Perhaps it was overlooked in the surge of new threads, or maybe my question was just an uninteresting one with an obvious solution, but any response to the example I found below about the mysterious Melchior eleventh fret would be much appreciated. RY
>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 (i.e. octave) 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
