I play at 392 with a string length of 69. My baroque guitar is also at 392
for de Visee. This is a home recording of my 11c:
http://www.rmguitar.info/mp3s/11c/TombeauDeDuBut.mp3
Some like that low pitch, others don't. You will read conflicting reports
about pitch during this period in France,
the
wonderful recordings in low pitch 392.
Are we merely accepting something because it has been done that way so
often?
From: howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:03:08 -0800
To: baroque Lutelist baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Pitch for French music
Earlier sources do exist, but they are not French. Do we consider
Mace as sufficiently French influenced to count as French?
Unfortunately I can't get into this article to see exactly what is said.
THOMAS MACE,
he tells you that When you begin to Tune, raise your treble or.
smallest string
accepting something because it has
been done that way so
often?
From: howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:03:08 -0800
To: baroque Lutelist
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Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Pitch for French music
On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Edward Martin wrote
seems counterintuitive to me, especially with gut
Sorry for the ranting!
Theo
From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:16:37 +0100
To: Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Pitch for French music
Earlier sources do exist
Generally, the lute in mid to later 17th century France was the d minor
tuning. The top string was usually at f. For a length of 68 cm,
generally, a gut treble can go to f at a=415. If you exceed 68 cm, the
standard for a probably dropped a bit, as with my many years of
experience, the
On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Edward Martin wrote:
Generally, the lute in mid to later 17th century France was the d
minor
tuning. The top string was usually at f. For a length of 68 cm,
generally, a gut treble can go to f at a=415. If you exceed 68 cm,
the
standard for a probably
Yes, the French seem to have played at a lower standard. Even Hoppy
Smith's Vieux Gaultier recording was at 392.
ed
At 05:03 PM 2/13/2008 -0800, howard posner wrote:
On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Edward Martin wrote:
Generally, the lute in mid to later 17th century France was the d
minor
On Feb 13, 2008, at 6:42 PM, Edward Martin wrote:
Yes, the French seem to have played at a lower standard.
Well, let's not be unkind...
Even Hoppy
Smith's Vieux Gaultier recording was at 392.
I didn't know Hoppy was =06French.
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