[LAU] "droning" project: 249-257

Dave Phillips dlphillips at woh.rr.com
Wed Sep 30 12:54:28 UTC 2015


On 09/30/2015 04:53 AM, Neil C Smith wrote:

> Sorry, but always amuses me the idea that listening to any recording 
> reflects how things sounded in their time. 

I pretty much agree with this POV. I'm reminded of Luis Milan's advice 
re: tuning to the novice on the vihuela, it was something like "Tune the 
highest string as high as it will go", a rather practical commentary on 
intonation from the 16th century.

Best,

dp



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