Tune the lute down to English consort pitch (a-392, the whole step below a=440). A very nice sound, really! On the other hand, "Time stands still" plays quite well in F, with F 7th course. "Come ..." not as well. alexander
> A singer has asked me to accompany her on "Come heavy sleep" and "Time > stands still." The problem is, she wants to sing them in F (down a > whole step) because it's a better range for her voice. Has anyone > tried transposing them down? Any thoughts on how well (or not) this > works? > I could tune down to 415 but I'm not sure she'll go for that. > thanks, > Caroline > -- > ***** > Caroline Usher, Dept. of Biology > Box 90338 > Durham NC 27708 > 919-613-8155, fax 660-7293 > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
