[LUTE] 16th century tuning and stringing

2015-01-16 Thread Robert Barto
sorry, meant to say octaves were being used more in England at that time than elsewhere __ [1][avast-mail-stamp.png] Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprueft. [2]www.avast.com -- Ref

[LUTE] 16th century tuning and stringing

2015-01-16 Thread Robert Barto
Thank you all for this so far. I just checked out Barley (1596) which is apparently a revision of the previous English translation of le Roys instructions. It clearly calls for octaves on 4, 5 and 6. So this tuning seems to have been propagated in the tutors in late 16th century Engl

[LUTE] 16th century tuning and stringing

2015-01-16 Thread Robert Barto
Hello lute friends, How many sources do we have in all of Europe from @1500-1600 that tell exactly how the lute was tuned concerning the octaves on the 4,5 and 6th courses? Thanks, Robert __ [1][avast-mail-st