The Enduring Ancient Egyptian Musical System: Theory and Practice by Moustafa Gadalla

Author:Moustafa Gadalla [Gadalla, Moustafa]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Tehuti research Foundation
Published: 2017-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

2. Were lightly marked. The strings were thin enough and sufficiently high above the fingerboard to be conveniently driven up in pitch by adding pressure.

3. Were only marked at some big intervals by bands, to outline the overall parameter, to allow both guidance and flexibility. In addition, there were mobile frets that, together with these frets, divided the octave into smaller increments, such as 10, 17, 22, or more sections.

[See more examples later this chapter.]

4. Were sometimes limited to the upper half of the neck, or sometimes extended down the neck to the body of the instrument. [Some examples are shown later this chapter.]

The flexibility of fretting techniques allows for:

1. The selection of any of the three types of tetrachords [see Chapter 8] and frameworks [see Chapters 8 and 9].

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