Luke El U
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The books and videos by Rob MacKillop, Tony Mizen, John King and UkeVal have really turned me on to the possiblities for Early Music (Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque) played on ukulele.
I want to share some other great sources I've discovered and am wondering what other people have found out there.
UkeVal has already recommended this book of renaissance tunes arranged for the renaissance guitar (a four-stringed instrument tuned like the baritone):
http://www.sf-luth.org/index.php?Partitions/Le_Secret_des_Muses
Volume 18 : 108 pièces pour guitare renaissance, (France, Italie, Espagne, Angleterre et Irlande) Arrangements par Pascale Boquet. Paris 2000. 60 p. Prix : 15 € / 18 € + (FR / 4 €) (EU / 7 €)
My copy arrived last week and I'm lovin' it. It's written in French tabulature, but it's very easy to figure out and fits perfectly on a bari or low G tenors, concerts and sopranos. UkeVal tells me some tunes also work well with high G, and you can see him beautifully playing many of these tunes on YouTube.
There's a whole other book out there with 133 other pieces written by composers of the period specifically for the renaissance guitar. Written in standard notation, it should all fit on the bari as well. Unfortunately,
it's not currently available to me at bookstores here in Thailand.
Guitar Music of the 16th Century by Keith Calmes
http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Music-Century-Archive-Editions/dp/0786603127#reader_0786603127
While viewing the many great videos of Rob MacKillop, I discovered the Scottish "Guittar" of the baroque era. The music fits almost perfectly on a bari (which of course translates to a low G tenor, etc.).
And guess what! All that music is free right here:
Twelve Divertimentis for the Guittar by James Oswald
http://academic.luther.edu/~goodinjo/oswald/oswald12.htm
Totally awesome, eh?
I want to share some other great sources I've discovered and am wondering what other people have found out there.
UkeVal has already recommended this book of renaissance tunes arranged for the renaissance guitar (a four-stringed instrument tuned like the baritone):
http://www.sf-luth.org/index.php?Partitions/Le_Secret_des_Muses
Volume 18 : 108 pièces pour guitare renaissance, (France, Italie, Espagne, Angleterre et Irlande) Arrangements par Pascale Boquet. Paris 2000. 60 p. Prix : 15 € / 18 € + (FR / 4 €) (EU / 7 €)
My copy arrived last week and I'm lovin' it. It's written in French tabulature, but it's very easy to figure out and fits perfectly on a bari or low G tenors, concerts and sopranos. UkeVal tells me some tunes also work well with high G, and you can see him beautifully playing many of these tunes on YouTube.
There's a whole other book out there with 133 other pieces written by composers of the period specifically for the renaissance guitar. Written in standard notation, it should all fit on the bari as well. Unfortunately,
it's not currently available to me at bookstores here in Thailand.
Guitar Music of the 16th Century by Keith Calmes
http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Music-Century-Archive-Editions/dp/0786603127#reader_0786603127
While viewing the many great videos of Rob MacKillop, I discovered the Scottish "Guittar" of the baroque era. The music fits almost perfectly on a bari (which of course translates to a low G tenor, etc.).
And guess what! All that music is free right here:
Twelve Divertimentis for the Guittar by James Oswald
http://academic.luther.edu/~goodinjo/oswald/oswald12.htm
Totally awesome, eh?