Yes Bruno, the fret spacing is different than that used in equal
temperament.
See David van Ooijen's website- http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/
Click the Yellow box (shows a lute rose?). Under his Writings tab on the
left side navigation pane, select Meantone Temperament for Lute. An
excellent
The whole idea of moveable frets allowed relatively easy shifts
between temperaments? e.g. mid-concert between a suite of pieces in
one key and the next suite in another?
Andrew
On 13 May 2008, at 15:52, guy_and_liz Smith wrote:
Not necessarily. When I changed my alto from equal
Not necessarily. When I changed my alto from equal temperament to sixth
comma meantone, the frets were fine after the shift. You aren't really
moving them all that much for sixth comma. I've never tried quarter comma,
so I can't say how that would affect fretting.
Guy
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Dear All:
Does this also imply different fret gauges? For example, many players use a
fourth fret that is substantially closer to the third fret than it would be in
equal temperament, to achieve purer major thirds. Would one thus pay closer
attention to diminishing the diameter of the fourth
Dear Andrew,
Yes, theoretically. But meantone's saving grace on the ren lute is that
the keys of G, C, and their minors use much of the same keyboard so
you don't really have to change any fret positions (mostly white keys
on the piano w/ a few Bb's and Cb's). So you're essentially safe in
On May 13, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Sean Smith wrote:
Yes, theoretically. But meantone's saving grace on the ren lute is
that the keys of G, C, and their minors use much of the same
keyboard so you don't really have to change any fret positions
(mostly white keys on the piano w/ a few Bb's
Please not Depardieu again as a musician - his Marais was ridiculous
(although I *love* the movie!)
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