OK, Sean- maybe it's time for you to get one of those 7-string Russian guitars that has a d-minor tuning. Maybe Roman can help you out. Seriously, sometimes when I'm playing my toy archlute I will grab the Weiss and rather than get up, change lutes, tune, etc. I will in fact just plow through- a little more slowly & carefully of course- compensating for the tuning differences. The biggest most frequent problem is the e/f major 2nd that occurs frequently in Weiss- 2nd fret, second 2nd string against open 1st string. I am learning to split finger the 2nd course on the archlute for that.
Just as much fun is playing viel ton music on the d-minor lute. THAT is good! It forces you to learn all the different unison note positions, all the notes up and down the fingerboard on all courses, and all the best, workable chord shapes & positions. For students coming to the d-minor tuned instruments from the other tuning systems this is one good way to re-orient the fingers, brain, and establish new muscle-memory patterns. Also of course reading from pitch notation. Everybody tied to tab systems should just do some of this anyway. >Rather, I was thinking per Dan's suggestion of tuning to the >"Dminor" way. Of course I'd lack all those harplike bass notes and >only have the fingerboard to work with. >Sean >>>On Mar 8, 2009, at 3:35 AM, Edward Martin wrote: >>>Yes, some d minor music does work on lutes in renaissance tunings. >>>Dminor... Does any of that music work on a 6c? >>> >>>Sean -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
