Edward Martin
Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:05:54 -0800
Rob, Another way to look at is to compare starting out on courses 3 and 4 on 10 course renaissance lute in g (not a very authentic instrument) vs d minor tuning, instead of starting at the 5th course. Those would be a and f, respectively. In the d minor instrument, the tuning starting at the 5th course is a tone higher throughout on the d minor lute, which ends up on the same low note, C. So, on the baroque lute, the basses are a tone higher in pitch, and have one added bass. ed (At 11:10 AM 1/9/2008 +0000, Rob wrote: >If we keep the pitch of the fifth course downwards the same as Renaissance >tuning, the treble strings must come down further: > > > >g d a f c g f e d c - Renaissance > >eb c g eb c g f e d c (Bb) - 'dm' (actually cm) Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html