Hi Mathias, I believe that the descriptions of the tunings are for A lute rather than the typical G. Apparently the reason for this is that it puts the music in a very good tuning for the harp. There is a doubled note used in gaelic harp tuning referred to as the "NeCawlee" in the tuning chart. Naturally this wouldn't apply to the lute, however it can make a difference to the execution of the music on the harp. Interestingly there is no reference to the 8th course although it is clearly used in the Straloch MS. "Cronan" refers to the lowest note of the scale on many harps (a nominal G or Gamma UT). According to Mr. Chadwick strings lower in pitch than cronan were variably tuned. The Straloch MS appears to be in renaissance tuning, and I have not seen the Wemyss MS so I am unsure why Mr. Chadwick refers to this tuning as the "Flat Tuning". Overall the effort seems to be to relate the tablature to the most common tuning of the Gaelic harp. Steve (who plays much more harp than lute these days) -------------------------------------------------- From: ""Mathias Roesel"" <[1][email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:44 AM To: <[2][email protected]> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Looking for ... > I was a bit puzzled, though, by what he describes as tuning required in > Straloch: [3]http://www.earlygaelicharp.info/sources/lute.htm Straloch is > renaissance tuning, no? > > Mathias > > "wolfgang wiehe" <[4][email protected]> schrieb: >> Thanks Val for sharing the "facsimile". I found this: >> [5]http://www.earlygaelicharp.info/sources/straloch.htm >> greetings >> wolfgang >> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >> > Datum: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:54:03 +0100 >> > Von: "Valery Sauvage" <[6][email protected]> >> > An: "\'Stephen Fryer\'" <[7][email protected]>, "\'Eugene C. Braig IV\'" >> > <[8][email protected]> >> > CC: "\'Lute Net\'" <[9][email protected]> >> > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Looking for ... >> >> > Here is a link to a pdf of the Straloch (a copy was given to me by a >> > lutenist in 1985... so as it is not published, enjoy !) >> > [10]http://www.mediafire.com/?mzjndtjq2yj >> > About differences of the piece we were talking about, look for "A >> > daunce" >> > page 16, other version of the same tune. >> > Valery >> > >> > -----Message d'origine----- >> > De : [11][email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la >> > part >> > de Stephen Fryer >> > Envoye : mardi 5 janvier 2010 01:27 >> > A : Eugene C. Braig IV >> > Cc : 'Lute Net' >> > Objet : [LUTE] Re: Looking for ... >> > >> > >> > Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: >> > > I'm not certain, but I believe it is contained in this publication: >> > > [12]http://openlibrary.org/b/OL11085910M/Mel_Bay_Scottish_Lute >> > > >> > > I can check my own copy when home. >> > >> > Thanks Eugene. Last time I'd looked (a couple of years ago after >> > taking >> > Ronn's class on Scottish Lute) it was out of print and I couldn't find >> > a >> > copy. I looks like it is available again so I'll get a copy (I already >> > have volume 2). Not only that but you can preview it at Amazon.com. >> > >> > Interestingly there seem to be some differences (besides Ronn's >> > variations) between this publication and what Valerie sent. >> > >> > Stephen Fryer > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [13]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
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