"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is." - Yogi Berra
Sorry all, couldn't resist..... > Not quite Lord Copper: the whole point is that he doesn't actually >'do it in practice' as you put it. He ignores (or is ignorant of) >the different dispositions of diatonic and chromatic semitones on >each of the strings and thus, indeed, doesn't 'do it in practice'. > > >And indeed, Galilei sounds remarkably like Martyn, complaining that >David van Ooijen's fretting is theoretically impossible even though >David actually does it in practice. > >But the point here is not that Galilei thinks "frets that are spaced >by unusual inequality of intervals" and dismissed tastini as >wrongheaded. The point is that even in staking out his debating >position, Galilei surprisingly concedes that the lutenists who >disagree with him include "universally known, skillful men." He's >aware that he's talking about a practice that's common, or respected, >or both. Also, according to laws of physics, biology, and aerodynamics, bumblebees can't fly..... -- -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
