oops, correction: ...transpose the melody a fifth or... must be ...transpose the melody a fourth or... Sorry.
Ernic 2007/12/10, Ernic Kamerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: ....... > If your main repertoire is medieval, I would advise you to tune the > chanterelle one tone lower to c', keeping the bourdons in G, d and g. (Then > you will need something to fix the second key (for d') in pressing position > when tuning the strings.) It may look awkward, but for a large part of the > medieval and renaissance repertoire, where dorian and mixolydian modes > prevail in tunes suitable for hurdy gurdy, it is really fine: when playing > with a d-drone one often has a c' as the lowest note of the melody, and with > a chanterelle in d' you would have to transpose the melody a fifth or an > octave. > If you change the chanterelle to c', the tangents must be retuned; see > http://hurdygurdywiki.wiki-site.com. > >
