Dear All,
Sorry - another thought, perhaps less helpful than the first. The last
several of Dowland's frets were made from first-course material
(.40-.45mm gut?), so if he had had body frets (and it seems he didn't)
they couldn't have been exactly tree-trunk sized.
Best,
Martin
On 17/12/2010 16:17, Edward Mast wrote:
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
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