At 03:59 PM 6/6/04, Craig Robert Pierpont wrote:
> I know that reentrant tuning is common for 16c guitars
Hmmm, I haven't seen any evidence of reentrant tunings in ren. guitars.
They are standardly tuned to the same intervals as the inner 4 courses of
the 6-c lute w/ the top guitar string often at A. (in other words, the
inner 4 courses of a D soprano lute) There is sometimes an octave on the
4th course which hints at a reentrant "jangle".
Sean Smith
>and citterns. Sometimes it is somewhat camoflaged by the use of a bourdon
>which makes the course both lower and higher than the next course.
>Craig
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>Craig R. Pierpont
>Another Era Lutherie
>www.anotherera.com
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>bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>re: reentrant tuning -
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>i read recently that reentrant tuning is probably more authentic for
>the playing of very early music, particularly rustic. any comments on
>this? i've tried it once but didn't like it; pavanes, gavottes, etc.,
>sounded like they all came from hawaii or peru.
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>chow - bill
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