21.5 cm sounds a bit short for an A lute and a bit too long for a Soprano lute in D.A Not sure what you have there Andrew. As Ken said, if its 21.5 inches, then its a good length for an A lute. You might be able to get away with tuning it in G at that string length, but it won't sound as good in my opinion.
A so if in G:A GCFADG if in A: ADGBEA A if indeed it is 21.5 cm, your best bet is probably to tune it inA C: CFBflatDGC A Bruno Montreal, Quebec A On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Ken Brodkey <[1][email protected]> wrote: Hello Andrew, The tuning you described is the same relative tuning as a guitar. I'm not sure why your guitar friends would say, "it's close to guitar tuning save for a note or two", unless they were meaning it's not tuned to 'E' but relatively higher. Guitars are generally tuned in E and your lute is in A. For lute tuning you need to lower the 3rd course a half step; from 'C' to 'B'. 21.5 cm is way too small. Isn't that 21.5 inches? In inches it converts to 54.6 cm, which is a good length for a lute in 'A'. For starters check out Wayne Cripps lute pages: [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/lute.html Good luck. Ken Brodkey -----Original Message----- From: [3][email protected] [mailto:[4][email protected]]on Behalf Of Andrew Arconti Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:30 PM To: [5][email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: Alto lute help A A __________________________________________________________________ A From: [6][email protected] A To: [7][email protected] A Subject: RE: [LUTE] Alto lute help A Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:26:44 -0700 A > You mean B? Or do you have it in guitar tuning? A It's not in guitar tuning as far as I know. I was told by the seller A that this is the correct tuning for this lute. Wouldn't think it'd be a A guitar tuning , but... A I have taken it to some friends who play guitar however, and they have A said it's close to guitar tuning save for a note or two. A Wish I could say more, but I'm new to all of this. A > Anyone answering these questions would need to know the mensur A > (length from bridge to nut) and what strings you have on it now. A The length is approx. 21.5 cm from nut to bridge. It's got nylgut A throughout except with the addition of silver wound strings on the 5th A and 6th courses, and nylon for the top string. Unfortunately, other A than that I'm not sure about the strings. Not sure what the gauges are A currently. A > Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:39:29 -0700 A > To: [8][email protected] A > From: [9][email protected] A > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Alto lute help A > A > A > On Jul 18, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Andrew Arconti wrote: A > A > > I have been using the following tuning which I was told is what the A > > instrument was made for: A, E, C A > A > You mean B? Or do you have it in guitar tuning? A > A > > , G, D, A; but am curious if there are A > > other tunings appropriate for a lute of this type? I have been A > > tuning A > > to 440hz and am wondering if anyone feels there is a better A > > frequency A > > to be tuning an alto to, and if I was to lower my tuning frequency, A > > would I need to change out my strings to a new size? A > A > A > Anyone answering these questions would need to know the mensur A > (length from bridge to nut) and what strings you have on it now. A > A > A > -- A > A > To get on or off this list see list information at A > [10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html A A __________________________________________________________________ A Windows Live Hotmail(R): Search, add, and share the webs latest sports A videos. [1]Check it out. A A __________________________________________________________________ A Windows Live Hotmail(R): Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports A pics. [2]Check it out. -- References A 1. [11]http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TX T_TAGLM_W L_QA_HM_sports_videos_072009&cat=sports A 2. [12]http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TX T_TAGLM_W L_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009&cat=sports -- Bruno Cognyl-Fournier Luthiste, etc Estavel Ensemble de musique ancienne [13]www.estavel.org -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/lute.html 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. mailto:[email protected] 8. mailto:[email protected] 9. mailto:[email protected] 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 11. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_videos_072009&cat=sports 12. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009&cat=sports 13. http://www.estavel.org/
