I posted this to the lutening group but thought it wouldn't hurt to try
here, also.
Hello everyone,
I have what is probably a newbie question. I am unable to tune the 5th,
6th, and to a lesser degree the 7th and 8th courses to my satisfaction.
When tuned so that the octaves
Tom
First a return question: what is you string material, brand, diameters
('numbers' for some brands)/tenison and last but certainly not least,
age? All these factors play a role. If strings are old, replace and
you'll feel better. If strings are gut, you might have a tough time
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From: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk;
To: Tom tgw...@gmail.com;
Subject: Re: [LUTE] help on tuning
Sent: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 6:53:37 AM
It sounds like your octaves
Hi Tom
Sounds like it could be a problem with the grooves in the nut. If the
octave string is set too high relative to the fundamental, it will need
that much extra tension to be pressed down onto the fret, with the
obvious tuning discrepancy that you describe. It is complicated
Thanks for the suggestions. Here is the info David asked me to include:
The strings are about a week old
NNG52 - 8 course lute 5th octave c'
NNG100 - 8 course lute 5th c
NNG68 - 8 course lute 6th octave g
KFG121 - 8 course lute 6th G
NNG76 - 8 course lute 7th octave f
Tom
An earlier poster already suggested your octaves might be higher in
tension than your fundamentals. This was a good guess.
Course 5 you have 28N (2.8kg if you prefer) for your octav and 25N for
your fundamental.
Courses 6 to 8 are around 25N for the octaves and around 20N for
Thank you for posting these. I enjoyed listening to both of them.
I am not sure that there is any point in people saying which they prefer
because personal tastes differ today and probably did in the 17th century.
De gustibus non disputandum.
I will venture to say that the passage work and
David,
I forgot to mention the lute is 63 cm. Thanks for your suggestions. I
have had Chris at [1]catlines.com help calculate the tensions, but as
I've only had a lute for 3 months, the tension is a bit of a mystery at
this time.
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Sincerely,
Tom
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References
1.
Tom -
I have a very similar set-up, and I can assure you that for
long-distance, non-hands on stringing help Chris Hendriksen is the best;
(I have used him for decades) but in the end each individual has to make
the final tweaks adjustments that work- and they may be a little off
from any
Hi,
there are new Lute Intavolations on IMSLP!
http://lute-ensemble-tabulatures.npage.de/
There are, how promised, new FRONIMO layout versions!
===It is recommended to use these new versions!!!==
---2 Sopranos and 2 g-Lutes
new fronimo layout:
Vecchi,
Hello All,
and thanks for this discussion.
I have an 8 course Renaissance lute which I recently used
to play and record a piece a whole step higher. Instead of arduously
fingered transposing, I strapped a nickel-silver section of a
candle holder across the fingerboard at the 2nd fret with
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