[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing
Thank you! This should make the decision easy. Am 07.06.2018 um 19:19 schrieb Sean Smith: Just to add, of the two deRippe fantasies, one of them uses a 4th course that's dropped one whole tone. You see this tuning from time to time in other pieces but it doesn't need a string change. s On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Tristan, Nobody's written yet so I'll have a go. Like most lute objects the ren. guitar has a top string tuned as high and as comfortably as possible. For a 55cm length that translates to an A (415, 450 or nearby). I use the same diameter schedule as the top 4 courses on other lutes (with an allowance for the half-step higher 3rd course tho it's hardly necessary). The observation that it's similar to the inner 4 courses is more to show the interval relationship. By coincidence it's also the 4 inner courses of a descant lute with a top string of d. Sean On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:00 AM, Tristan von Neumann <[1][2]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote: Hi Lustists with Ren-Guitar! How would you string a Renaissance Guitar diameter-wise, let's say 55 cm, what are the most common tunings in Morlaye and Le Roy? (I'd love to play the Albert fantasies too). I see the "middle of a 6 course lute" is one possibility, what are others? What string diameters would you recommend to enable tuning changes without changing strings and still have an acceptable playability? Thanks :) To get on or off this list see list information at [2][3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[4]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 2. [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com 2. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 4. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing
Just to add, of the two deRippe fantasies, one of them uses a 4th course that's dropped one whole tone. You see this tuning from time to time in other pieces but it doesn't need a string change. s On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Tristan, Nobody's written yet so I'll have a go. Like most lute objects the ren. guitar has a top string tuned as high and as comfortably as possible. For a 55cm length that translates to an A (415, 450 or nearby). I use the same diameter schedule as the top 4 courses on other lutes (with an allowance for the half-step higher 3rd course tho it's hardly necessary). The observation that it's similar to the inner 4 courses is more to show the interval relationship. By coincidence it's also the 4 inner courses of a descant lute with a top string of d. Sean On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:00 AM, Tristan von Neumann <[1][2]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote: Hi Lustists with Ren-Guitar! How would you string a Renaissance Guitar diameter-wise, let's say 55 cm, what are the most common tunings in Morlaye and Le Roy? (I'd love to play the Albert fantasies too). I see the "middle of a 6 course lute" is one possibility, what are others? What string diameters would you recommend to enable tuning changes without changing strings and still have an acceptable playability? Thanks :) To get on or off this list see list information at [2][3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[4]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 2. [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com 2. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 4. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing
Hi Tristan, Nobody's written yet so I'll have a go. Like most lute objects the ren. guitar has a top string tuned as high and as comfortably as possible. For a 55cm length that translates to an A (415, 450 or nearby). I use the same diameter schedule as the top 4 courses on other lutes (with an allowance for the half-step higher 3rd course tho it's hardly necessary). The observation that it's similar to the inner 4 courses is more to show the interval relationship. By coincidence it's also the 4 inner courses of a descant lute with a top string of d. Sean On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:00 AM, Tristan von Neumann <[1]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote: Hi Lustists with Ren-Guitar! How would you string a Renaissance Guitar diameter-wise, let's say 55 cm, what are the most common tunings in Morlaye and Le Roy? (I'd love to play the Albert fantasies too). I see the "middle of a 6 course lute" is one possibility, what are others? What string diameters would you recommend to enable tuning changes without changing strings and still have an acceptable playability? Thanks :) To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
