Assuming you and a keyboard player both tune to the same meantone temperament, which notes are not in the temperament on a lute but in the temperament on a keyboard?
On Mar 31, 2006, at 6:53 PM, LGS-Europe wrote: >> as an example. If we set our frets to a meantone temperament (putting >> aside tastini for the moment - as a single keyboard would have to >> have just one note per key), it happens to work out that all the >> notes at every fret are in that temperament. > > Ed > No, many, but not all. Enough to play continuo with, often enough > to play a part of the solo repertoire, but without adjustments > (tastini, refingering, adaptations for each piece, whatever) you'll > have some _very_ out of tune notes. > > Don't forget, I like to play in mean tone temperament and often do, > but still, it's not perfect. > > Check my website for a DIY and short explanation. > > David > > > ************************************ > David van Ooijen > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Http://www.davidvanooijen.nl > ************************************ > > Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
