> The note B relative to A being 440 hertz did not occur in history until > Edwardian times in the early 20th century so to call a note B earlier > than this seems pointless.
?!? dont see what 440 has to do with anything, this is a discussion of nominal pitch, not actual. are you trying to say that b and b-flat were not considered different pitches? are you saying that b-quadratus is unknown prior to the edwardian era? Keyboard tablature distinguishes B-quadratus from b-rotundus(flat) and has separate symbols for each I have seen many 15 and 16c keyboards with the modern set of notes, including all the accidentals. I have sung 14c music that is fully chromatic and is often used to challenge vocalists sight reading skills (Solage rondeau Fumeux fume par fumee). Ron, I think you had better go read some Morley. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
