Why did people ealier than Neusidler make good use of the 11th and 12th frets then ? We might be entitled to suppose that the earlier lutes were not as reliable, or at least less "efficient" than the later ones, and yet Dalza or Spinaccino don't hesitate to use these 2 upper frets...
So what's the bug then...? Best, Jean-Marie ======= 27-01-2009 13:13:32 ======= > >The 11th fret usually produces a poor sound because in that case it >is positioned where there is nothing underneath the belly to support >it. (No neckblock or bar.) >Possibly therefore they decided to do without it as it was little used >anyway. Pieces where the higher frets were used more frequently might >have been played on the orpharion? > >Lex van Sante > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. >Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr http://poirierjm.free.fr 27-01-2009
