Dear Martyn, Yes, you are right, when I was in highschool, physics was always my weak subject=A1 I think it was a wise decision to become a musician and not a scientific. Sorry if I misunderstood your point. Best wishes,
Alfonso On 13-okt-2006, at 18:14, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > You misunderstand my point. It is, of course, the relatively low > breaking stress of gut (compared to modern nylon, say) which > requires lowering the top one or two courses on a theorbo. > > You also seem to be unable to comprehend the elementary laws of > physics. Might I suggest you read the archives. > > MH > > > > Alfonso Marin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matyn, > > If you can find gut (or even nylgut) strings that will allow a > theorbo of 90cm in A to be tuned without re-entrant tuning, please, > let me know. I will be willing to try them! > Diameter also have to do with tone quality. Such an extremely thin > string on that string lenth would sound very flimsy. If you use a > thicker diamenter, the tension would be unbearable for the instrument. > If you think that the reason for the re-entrant tuning of the > theorbo is not conditioned by physical reasons but musical, I can > tell you that you are on the wrong direction of thinking. > > Alfonso > > On 13-okt-2006, at 16:52, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > >> >> Setting the top one or two courses of the theorbo an octave down >> has nothing whatsoever to do with the diameter of the string (as >> pointed out many times before - see archives). It has to do with >> the string length, the string material and the pitch. This leads >> to the breaking stress related to the pitch at which a string of a >> given material and length will break. >> >> Thus for two strings of the same material and length, the pitch at >> which they will break is identical. For example, a string of say >> 10mm in diameter will, of course, require a much greater force to >> break than one of, say, 0.01mm but it has a much greater cross- >> sectional area and the Breaking Stress (ie Breaking Force/Cross- >> sectional area) is identical for the two strings. >> >> MH >> >> Alfonso Marin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dear Craig, >> >> The re-entrant tuning on the theorbo has its origins on the physical >> nature of gut strings. The long string lengths of this instrument >> makes impossible to get gut thin enough to have the 2nd and 1st >> strings at "normal" pitch. This apparent drawback, used with >> intelligence on continuo playing can actually be of help. The problem >> is that the re-entrant tuning makes the instrument somehow less >> logical and [EMAIL PROTECTED] have to study its possibilities >> carefully to make good use of it. >> I hope this helps, >> Greetings, >> >> Alfonso >> >> >> The re-entrant tuning on the >> On 13-okt-2006, at 13:19, Craig Allen 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 >> >> >> >> Send instant messages to your online friends http:// >> uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just > 7p a photo. --
