You are right of course, and I do have unissons on the fourth and
fifth, but octaves beginning on the 6th.
I wasn't thinking straight, but vaguely remembering that someone jumped
to the conclusion that because I
had unissons on the fifth I also had them on the sixth, which of course
is not at all the same thing. Appologies, Miles and Matthias, for
my half-awake state, in spite of the late hour.
Regards
Anthony
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De : Miles Dempster <[email protected]>
A : Lute List <[email protected]>
Envoye le : Vendredi 25 Novembre 2011 14h43
Objet : [LUTE] Re: Le Roy Dentice and Octave stringing
My understanding is that, generally speaking, the purpose of the octave
is to brighten up a course which would otherwise sound too muddy.
Since 'muddiness' increases with string thickness, if the 5th course
doesn't need an octave, then why would the 4th course would need one?
Miles
On 2011-11-25, at 8:04 AM, Anthony Hind wrote:
> Matthias, I am not quite sure why we may infer the following:
> "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
> I have unissons on the 5th course of my 7c lute, but octaves on my
> fourth, but perhaps I have missed something.
> Regards
> Anthony
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> De : Mathias Roesel <[1][email protected]>
> A : 'Lute Net' <[2][email protected]>
> Envoye le : Jeudi 24 Novembre 2011 17h35
> Objet : [LUTE] Re: Le Roy Dentice and Octave stringing
>> 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
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