It's those darn holes.
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t 01:58 AM 11/11/2009, you wrote:
>my memory's not that great...
>
>
>On Nov 11, 2009, at 10:44 AM, David Tayler wrote:
>
>>Could be--I thought he was suggesting an octave higher.
>>Let me know how it works, and also how you moved the frets :)
>>dt
>>
>>At 11:05 PM 11/10/2009, you wrote:
>>>David, isn't this the tuning that has been suggested by Eph Segerman,
>>>I think, for the shorter string length English instrument? Actually,
>>>there shouldn't be any problem with strings or tensions as the top
>>>courses in the new tuning are similar to the pitches of the octave
>>>strings in the original tunings. I'll have to try it when I don' need
>>>to use my cittern for a bit.
>>>
>>>-- Doc
>>>
>>>On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:59 AM, David Tayler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Everyone loves the cittern. But suppose you want to play in
>>>>meantone?
>>>> Specifically, alternating major and minor semitones such as in this
>>>> delicious photo?
>>>> [1]http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/old/img_1600/34cm_citternscale
>>>> .jpg
>>>> Let's look at a few possibilities.
>>>> The French 4 course tuning
>>>> aa'a' gg'g'd'd'e'e'
>>>> and the Italian
>>>> bbggd'd'e'e'
>>>> And let's assume this is tastini free--puh-leeze--
>>>> Right away, we see the the G makes an A flat on the first fret of
>>>>both
>>>> tunings. Rats, shades of F minor.
>>>> And right away we see that the Italian tuning is no good because
>>>>there
>>>> is a both a B and a G.
>>>> But if we tune the French tuning up a fifth--and adjust the
>>>>strings--
>>>> we get the pitch set
>>>> E D A B
>>>> Which gives the following scales
>>>> E F F# G G# A
>>>> D Eb E F F# G
>>>> A Bb B C C# D
>>>> B C C# D D# E
>>>> This gives good meantone for chords, and has both an E flat and a D
>>>> sharp, although for solo music the the E on the top course is a bit
>>>> high, this is mitigated by the the lowness of the open string.
>>>> For the Italian tuning, a single extra fret would help the G
>>>>sharp, as
>>>> it does on the baroque guitar.
>>>> dt
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>References
>>>>
>>>> 1.
>>>>http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/old/img_1600/34cm_citternscale.jpg
>>>>
>>>>
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