Full Description
Playing with Patterns on the Lute is a practical guide for all lutenists who want to learn how to ornament their music with sixteenth-century divisions. Written for the Renaissance lute in G, it includes examples and exercises in French tablature, which is familiar to players around the world.
While methods for wind and stringed instruments by writers such as Diego Ortiz, Riccardo Rognioni, and Giovanni Bassano exist, there are no surviving methods from the sixteenth century for learning these skills specifically on the lute. There are, however, a wealth of examples in thousands of European lute tablatures. Through an analysis of the divisions used by sixteenth-century lutenists in these tablature sources, internationally renowned lutenist and teacher Nigel North sets forth a method for the modern lutenist and explains, with multiple examples, how renaissance lutenists approached their division making. Focusing on patterns from eleven tablature case studies from lutenist composers, including Hans Newsidler, Alonso Mudarra, Luis de Narvaez, Francesco da Milano, Vincenzo Galilei, Giovanni Terzi, Adrian Le Roy, John Johnson, and John Dowland, North presents more than one hundred examples and exercises from their music.
Contents
Part 1. Fundamentals of Divisions
1: Introduction
2: Graces
3: General Rules
4: Twelve Types of Divisions
Part 2. Tablature Case Studies
5: Tablature Case Studies: Introduction
6: Nach Willen Dein, Paul Hofhaimer (1459-1537): Three Versions by Hans Newsidler (1536 and 1544)
7: Je prens en grè, Clemens non papa (ca. 1510-ca. 1555): As Set by Mattheus Waisell (1573)
8: Mille regretz, Attributed to Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450-1521): As Set by Luis Narvaez (1538)
9: Greensleeves, Anon.: A Treble and Ground Duet
10: Passemeze (Passamezzo antico), Adrian Le Roy: A Briefe and easye instruction, London (1568)
11: Fantasia a dui liuti, Francesco da Milano: Castelfranco Ms. Extract
12: Contrapunto primo, B[ernardo] M[onzino]: Fronimo dialogo, Vincenzo Galilei, Venice, 1584, pp. 178-179
13: The Queen's Treble, John Johnson (ca. 1545-1594): A Treble and Ground Duet
14: Sir John Smith, his Almain, John Dowland: A Varietie of Lute-Lessons, London (1610)
15: Ricercata per viola bastarda, e lauto: Aurelio Virgiliano, Il dolcimelo (c. 1600-1620), Libro secondo
16: Chanson: Susanne un jour, Lassus: A Contrapunto Lute Duet in Bastarda Style by Giovanni Terzi (1593)
Part 3. Method
17: Cadences
18: Triads: Explanation and Examples
19: Static
20: Intervals
21: Guided Lessons in Building Patterns
22: Practice Piece #1: Twinkle, Twinkle
23: Practice Piece #2: Arbeau Pavane: Belle qui tiens ma vie
24: Ground #1: La Gamba (Cara Cosa)
25: Ground #2: Passamezzo antico
26: Ground #3: Passamezzo moderno
27: Ground #4: Romanesca
28: Anchor che col partire, Cipriano de Rore
Appendix 1: Ornamentation Treatises, 1535-1620 (for Voice, Wind, and String Instruments)
Appendix 2: The Original Parts for Lute 1 and Lute 2, G. A. Terzi (1593)
