Thanks Danyel Cold facts in stead of heated debate and *un*sub*stan*tia*ted claims. Very good.
David PS: Third effort of sending this mail. Wayne's Robot took a dislike to it ... ;-) On 22 May 2011 16:50, corvo di bassetto <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Al-Kindī died ca. 874 CE; his is only one of many treatises in which the > fretting of lutes is unequivocally described. > Al-Kindī also specifies the gauge of the various strands of gut used as > frets, much like Dowland. The entire medieval music theory system was based > on the geometric proportions between lute frets. Abdalqādir al-Marāghī (ca > 1400 CE) still uses the same geometric method, although his 'ūd had up to 7 > courses (the tarabrūd / theorbo even many more). > > Basic reading: H.G. Framer "Was the Arabian and Persian Lute Fretted?", > Glasgow 1939, originally in JRAS ca 1934. > > The illustration is found in a 13th c CE 'Urmawī, Kitāb al-Adwār ms. > > Best wishes > danyel -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
