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Definition of Tablature
1. Noun. A musical notation indicating the fingering to be used.
Definition of Tablature
1. n. A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general.
Definition of Tablature
1. Noun. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments ¹
2. Noun. An engraved tablet etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tablature
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Medical Definition of Tablature
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1. A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general.
2. An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes. "The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an organ." (Evelyn)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tablature
Literary usage of Tablature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"This method, founded on the same principle as lute tablature, ... A clear exposition
of pipe tablature is to be found in Thomas Greeting's Pleasant ..."
2. The Story of Notation by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"The tablatures — Reasons for their use — The tablature makers never adopted the
ternary division of notes — Mediaeval orchestras — Different tablatures in ..."
3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"tablature ; a word formerly applied to the collection of signs used in a musical
composition ; so that to understand the notes, clefs, and other marks, ..."
4. Wieland and Shaftesbury by Charles Elson (1913)
"tablature of the Judgment of Hercules " Wieland did not speculate about art as
such, and yet he was interested in Shaftesbury's " tablature of the Judgment ..."
5. The Violin and Its Music by George Hart (1881)
"The tablature is interesting as evidence of its application to instruments earlier
than noticed in the work of Ganassi, 1543 ; which is nineteen years ..."
6. The Story of Organ Music by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1905)
"Authorities for Spanish musical history—Music in a Spanish cathedral —Spanish
organs—Cabezon—Spanish tablature—Hernando de Cabezon — Diego de Castillo ..."
7. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"In common with all other true systems of Notation, tablature traces its descent
in a direct ABODE This Scale was soon тегу much extended ; the notes below ..."
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