Originally posted by Elie Riachi
Hi Jameel,
I'll be glad to help. Here are my caluclations for the tehnsions in newtons for 51 cm scale length if you use the Arabic Aquila set:
F 24.91
A 25.84
D 31.43
G 24.68
C 30.25
The tensions above are about half of what they would be on a regular sized oud, which might be a good thing for childs fingers.
I wouldn't know what the tensions would be from a Turkish set from Aquila since I do not know what the linear mass densities are for each string,
if someone knows what they are and posts them then we can calculate these tunsions when tuned to Arabic. But in genral a Turkish set tuned to Arabic
will most likely have lower tension than the Arabic set Mimmo will be able to confirm that.
Do you know what tensions you would like to have?
Regards,
Elie |