Yes, you could think of your lute as being "in F", or you could think of
it as being "in G at a'=392". Since I have a Korg which allows me to
set a'=392, I tend to go for the latter these days.
It also allows me to not to have to think too much about whether all the
notes are in the correct temperament, since I tend to go for 1/6th comma
meantone, and I'm never quite sure whether once you get into Eb and Bb
and so on whether they are what they say they are. By the way, the Korg
doesn't do 1/6 comma, but Vallotti is the same for the open strings in
nominal G tuning.
Sorry, I've probably confused you more....
Martin
On 05/08/2011 14:22, Garry Warber wrote:
Thank you all... I only discovered electronic-tuner handiness from my
grandson when he used his app on his I-phone last month. I personally
do not have a cell phone, by choice.
So, if I'm getting this, any 440 tuner would work by tuning every
course a full step "low", then do a mind trick of telling yourself it's
regular lute tuning? For example my lute would become, low to high, C,
E-flat, F,B-flat, E-flat, G, C, F, which I would then convince myself
it's still D, F, G, C, F, A, D, G in a=392? Wow... Perhaps just
staying at a=415 is just fine...
Garry
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