Thanks for this. I would tune the open strings in relation to each other and not by using the fingerboard which would be rather begging the question. I believe this sort of analysis is extremely valuable especially since many (not you of course) who claim to use some form of 'meantone' tuning only ever look at the first course and seem blissfully unaware that the chromatic/diatonic sequence is different on different courses! Martyn
Alexander Batov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:11 PM Martyn Hodgson wrote: > It would be of further interest to do this for each course so as to see > the different chromatic/diatonic semitone relationships between all the > courses. I agreed first, but I'm not sure if this is actually necessary and / or whether it gives you any 'enhanced' picture of chromatic / diatonic relationships ... For example it would depend how you tune intervals between open courses: by unisons from the fingerboard, from other fixed-pitch instruments or, indeed, from the tuner and, either to pure intervals or with deviations. Alexander To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. --
