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Fret and Tangent Distance Calculator

This document provides a fret and tangent distance calculator for stringed instruments like bass viola da gamba. It allows the user to select different temperaments and generates a table showing the fret positions and distances for notes across 6 strings. The document explains how to use the table to tune strings according to the selected temperament and discusses options for placing frets on instruments. It notes that the tool is still in development.

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Fret and Tangent Distance Calculator

This document provides a fret and tangent distance calculator for stringed instruments like bass viola da gamba. It allows the user to select different temperaments and generates a table showing the fret positions and distances for notes across 6 strings. The document explains how to use the table to tune strings according to the selected temperament and discusses options for placing frets on instruments. It notes that the tool is still in development.

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Fret and Tangent Distance Calculator

Strings length Length: 36 cm 5 mm


1 Csolfaut C 2 Gsolreut G 3 Dlasolre D
Strings
4 Alamire A 5 Alamire A 6 Dlasolre D
Temperament 1/12 pyth. comma meantone (equal) change to this temperament
C: 0 C#: 0 D: 0 Eb: 0 E: 0 F: 0
Deviation in cents:
F#: 0 G: 0 G#: 0 A: 0 Bb: 0 B: 0
Click here to generate the distance table
To delete all data and start over click here instead

Temperament: 1/12 pyth. comma meantone (equal)


String length 36.5 cm
fret fret fret fret fret fret
Csolfaut Gsolreut Dlasolre Alamire Alamire Dlasolre
distance distance distance distance distance distance
C G D A A D
cm cm cm cm cm cm
C 0.00 G 0.00 D 0.00 A 0.00 A 0.00 D 0.00
C# 2.05 G# 2.05 Eb 2.05 Bb 2.05 Bb 2.05 Eb 2.05
D 3.98 A 3.98 E 3.98 B 3.98 B 3.98 E 3.98
Eb 5.81 Bb 5.81 F 5.81 C 5.81 C 5.81 F 5.81
E 7.53 B 7.53 F# 7.53 C# 7.53 C# 7.53 F# 7.53
F 9.16 C 9.16 G 9.16 D 9.16 D 9.16 G 9.16
F# 10.69 C# 10.69 G# 10.69 Eb 10.69 Eb 10.69 G# 10.69
G 12.14 D 12.14 A 12.14 E 12.14 E 12.14 A 12.14
G# 13.51 Eb 13.51 Bb 13.51 F 13.51 F 13.51 Bb 13.51
A 14.80 E 14.80 B 14.80 F# 14.80 F# 14.80 B 14.80
Bb 16.02 F 16.02 C 16.02 G 16.02 G 16.02 C 16.02
B 17.16 F# 17.16 C# 17.16 G# 17.16 G# 17.16 C# 17.16
C 18.25 G 18.25 D 18.25 A 18.25 A 18.25 D 18.25

How to use this table


Please note that the correct tuning will be only reproduced if the strings are also tuned according to the
selected temperament.

The best way to do this is to begin with the lowest string and set exactly the fret corresponding with the note from
the next higher string, and tune this string with the produced note, otherwise the frets on that second string will be
completely out of tune (this is of course not applicable for clavichords).
For a bass viola da gamba this means that the Csolfami (C) and Elami (E) strings in 1/4 comma meantone should
be tuned as an exact major third, but in other temperaments not - e.g. in 1/3 comma meantone this third will
result 1/3 comma smaller than the just one.

For the moment it is up tou you to decide what to do with slightly different places for the frets, if you give
preference to some notes or prefer a mean placement.
In some cases it is very clear that the best option are double frets. For the bass viola de gamba in 2/7 comma
meantone the first fret should be double: the first one for G# on the G string and for the C# on the C string, the
second one for all other strings producing respectively Eb, F anb Bb.
You can use this utility also in reverse manner to find out the temperament from a given instrument with known
fret distances by trying the different temperaments, e.g. clavichords.

Note that this tool considers only the notes used before about 1600 in the iberic music. In most ancient
temperaments these notes cannot be used enharmonically. The option for more notes, temperaments and frets will
be later added.

This utility is in development, and errors are not excluded. Feedback please: here.

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