On 24/11/2014 10:55, Martin Shepherd wrote:
Covering part of the rose seems only to reduce the overall resonance,
It will drop the pitch of the resonance. You can use this technique to home in on the frequency of a note that you are playing. i.e. Play the lowest note on the instrument and carefully shade the soundhole until you hear the fundamental of that note get a bit louder. (assuming, of course, that it's lower than the resonant frequency of the body to start with, I'm only guessing that because it's the case with a lot of instruments I've tried... ..including my 7-course lute) andy (not a lute expert) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
