A couple technical advantages of the re-entrant strings are to allow easy formation of close voicings and cross-string trills and scales, which project very nicely.
-----Original Message----- From: bill kilpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Why re-entrant tuning? i've tried several variations on the charango's gg-cc-eE-aa-ee re-entrant tuning - all but one of which (gg-cc-eE-aa-dd) produced something less than the original. my own take on re-entrant tuning is: - for tuning in 4ths it produces the best sound available for an instrument with a short vibrating string length (charango's is circa 36cm) - ukulele as well. - as lex eisenhard mentions, it's primary use is to provide instrumental accompaniment to singing/strolling players in the open air - with rasgueo mostly but delightful and effective for melody in certain keys. you can pursue the high reaches of the melody without climbing up the neck - where all notes make pretty much the same "plinky-plink" type sound. - small, portable instruments with disproportionately larger, re-entrant musicality made them ideal for music loving travelers to the new world. olè - bill --- Craig Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Collective Wisdom, > > The subject says it all. Re-entrant tuning is used > on the theorbo and if I recall the gittern. But why? > I have not played an instrument tuned this way so > don't have any practical experience with the sound > or feel. Why are these (and presumabley other) > instruments tuned this way? > > Regards, > Craig > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB > Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and > much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
