In einer eMail vom 13.10.2006 20:05:06 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> So is this why the gittern is also tuned re-entrantly? For the campanile > effects? Given that it's so much smaller than a theorbo, and has wire strings > as well, the issue of breakage and tension would be appear to be less of an > issue. > Hi, what do you mean by gittern with wire strings ? If you are talking about the cittern then the tuning of the cittern probably has something to do with plectrum playing. It is often quite usefull having the melody notes on the outside strings. best wishes Mark -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
