Isn't the whole point of moveable frets the moving of them so that
we can enjoy finer harmonies? If you haven't at least experimented with
temperaments other than equal, you aren't using your lute to its fullest
capabilites. Try it: you'll like it! (If not, you can simply put the
frets back where you found them--remember: they're moveable.)
David--
The information on meantone on your website is great. It is easy to
follow, and since my lute happens to be the 59cm of your example, the
calculations are already done! I've been using sixth-comma mt for some
time, enjoying the greater sonority of my lute so tuned. Now, since my
frets are in need of a change (placement as well as material) I'm lloking
forward to experimenting with quarter comma mt.
Thanks for your informative website!
Regards,
Leonard Williams
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On 5/21/08 6:09 PM, "David van Ooijen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
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> there seems to be no easy way out.
> I hope you understand that I am crying out for help over this issue.
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> If you don't hear it, there's no use doing it. Then stay with ET. But if you
> want to learn to hear it, you have to start to listen. Begin with listening
> to a pure major third, it's on your lute: harmonics around the fourth fret.
> Compare to ET third. It's on your ET-fretted lute. Appreciate the
> difference. You like the pure third better? Set the fret so that you have a
> pure third. Once you've done that, there's no stopping. Forget the tuner, go
> for pure thirds, they're magic. It's like someone teaching you how to
> appreciate good wine, or proper food. There's no going back. You will have
> to learn with the compromises, but pure thirds wil make up for those.
>
> David
>
> Hapy with the Turbo Tuner nonetheless: big help in difficult times.
> Yesterday J.S. and J. Chr. Bach and Scarlatti in ET, tomorrow Bach, de Fasch
> and Graupner in Silbermann. :-)
>
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