You may already know this, but transcription from one instrument (or
tuning) to another can be done pretty easily through fronimo. Say you
start with a version for Baroque lute in ton ravissant. If you go to
F5/instrument, click on "transpose and transcribe" and then change the
tuning to archlute (customized to fit whatever key you are using. This
field doesn't use the "b" symbol, so you have to specify, e.g., Eb as
D#, etc.) and hit OK, you will get a new version for the new instrument.
Looking at the new version, you may need to tweak it a bit to make it
playable, but that approach definitely works. I also use this strategy
for converting from one sized lute to another. For example, suppose you
have a ground written for bass lute in D. To rewrite it for, say, a 7 or
8-course or archlute in G, you start with the original version, go into
F5/instrument and change the "first course" setting to D (the default
setting is G), without hitting "transcribe or "transpose and
transcribe", then hit "apply"; then change "first course" to G and
choose "renaissance 7 course" or "renaissance 8-course" or "archlute",
hit "transpose and transcribe", then OK, and you will get a new version
for lute in G, which, again, you will usually have to tweak a bit.
I use a similar approach to convert pieces where the 6th course is
tuned down to F (or where other variant tunings have been used) to a
version for 7- or 8-course lute or archlute in standard tuning. Under
f5/instrument, I first put in the custom tunings using "modify custom
tuning" as necessary to make the piece sound correct when played in
fronimo. Then hit "apply". Then change to the tuning or instrument you
want to change to, hit "transpose and transcribe", then "OK", and you
will get the transposed version, which, again, will probably need to be
tweaked to make it more playable.
--Sarge
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