The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #136682   Message #3134626
Posted By: Dave MacKenzie
13-Apr-11 - 05:21 PM
Thread Name: No such thing as a B-sharp
Subject: RE: No such thing as a B-sharp
On that diagram, the distance from G(open) to A is c25mm, with G-G# and Ab-A c10mm. G#-Ab is c5mm. The book that reproduced the Prelleur chart gives no indication of whether the original was fingerboard size, and I don't have a full size violin in the house to check.

Interestingly, a few pages further on there is the Extended Meantone Fifth "Spiral" which starts at Fb, laps itself at E, and finishes at B#