Odd tablature notation

2004-01-01 Thread Stewart McCoy
- -3- -2- Best wishes, Stewart. - Original Message - From: Doctor Oakroot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 5:35 AM Subject: Re: Odd tablature notation Doctor Oakroot wrote: The IV indicates a IV chord (i.e., F min in the key of C min). Play

Odd tablature notation

2003-12-31 Thread toby
There are a couple of pieces in a book that I have of the lute music of Vincenzo Capirola. Here is an example: http://tobiah.org/measure.jpg It seems to indicate that a half bar should be used at the fourth fret, but I can't figure out any way to get a reasonable sound by playing the

Re: Odd tablature notation

2003-12-31 Thread Leonard Williams
: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: Odd tablature notation There are a couple of pieces in a book that I have of the lute music of Vincenzo Capirola. Here is an example: http://tobiah.org/measure.jpg It seems to indicate that a half bar should be used at the fourth fret, but I

Re: Odd tablature notation

2003-12-31 Thread Tobiah
Leonard Williams wrote: Tobiah-- That notation is Capirola's (perhaps) unique notation for a split course. Stop one string only of the course, play the other string open. Oh, thanks. I can make sense of the measure now. Unfortunately, I am using a guitar to play the music, and so

Re: Odd tablature notation

2003-12-31 Thread Tobiah
Just one thing though, what does the IV{ indicate? Thanks, Tobiah Never mind. Obviously it means that both notes are to be played on the fourth course.

Re: Odd tablature notation

2003-12-31 Thread Doctor Oakroot
Doctor Oakroot wrote: The IV indicates a IV chord (i.e., F min in the key of C min). Play the tab. That's what it's there for. Whoops, that's an F major. (Wasn't looking at the score when I wrote that and missed the natural sign). As for the split course stuff, can anyone actually play that