Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Guitar Tablature Edition can be viewed as either a supplement to the popular Introduction to the Lute: for Lute and Guitar Players or as a standalone edition of 16th-century lute tablatures reset in guitar tab. Play from beautifully-typeset scores, music by John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Vicenzo Galilei (father of the famous astronomer), and many others, including vihuela composers, Narváez and Milán. Together, this collection provides in guitar tab a beautiful and extensive overview of music for the Renaissance lute. TUNING: To get Renaissance lute tuning on a guitar, all you need to do is tune the 3rd string, G, down one semitone to Fâ?¯. That's it. Then just read the tab as normal. This edition is in guitar tablature. There is a separate edition in lute tablature, Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Lute Tablature Edition.

This book is aimed at beginner lute and guitar players interested in playing Renaissance lutemusic on either instrument. Lute and guitar tablature are included along with notes on technique biographies of lute composers from the 16th century and general advice on buying stringing and tuning a lute. The book startswith single-line melodies before progressing to two-part and full repertoire pieces. Selections include works by great Renaissance composers such as John Dowland Francesco da Milano Alonso Mudarra Francesco Spinacino andothers with music from England Scotland Italy France and Germany. A useful chord chart is also included. Every piece in the book has been recorded for download by Rob MacKillop--in itself an album worth owning. Includesaccess to online audio.