Early Guitars Instruments Early Music E Styles
Early Guitars Instruments Early Music E Styles
All were easily recognisable as guitars, with the typical waisted body; some were flat-backed, others had vaulted backs. Their repertoire was written in various forms of tablature, and was quite different from the contemporary guitar repertoire, being much closer to lute music. "Lutes which looked like guitars, or guitars which played lute music?"
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Instructions for the Baroque Guitar - Three translations of contemporary guidance for Baroque guitar players, covering tuning, tablature, and stringing.
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Guide to Early Instruments :: The Guitar and Vihuela - Describes and traces the development of early members of the guitar family.
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The Guitar in England - Excerpts from "The Early Guitar: A History and Handbook" (James Tyler, OUP, 1980), describing the development of the vihuela, Renaissance and Baroque, and English guitars, with comments on tunings and playing techniques.
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Early Guitar - Scores and MIDIs of arrangements by Dana Hawkes. In .pdf form.
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Francois Campion :: Pieces for Baroque guitar in alternate tunings - A collection of pieces by Francois Campion for Baroque guitar, in modern tablature; also notes on Campion's tunings.
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Monica Hall Baroque Guitar Research - Pieces by Corbetta from Castillion's Liege Manuscript and five course guitar stringing.
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La Vihuela - Gallery, performers and discography of the 16th century Spanish guitar.
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Baroque Guitar for the Modern Performer - An article exploring the differences between the baroque and modern classical instrument, their respective repertoires, and adapting the older music for the modern instrument.
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Sixteenth-Century Printed Tablatures - An annotated bibliography of tablature written for the lute, vihuela, early guitar, cittern, bandora, mandora, and orpharion; arranged chronologically and by composer.
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The Baroque Guitar :: Printed Music from 1606-1737 - Dr Gary Boyes' research into playing styles and repertoire for the Baroque guitar, with an explanation of tablature used in the period.
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The Lute Ring - A webring for sites related to lutes and early guitars.
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The Guitar Pre-1650 - The guitar and its predecessors; a short history with practical tips about finding/playing old instruments.
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A manuscript found in Oporto - Preserved in Galvao-Kristófcsák Foundation of Lagos, in Algarve, Portugal, it is a unique, anonymous collection of works for five course Baroque guitar.
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