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Re:Why Is The Guitar Tuned Like It Is? by shams93 on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:54AM (#33122181)
The lute originally had this 3rd in its open strings, guitar came from the lute. Lute like guitar has all 4ths and then one 3rd.
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Re:Why Is The Guitar Tuned Like It Is? by rdtennent on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:43AM (#33122859)
You're speaking of the renaissance lute. The baroque lute was most often in an open D minor tuning for the top (fretted) strings: ADFADF.
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Re:Why Is The Guitar Tuned Like It Is? by analog31 on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:27PM (#33128637)
Likewise viola da gamba, also played chordally
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