Organ tablature

An emblematic organ tablature of the early baroque era is the Linzer Orgeltabulatur, compiled between 1611 and 1613 and containing 108 pieces of mostly non-liturgical character.

The feature of organ tablature that distinguishes it from modern musical notation is the absence of staves, noteheads, and key signatures.

Pitches are denoted by letter names written in script, durations by flags (much like modern notation), although in early notations durations were shown using mensural indications,[1] and octave displacement by octave lines drawn above a letter.

In Renaissance works the uppermost melodic line is given in normal mensural notation on a staff, and the tablature given below each note.

In German script an A and an E can become confused, as can an F and a G. Likewise, an octave line over a series of notes can begin or end ambiguously.