Dear Martyn, Bill, Andreas and others
My initial enquiry to the list was about what the (nominal) pitches of
v Radolt's lutes were in relation to the string parts in his concerti
ie what pitches they needed to be in order for all three lutes and the
strings to be playing in the same
For f'' read f' .
MH
--- On Sat, 24/9/11, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
From: Martyn Hodgson
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: v Radolt's lutes again
To: "baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" ,
"lute.cor...@sunrise.ch" , "Christopher
Pearcy"
Date: Saturday,
Dear Chris,
Thank you for this.
Our paper suggested a 'reicht grosse ordinari Lautten' (proper large
common lute) in the nominal Dm tuning at 72cm - which, based on the
breaking stress of gut, indicates a pitch of the first course (at
nominal f'') a whole tone below A440 ie at
