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does give some alternate measurements for “mi” and “fa” frets, he does not give readers a<br />
mechanism for constructing <strong>the</strong>ir own complete fretting scheme based on <strong>the</strong> <strong>31</strong>-division. This is<br />
essential since no writer on <strong>the</strong> subject currently gives an adequate explanation for finding <strong>the</strong><br />
location <strong>of</strong> tastini. Though Vincenzo Galilei may have railed against <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>the</strong> little frets are quite<br />
simple to use and can allow <strong>the</strong> lutenist to play accurately in a wide variety <strong>of</strong> meantone dispositions<br />
with confidence that <strong>the</strong> pitch relationships will be as accurate as those that are so readily achieved in<br />
keyboard instruments.<br />
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Quarterly, no. 16 (1979): 26-33.<br />
Abbott, Djilda and Segerman, Ephraim. “Gut Strings.” Early Music, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct., 1976):<br />
430-4<strong>31</strong>+433+435+437.<br />
Abbott, Djilda and Segerman, Ephraim. “The Names, String-Lengths and Pitch-Standards <strong>of</strong><br />
Extended-Neck Lute <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 17th Century.” FoMRHI Quarterly, no. 7 (1977): 26-32.<br />
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1951.<br />
Corona-Alcade, Antonio. “‘You Will Raise a Little Your 4th Fret’: An Equivocal Instruction by Luis<br />
Milan?.” The Galpin Society Journal. Vol. 44 (Mar., 1991): 2-45.<br />
da Milano, Francesco. Intabolatura di Liuto - Libro Terzo (Venice: 1562). Geneva: Editions Mink<strong>of</strong>f<br />
(2002).<br />
Dombois, Eugen. “Correct and easy fret placement.” Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lute Society <strong>of</strong> America. vi (1973):<br />
30-32.<br />
Dombois, Eugen. “Lute temperament in Hans Gerle (1532).” The Lute. xxii, 1 (1982): 3-13.<br />
Dombois, Eugen. “Varieties <strong>of</strong> meantone temperament realized on <strong>the</strong> lute.” Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lute<br />
Society <strong>of</strong> America. vii (1974): 82-89. Corrections in viii (1975): 106 and ix (1976): 108.<br />
Dowland, Robert: Varietie <strong>of</strong> Lute-lessons (London, 1610/r1958).<br />
Duffin, Ross. How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care). New York: W.W.<br />
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