c’ f’ a’ c” ; b e’ g#’ b’ ; g c’ e’ g’ ; d’ g’ b’ d” ; a d’ f#’ a’

c’ f’ a’ c”   ;   b e’ g#’ b’   ;   g c’ e’ g’   ;   d’ g’ b’ d”   ;   a d’ f#’ a’

These tunings are used in a number of pieces from the baroque period. Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626 – 1712) uses c’ f’ a’ c” to accompany the voice in Beschluss des Jahres and Je mehr wir Jahre zehlenm… , and b e’ g#’ b’ for Gute Nacht / du eitle Welt and Welt ade… . Several dance pieces also go in one of these tunings, including two by Giuseppe Colombi (1635 – 1694), one by A. Goor in the Di Martinelli manuscript, and several anonymous ones. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber‘s Rosary Sonata no. 7 “The Scourging of Jesus” (1674 – 1676) is written in c’ f’ a’ c”.

 

 

Swedish fiddle player Oscar Anell wrote a brudvals and a polska in b e’ g#’ b’. One Swedish tune in the same tuning is also included in the collection Svenska Låtar.

Norwegian fiddle player Lars Sævidt wrote two tunes in the tuning a d’ f#’ a’.