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So I have about 4 sopranos of different kinds (if you don't count my banjo ukulele), and apart from my Kala that sounds its best in C tuning, it seems they all prefer to be tuned to D. They sound fuller and the notes ring better in that tuning (Dirk from Southcoast Strings has very good explanations as to why it is so). I do need to keep half of my sopranos in C for practical reasons and they still sound good in this tuning, but I find D to be just perfect for this size. It just sounds so good! No wonder it used to be the standard tuning back in the days and it still is in several countries.
Which prompts me to ask the following: when and why did the standard tuning for sopranos change from D to C? What happened??
So I have about 4 sopranos of different kinds (if you don't count my banjo ukulele), and apart from my Kala that sounds its best in C tuning, it seems they all prefer to be tuned to D. They sound fuller and the notes ring better in that tuning (Dirk from Southcoast Strings has very good explanations as to why it is so). I do need to keep half of my sopranos in C for practical reasons and they still sound good in this tuning, but I find D to be just perfect for this size. It just sounds so good! No wonder it used to be the standard tuning back in the days and it still is in several countries.
Which prompts me to ask the following: when and why did the standard tuning for sopranos change from D to C? What happened??