On Mar 4, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Ken Moore wrote:
I don't think of all cases of tuning a lower string down as scordatura.
I associate that with notation that tells you where to put your fingers,
but because the string is tuned in a non-standard manner, the pitch that
comes out is not the one notated. That is what I recall from the Bach
suites for unaccompanied 'cello. Do any readers know differently?
Scordatura is sometimes notated that way, and sometimes at the actual pitch, the convention varying with time, place, and circumstance. Any unorthodox tuning of a stringed instrument is scordatura regardless of the notation.
Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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