Missing the point here. She wants a lute, but cannot afford one yet. She's given an old guitar, a handy friend did the conversion, so for the moment she can play lute technique, explore a new instrument and repertoire next to her classical guitar. Good for her. I can calculate a set of strings, no problem, but am curious for experiences of others who did the same: a lower tension than normal double set of guitar strings, we would like to keep the bridge on the instrument after all, but how much lower? Simply halve the tension to keep more or less the same total tension on the brdige? How about rattling strings in this case, and will half tension still sound on a normal guitar?
Experiences appreciated. David On 15 December 2011 14:54, Rob MacKillop <[email protected]> wrote: > Just get a regular 12-string guitar. You will have a modern orpharion, > complete with octave basses. Sounds beautiful playing lute music on it... > > Rob > > > On 15 December 2011 13:51, Bruno Fournier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Frankly I don't see the point of the exercise.A Simply to get double >> strings and learn lute technique?A >> >> A >> >> Bruno >> >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:33 AM, David van Ooijen >> <[1][email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you for your answer, Eugene, but what my friend has in mind is >> a >> 6-course lute setup on a guitar with 11-pegs: >> first single, 5 double strings. >> David >> >> On 15 December 2011 08:52, Eugene Kurenko <[2][email protected]> >> wrote: >> > A Hi David! >> > >> > A Well I had similar experience couple years ago. >> > >> > A Fishing line 0,6 mm on first string, then strings 1-5 from guitar >> set >> > A so we have 6 courses. And then I had to use again 5th guitar >> string on >> > A F and then four 6th guitar strings on other basses. So we have 11 >> > A single courses. It works well on 650mm guitar exerpt the lowest >> notes, >> > A they'll be quite dull. >> > >> > A Hope this can help to your friend. >> > >> > A Good luck! >> > A 2011/12/15 David van Ooijen <[1][3][email protected]> >> > >> > A A A friend of mine managed to put 11 tuning pegs in the head of >> her >> > A A classical guitar. Now she wants advide on stringing it like a >> > A A Renaissance lute. Before I ship her a set of >> what-I-think-might-work >> > A A strings, is there anybody out there who did the same thing and >> has >> > A A some experiences to share? >> > A A David >> > A A -- >> > A A ******************************* >> > A A David van Ooijen >> > A A [2][4][email protected] >> > A A [3][5]www.davidvanooijen.nl >> > A A ******************************* >> > A A To get on or off this list see list information at >> > A A [4][6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > >> > A -- >> > >> > References >> > >> > A 1. mailto:[7][email protected] >> > A 2. mailto:[8][email protected] >> > A 3. [9]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ >> > A 4. [10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > >> -- >> ******************************* >> David van Ooijen >> >> [11][email protected] >> [12]www.davidvanooijen.nl >> ******************************* >> >> -- >> >> A >> >> Bruno Cognyl-Fournier >> >> A >> >> [13]www.estavel.org >> >> A >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. mailto:[email protected] >> 2. mailto:[email protected] >> 3. mailto:[email protected] >> 4. mailto:[email protected] >> 5. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ >> 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> 7. mailto:[email protected] >> 8. mailto:[email protected] >> 9. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ >> 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> 11. mailto:[email protected] >> 12. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ >> 13. http://www.estavel.org/ >> > -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl *******************************
