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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Originally, keyboard tablatures must have suggested a practical link to the keys of the instrument. Indeed, the anonymous tenth-century Bern organ treatise ... describes the presence of pitch names, for the performer's visual reference, written directly on the keys of the organ. If letters of the alphabet could be used in this way, it is just as conceivable that numbers could have been used in a similar manner. Thus, the origin of "German" keyboard tablatures may be associated with the practice of lettered keys, and the origin of "Spanish" tablatures may, at least hypothetically, be associated with numbered keys.  2, record 1, English, - keyboard%20tablature

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Lute tablatures were of three main varieties, French, Italian (used also in Spain), and German. The French type ... proved to be the most practical and contained an important repertory of lute music.  1, record 2, English, - lute%20tablature

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A system of notating music through representation of performance actions rather than pitches.  2, record 3, English, - tablature

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La tablature est un système de notation des œuvres musicales. [...] elle tient compte des spécificités de chaque instrument de musique. Elle a la singularité de simplifier l'exécution de l'œuvre ou d’informer l'interprète sur l'utilisation exacte de l'instrument : les doigts à utiliser ou les cordes qu'il faut sonner dans le cas par exemple d’une guitare. La tablature existe depuis le Moyen Âge et varie selon chaque instrument et leurs pays de provenance.  2, record 3, French, - tablature

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Tablatures were used for lute and keyboard music during the Renaissance and Baroque eras.  1, record 4, English, - tablature

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Partition instrumentale dont le procédé d’écriture permet d’utiliser les instruments sans savoir lire les notes.  1, record 4, French, - tablature

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish