Thereâs a different view here: A. Otterstedt, Fretting about tuning (review of D. Dolata, Meantone temperaments on lutes and viols, Bloomington und Indiana, 2016), in: Early Music, cax101, https://doi.org/10.1093/em/cax101
Andreas > Am 08.03.2018 um 16:09 schrieb Daniel Shoskes <[email protected]>: > > For an excellent book by a musicologist and busy lute performer (solo and > continuo), I highly recommend âMeantone Temperaments on Lutes and Violsâ > by David Dolata. Indiana University Press 2016. History covered in part 1, > theory in part 2 and practicalities in part 3 (by ear and using a tuning > device). > > goo.gl/9Aewv2 <http://goo.gl/9Aewv2> > > >> On Mar 8, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Matthew Daillie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I totally agree with Martin Shepherd (indeed two of our messages said the >> same thing) but what is the valid point Ron was making ?? >> >> Leonard's original post was a question about his method for tuning 1/4 comma >> meantone, not whether it was appropriate or not to use it on lutes, a can of >> worms I certainly did not wish to open (personally I use both equal and 1/5 >> comma mean-tone on my lutes). >> >> Best, >> Matthew >> >> >> On 08/03/2018 15:31, Martyn Hodgson wrote: >>> Ron and Martin have valid points - in particular the advocacy of a true >>> meantone is something of a chimera on the lute. Indeed, this matter of >>> non-equal temperament on lutes has been considered on this forum a >>> number of times before - just search the archives. For example this >>> some seven years ago (and quite a few much more recently): >>> * [1]Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > -- Andreas Schlegel Eckstr. 6 CH-5737 Menziken Festnetz +41 (0)62 771 47 07 Mobile +41 (0)78 646 87 63 [email protected] --
