I ran across another spot that confounds the question of the eleventh fret and its notation. In the Pass'e mezo Milanese there is a 'XI' symbol on the second course. It sounds to me like it should be played on the eleventh fret in contrast to other places (e.g. Recercar Terzo) where 'XI' seems to mean twelfth fret. Can anyone unravel this one?
Check the graphic of both spots at http://www.yatesguitar.com/misc/Neusidler.jpg Richard Yates >Presumably he didn't have an 11th fret, so his 11th fret is >our 12th, if you see what I mean. :-) >>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? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
