Dear Stuart, John Dowland's Mr Langton's Galliard requires fret p. Cf. Poulton, p. 119.
One reason notes don't sound so good above the L fret may be because your finger dampens the fingerboard a little, when it holds down strings, which it wouldn't do pressing against the fingerboard. Stewart. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stuart Walsh Sent: 14 December 2010 11:16 To: sterling price Cc: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute piece by Brian Wright (and fret n) On 14/12/2010 00:02, sterling price wrote: > > Most lutes have way too small body frets as they come from the maker. I always > make bigger more suitable frets on my lutes. This often means that they get > -taller- as they go up from fret K, especially if there is 14 frets. Of course > this all depends on the action of the lute. > > --Sterling > > 14 frets? Is there music that calls for 14 frets? On my lute the high g, fret n, sounds weak, very plinky an unfocused. I can't imagine what a fourteenth fret would sound like! Stuart To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
