> Neverthelesse the Tune self of the same .F. Is found in the same > compainie, and eight of the greate fift stryng: > which reason could not be in Lutes, tuned after the manner of Fabrice Dentice > the Italian, and other his followers. Where those strynges that satnde twoo and > twoo together, bee sette in one Tune and not by eightes, which thei do for a > perfection of harmonie, in avoiding many unissons, which those eight would > cause."
> 2. I understand Le Roy is saying that Dentice used a unison 5th course, not just a > unison 4th. Is this right? I understand the author as saying that a) he himself has an octave string with his 5th course, as opposed to b) Dentice and followers (Italians in general?) who have unisons for the 5th course. One may infer that Dentice also had unisons for his 4th course. Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
