On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Edward Martin<[email protected]> wrote: > I have a question.... why > did you use a different lute for Volte Jungker Hans ?
It's one of the two pieces in the book for 6-course lute with 6th course tuned to F (and indeed better played on a 6-course because of the rest stroke for the thumb from 6 to 5 to 4). The other music is all for 6- or 7-course lute, for which I will use my 8-course, as it has a black fingerboard (better visibility of the strings). The 6-course has extreme low tension these days, btw, as the strings ar for a'-lute at 440, tuned down to g'-lute at 440Hz. I thought it would be best to record all on g'-lute at 440Hz, as I suspect that's what the majority of people using this site will have. It's never uncomplictaed with lutes, is it? ;-) > You sound lovely, especially with good strings! Thanks! David - who didn't start about the strings this time -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
