[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing

2018-06-07 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Thank you! This should make the decision easy. Am 07.06.2018 um 19:19 schrieb Sean Smith: Just to add, of the two deRippe fantasies, one of them uses a 4th course that's dropped one whole tone. You see this tuning from time to time in other pieces but it doesn't need a string

[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing

2018-06-07 Thread Sean Smith
Just to add, of the two deRippe fantasies, one of them uses a 4th course that's dropped one whole tone. You see this tuning from time to time in other pieces but it doesn't need a string change. s On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote:

[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing

2018-06-07 Thread Sean Smith
Hi Tristan, Nobody's written yet so I'll have a go. Like most lute objects the ren. guitar has a top string tuned as high and as comfortably as possible. For a 55cm length that translates to an A (415, 450 or nearby). I use the same diameter schedule as the top 4 courses on