Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 August 27

= August 27 =

Suicide Squad (film)
I am searching for someone to help me with my questions in Talk:Suicide_Squad_(film). You may alternatively answer to my crossposting on the German Wikipedia, if you prefer. Thanks in advance. -- Großkatze (talk) 01:17, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Could someone check the tuning of the Bolin alto guitar at Eleven-string alto guitar?
The tuning given now (since July 24 2016) at article eleven-string alto guitar seems ok (as we seem to be essentially talking about a classical guitar transposed one minor 3rd up, so a G minor instrument, to which were added 5 bass strings forming a G minor rising scale from iii to vii), after the article had been giving, since 2013, an absurd tuning, taken (oh boy!) from the site of a guitar maker! (The link is still there). Can someone check that it is truly ok now and that I haven't missed anything, as I know nothing about the Bolin guitar in fact and am going by musical common sense and some knowledge of the usual 6-string classical guitar. Thanks. Contact Basemetal   here  22:12, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

PS: I've looked again at the tuning given at that guitar maker's site. It seems a little less nonsensical once I've realized in Sweden they use the German notation, so his "B" is actually a B-flat. He does give the tuning backwards (from highest to lowest) contrary to pretty much standard practice (from lowest to highest) but could things be different in Sweden? (It is true that the strings of the guitar are numbered from highest to lowest, but the tuning is always given from lowest to highest). Finally there remains the question of the major 3rd: is it between the 2nd and 3rd string (as expected) or between the 3rd and 4th string (like he says)? There doesn't seem to be any conceivable reason for a guitar to have a vihuela tuning. In other words: though the tuning given at that site looks a bit more sensible, a check by a truly knowledgeable editor would still be welcome. Thanks. Contact Basemetal   here  22:23, 27 August 2016 (UTC)


 * People who are knowledgeable on such things presumably don't frequent the Entertainment desk; perhaps a query over at Reference desk/Humanities would be better. (?) 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:4BF:6AED:D301:8167 (talk) 19:24, 29 August 2016 (UTC) -- I took the liberty of doing so. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:4BF:6AED:D301:8167 (talk) 19:34, 29 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Great. Thanks. Contact Basemetal   here  19:43, 29 August 2016 (UTC)