Hello,
Am 17.04.2008 um 16:34 schrieb Minstrel Geoffrey:
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.
at least the english online dico I consulted and also Wikipedia know
thouse as "fret" and "fretless".
Its not easy to find pictures in internet that show a bit thouse
moveable frets, but here are two:
from a viol:
http://web.jet.es/arroitaja/Modelos/trblebck.jpg
and a saz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Saz_frets.jpg
here an example of moveable metal frets:
Enharmonic Guitar, Louis Panormo, London 1829:
http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/GITARREN/0566.htm
apart from these, here some examples of metal freted (western music)
instruments in other than equal temperament positions:
microtonal electric guitars:
http://www.microtonalguitar.com/pages2006/guitars.htm
http://www.organicdesign.org/peterson/guitars/index.html
accoustic guitar:
http://www.bikexprt.com/music/guitar31.htm
Mandolas by Helge Ekvall and Christer Ådin:
http://www.luthiers.nu/?show=91&album=Mandolas%2F&pic=bd_mandola2.jpg
http://www.luthiers.nu/?show=91&album=Mandolas%2F&pic=mando10str.jpg
http://www.luthiers.nu/?show=91&album=Mandolas%2F&pic=ma1.jpg
something for the tinker:
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~jstarret/guitar.html
or just enjoy:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=microtonal+guitar
and, remember: even the The Well Tempered Piano is not tuned to equal
temperament ;-)
S.
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