On Nov 28, 2007, at 12:06 PM, Ron Fletcher wrote: > A 10-course lute is my next choice instead of 8. Even then, I have > come > across pieces where only the open 10th appears in the bass. So > maybe this > is also common for 9th & 8-course tablature, where that course > makes only a > rare appearance.
With a 9-course you can always tune the 9th course to C, or leave it as a D, in the same way as you could change the tuning of the 7th course on a 7-c lute. It would be nice to have a low D at the very bottom, as on the 9-course, without having to fish around on it, as I have to do on the 10-course. Hmmm, maybe I'll just take off that 10th course... David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
