He doesn't, of course - the terminology - and the mathematical
analysis - weren't worked out until much later. But his instructions
for tuning/fret placement result in 1/6 comma meantone tuning. More
or less...
In his day, was he out-numbered by ET tuning lutenists? My basic
understanding is that's probably the case.
On 7 Nov 2008, at 13:20, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
Where does Gerle mention '1/6 comma meantone'?
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