Hi All,
I assume by "forwarding" David means pushing the string towards the
bridge with the stopping finger to flatten it (also possible to pull it
in the other direction to sharpen it).
I do both, sometimes - much easier with Nylgut and gut, where the finger
contact with the string is quite grippy. Incidentally with an octave
string the effect is sometimes greater for one string than the other,
which is sometimes what you want (if one string would otherwise be not
quite a perfect octave with the other).
Pushing or pulling the string across the fingerboard is much riskier
because it tends to pull the two strings of the course together.
Who said lute playing wasn't a subtle art? Happy tuning,
Martin
On 14/02/2012 03:37, David Tayler wrote:
If you have a temperament with two sets of notes, for frets, one of
which is flat and one of which is right on, then you can pull the flat
notes "up" into tune and leave the others in tune.
You can also "forward" a note slightly flatter, but I can't do that
reliably.
d
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From: hera caius<caiush2...@yahoo.com>
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tue, February 7, 2012 1:23:25 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: imperfectly tune
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From: hera caius<[2]caiush2...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [LUTE] imperfectly tune
To: "Nicolae Szekely"<[3]mikiszek...@yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 11:22 AM
There is no "perfect" tuning. There are several ways to tune the lute
instruments.
[1][4]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament
From my experience I can tell you that you can't have all the notes
on
all frets at equal temperament in the same moment. You can adjust the
frets that you use more often (usually in the first position) and you
must be patient and forget about "perfect"/"imperfect".
By the way, as I played your lute before I can tell you in that
moment
was very good.
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From: Nicolae Szekely<[6]mikiszek...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [LUTE] imperfectly tune
To: [7]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 12:43 PM
In fact, what things do to a good tune of a lute ? after 4 years,
I
can't tune my lute... It is a lute ? (imperfect construction?) Or
the
strings ? I use New Nilgut. I thing the soundboard makes some
harmonics
that "harm" the perfect sound. Maybe it is some secrets to make a
verry
good lute (sounboard) ? I am a little dispered... I cant play on
lute
when, for example, the first string, in a position, is correctly
"g",
but in c position is NOT "a" ....
Sorry for my bad english.
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