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Renaissance cittern tunings




The list contains 4 alternative tunings. Some of them should work with regular string sets, while others might require special gauges.

It's by no means a complete list of course and I'd love to hear of any other great tunings you've come across. Post a message at The message board and I'll pick it up there.

NamePitchesCommentsString gaugesLinks

Standard tuning(s)

Italianb/b g/g'/g d'/d' e'/e'Probably the tuning most associated with the instrument today.
      Frencha/a g/g'/g d'/d' e'/e'Fourth course one note lower than in Italian tuning. Most continental cittern composers seem to have used this tuning.

          Common tuning(s)

          Bergmann tuningg b d' g'Strings tuned in a G major chord.
            The Bergmann ("miner") tuning was used in Thüringen from the 1700s and onwards. At first the instrument was all but identical to the old renaissance cittern, later it got more bass strings and evolved into the Thüringer zither and eventually the Waldzither.

              Other tuning(s)

              German baroqued' g b e'A tuning known from 1660, Thüringen, Germany. I'm not sure whether there were any octave strings. This tuning seems to have been the foundation of the Thüringische zither. Note the similarities both with the English tuning and with regular moder guitar tuning.

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