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| | The mandour (or Scottish mandora) was sometimes tuned in alternating fourths and fifths intervals, sometimes fourth-third-fourth-fourth (like a five course renaissance lute), but nobody's quite sure about the exact pitches. Here are a few alternatives that work: 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. | Name | Pitches | Comments | String gauges | Links |
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Standard tuning(s) | | Standard | A d' a' d'' a''A whole step above the GC tuning. I got this tuning from Jack Campin. It may seem very high, but the mandour is a small instrument.
This seems to have been the most common tuning for the "Scottish" mandour, but as mentioned, we can't really be sure. We know the intervals, but not the exact pitches. | | | | | GC | g c' g' c'' g''| This is the tuning Ronn McFarlane uses for his Scottish lute tutorial. | | | | Common tuning(s) | | G lute | c' f' a' d'' g''| Some mandour music require a fourth-third-fourth-fourth tuning (like the highest courses of a renaissance lute). The exact pitches are not really known, but g'' or a'' on the top seems the most likely options. | | | | | A lute | d' g' b' e'' a''| Some mandour music require a fourth-third-fourth-fourth tuning (like the highest courses of a renaissance lute). The exact pitches are not really known, but g'' or a'' on the top seems the most likely options. | | | |
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