<s>
Fronimo	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
engraving	B-Application
of	O
tablature	O
for	O
lutes	O
,	O
archlute	O
,	O
theorbo	O
and	O
other	O
plucked	O
and	O
bowed	O
instruments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Italian	O
lutenist	O
and	O
astronomer	O
Francesco	O
Tribioli	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
named	O
it	O
in	O
honour	O
of	O
Il	O
Fronimo	B-Application
by	O
Vincenzo	O
Galilei	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
foremost	O
music	O
treatises	O
of	O
the	O
16th	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
of	O
the	O
program	B-Application
ceased	O
to	O
be	O
updated	O
from	O
February	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-Application
contains	O
historical	O
fonts	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
tablatures	O
for	O
the	O
lute	O
and	O
guitar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
large	O
repository	O
of	O
native	O
tablature	O
for	O
the	O
lute	O
held	O
in	O
Fronimo	B-Application
.ft3	O
format	O
files	O
which	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
utilised	O
by	O
other	O
musical	O
tablature	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specialist	O
lute-tabulature	O
software	O
packages	O
such	O
as	O
Fronimo	B-Application
are	O
sometimes	O
preferred	O
by	O
lutenists	O
if	O
they	O
specialise	O
in	O
17th	O
century	O
tablature	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
more	O
difficult	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
packages	O
such	O
as	O
Sibelius	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
licence	O
cost	O
of	O
Fronimo	B-Application
may	O
be	O
thought	O
to	O
be	O
reasonable	O
compared	O
to	O
Sibelius	B-Device
when	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
that	O
package	O
is	O
not	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
