2012/1/6 Jean-Marie Poirier <jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr>:
> I think his {Denis'] "ivory frets", which could be adjusted according to the
> required temperament, are only another experimental endeavour comparable with
> Galilei's suggested use of "tastini"
On the contrary, Galilei does not suggest the use of tastini, instead
he mentions them as "... tastini, which lately some people seek to
introduce in order to remove some of their sharpness from the thirds
and major tenths (as they try to persuade those who are more foolish
than they)."(Fronimo 1584, translation Carol MacClintock 1985).
So Galilei was not in favour of tastini at all, but there were lute
players in his time who were. Nothing new, in other words. ;-)
David
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