Fronimo (software)

Fronimo is a software program for engraving of tabulature for lutes, archlute, theorbo and other plucked and bowed instruments.[2][3][4]

Fronimo
Original author(s)Francesco Tribioli
Stable release
3.0 (2019-02-04)[lower-alpha 1] / 4 February 2019 (2019-02-04)
Written inC++[1]
Operating systemWindows
Available in5 languages
List of languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
Typetablature
Licenseproprietry
WebsiteOfficial website
The Lute Player - a painting by Caravaggio

History

The program was created by the Italian lutenist and astronomer Francesco Tribioli. He named it in honour of Il Fronimo by Vincenzo Galilei, one of the foremost music treatises of the 16th century.[2] One of Galilei's sons, Galileo, was also amongst other talents astronomer the same as Tribioli.

Version 2 of the program ceased to be updated from February 2005. Version 3 was much improved though it introduced a new native file archive type, .ft3.[5]

Description

The program contains historical fonts for the most common tabulatures for the Lute and Guitar.[2]

A fully functional demo version is available and is restricted only so far as it is unable to save tabulature files. To enable files to be saved a license must be purchased from the author.[5] Options are available for German, French, Italian and Spanish language interfaces.[5]

There is a large repository of native tabulature for the lute held in Fronimo .ft3 format files which can also be utilised by other musical tabulature software.[6]

Reception

Specialist Lute tabulature software packages such as Fronimo are sometimes preferred by lutists as the specialise in 17th century tabulature which can be more difficult to set up in packages such as Sibelius.[7] The license cost Fronimo may be thought to be reasonable compared to Sibelius when the functionality of that package is not required.[1]

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. As available on mirror site

References
  1. Mateus, Cezar. "Fronimo Tutorial". Mateus Lutes. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. "Conservatorio di Firenze: Software". Consfi.it. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. "Notating Music - Guitar Loot - Eric Crouch". Guitarloot.org.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. "Lute Beginner Page". John.redmood.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  5. "Fronimo 3.0 - U.S. Mirror Site". Theatre of Music. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "Orlando Lutes: Lutescribe". Orlando Lutes. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  7. Carter, Richard (March 2011). "The setting of Lyra Viol tablature in Sibelius" (PDF). Viola da Gamba Society. Retrieved 3 April 2019.


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