Playing with patterns on the lute : a study and method for playing sixteenth-century divisions /
'Playing with Patterns on the Lute' is a practical guide for lutenists of all levels who want to learn how to ornament their music with sixteenth-century divisions. It gives a method for studying and learning this skill, about which there are no other such in-depth books. Written by leadin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'Playing with Patterns on the Lute' is a practical guide for lutenists of all levels who want to learn how to ornament their music with sixteenth-century divisions. It gives a method for studying and learning this skill, about which there are no other such in-depth books. Written by leading lutenist and teacher Nigel North, the book is full of examples and comprehensive analyses of divisions taken from original sixteenth-century sources of lute music. |
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| Abstract: | "Through a comprehensive study of the sixteenth-century lute repertoire, in Playing with Patterns, Nigel North provides a clear and detailed method for all lutenists who wish to learn how to ornament their music with divisions. While there are methods for wind and stringed instruments by writers such as Ortiz, Rognioni, and Bassano, 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, North has extracted a method for the modern lutenist and explains, with multiple examples, how Renaissance lutenists approached their division-making. Eleven Tablature Case Studies form a central place in this work, and the lutenist composers from whom patterns have been extracted include Hans Newsidler, Alonso Mudarra, Luis de Narvaez, Francesco da Milano, Vincenzo Galilei, Giovanni Terzi, Adrian Le Roy, John Johnson, and John Dowland. From their music, North has created The Missing Tutor with over 100 exercises"-- Oxford Academic. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197808764 019780876X |