Not to do with the frets, but it appears that this five-course lute is
strung in octaves on 3, 4 and 5, though 3 is questionable (perhaps a very
false string!).
Leonard Williams
On 9/14/15, 10:15 AM, "Martin Shepherd" wrote:
> Dear Collective Wisdom,
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On 2015-09-14 11:33 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote:
I don't think those are frets, as their lengths make no sense. I can
only think they must be marks to show the positions of notes.
I'd agree with you there. The artist went to great pains to show that
the rose is three-dimensional, so I doubt he
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Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 5:16 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: playing above the frets
Really? No iconography?
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Surely you've seen this painting by
14, 2015 5:16 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: playing above the frets
Really? No iconography?
On
9/14/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lorenzo_Costa_-_Un_concerto_(National_Gallery,_London).jpg
Surely you've seen this painting by Lorenzo Costa; 5 course lute with
three ebony frets b
Really? No iconography?
On
9/14/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lorenzo_Costa_-_Un_concerto_(National_Gallery,_London).jpg
Surely you've seen this painting by Lorenzo Costa; 5 course lute with
three ebony frets beyond the gut frets. About 100 years before Mathia
Mason. But, like 7 c
