# Undetermined beyond a string tablature (Bayer, Rahn, Gibson)

> Still possible: The notation fixes which strings are involved and in what order, but pitch, rhythm and scale direction cannot be recovered from it, so no…

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# Undetermined beyond a string tablature (Bayer, Rahn, Gibson)

The notation fixes which strings are involved and in what order, but pitch, rhythm and scale direction cannot be recovered from it, so no realization in staff notation can be shown right.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- No new realization will be accepted by specialists over its rivals on internal evidence alone.
- A string-number tablature of h.6 will be reproducible by independent transcribers from Laroche's text while staff transcriptions will continue to diverge.
- Corpus statistics (Rahn's) will constrain string relations but not pitch or rhythm.

## What would rule it out

- Discovery of a text that states the performance meaning of the terms or numerals.
- An internal test, such as the syllable-count match, that only one reading passes under all admissible rules.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[A reading-by-reading comparison of the realizations from 1971 to 2019 finds that each adds tempo, metre, scale…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ4MQF6YV/a-reading-by-reading-comparison-of-the-realizations-from)

Supported

FOR

[Corpus statistics across the 35 fragments constrain string relations but, by their author's own account, not pitch or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ4ZAC38K/corpus-statistics-across-the-35-fragments-constrain-string)

Supported

FOR

[The Nippur music-instruction fragments show the same terms used in performance instructions for singers, so the terms…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ58TPN2J/the-nippur-music-instruction-fragments-show-the-same-terms)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h)

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## Cite it

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