[LUTE] Re: One more damn question about which instrument... (fwd)

2005-09-16 Thread Jon Murphy
Wayne, > I have found that using the lightest classical guitar strings > (medium??) and tuning a pitch low gives a lower tension > to the strings. The guitar won't sound as good as a lute, > and it won't sound as good as a regularly strung classical > guitar, but it will hael you work on lute rh

[LUTE] Re: One more damn question about which instrument... (fwd)

2005-09-15 Thread Wayne Cripps
I have found that using the lightest classical guitar strings (medium??) and tuning a pitch low gives a lower tension to the strings. The guitar won't sound as good as a lute, and it won't sound as good as a regularly strung classical guitar, but it will hael you work on lute rh technique.