Actually, it's not a Euro things at all. Movable frets are exactly
what the name says: frets that can be moved. Older string instruments
such as lutes usually had frets made from gut that were tied on to the
instrument rather than metal frets set into the fingerboard. Thus you
could slide the frets up and down a bit to achieve different tunings.
-Arle
On Apr 17, 2008, at 10:34 AM, Minstrel Geoffrey wrote:
As a seasoned 20+ year acoustic bass player (double bass, bass
fiddle, contra bass, etc) I've always knew it as "frettless" it must
be a euro thing to say movable frets. The only thing I knew was
movable in classical was the C-clef and I tip my hat to the players
whom use it, I just prefer my standard G & F clefs
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