Re: lute tunings

On 02/12/2025 00:57, Dan Eble wrote:
> On 2025-11-30 21:01, Shane Brandes wrote:
>> Can something like this be added to the string-tunings-init.ly?
>>
>> %% lute tunings
>> \makeDefaultStringTuning #'lute-5-course-g-tuning \stringTuning <d g a 
>> d' g'>
>> \makeDefaultStringTuning #'lute-6-course-d-tuning \stringTuning <d, g, 
>> c e a d'>
>> \makeDefaultStringTuning #'lute-6-course-g-tuning \stringTuning <g, c 
>> f a d' g'>
> 
> Are you willing to read the LilyPond Contributor's Guide and submit a 
> GitLab merge request for review?  If not, we could create a ticket and 
> someone would undertake it within the next fifty years, maybe.
> 
> One of the things you would be asked in either case is where this 
> request is grounded.  Are these tunings just your peculiar favorites? 
> Are they universally recognized among lutenists?  Are there other 
> contrasting conventions?

I don't recognise any of those, although I think mine might simply be 
the second one transposed up a tone. I met lute music through playing 
classical guitar, and was told to just drop the g-string to f#.

Cheers,
Wol