Good for you, Joshua. I hope you continue to play, as lute music is so wonderful and rewarding.
If I can explain some of the responses from this list, to your note about using a capo on the 3rd fret, it seems as though there are some who think a lute is basically tuned in g. Actually, there are bass lutes in D and E, tenor lutes in F, F# and G, alto lutes in A, soprano lutes in c and a high d, even octave lutes in an octave higher that g. Members of this list play all those various sized lutes, so to have the notion that raising the pitch a minor third makes a guitar lore lute-like is not true. I even play a vihuela in Bb! I think the list was saying that because you tune your guitar in g, it does not in effect make it more lute-like, as there is not standard pitch or size of lutes. It is true that many of us play "g" lutes, but if you look at the surviving 10 course lutes, most are a lengthy 66 or 67 cm, making them suited for E, as your guitar is tuned. Those longer E lutes for some players can be somewhat more awkward to play as compared to g lutes, due to the length. Alto instruments in "a" are easier yet to play for certain repertoire, due to the shorter length. Publishers have often [mostly in the past] made tablature editions, with parallel staff notation, using a "g" instrument in the transcription. Some did it for an E instrument, some have done it for alto in a. So, in order to make your guitar work for this wonderful music, I hope you can understand that the relative pitch does not in any way make music any more lute-like. Be sure to tune the 3rd string down a half step.... THEN the music will sound more like a lute, as the relative tunings will be correct. Keep playing! I hope someday you can get a lute. ed At 05:50 PM 11/13/2007 -0800, Joshua E. Horn wrote: >I don't know.. I put a capo on the 3rd fret of my guitar and got the >relative tuning of a Ren. Lute.. it seems to work with the tabs Im >reading. >-- > Joshua E. Horn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-- >http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1127 - Release Date: >11/12/2007 9:19 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
