One thing about gut strings when using a 4th course, or larger
diameter, all one has to do is to stick the string through the peg
hole. None does not have to make a knot & kink it.
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At 06:43 PM 7/16/2009, Sean Smith wrote:
>Another trick is to never cut the bass fundamental whatever its
That's a good trick, Leonard, and a real dollar saver. And the strobe
could be useful. On a good string in natural light it *should* be
difficult to pick out the wavy line of a false string. Still I wonder
if the strobe might give you the 'false positive' of a bad string.
Obviously I shou
Here's another 8 course (all gut) with the out-of-tune fretted 5th
(and, once, 6th) course. Took the advice of reversing the string (in this
case, the fundamental), and -- presto! no problem. Saved me $20 on a pistoy
gut string. The old one had gone false, but in away that reversal
elimin
And the double metal wounds struck together seem to reinforce
themselves so they ring f-o-r--e--v---ah !
"Uuuwwaawaaaoooo, baby!"
We 'stuck-in-the-rennaissance-touchy-feely-ropey-gut-types' just have
to go to longer lutes to get that kind of sustain-lovin' action.
Different take on the issue.
If you're using a metal-wound (rich in harmonics) on the 5th course of
an 8-course lute, there is no reason whatsoever to pair that with an
octave string (there only to enrich a dull (gut) bass string with
extra harmonics).
So, how about replacing the octave string with
Hi All,
I've got exactly the same problem: same kind of lute, same tuning, same
course, same string (which is actually a brand new one)... I wonder if this
is not a string problem.
Nicolás
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De: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] En nombre
de Iv
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009, Ivo Jancík said:
> Hello everybody.
>
> I have a tuning problem with my lute, which I don't know how to solve. I have
> got 8-course lute, G-tuning, 572 mm bridge to nut. My fifth course (C)
> consists of Nylgut 56 and wounded NG 112D (octave difference). After fine
> tu
Dear All,
Yes, I agree, try turning the string round. What happens is the string
gets worn thinner, especially around the second fret where it gets
fingered more often than anywhere else.
Gut string users should note that this happens with gut strings as well,
so turning the string round is
Try to turn the wound string around (tail to head). If that does not work - it
is wounded indeed! and you need the new string. Of course, one can spend some
time with a micrometer measuring the string, looking for the twisted part of
it, and hoping it is not in the middle of the string. But just
