I have to apologize for my mistake earlier in saying the length from nut to bridge is 21.5 cm. What I meant to say is that it is 54.61 cm. The 21.5 is the length in inches. Sorry for the confusion. And thank you everyone for catching that.
So what I'm starting to find is that altos aren't as uncommon as I thought. I guess I came to that conclusion from having found a good deal of info and discussion on lutes in g' rather than a', and also no examples of tunings for lutes in a'. I am excited to finally have a correct tuning for this lute. ADGBEA. Thank you everyone for your help and suggestions. I'm slowly learning. :) > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:08:41 -0400 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Alto lute help > > 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. 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