Hi Vance I can only tell the way I have taken over from the guitar when I cannot have my Korg: always tune fourths, but don't trust your ears with minor thirds.
So, in order to get my A-d-f-a-d'-f' lute tuned right, I start from A (3rd course, together with octave, then fundamental, of 6th course) with a fork, then go in fourths: D (2nd course, then 5th course) - G (first octave, then fundamental) - C (again, first octave, then fundamental) - F. Only then, I finally tune the E course from A. With a renaissance lute, things are a little more difficult, when playing in meantone. I usually tune the major third f - a first, then try to tune fourths _too_ big enough so as to result in a true octave G - g'. Most times I have to readjust a couple of times. A matter of exercise, it seems. "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I am not replying to your post specifically, but using it as a piggy back > into this discussion. Neither do I desire or intend to create a controversy > or argument, understanding that when finances allow I intend to purchase one > of these electronic wonders. What happened to tuning by ear? The entire > history of the Lute was tuned by ear, meaning the original instruments and > not the modern revival. To this date I have never used anything other than > a tuning fork. Are there any good suggestions and or methods for doing this > properly (by ear)? -- Best, Mathias Mathias Roesel, Grosze Annenstrasze 5, 28199 Bremen, Deutschland/ Germany, T/F +49 - 421 - 165 49 97, Fax +49 1805 060 334 480 67, E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
