On 4 May 2011, at 09:52, Matt Seattle wrote: > Also, I wonder whether the keywork added by Dunn was 'chromatic' at > this stage, but others will know more about this than I do.
Hi Matt, I think the problem with this text is that it allows some ambiguity. It's true that Dunn was the first to add keywork. It's also true that keywork provided chromatic notes - eventually. This sentence, as well as the omission of editorship, definitely needs some improvement, which, under Wikipedia provisions, any registered person can do. But I don't think that any omission in this article casts doubt on the reliability of Wikipedia. 'Authoritative' printed sources often contain errors and omissions which cannot be corrected until a subsequent edition. Wikipedia allows instant correction. Dunn's initial improvement (?) to the original chanter (I'm not calling it plain, primitive or keyless!) was to add F#, E and D below, with an A on top. I believe there's another, later chanter thought to be by Dunn, with a C#. I know who to ask! Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
