On Sat, Mar 18, 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
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> In a message dated 3/12/2006 6:42:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> I've often heard that those glued-on high frets are a modern invention.
> Is that still the prevailing theory?
I dunno, we see long necked wire-strung instruments in late 16c (citterns
et al) and music for them going high on the neck. We also see some lute
music using high positions at the same time, perhaps this is crossover,
and perhaps it drove makers to accomodate players desires. Perhaps the
ambiguous marketing ("...latest musique playable on tutti sorte di
instrument...") obscures music intended for the long necked beasties.
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Dana Emery
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