John, he just means tuning the bass notes, the diapasons, to the key of the piece. So, if a piece is in C major, the bass strings would be ABCDEFG. If the key is F, the bass strings would be ABbCDEFG, because Bb is in the key signature of F Major. Similarly, for G Major, the bass strings would be ABCDEF#G, as F# is in the key signature. Comprende?
Rob > On 5 Jan 2017, at 13:05, John Yentes <jackyen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello All, > I recently acquired Miguel Yisrael's fantastic Book "method for the > Baroque lute" and have found it to be a wealth of information. I am, > however puzzled by one piece of information I can not figure out. > When the book first starts getting into the pieces, I noticed the first > one says "Tuning FM" which I am assuming is F major. I could not find > a detailed list of different tunings for the baroque lute as I assumed > that the primary tuning was Dm all the time. Can someone explain to > me or refer me to a source where I can read about alternate tunings and > how to achieve them? Would I need different strings for this? Any > help would be appreciated. As always, thank you so much for your > help. > John > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
