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	Wellwise was also a prolific composer and music theorist. As he was mainly a lutenist and fiddler, his speculations on the theory of music were based on traditional lute frettings at the time, which are described as "six points between strings, which are free to be moved", interpreted in many ways as 16, 17 or 18 divisions to the octave.		Wellwise was also a prolific composer and music theorist. As he was mainly a lutenist and fiddler, his speculations on the theory of music were based on traditional lute frettings at the time, which are described as "six points between strings, which are free to be moved", interpreted in many ways as 16, 17 or 18 divisions to the octave.

	His most prominent ~~mathematical~~ feat was to compute a 17-tone equal division of the octave, using a Machin-like formula for log(2).		His most prominent mathematico-musical feat was to compute a 17-tone equal division of the octave, using a Machin-like formula for log(2).