Just a few basic indications a = 0 open string b = 1 first fret c = 2 second fret ... and so on
Dashed line: note duration The 4 double strings renaissance guitar had the same relationships of the top 4 strings of a modern guitar (E B G D). If you see bar one, we have a D major chord there (from top to bottom: F# D A D). I took this information from a book by italian guitar player and scholar Bruno Tonazzi but I guess you could find all you need to know with a simple google search. Best regards 2013/3/4 Johan Vromans <jvrom...@squirrel.nl> > pabuhr <pab...@fastmail.fm> writes: > > > http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/192332 > > Tiers Livre de Tabvlatvre de Gviterre 1552 > > > > Whoa!!! Can someone explain this musical notation to me? Is it for a > lute? > > My guess: it's for a 4 string instrument. The letters denote the fret > positions (a = 1, b = 2, "dash o" = 0, nothing = not played). The > duration is above: 1 flag = half, 2 flags = quarter, etc.) > > When I assumed a tuning similar to the top 4 strings of a guitar, most > of the chords make sense. > > But I could be totally wrong! > > -- Johan > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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