Peter,
Many thanks for this - look forward to seeing it.
May I though comment on one thing: when many lutenists say my lute's fretted
in 'meantone' they often really only think of the first course and seem
blissfully unaware that the chromatic/diatonic semitone sequence is different
Dear Alexander and All,
Alexander's discovery of so many ET positions apparent in the fret
measurements accompanying the museum plan of the Palmer orpharion has
prompted me to produce a drawing which perhaps better illustrates the
meantone nature of the fingerboard. I also possess another drawing
Thanks for this. I would tune the open strings in relation to each other and
not by using the fingerboard which would be rather begging the question. I
believe this sort of analysis is extremely valuable especially since many (not
you of course) who claim to use some form of 'meantone' tuni
