Indeed and this is the very point I wished to put across to those who appear to think there was some such thing as an established 'roman' pitch. MH
LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And I forgot the best quote from the Grove article: The concept of a precise and universal relation between notation and pitch was alien to most Western musicians, and there was no specific term for pitch itself before 1800. David **************************** David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidvanooijen.nl **************************** To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! for Good --