Just to check...we all agree, do we not, that 17th century means 1600-1699? Not sure if your paragraph below, Frank, is saying something different. We probably totally agree!
As an aside - there are two Scottish cittern mss from c.1650 -Millar/Macalman (which is for chromatic cittern) and Robert Edwards' Commonplace Book (which is for diatonic cittern). Edwards lived in Dundee, a very important trade port during the 17th century with Baltic-style streetplans. Many connections with the Netherlands. This may explain the diatonic cittern. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Frank Nordberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 May 2005 21:03 To: 'Cittern NET' Subject: Re: Dutch cittern repertoire I was referring to diatonic citterns, not to citterns in general. I've had the impression diatonic fretting was gradually replaced by chromatic towards the end of the 16th century and all but gone around 1700. Then again, even if my assumption is correct, I suppose there were plenty of old diatonic ones still in use well into the 1700s. Frank Nordberg To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
