Bill, How are you tuning your uke? On my (standard) uke (g-c-e-a), that e is on the 9th fret of the 4th string.
> "the star spangled banner," for example, played on a > ukulele (g-c-e-a) - starting with "g" (2nd string, 3rd > fret) leaves you with the option of climbing up the > neck to "e" (1st string, 7th fret) to reach "... by > the dawn's early light" or switching to the 4th > string, 4th fret for the same. my point was that the > former - imho - leaves you up there with the > "tinky-tinks" while the latter has more vibrating > length and a fuller sound. > > re-entrant tuning with bourdon is something of a plus > and the charango's 5th course is just icing on the > cake. > > - bill > > --- David Rastall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Oct 13, 2006, at 10:00 AM, bill kilpatrick wrote: >> >> > ...my own take on re-entrant tuning is: >> > ...you can pursue the high reaches of >> > the melody without climbing up the neck >> >> I don't follow you. Doesn't it work the other way? >> The highest >> pitched string in re-entrant tuning would be either >> the second or the >> third string. If you wanted to get above that >> pitch, into the higher >> reaches, you would have to move up the neck to do >> so. >> >> David R >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> www.rastallmusic.com >> >> >> >> > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars.
