Tuned it, loved it!! Pieter
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Simon Wascher Verzonden: vrijdag 4 april 2008 12:50 Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: gurdy tuning was: Re: [HG] Still there? Hello, Am 04.04.2008 um 10:48 schrieb Lauwers Pieter: > I'm just looking for a good, standard temperament to tune both my > HG in. (G/C and a D/G. A little bit like "tangent tuning for dummies". First, a general answer: tune the gurdies to Kirnberger II (http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirnberger_temperament) - this is easy if you either 1. have got a tuner that is capable of this temperament or 2. are able to hear and tune pure fifths: tune all fifths pure exept D-A and A-E, put the A into about the middle position between its position as pure fifth A-D and its position as pure fifth A-E. if you can hear pure fifths this tunung practically can be achived the following way (here for G/C): tune the trompette to D according to the A of the tuner tune the G drone according to the to the tropette in D, tune the open G chanter, all G and H to the drone of G, tune all A and C# to the tuner, tune all D and F# to the tropette in D (retune the trompette after the tuner A if neccessary), tune the C drone to the open G chanter, tune all C, E, F and Ab (the C as major third of Ab) to the drone of C, retune the mouche or G drone into F according to the C drone, and tune the Bb to the F retune the C drone into Bb according to the now F drone, and tune the Eb to the Bb. now a row of pure fifths is established: E-H-F#-C#-G#/Ab-Eb-Bb-F-C-G- D-A the interval E-A is much too small. The fret for A is fine in G but to high in C major or A minor. Retune the A down a bit, so that if you press the key with minimum pressure it sounds nice in C and if you press it with more pressure it sounds nice in G. Check the effect by playing an F major chord (F A C) and an D major chord (D F# A) alternating. For this it is helpfull to switch between the trompette in D to support the A major chord and the C drone to support the F major chord. This retuning of the A now establishes a version of the Kirnberger II temperament as it is splitting the ditonic comma (difference between 7 octaves and 12 perfect fifths) between the two fifths D-A and A-E. The difference to standard Kirnberger II temperament is that sice one can change the pitch of A by pressing the key more or less, the split of the comma is not equally distributed, A-E is bigger than D-A which can be corrected by pressing the key. kind regards, Simon --- have a look at: http://hurdygurdywiki.wiki-site.com http://drehleierwiki.wiki-site.com --- my site: http://simonwascher.info
