Yes, some d minor music does work on lutes in renaissance tunings.

ed

At 01:17 AM 3/8/2009 -0800, Sean Smith wrote:
>One at a time sounds very productive in the learning department but less 
>productive in the keeping-in-tune department.
>I put on the new ones and they got stable within 5 minutes. I gave em both 
>a quarterturndown after an hour and will watch carefully for wearwolves 
>gnawing on the hapless fibers.
>
>Dminor...  Does any of that music work on a 6c?
>
>Sean
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>On Mar 8, 2009, at 12:42 AM, Daniel Winheld wrote:
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>>That's been cited as a historic practice to preserve the life of the
>>chanterelles- and perhaps the d-minor tuning got its start from
>>players afraid or too lazy to tune back up and got used to
>>compensating- but I've been reluctant to do it as the yanking up and
>>down, not to mention wear on the nut, could also shorten the life of
>>the string.
>>
>>I know those things are expensive, but you know how long I've had
>>mine on. Since you now have a double chanterelle, why not detune &
>>retune only one of them, and find out what works best?
>>
>>
>>>For those of you who play with gut topstrings: Does anyone make a
>>>habit of detuning the chanterelle(s) after a session of playing?
>>>
>>>I've just bought a handful of expensive strings and wonder if this
>>>would increase their lifespan. Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>Sean
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