> Eugene-- > Your final point is a good one in the temperament wars. What, > indeed, did the composer have in mind? How did he/she hear the music?
Composer isnt the isse I think so much as the performers fear of how the audience will perceive the performance. Shalm players are always fussing with the reed. Bagpipe players with the masking tape that festoons the hole on the chanter. Fixed-fret instrument pluckers are always retuning, not always because new strings are settling, more often because the key of the new piece differs enough from the key of the old one that a new subtle shift in temperament helps it to sound better. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
