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Letters on lines for the fingers.
Also known as: French lute tablature, Lute tab
The Renaissance notation writing lute music as fret positions on the courses rather than as pitches.
Writes lute music as the fret positions to be stopped on each course.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Music
Records the action rather than the sound, so it remains correct when the instrument is retuned — which mattered, because lute tunings varied by piece and by country.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Music
The French, Italian and German traditions used letters, numbers and a mixed system respectively, so a piece's tablature identifies where it was printed before a note is read.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Music
Horizontal lines standing for the courses of the instrument, with letters or numbers on them naming the fret to stop, and rhythm signs above the group.