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Tablature (Musical notations).

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Systems of musical notation that use letters, numbers, or other symbols instead of conventional stave notation.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Extracts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.18
Scope and Contents

The manuscript consists of 30 pieces for lute, some dances, some song tunes, mostly Scottish, but including William Basse`s

`Hunter`s Career` (folios 18 verso-19). It includes an introduction giving a history of the original manuscript, some explanation of lute

tablature, and a list of the original contents.

Robert Gordon`s original manuscript is now lost.

Dates: 1839.

Leyden Lyra-Viol Book: a `Copy of the Tunes in Tablature in Doctor John Leyden`s Manuscript Lyra-Viol Book`, transcribed by George Farquhar Graham.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.19
Scope and Contents

The manuscript includes some details of the history of the original manuscript and a list of its contents. Most of the tunes are Scottish, but composers include Henry Purcell, John Banister, James Hart, William Lawes, and Henry Aldrich.

Dates: 1st half of 19th century.

Microfilm of two musical manuscripts, [circa 1680], from the library at Newbattle Abbey; and, a Panumre music book, mid 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.744
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Sixty-six pieces for violin, [circa 1680], (two in two parts), chiefly dances, with a further seven pieces in tablature (apparently for a three-stringed instrument) (MS.5777);

'Lessones for ye Violin', a collection of twenty-eight pieces for violin, [circa 1680], including dances, marches, a set of variations, and Scots airs (MS.5778);

Twenty-three pieces of music, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature, mid 17th century (MS.9451).

Dates: Mid 17th century-[circa 1680].

Microfilm of two Panmure music books.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.569
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Music book, [circa 1640], of Lady Jean Campbell (MS.9449), 79 frames;

About 100 pieces of music, mid 17th century, chiefly dances, in French lute tablature (MS.9452), 61 frames.

Dates: Mid 17th century.

Skene Manuscript: a collection of 117 pieces in tablature for the mandora, apparently compiled by John Skene (? of Hallyards, Midlothian, died 1644).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.15
Scope and Contents

John Skene`s name appears on pages 1, 45, and 189. The manuscript is divided into eight numbered sections of which two are preceded by directions for tuning the mandora (section III) and the lute (section VII). The music is mainly Scottish, but included are `What if a day` by Thomas Campion (pages 113-114), and `Hunters Carrier` by William Basse (pages 131-132), as well as tunes from several Jacobean masques.

Dates: ?1615-?1635.