Hello
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If you haven't yet ordered a lute, I would consider an 8 course, which
in my opinion is more versatile.A It even allows you to cheat and play
10 course music...A
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Bruno
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Braig, Eugene <[1]brai...@osu.edu>
wrote:
It's beginning to sound like an 8-course might actually better suit
your needs. A While short lived in period, they seem pretty
ubiquitous today.
Best,
Eugene
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From: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Joshua Burkholder
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:40 AM
To: [4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re-tuning the diapason of a 7c
Dear lute-listers,
A question from a beginner:
First to introduce myself, my name is Joshua and I've been playing the
lute for several months now; I have been on the list for a couple weeks
and am really enjoying following your discussions. I have a rental
7-course and I am now in the process of taking the plunge and buying a
lute of my own. After much reading, pondering and agonizing over the
best number of courses to start with, I've come to the conclusion that
a 7-course best suits my needs. So onto to my question:
I know that some people re-tune the 7th course from D to F as needed,
but on my rental lute this seems quite impossible. The diapason is
stung to F and if I drop it down to D it becomes far too wobbly and
flabby. From this I assume that if I were to restring it to D, which
I'd prefer on the whole, it would likewise be impossible to raise it to
F. Currently the lute is strung with Pyramid strings so the basses are
metal wound. Is it only possible to change from D to F on the same
string if one uses gut strings (Poulton remarks to this effect in her
tutor that if it's strung to be tuned at D "it will only be possible to
raise it to F if gut strings are used")? Otherwise I have to re-string?
Or does someone use some other stringing solution, besides just keeping
it D and fingering the third fret for F (or buying an 8-course
lute...)? I've read enough about stringing lutes to understand that it
will be a while before I understand anything about stringing lutes...
Thank you for taking the time to help out a newcomer.
Best wishes,
Joshua
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References
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