The LSA file works on my mac - but I found those historical instructions for placing frets weren't really that useful - I think some are inaccurate (Dowland's doesn't seem to make much sense). And there's no instructions on how to tune the open strings - so if you don't know what temperament you're aiming for, it makes the process a bit circular - tweak the frets, tweak the open strings, tweak the frets etc
My basic understanding is that 16th c lute players would have used some kind of meantone - ranging from 1/4 to 1/8 - but of course wouldn't have used that terminology as the fine maths weren't worked out until later when meantone was on the point of becoming obsolete. This is my basic understanding - I'm sure someone on this list will know better/more... Andrew On 3 Oct 2008, at 07:22, Omer katzir wrote: > Thanks andrew, but i have a problem with LSA file, i see every > thing as 0, beside the english... > i used both office 2008 and Neoofice, and it showed me the same > thing. might be becuase I'm a mac user... -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
