-----Original Message----- From: Sam Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 12:40 AM To: Andrew Gibbs Cc: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Temperament wondering...
>In any tempered fretting system that's been worked out properly you >need to first set the frets, then tune the strings to each other in >perfect octaves or unisons, since these intervals must be pure in all schemes. If you insist on all unisons and all octaves being pure you have no choice - you must use equal temperament. This is a straight forward calculation in linear algebra. Best wishes, Rainer aus dem Spring IT & Business Solutions Division CONFIDENTIALITY DISCLAIMER The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use this email for any purpose outside of any NDA currently existing between Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH and yourselves. Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH Hansaallee 181 - 40549 Duesseldorf - Germany Phone: +49 (211) 5296-0 - Fax: +49 (211) 5296-400 Handelsregister Duesseldorf HRB 22487 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Hitoshi Otsuka Amtsgericht Duesseldorf To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
