I'm sure I never get things really perfect--there's also the chance that further up the string some falseness will intrude, or I'm just not hearing beats that are there. Nevertheless, I do keep trying to make it sound nice. And I've found that my lute, when well tuned, actually sounds louder (from more sympathetic vibes?).
Leonard -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Daillie <[email protected]> To: lute <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Mar 8, 2018 8:04 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: meantone tuning tech I fear that there is a misunderstanding here. The 'perfect' fifths you are checking (intervals of three tones and a semi-tone) are not 'pure' fifths. One cannot have pure major thirds and pure (beat-less) fifths in the same temperament. The fifths (and fourths) in 1/4 mean tone are tempered. Best, Matthew On 08/03/2018 12:45, Leonard Williams wrote: > I should have added--it seems to work quite well. I check perfect > fifths from open to 2nd fret on the next higher string also. To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
