Tablature

タブラチュア / 15th century– / Style / Notation Systems

Notation from the player's point of view: not what pitch, but where the fingers go. From lute letter-tablature to guitar TAB, the lineage of practical writing that encodes bodily action directly.

The string-and-fret grid / Letters and numbers for finger positions / Instrument-specific formats / Action encoded directly

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Renaissance lute tablature / organ tablature / the modern revival of guitar TAB

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