On Sat, Jul 18, 2009, Andrew Arconti <[email protected]> said: > I have been using the following tuning which I was told is what the > instrument was made for: A, E, C, G, D, A; but am curious if there are > other tunings appropriate for a lute of this type?
depends on what music you are playing from. You have to tune the instrument to suit the tabulature when you play from tabulature. > I have been tuning to 440hz There is some flexibility here, depends on the choice of strings (tension), design of the instrument, and who you choose to play with; choices of ensemble work may be greater if you stick to 440, unless you have opportunity to work with one of the few ensembles working at a lower pitch. > Finally, are there any good resources for information pertaining to 6 > course renaissance alto lutes out there? Seems like this is not the > most common lute type and info is really hard to find. lute duets for instruments a tone apart exist, and can be performed on instruments in a and g (Heckel, Matelart). The entire solo 6c lute repertoire can be played on your instrument; it will be transposed up a tone, but who cares? -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
