Fretting Patterns — supplemental handout by Peter Forrester.Part of: Wood and Wire — a lecture by Peter Forrester.
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Originally published in Lute News: The Lute Society Magazine. Reprinted by permission of Peter Forrester and The Lute Society.
| Top. | 4 course diatonic pattern suitable for North European repertoire. Also for the top 4 courses of the small 6 course Italian cittern, e.g. Campi, R.C.M.; Anon, Rome. |
| 2nd. | Pattern suitable for traditional large Italian cittern circa 1600. e.g. Augustinus, V&A; "Amati", museo Bardini, Florence. |
| 3rd. | 4 and 6 course chromatic pattern. |
| Fret factors for sixth comma meantone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fret | 1. | .0605 | 7. | .3320 | |
| 2. | .1075 | 8. | .3724 | ||
| 3. | .1614 | 9. | .4037 | ||
| 4. | .2034 | 10. | .4398 | ||
| 4. (diatonic Italian) | .2121 | 11. (chromatic) | .4708 | ||
| 5. | .2515 | 11. (diatonic) | .4736 | ||
| 6. | .2968 | 12. | .5000 | ||
Further information is available in:
- Eugen M. Dombois, "Varieties of Meantone Temperament Realized on the Lute," Journal of the Lute Society of America 7 (1974), 82-89. Corrections in: 8 (1975), 106 and 9 (1976), 108.
- Eugen M. Dombois, "Lute Temperament in Hans Gerle (1532)," The Lute, 1982 part 1, The Journal of the Lute Society, 3-13.
- Martin Shepherd, "The Well Tempered Lute," Lute News 41, (March 1997), 8-10.
How to cite this page: Forrester, Peter. "Fretting Patterns." Renovata Cythara: The Renaissance Cittern Site. Ed. Andrew Hartig. 02 April 2023. 24 December 2024. <http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/articles/fretting.html>.