On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Mark Probert<[email protected]> wrote: > From my reading, it seems that most continuo players tune to MT, whereas > this tuning is closer to a "modified 6th-comma". Is this the case? Or
MT comes in many flavours. MT 'proper' is 1/4 comma MT, but many Renaissance lute and theorbo players opt for 1/6 comma MT. For Medieval music you can tune to Pythagorean temperament. Baroque lute is pretty much ET, as the intervals between the strings don't allow much else. Some b-lute players do shift some frets depending on the key they are playing, but the results are not always succesful. ;-) When playing with other people one has to come to some sort of agreement or learn to adapt. Compromise is inevitable. David > does it vary based on circumstance? For example, if playing in an > orchestra with harpsichord, then one tunes to the harpsichord temperament
