From: "howard posner" <howardpos...@ca.rr.com>
On Dec 2, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
The idea of instant transposition on an instrument PRECLUDES meantone
temperaments, for starters.
It would only possible in EqualT. in a hypothetical situation that a
given
transposition causes no hideously hard fingerings.
Say, your singer decides to transpose down a semitone from C-major.
Then you tell your singer to go find a piano player. The more likely
situation is moving from C to D or Bb, or F to G.
I had to transpose down a semitone for Julian Kytasty, who I accompany on
occasion,
and I solved the problem by having a 2nd 13courser in 415 handy!
All your frets are in the wrong places.
This is actually not a big deal. Frets are movable. When I had one lute
and had to move between 440 and 415, I used a capo and
could reset the frets in a minute.
I hate moving mine, especially when there is no time to calibrate them, even
with an iPhone.
RT
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