Not necessarily. When I changed my alto from equal temperament to sixth comma meantone, the frets were fine after the shift. You aren't really moving them all that much for sixth comma. I've never tried quarter comma, so I can't say how that would affect fretting.
Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute List" <[email protected]>; "Bruno Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Other" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:43 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Frets > Dear All: > Does this also imply different fret gauges? For example, many players use > a fourth fret that is substantially closer to the third fret than it would > be in equal temperament, to achieve purer major thirds. Would one thus pay > closer attention to diminishing the diameter of the fourth fret to avoid > buzzing when the third fret is fingered? > Cheers, > Jim > > > From: The Other <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/05/13 Tue AM 08:08:48 CDT > To: Bruno Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lute List > <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Frets > > Yes Bruno, the fret spacing is different than that used in equal > temperament. > > See David van Ooijen's website-> http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ > > Click the Yellow box (shows a lute rose?). Under his Writings tab on the > left side navigation pane, select Meantone Temperament for Lute. An > excellent article with directions to set up a Renaissance G tuned lute > for One Quarter Comma Meantone Temperament, and One Sixth Comma Meantone > Temperament (used more frequently by lutenists who wish to play in > ensembles with other musicians). > > Regards, > Stephen. > > On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 16:45 -0300, Bruno Correia wrote: > > Dear Stephen, > > > > Thanks for the photos, I've never seen anything like this before! It's > > impressive to see how unequal the frets are placed, I imagine it's > > because of the 4th comma meantone. > > Recently I played on a vihuela with this fret placement (without the > > tastini) and sounded very nice, however a bit difficult to understand > > the left hand... > > > > Thanks for your kind response. > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
