at this period?
Rob
www.rmguitar.info
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From: Martin Shepherd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10 December 2007 08:57
To: Lute Net
Subject: [LUTE] Re: baroque lute pitch
Dear All,
I assume, at least as a starting point, that baroque lutes had a a
first
course tuned reasonably
Dear All,
I assume, at least as a starting point, that baroque lutes had a a first
course tuned reasonably close to breaking point just like renaissance
lutes (Mimmo has an argument that the limiting factor on a baroque lute
is actually the 5th course because it is too thin to be anything
about raising the first course to just below breaking
point actually come from France at this period?
Rob
www.rmguitar.info
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From: Martin Shepherd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10 December 2007 08:57
To: Lute Net
Subject: [LUTE] Re: baroque lute pitch
Dear All,
I
If you take g' at a'=440 as a reasonable pitch for a 60cm string
length - and I find a good gut string is fine at that pitch - then
the equivalent for f' is about 67cm and for e' about 71cm. So I
have no problem tuning a baroque lute to f' at a'=415, as long as
the string length is less than
On Dec 8, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Edward Martin wrote:
I certainly can use a gut treble,
but I must lower the pitch of the treble.
Hi Ed,
I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. On a Baroque lute in 415:
do you mean simply lessening the string tension by loosening the
string to lower the
At 12:17 PM 12/9/2007 -0500, David Rastall wrote:
On Dec 8, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Edward Martin wrote:
I certainly can use a gut treble,
but I must lower the pitch of the treble.
Hi Ed,
I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. On a Baroque lute in 415: do
you mean simply lessening the string
Nigel Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
What pitch do people tune their baroque lutes to? Baroque lutes tend to
be anywhere between 68-75 cm, which is a wide range. Does everyone use
a' 415 or higher or lower?
Depends on purpose.
I use the swanneck for continuo, also, so I have it at a' =
72 @ 440/444.
RT
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From: Nigel Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 8:55 AM
Subject: [LUTE] baroque lute pitch
What pitch do people tune their baroque lutes to? Baroque lutes tend to
be anywhere between 68-75 cm,
I have an 11 course 67.5 cm mensur, tuned at 415. I also have a 70.5 cm
mensur lute, tuned at around 405-410 (I would like to tune at 415, but it
is too long to accommodate a treble).
I have heard a few baroque lutes down in a = 392, or even lower. I have a
few recordings at a very low
Hi Nigel
I'm usually lower on my 13 course hoffman rider copy.
SS
--- Nigel Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What pitch do people tune their baroque lutes to?
Baroque lutes tend to
be anywhere between 68-75 cm, which is a wide
range. Does everyone use
a' 415 or higher or lower?
Nigel
On Dec 8, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Edward Martin wrote:
I have an 11 course 67.5 cm mensur, tuned at 415. I also have a
70.5 cm
mensur lute, tuned at around 405-410 (I would like to tune at 415,
but it
is too long to accommodate a treble).
Hi Ed,
I'm surprised to hear you say that 70.5 cm is
Hello, Dave!
Thanks for your note. Some people are surprised to hear this, that 70 cm
is too long for 415, f (treble). In our times, we are so used to using
synthetic strings for a baroque lute, so when we go to gut, we encounter
frustration over trebles that break quickly, and will not
I use the following pitches professionally for baroque in order of frequency
415.3 // 413 The Baroque standard for baroque orchestras, whatever
that means, ymmv (413: some older recorders at 413)
440 (Modern orchestras 17th c. music, some big symphonies are a tad higher)
462-467 (Only 17th c
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