Of course I have, and indeed sometimes still do (especially in the new French tunings in thirds/fourths with modest modulations), but I don't pretend it's a magic bullet. Anyway, you've not answered my query.
Incidentally, other than Galilei, who rubbishes them (see earlier thread in the archives), what evidence have you for 'tastini'? MH --- On Thu, 22/5/08, David van Ooijen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: David van Ooijen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Frets > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 22 May, 2008, 11:05 PM > Come on, Martyn, did you ever give it a try? If so and you > didn't like it, > fine, let it rest. If you didn't try it but think > it's imposible to tune MT > because of the compromises you cannot solve on paper, fine, > don't try it and > let it rest. Others enjoy their sonorous MT lutes, or > out-of-tune lutes as > you might call them. For my job it's neccecary to play > non-ET temperaments. > I happen to find the different shades of MT to work well on > my lutes, I even > like them! The hard bits are not so hard once you find a > work around that > makes you happy. I can live with tastini and with avoiding > wrong thirds. > > This weekend I have to play 1/6 comma meantone in a Fasch > cantata (F-major), > a Bach cantata (F-major) and a Graupner concerto (G-major). > There's a > problem with d-sharps in the Graupner. I've opted for > E-flats as they abound > in the Bach and Fasch. So, I play B-major chords in > Graupner without thirds. > No big deal. There's a few notes in the bass line I > have to skip as well. > Luckily there's a fretless bass next to me. The Bach > has some a-flats as > well as g-sharps, another practical problem for which > I've chosen a > practical solution. To me, that's a musician's > life: finding practical > solutions for practical problems. If your solution is > keeping your lute in > ET, fine, let it rest. > > >> > How do you cope with the inescapable fact that the > chromatic and diatonic > intervals are different on the different tuned courses? > << > > Do your math: MT is a regular temperament. Unlike Valotti, > Werckmeister, > Sorge or any other of the scourges of us lute players. > Irregular > temperaments have irregular fifths, those cause headaches > on fretted > instruments. That's where I chose a regular > temperamennt, be it some shade > of MT or ET, whatever comes closest, and avoid the notes > that are too much > out of tune with the organ/harpsichord. > > David > > > **************************** > David van Ooijen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > **************************** > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
