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The Dzfign apply ed to the Lute. 6?
I know many make the eighth
firing Gamuts and the fourth, G fil
re uK but a little confederation will
fatisfie them, it cannot be fo here 5
for when we alter the. Lute to a fiat
Tuning, we let down the fourth and
the eighth 5 now the firft b flat doth
not ufe to ftand upon G, but B } where-
as, therefore D they make the fourth
firing G, and the tuning fhews Mi to
be placed there, it muff needs befalfe^
and the fourth, by right, be affigned
to #, which is the very country where
Mi was bred and born.
This is alfo proved by the tuning
oftheBafes} for it is but half a Note
from the eighth to the feventh, which
by their account will happen betwixt
G and A y but by ours, betwixt E and
C, according to their jufl: diftance in
a fharp tuning.
One thing may feem to thwart our
delign of playing on the Lute by
Notes, which is, that feveral fuits of
leffons require different tunings, and
will thence breed a confufion, becaufe
the fame firing will not always be the
fame Note.
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