Dear Stephan, it's good practice to tune by ear. But there are occassion when I personally feel it would be more secure to use a tuning machine. For example when playing in an ensemble (the other members of the group often complained there would be some hovering. That's a result when trying to tune good thirds), in the lute duo and occassionally when I have a flu or such. Anyhow it is necessary in my opinion to check the tuning of the machine. Just as an example I usually move my first fret (on the baroque lute) a bit when playing in d-major to get a "better" f sharp.
I'm using a Korg CA-30 by the way. Best wishes Thomas Am Sam, 2004-01-17 um 10.07 schrieb Stephan Olbertz: > Erm, is there anyone on this list who tunes by ear? :-) > > Stephan > > -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss --
