There are a few loose ends in the discussion on 4c guitar tuning. Just my
0,02 Yuan:
- Mudarra seems to be the only one from Spain, speaking of the 'bordon'.
Bermudo (if I am right) only speaks of 'requintas', courses now tuned in
octaves, formerly in fifths (!). The next writer from Spain
The term requinta must refer to octave stringing on a course and not to the
intervals between the courses.
I have a photocopy of a Mexican cittern manuscript which also uses the term to
refer to the 3rd course of the instrument which is strung in octaves.
Possibly the term is derived from
Monica Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
The term requinta must refer to octave stringing on a course and not to the
intervals between the courses.
perhaps as a support: Quintsaite in German (fifth-string) means a very,
very thin string. The name was taken from early violin playing, when the
Maybe.
Bermudo and everyone else has assumed that requinto refers to the interval
of a fifth.
I wonder now if it has a completely different derivation. The verb
requiro in Latin means to look for again, miss something or feel the
lack of. That sounds a bit like a re-entrant tuning where the
Monica Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
I wonder now if it has a completely different derivation. The verb
requiro in Latin means to look for again, miss something or feel the
lack of. That sounds a bit like a re-entrant tuning where the tuning looks
for the note again, or has something
