I suppose if I undouble the top course I could make a 7c... No.
Thanks but no thanks. It could only lead to the nut and bridge to
nowhere and I'd just end up seeing Russian guitars from my house.
Sean
On Mar 8, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Daniel Winheld wrote:
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
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