Mordent/shake ascending: upper letter ' &S' (S is for shake).Ornaments follow immediately the note and they are preceded by an ampersand: &. Second ending with repeat right marker= l:2.the small letter 'l' followed by the number one īar lines can also indicate the beginning or end of a repeated section, or different endings for a repeated section.įor repeat markers, we use a colon in combination with the small letter 'l':ĭifferent endings can be shown on their own or in combination with repeat markers: Here is a little sample to see how well you are doing:īar lines are normally represented by the small letter 'l' with 2 spaces around it: l. Nothing prevents you from using this same format for more complex groupings: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 etc.įor instance a quintole would be simply: Q5 Dotted ternary rhythms place the 3 before the dot: Q3. Triple meter has a "3" or a "6" after the rhythm letter: This is how lute tablature historically indicated rhythm and it makesĪ lot of sense because it is easier to read.ĭotted flags have a period after the flag letter like this: W. Flags: The following rhythm flags are used, all upper case letters:įlags usually appear as the first element of a chord, including chords of one note only.īut flags are usually only shown when there is a change of value or at the beginning of a new bar.There were other systems, butįrench tablature is the most commonly used today for lute family instruments.Įxemples: a1=open first course b4=1st fret on 4th course Ī6=open bass 6th course k2=9th fret on second course Ĭhords are notated as a succession of notes without spaces. Note: the system that uses letters to represent frets is called French tablature. For historical reasons, the letter 'j' is omitted so 'k' is actually the 9th fret, 'l' the 10th fret, In TalkingTab, frets are represented by a letter from 'a' to 'z', small pieces of wood glued directly on the body of the lute,Īs opposed to the gut frets used on the neck of the instrument. Those high frets are usually referred to as tastini, i.e. There is also a varying number of frets on lute family instruments, usually from 10 to 12, but occasionally up to 17. So the firstĬourse is always the highest pitched - but also usually the closest to the ground. Instruments have a varying number of courses, from 5 (during the 15th century) up to 16 in the 17th century. In TalkingTab, courses are numbered from the treble - or highest note - downwards. Note that a 6-course lute has 13 strings, 5 double strings and the treble which is usually single. For example, the treble A on a G lute is done by pressing the second fret of the first, Here are the technical definitions needed to understand the Braille tablature format:Īs in all string intruments tablature formats, notes are represented by a combination of the string and fret Cripps tab format to add to its already impressive catalog of musicįor lute, theorbo, baroque guitar, cittern, etc. Software formats like Tabledit, GuitarPro or W. Pieces of music for the lute and guitar! Additionally, Fandango also allows you to import some popular tablature Thanks to Fandango and the TalkingTab tablature format, blind people can gain instant access to tens of thousands of Huge thanks to Alain Veylit for his many hours of help on this project over the years. There are litterally millions of tab files on the web, which until now, have been inaccessible to visually impaired musicians.Īll that has now changed with Talking Tab. You can of course send it to a Braille embosser. With the many advancements in screen reader technology, and the high barrier to entry with Braille, I have adapted my system to be completely intelligible when using a screen reader. I feel now, we have a very comprehensive system, which works for any kind of tab representation. I have been using this system for many years and have made many adjustments and alterations. There was no system of Braille lute tablature, so I developed my own back in the 1990's, with the help of scholar Tim Crawford. I started life as a classical guitarist, but also played electric guitar in my teens, before switching to lute at the Royal Academy of Music in London England. Hello! My name is Matt Wadsworth and I play the lute and theorbo all over the world.
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