Dear Sean;
I suspect Craig meant 17th century guitar i.e., baroque guitar
(1600's) as in Corbetta, Sans and possibly de Visee.
All the Best,
Gary Digman
----- Original Message -----
From: lutesmith
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 16:35:30 -0700
To: lute society
Subject: Re: reentrant tuning
>
>
>
> 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
> &g t;
> >Craig R. Pierpont
> >Another Era Lutherie
> >www.anotherera.com
> >
> >bill wrote:
> >re: reentrant tuning -
> >
> >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.
> >
> >chow - bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
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