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 relationships between all the courses are dealt with (or not); have you done this by any chance and if so cld you kindly give the results? MH
lexander Batov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Palmer orpharion: fret positions and their corresponding temperaments. The + sign shows which temperament each individual fret position is closest to. It is assumed that the first course is tuned to the nominal G (which should not be confused with the absolute pitch!) and that the following sequence of chromatic and diatonic semitones is produced when it is fingered on 1st to 11th frets: g#, a, b-flat, b, c, c#, d, e-flat, e, f, f# (* sign signifies if a-flat is chosen instead of g#). As for the bass side of the fingerboard, one would need a full-size drawing to determine fret distances along the line of the 6th course. So the calculations are made following the same sequence of intervals (i.e. as for the first course), as well as on the assumption that the 6th course is there instead of the 9th. The results show how far from any fixed arrangement fret positions are, which is, in a way, hardly surprising. At the same time, fret positions on both the treble and bass sides are fairly congruous (with the exception perhaps for the 7th fret). TREBLE BASS frets 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/8 equal 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/8 equal 1 * + * + -------------------------------------------------- 2 + + -------------------------------------------------- 3 + + -------------------------------------------------- 4 + + -------------------------------------------------- 5 + + -------------------------------------------------- 6 + + -------------------------------------------------- 7 + + -------------------------------------------------- 8 + + -------------------------------------------------- 9 + + -------------------------------------------------- 10 + + -------------------------------------------------- 11 + + -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. --
