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From: a86@mindlink.UUCP (Alan Rinehart)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: TABLATURE publishing
Message-ID: <952@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 90 02:50:28 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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I think your comments are generally valid, tablature should NEVER be used as a
substitute for musical literacy!  I would like to correct you on one point,
that is that most lute music has been transcribed for guitar...nothing could be
further from the case, as a lutenist and concert guitarist my experience is
that probably no more than 10% of intabulated music (16th to 18th century) for
plucked stringed instruments has been transcribed for the guitar, you may be
able to add another 10% or 20% to that figure if you include academic theses
but those are usually done at pitch on two staves-not a very friendly system
for a guitarist to play from!  As a university instructor I  feel that learning
tablature is essential for a complete education as a guitar major and can open
the door to the discovery of really rich repertoire.
Alan Rinehart, UBC