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At 12:20 PM 1/5/2009, you wrote:
>    Although I'm primarily interested in Ren music, I haven't been able to
>    resist the temptation to dabble in continuo a bit (we have a continuo
>    group in Seattle, loosely modeled on Pat's Continuo collective). I'm
>    afraid that I might have finally taken complete leave of my senses, as
>    I am now in possession of one of those overly large lutes with too many
>    strings (on loan, but...).
>
>
>    I plan to seek professional assistance soon, but in the interim, a
>    tuning question. The instrument is currently in A. I could retune it to
>    G, so I could more easily transfer my experience with the G lute, or I
>    could leave it in A and relearn a bunch of chords. Any advice on which
>    option is likely to be preferable? FWIW, I don't have to perform on it
>    for around 6 months, so relearning the chords should be manageable,
>    although the next rehearsal or two might be a bit rough.
>
>
>    Guy
>
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