Organ tablature was in use for any instrument and even for singers, as it is a pitch notation.
It may be much easier to expand lute tablature to the much desired tablature for the angélique (see http://www.accordsnouveaux.ch/de/Instrumente/Angelique/Angelique.html > Notation der Basschöre), for which not more than two additional characters are required: _a_ (underlined) and /////a Mathias -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Alain Veylit Gesendet: Freitag, 26. Mai 2017 20:20 An: Lute net Betreff: [LUTE] Re: German keyboard tablature I started implementing keyboard tablature in my software Fandango, but the need is so little and editing so complicated that I did not really complete it fully. German Keyboard tab is like German tab in that groups of notes hang from the top line, but letters indicate pitch rather than fret position, using the A-H alphabetical sequence. Additionally, there are two types of rhythm flags: one at the top similar to lute tablature flags, and individual flags for notes within a chord indicating how long that specific note is sustained. Tablature was usually reserved for the left hand, while the top part was in regular notation (as shown in the video). Various systems were used to indicate which octave the note belonged to: A, a, a' or ''a, or lines over the note. The system is logically simple but a real challenge to read, particularly when you add messy hand-writing using old German characters... (Buxtehude comes to mind) I thinks is the same system was used for harp tablature - as in the ap Huw MS - the main advantage being to indicate which note is played with which hand. For another mixed system notation/tablature, see modern accordion tablature: http://www.accordeondiatonique.fr/comment-lire-une-tablature-accordeon-diatonique/ Spanish keyboard tablature was completely different if I recall... using numbers corresponding to the keys on the keyboard. See http://www.organ.byu.edu/Bush_Library/Bush%20Files/Buxheimer%20Orgelbuch/Tablature%20notes.pdf A fascinating and very arcane subject. I am not sure what the advantage of a-h notation for the left hand may have been, but that system did survive for a couple centuries... Quicker to jot down perhaps? Alain On 05/26/2017 06:03 AM, keith barnhart wrote: > Hello Rainer, > > I read German lute tab but not keyboard (yet!). I am fascinated by the > system for sure although it is very hard to understand. Here is a short > primer video that I found which doesn't explain in full but might start > to help. > > > [1]https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/from-ink-to-sound/1/steps/51193 > > Also, I would be happy to take a swing at a small piece to get some > experience working in it if you want. > > Best, > > Keith > > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 6:09 AM Rainer <[2][email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear lute netters, > I would like to check a concordance which is in (shudder) German > keyboard tablature. > Can anybody read it? > Rainer > PS > I have everything as digital facsimile > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > Keith Barnhart > Little Piggy Productions LLC > [4]little-piggy.com > 303-917-4302 > > -- > > References > > 1. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/from-ink-to-sound/1/steps/51193 > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 4. http://little-piggy.com/ >
