>Hi Ed, > >In my ignorance I tune my 8-course renaissance lute to 440. Is that not >correct, or could you recommend a better tuning? I tune my guitar to >435, as it >sound fuller and sweeter than at 440. Any advice would be most welcome,
Tom, I tune my Ren instruments at 440 too. It seems most people tune their Baroque lutes low. This is as I suspected. I would also suspect that most people tune their Ren lutes at about 440. The question popped into my mind because I'm doing a couple of concerts in a few weeks on Ren lute with violin and gamba. We are going to play some original stuff too and I thought of a piece that would work well in Dm on my Baroque lute but I didn't think the other guys would be too keen on playing in C# minor! I'm still trying to think of a solution. I'm just flat out afraid to tune all the strings up a semi-tone on the B lute. That problem didn't phase the gambist in the slightest, he just immediately cranked those babies up to 440 when he found out that's where we play. Cheers, -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
