Introduction To The Lute Book/Ola

Introduction To The Lute Book and Online Audio 📚🖥️🎵

For  Lute and Guitar Players

This book is aimed at beginner lute and guitar players interested in playing Renaissance lute music on either instrument. Lute and guitar tablature are included, along with notes on technique, biographies of lute composers from the 16th century, and general advice on buying, stringing and tuning a lute.

The book starts with single-line melodies, before progressing to two-part and full repertoire pieces. Selections include works by great Renaissance composers such as John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Alonso Mudarra, Francesco Spinacino and others, with music from England, Scotland, Italy, France and Germany.

A useful chord chart is also included. This book includes access to online audio and every piece in the book has been recorded for  by Rob MacKillop. 96 pages.

Contents Includes:

• Introduction  
• Practicalities - Tuning, Technique, Tablature  
• Notes on Repertoire and Composers  
• Exercises  
• Single-note Tunes  
• La Cornetta/Anon.  
• La Traditora/Hessen  
• Zorzi/Anon.  
• El Saltarello/Anon.  
• Two-Part Counterpoint Pieces  
• Wo soll ich mich hinkeren/Judenkunig  
• Fecit Potentiam/Fuenllana  
• Duet by Fuenllana  
• Repertoire Pieces  
• A Daunce/Straloch  
• A Port/Straloch  
• A Toye (1)/Pickeringe  
• A Toye (2)/Pickeringe  
• Branle Gay XVII/Attaingnant  
• Draw neare me and lowe me  
• Fantasia del quarto tono/Milán  
• Fantasia del quarto tono/Narvaez  
• Fantasia N./Milano  
• Fantasia X/Mudarra  
• I Long for thy Virginitie/Straloch  
• I Never Knew I Loved Thee/Rowallan  
• Lachrimae Pavan/Dowland  
• Mrs. Winter’s Jump/Dowland  
• Orlando Sleepeth/Dowland  
• Pauana alla Veneciana/Dalza(?)  
• Preludium/Dowland  
• Recercare a Juli amours/Spinacino  
• Ricercare X/Spinacino  
• Rhona’s Tune/Anon  
• Romanesca: 
• Guardame Las Vacas/Mudarra  
• Tarleton’s Riserrectione/Dowland  
• Tastar de corde/Dalza  
• The Buffins/Straloch  
• What if a Day/Pickeringe  
• Chords