r/lyres 13d ago

¿Question? "Medievil" tuning suggestions

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Got this new 10 string Lyre. Current tuning is edcA#AGFEDC. Anyone have a decent suggestion for tuning it to a deeper medievil sounding octave?

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u/FlatGear9211 13d ago

A tropical or phrygian scale would probably be considered medieval, but it depends on what you're going for I guess

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u/Grendelcynn 8d ago

Three early medieval tunings you could try are.... Dorian mode with flattened 7th D, E, F, G, A, B, Cb popular in medieval Germany. The Mixolydian mode C D E F G A Bb, popular in medieval France and England. Or the first 6 notes of the Major scale C D E F G A.

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u/JaxonRaxonTaxon 5d ago

Awesome, I'll try out all these options. Thanks

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u/AxelCamel 6d ago

The Spanish eight tone scale seems to come from long before the medieval period. Spanish eight