Dear Bruno, What would be the point of such a tuning? Some of us don't come from a classical guitar background and this would be pointless to us, not to mention making all the solo music unplayable - no campanellas etc.
Edward Yong ======== τούτο ηλεκτρονικόν ταχυδρομείον εκ είΦωνου εμεύ επέμφθη. Hæ litteræ electronicæ ab iPhono missæ sunt. 此電子郵件發送于自吾iPhone。 This e-mail was sent from my iPhone. > On 15 Jan 2016, at 11:26 PM, Bruno Cognyl-Fournier <fournier...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear lutenetters, > Has anyone ever experimented tuning a theorbo like a guitar with an E > top string, no re-entrant tuning? to facilitate the player with reading > a continuo part from music notation? this would essentially give the > same tessitura as a regular theorbo and allow to play the melody on the > top string instead of mucking around on the 3 rd string... > what would be the top string gauge suggestion for a 74 cm string > length? > Bruno > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
