throughout the whole measure. 3) there is a note (an e on the 6th course?) missing in the 7th "chord". Option 1) makes no sense, but sometimes (very few cases) there are lines in Vallet starting at an un-stopped string. Option 2) makes musical sense. The engraver had a blackout :) Option 3 is the best explanation for the otherwise meaningless line, but adding a note here can hardly be justified. Best wishes, Rainer PS I noticed that volume I was engraved by at least two different persons. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
