Thank you to everyone who replied!
> On 12 May 2019, at 4:17 PM, Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Edward,
> The problem with employing an unequal temperament on the five course
> guitar is the prevalence of sliding chord shapes employed on every fret
> in much of the extant repertoire - ie Alfabeto. This has also been
> pointed out in previous communications and papers.
> M.H.
>
> On Sunday, 12 May 2019, 09:05:59 BST, Edward Yong
> <edward.y...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> I'm thinking about exploring meantone on my renaissance and baroque
> guitars. At the moment they are in equal temperament, but I usually
> have my renaissance lute in 1/4 comma meantone and my baroque archlute
> in 1/6 comma (unless I'm doing earlier music).
> I was wondering about meantone on the two guitars, but was wondering
> whether there was any historical evidence for the use of meantone on
> renaissance and baroque guitars. Also evidence for tastini on them
> would be helpful!
> I have that helpful calculator for frets in various temperaments, but
> can't find anything for early guitars. Should I simply place them by
> ear or use ClearTune for placing frets in the appropriate temperaments?
> Best,
> Edward C. Yong
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