----- Original Message ----- From: Joshua Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:00 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lineage of early Guitars To: [email protected]
> There's got to be some relation between my > Classical Guitar and Lutes > and such. Because with the right tuning, I get the > same pitches as a > Lute or Vihuela. (capo 3rd fret). -- Capotasto at three is popular, but really pretty inconsequential. Pitch was much more plastic and less standardized until recent times. The more substantial difference between guitars in their common standard tunings and lute-like things of so-called renaissance tuning is the position of the third in relation to the highest string. Best, Eugene -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
