on 27/4/08 7:32 pm, Damien Delgrossi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Good evening, > > Is the tuning (from low to high) D A D G an historical truth for medieval, > renaissance and baroque cittern? I've heard many music played on 4 courses > cittern played with DADG tuning. I was asking myself if it was a tuning > originnaly for cittern. > > Regards, > > Damien > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > It is not one that I have met with. Almost all early citterns seem to have the interval of a second between the 1st and 2nd courses. The exception is the 4-course guitar tuning used on the 17th c. gittern of Praetorius and Playford.
Peter
