[LUTE] Re: Belly fret height

2018-10-08 Thread Sean Smith
I just took off the highest get fret (10th) and found it to be an .85mm diameter. I'll bet that's been on there since the beginning. I'll replace it with a .58 or so and take those belly frets down to whatever they need to be. I don't mind thicker frets near the nut but .85 at the

[LUTE] Belly fret height

2018-10-08 Thread Sean Smith
I've always been plagued with a bit of fret buzz on my ren. guitar and was looking at the belly frets as a culprit. Measuring fret 12 with my calipers I found a height of .95 mm. (Belly surface to top of the fret) Could I safely bring this down? The belly surface-to-midstring

[LUTE] Re: The origins of tablature

2018-10-08 Thread Matthew Daillie
To expand on Ralf's comments and to complement Elam Rotem's video, there is an interesting section on notation and the various types of keyboard tablature in Alexander Silbiger's book 'Keyboard Music before 1700', published by Routledge (pages 2-8). Best, Matthew Le 8 oct. 2018 à 00:44, Ralf

[LUTE] Re: The origins of tablature

2018-10-08 Thread Rainer
- "music for keyboard was NOT notated in tablature." As others have already remarked, keyboard music was notated in tablature - but what easily gets neglected is the fact that 16th century keyboard music was only notated in tablature, You are joking, aren't you? only we don't

[LUTE] Re: The origins of tablature

2018-10-08 Thread Rainer
Oops, yes, I forgot Cabezon. Of course, it is remarkable that both Paumann and Cabezon were blind. So their tablature systems may have nothing to do with technology or typography but with their blindness. Does anybody personally know any blind musician? How on earth did Walcha manage to learn