[VIHUELA] Re: Palmer orpharion images

2007-11-28 Thread Martyn Hodgson
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'

[VIHUELA] Re: Palmer orpharion images

2007-11-27 Thread Martyn Hodgson
It seemed OK when I received it, but it corrupted when I enclosed it in my reply to you! I get these sort of problems when answering emails - the page format suddenly changes for no apparent reason. MH Alexander Batov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do apologize to everybody again.

[VIHUELA] Re: Palmer orpharion images

2007-11-27 Thread Martyn Hodgson
I guess it's not surprising that the fret settings of the 1st and 6th course are close since they're supposed to be a double diapason (2 octaves) apart. It would be of great interest to do this sort of analysis for each course so as to see the how the different chromatic/diatonic semitone

[VIHUELA] Re: Palmer orpharion images

2007-11-27 Thread Martyn Hodgson
It would be of further interest to do this for each course so as to see the different chromatic/diatonic semitone relationships between all the courses. Alexander Batov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Palmer orpharion: fret positions and their corresponding temperaments. The + sign shows which