Lute Tutorial n.3 - How to read Lute Tablature (part 2)

[shamino1000]

This is great. Can you post the rest of the tablature?

[Actar411]

English can be hard for those who speak it daily as their main language.

[chengyanslc]

It seems that the tablature is upside down. Standard notation is much better when available:

[MichaelHTillman]

@chengyanslc That is the standard for Italian lute tablature.  It wouldn't be odd if you had learned on it from the start.

[hanzimaster]

and btw: why is the neck bent?

[hanzimaster]

what does X mean?

[witboek]

Nice tutorial! But how do you read tab with letters? I found a website where they give free lute songs in tab but with letters?

[hanzimaster]

@witboek a is open string, b 1st fret, c 2nd, etc

place of letters is above the lines but still means the corresponding string

this way of notating is known as English/French style

[MichaelHTillman]

@witboek French lute tablature. Letters represent frets. A is open, b is '1', c is '2', etc. Google 'reading lute tablature with letters' and click the first link. Cheers. :)

[Mr98giuliano]

ho una domanda: le tablature italiane possono essere utilizzate anche per la lettura di musica per tiorba o chitarra o liuto barocco o solamente per liuto rinascimentale?