Composition, baroque lute: Naochika Sogabe
I regularly play in a 13th-century church in my region. This church has optimal acoustics, and my instruments sound so wonderful there — almost surreal. Unfortunately, due to the nearby highway, recording is not possible… So, I try to virtually simulate the sound of this church in the studio.
Some of you have mentioned that I use too much reverb. However, it's not a product of imagination but rather an imitation of a real space.

No, no, this lute is not out of tune, but quite purely tuned!
But the harmonies actually sound quite different from how we are used to... I used the tuning in the Age of Enlightenment, 17th and 18th centuries. In the modern "equal temperament" are the 3rds and 6ths quite detuned. We don't notice that because we are used to it... In this "meantone temperament" is tuned so that most of the intervals sound as pure as possible. The pure intervals are based on the natural overtones and work positively for our mental health. And also for our cats - they often approach the speaker...
Please watch my video about the intonation "Tame the Wolf!":    • Tame the Wolf! Pure Intervals and His...  

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This lute is not out of tune, although the frets are quite irregular, but quite purely tuned!
In the modern "equal temperament" are the 3rds and 6ths quite detuned.
We don't notice that because we are used to it...
In this "meantone temperament" in the Age of Enlightenment (17th and 18th centuries) is tuned so that most of the intervals sound as pure as possible.
The pure intervals are based on the natural overtones and work positively for our mental health.
And also for our cats - they often approach the speaker...
About the intonation "Tame the Wolf!":    • Tame the Wolf! Pure Intervals and His...  

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I'm from Japan and studied historical music and music ethnology in Cologne/Germany and The Hague/Netherlands.
Now I live at the border between Germany and France.

- Oud & Lute - King of Instruments -
The origin of the oud belongs to the ancient times and similar instruments were used by the Babylonian and ancient Egyptian. Until today, oud is played as the "king of instruments" in Arabic culture.
The oud found his way to Europe in medieval times and it became "lute". During the Renaissance the lute was also regarded as the "king of instruments".

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