So is this Guido d'Arezzo, the inventor of the (4-line) staff? ajr
> At 5:19 PM -0500 11/9/07, Margaret whitby wrote: >>Twice in recent weeks one of the clues in The National Post >>(Canada) crossword puzzle has been --" Guido's highest note". In >>my ignorance I assumed that he was an opera singer that I'd never >>heard of. I'm sure that John Howell and some others must know the >>answer! thanks, Margaret Whitby > > Of course! Ela, or e'' or E5 depending on your system. Fourth space > in treble clef. He considered it the highest note used in boys (not > men's) voices. His system used a very specific pitch set, and did > NOT assume that scales continued up or down to infinity. > > John > > > -- > John R. Howell > Virginia Tech Department of Music > College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences > Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
