Renaissance Guitar Music For Fingerstyle Ukulele

This book presents 37 pieces of Renaissance guitar music transcribed for solo fingerstyle ukulele together with the author’s recordings of every transcription. Moreover, a generous introduction provides a brief history of the Renaissance guitar, tips on period ornamentation and musicianship, recommended recordings, and invaluable resources for further research of your own. Throughout Europe, the Renaissance guitar was a popular instrument in the middle of the sixteenth century. Its composers left us a treasure-trove of music, from rustic dances to chansons and elaborate fantasias. Five-hundred years later, this music fits beautifully on the Renaissance guitar’s musical descendant, the ukulele. The Renaissance guitar and the ukulele share an almost identical tuning. As the transcriptions in this book are written in standard notation and tablature, any type of ukulele, from soprano to baritone—as well as the top four strings of the guitar— can be used to play them. Most of the pieces are in standard gCEA or GCEA tuning; the seven pieces in the second section of the book, however, require low-G tuning to render the counterpoint as written. It’s also possible for guitar and baritone uke players to read the tablature provided. The music will sound a perfect 4th lower than the notation, but as there was no standard pitch in the time of the Renaissance guitar, modern players should feel no obligation to play this music at fixed pitch. If you wish to read from the tablature and sound in the same key as the notation for ensemble purposes, guitar and baritone uke players merely need to place a capo at the fifth fret. With a certain sense of historical irony, the music of the Renaissance guitar is here reborn on modern fretted instruments.

While the 'ukulele is enjoying a well-deserved renaissance on the mainland, in the land of its birth, it has never gone out of style. Hawaiians took to the jumping flea right from the start, creating music of stunning beauty and versatility. Now intermediate players can learn to play lovely finger style solo arrangements of classic Hawaiian songs, folk songs, standards–even a few pieces from the classical guitar repertoire.The book offers 27 arrangements from around the world written in standard notation and tablature playable on any 'ukulele. Songs are grouped according to level of difficulty, starting with simple arrangements well within the grasp of dedicated beginners and intermediate players and leading through more challenging songs featuring unusual chord voicings, inversions up the neck, tricky fingerings and all the fun stuff the author could muster. to aid the student, the companion CD includes all of the songs taught. Includes chord charts, inversion studies, introductory material on finger-picking and making the transition from strumming to melodic playing.

John Dowland (1563 – 1626), a contemporary of both William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I, was recognized as one of the greatest musicians of his time, writing songs, ensemble music and solos for the lute. Early music has long been part of the classic guitar repertoire and more recently, it has been adopted with enthusiasm by ukulele players. This book presents sixteen of Dowland's most beautiful lute songs that can be performed by ukulele players, with or without a vocalist. Two versions of each song – one easier and another more advanced—are offered in both standard notation and tablature for soprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles in re-entrant (gCEA) tuning. Various vocal ensemble renditions of the songs, as well as the author’s video performances of each solo arrangement are available online. For vocalists and their audiences, and for all musicians and songwriters to fully connect with the emotion of the songs, Dowland’s sublime lyrics are also included.

The ukulele is an extraordinary instrument with a remarkable history. Apart from its well-practiced use as a strummed accompaniment instrument, it is capable of real beauty and the most delicate expression. It has as much depth as Renaissance and Baroque guitars and lutes, and is worthy of serious study by all those who have a heart for music. This set of 20 fingerstyle arrangements is written for the beginning student seeking something a little more challenging to play. These 20 progressive studies touch on all aspects of fingerstyle playing on the ukulele presenting different styles: blues, jazz, classical, and even minimalism and serialism. There are studies in arpeggios, scales, modes, ii-V-I chord sequences, strumming, syncopation, campanella fingerings, improvisation, hammer-ons, and pull-offs. Some of the studies concentrate on the left hand, some on the right hand, some on both. Possibly the most comprehensive set of studies currently available for the ukulele, mastery of which will equip one to explore any style of music desired. It is also a showcase for how well the ukulele can adapt to different styles of music.

Here are compositions by John Dowland who was an English musician and lutenist of the late Renaissance, transcribed for the Renaissance guitar and baritone ukulele. Most are also playable on the tenor and soprano ukulele and, of course, may be played on the guitar.

Here are 27 compositions by Domenico Bianchini from the 16th Century transcribed for the baritone ukulele, Renaissance guitar, low G ukelele, and many other four course instruments. Of course, they may all be played on the guitar.

- Deutsch unten - 17 Pieces for Ukulele solo Renaissance Ukulele: Adrien Le Roy is a collection of 17 pieces by Adrien Le Roy. Originally composed for Renaissance Guitar and arranged for ukulele in standard tuning, these pieces provide performance and practice material for the advanced beginner, as well as the advanced player. Extensive Instructions and Practice Tips for Every Piece Each piece comes to you in a music & tab version, as well as a tab-only and a music-only version (with fingerings). Additionally, you'll find helpful chord diagrams, notes and practice tips for every piece. At the beginning of the book you'll find information about Adrien Le Roy and his time, as well as important basics that will help you play and enjoy Renaissance music. Free Audio Download Free audio files will give you an idea of what sound and interpretation to aim for. DEUTSCH 17 Stücke für Ukulele solo Renaissance Ukulele: Adrien Le Roy versammelt 17 Musikstücke unterschiedlicher Schwierigkeitsgrade von Adrien Le Roy. Ursprünglich für Renaissance Gitarre geschrieben, sind sie hier für Ukulele in Standardstimmung arrangiert. Ausführliche Anleitungen und Anmerkungen zu jedem Stück Jedes Stück findest du jeweils in einer Version als Noten & Tabulatur, nur Tabulatur und nur Noten (mit Fingersätzen). Außerdem gibt es zu jedem Stück Griffbilder, sowie Anmerkungen und Übetipps. Zu Beginn des Buches findest du Infos über Adrien Le Roy und seine Zeit, sowie wichtige Grundlagen, die dir beim Spielen von Renaissance Musik helfen. Kostenlose Audiodateien Alle 17 Stücke gibt es als kostenlose Audiodatei zum Download.

Here are 60 compositions from the 16th Century transcribed for the baritone ukulele, Renaissance guitar, low G ukelele and many other four course instruments. Of course, they may all be played on the guitar.