[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing

2018-06-07 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Thank you! This should make the decision easy. Am 07.06.2018 um 19:19 schrieb Sean Smith: Just to add, of the two deRippe fantasies, one of them uses a 4th course that's dropped one whole tone. You see this tuning from time to time in other pieces but it doesn't need a string

[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing

2018-06-07 Thread Sean Smith
Just to add, of the two deRippe fantasies, one of them uses a 4th course that's dropped one whole tone. You see this tuning from time to time in other pieces but it doesn't need a string change. s On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote:

[LUTE] Re: Renaissance Guitar Tuning/Stringing

2018-06-07 Thread Sean Smith
Hi Tristan, Nobody's written yet so I'll have a go. Like most lute objects the ren. guitar has a top string tuned as high and as comfortably as possible. For a 55cm length that translates to an A (415, 450 or nearby). I use the same diameter schedule as the top 4 courses on

[LUTE] Re: Renaissance guitar in Australia

2006-04-26 Thread Andrew
I sent this with a picture attached and when I got it back there was nothing in the email. If anyone is interested and wants to see the pics just email me direct. I have been meaning to let you all know about our renaissance guitars and since someone was talking about a lute in Australia

RE: Renaissance guitar

2005-07-06 Thread Nelson, Jocelyn
to death! Stephen _ From: Nelson, Jocelyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 2:22 PM To: Stephen W. Gibson Subject: RE: Renaissance guitar Stephen, The Monkmeyer would be a good place to start because it has both facsimile tab and standard, edited notation (guitar

RE: Renaissance guitar

2005-07-05 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 12:18 PM 7/5/2005, Nelson, Jocelyn wrote: I recommend, however, that you find the tablatures of le Roy, Gorlier, Brayssing, and Morlaye. James Tyler may have an edition of some of these, and Monkmeyer has an edition of Le Roy's 1st book, pub. by Moeck Verlag Celle, 1995. Otherwise you'll

RE: Renaissance guitar

2005-07-05 Thread bill kilpatrick
where are you getting your guitar? any chance of photo's? best wishes. sounds exciting - bill and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly... - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), Historias de la Conquista del Mayab by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: