I'll let Lex do that first.
Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: [1]Martyn Hodgson To: [2]Vihuelalist ; [3]Lex Eisenhardt ; [4]Monica Hall Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Valdambrini's evidence Dear Lex, Well, it just goes to show how such a protracted exchange can become as Chinese whispers. I had gained the impression that this (ie principally avoidance of inversions in alfabeto) was the issue - including of course non-BC bourdon use with which it is inextricably entwined. I can therefore see little practical difference between any of these vigorously defended positions. If there is any significant difference after all that has been said, would you and Monica kindly (in a sentence) summarise the res as they see it. Martyn --- On Fri, 19/11/10, Lex Eisenhardt <eisenha...@planet.nl> wrote: From: Lex Eisenhardt <eisenha...@planet.nl> Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Valdambrini's evidence To: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Date: Friday, 19 November, 2010, 9:49 Dear Martyn, you wrote: > However, I don't think this is quite the same as saying, as I think Lex does, that players (even the amateurs at which the tablatures are often aimed) would have routinely (perhaps even always) sought to avoid inversions by selective strumming. What makes you think that I believe that?? I have no idea what was done routinely ('even [by] the amateurs'), and do not pretend to know what was (perhaps) always done. Nor what was _ never_ done, for that matter. best wishes, Lex -- To get on or off this list see list information at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk 2. mailto:vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu 3. mailto:eisenha...@planet.nl 4. mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html