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Thread #126768   Message #3394106
Posted By: Artful Codger
23-Aug-12 - 01:37 PM
Thread Name: Re-entrant tuning: why?
Subject: RE: Re-entrant tuning: why?
And a brilliant example of campanella playing:

Boureé from Partita No. 3, BWV 1006 by J.S. Bach, played by John King:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAgMqbsKhgw

"Campanella" means "bell-like". It's also spelled "campanela", and that may be the more proper spelling. This style of playing is nothing new; one of the reasons reentrant tunings developed in the first place was to facilitate sustain through this style. So the ukulele is coming back full circle.