I usually tune my cittern GG,DD, gg,dd, gg
It’s ok but not great for playing tunes in some keys.
Any one use another tuning that they could recommend for ITM on Cittern?
You could try to tune using fifths, same as fiddle, mandolin, etc. (G,D,A,E) or open tuning D like a guitar (DADGAD).
djm
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D’G’Dad for me. BTW, I just tried a new string setup: GHS phosphor bronze True Medium (I can use ball-end guitar strings because of Foley’s tailpiece design). The two bass courses are lighter than on Standard Medium, so they have more tension and sound brighter and act less “flabby”. The effect is somewhere between medium and light gauge, and the sound is almost as bright as bright bronze strings, but phosphor bronze, of course, lasts longer. GREAT tone. I’m a very happy camper.
I’ll have to check out the C’G’Dad tuning. I’ve heard of it before, but never tried it.
I like to experiment with tunings on my guitar,maybe some of the tunings in this link could be adapted for Cittern.
http://www.consult-eco.ndirect.co.uk/guitar/tunings.htm
Just a thought.
Slan,
D.
Thanks for the link, D. I didn’t think that there’d be so many ways to tune a guitar! I printed the chart out here at work.
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The great Joni Mitchell has developed over ninety tunings. A brush with Polio as a child left her with a very weak left hand so to compensate she gets the tuning to do most of the work.
Slan,
D.
Jeff Martin, guitarist for The Tea Party, has a computerized bridge that retunes his guitar on the fly; something you need when you play in as many different tunings as he does. When I make my second million I’m tempted to trry one of these things …
djm
My main cittern has a shortish scale (20.5") and i tune either GDAEA or GDADA and capo up depending on the key. I’m typically flatpicking melody and/or doing simple droney accompaniment; i tend to think of the thing as an octave mandolin with a high A drone.
This is one of things that really appeals to me about the cittern: there’s no real “received” wisdom or traditional styles. Everyone who plays gets to discover it for themself, even down to the “basics” like tuning.
With a bit of a longer scale DADAE or DADAD are the most common I’ve seen.