Stuart, I was thinking about your comments today as I worked on a Dowland piece that has passages in the i,k,l fret area. On my lute these frets don't have the resonance that the lower frets do, either. What I do find, though, is that I get a better sound from the body frets when I play them with the fingers - no matter where they fall in the measure - than with the thumb. Perhaps you've noticed this, or perhaps your right hand technique is different from mine. . . -Ned On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:16 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
> 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
