Presumably there were no frets.
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At 01:33 AM 1/27/2009, you wrote:
>Dear Richard,
>
>Presumably he didn't have an 11th fret, so his 11th fret is our 12th, if
>you see what I mean. :-)
>
>A similar thing happens, if I remember right, in the Holmes MSS in
>Cambridge, where the letter "m" is used for the 12th fret.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Stewart McCoy.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Yates [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: 27 January 2009 03:06
>To: 'lute-cs.dartmouth.edu'
>Subject: [LUTE] Melchior Neusidler
>
>
>Why does M. Neusidler (Intabolatura di Liuto, 1566) uses the symbol 'X'
>for
>the tenth fret but 'XI' for notes that would normally be on the twelfth
>fret?
>
>
>
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