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 > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
