The last page of the pdf shows the tuning. It only needs 11 courses so you only 
need the Eb in the basses HOWEVER there is a funky scordatura for the 5th and 
6th courses (Bb and Ab) which may be a challenge with basic strings.

> On Apr 21, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Herbert Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I am starting a Baroque lute suite by one Johann Christian Jacobi.
> 
> The title page has "Mi bemol majeur".  Does this definitely
> indicate that I should tune my bass strings to an E-flat major 
> scale:  Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, and G?
> 
> The PDF is at
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60516846/Partitions_pour_luth_baroque/Musiques/Les_manuscrits/Harrach_Rohrau/V12_Luth_solo/Tablature/H12_2_Jacobi_Suite.pdf
> 
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