Introduction to the Lute

Traduction Doc Rossi Compositeur : Damiani Andrea Instrumentation : Luth Publication Date: 1999 Series: Teoria e Didattica della Musica (Theoretical and Educational Texts) Pages: pp. 208 CONTENTS * Preface * Introduction * CHAPTER 1. TUNING AND TABLATURE Tuning - Tablature (French tablature - Italian tablature - Rhythm symbols - Fingering and other symbols) - Stringing and doubling - Tuning practice (Practical advice on tuning - Tuning problems) - Strings * CHAPTER 2. BASIC TECHNIQUES Posture and position of the lute - Right-hand position - Right-hand functions - Sound production (Positioning p - Forearm movement - Attack - Positioning i) - Alternating p and i - Finger articulation for polyphonic passages (Positioning p - Positioning i) - Preparatory exercises - Differences from guitar technique - Body control * CHAPTER 3. THE RIGHT HAND Forearm and accentuation - Fingering * CHAPTER 4. THE LEFT HAND General principals - Preparatory exercises - Avoiding stiffness - Differences from guitar technique - Hand coordination * CHAPTER 5. SCALES Right-hand scale technique (Forearm movement - Finger articulation - Integrating the two techniques) * CHAPTER 6. EXERCISES FOR TWO LUTES Exercises on a ground bass - Contrapuntal exercises - Articulation - Dances and ground basses * CHAPTER 7. SHIFTING LEFT-HAND POSITIONS Fundamental principals - Position changes using the same finger - Position changes by substitution - Position changes by jump * CHAPTER 8. EXERCISES FOR TWO LUTES WITH POSITION CHANGES * CHAPTER 9. RIGHT-HAND TECHNIQUE IN POLYPHONIC MUSIC p-i articulation - Positioning m - Rest stroke with p - Left-hand positions and movement - m-i articulation - Combining p, i and m - Easy pieces in two voices - Two-voice scales * CHAPTER 10. COUNTERPOINT Voice progression and intervals - The species - Florid counterpoint - Imitation - Syncopation - Suspension * CHAPTER 11. CONTRAPUNTAL PIECES IN TWO VOICES * CHAPTER 12. THREE VOICES The right hand - Combining chords and single notes - Repeated chords and monophonic passages - Arpeggios - Chords and counterpoint * CHAPTER 13. CONTRAPUNTAL PIECES IN THREE VOICES Technical aspects: three-voice scales, the barre - Contrapuntal pieces in three voices * CHAPTER 14. CHORDS OF FOUR OR MORE NOTES The ring finger (a) - Five- and six-note chords - Chords played with p * CHAPTER 15. IDIOMATIC LUTE COMPOSITIONS Chords and divisions - Characteristics of lute composition * CHAPTER 16. TRANSFORMATION OF LUTE TECHNIQUE DURING THE 16th CENTURY Evolution of right-hand position - Exercises for m-i alternation * CHAPTER 17. TECHNIQUE Scales (Full-length scales in all keys - Scales with divisions) - Speed - Left-hand legato and ornamentation - The barre (Preparatory exercises - Barre exercises) - Scales in two and more voices (Two-voice scales - Three-voice scales) - Polyphonic patterns - Right-hand exercises * CHAPTER 18. RENAISSANCE PERFORMANCE PRACTICE Interpretation (Rhetoric - Sound quality - Rhythmic inequality) - Ornamentation (16th-century sources - The first half of the 16th century - The second half of the 16th century - The first half of the 17th century - The Elizabethans) * CHAPTER 19. TEMPERAMENT Meantone temperament - Equal temperament

Lute Tablature Edition. Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Lute 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. Play from beautifully-typeset scores, music by John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Vincenzo Galilei (father of the famous astronomer) and many others, including vihuela composers Narváez and Milán. Together, this collection provides a beautiful and extensive overview of music for the renaissance lute. This edition is in French lute tablature. There is a separate edition in guitar tablature, Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Guitar Tablature Edition. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Classique / Date parution : 2019-05-27/ Tablatures / Luth

Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Lute 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. Play from beautifully-typeset scores, music by John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Vincenzo Galilei (father of the famous astronomer) and many others, including vihuela composers Narváez and Milán. Together, this collection provides a beautiful and extensive overview of music for the renaissance lute. This edition is in French lute tablature. There is a separate edition in guitar tablature, Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Guitar Tablature Edition.

4 Easy/Intermediate Pieces for Flute and Piano. This edition presents you with an array of musical highlights from two centuries of music history. It offers approachable yet musically challenging arrangements for flute and piano, and enables you to learn the pieces systematically and at three different tempi with professional accompaniments. The recordings begin with the concert version of each piece, following which you will hear the piano accompaniment at slow and medium tempo to help you practise. Having mastered these slower versions, you?ll now be ready to play with piano accompaniment at the original tempo. All of the versions were recorded live.

The primary emphasis of this method book is developing the three essential concepts for learning to play the Flute which are: Learning the names of the notes on the music staffLearning the value of thenotes and how to count themLearning how to finger the notes on the FluteAs new notes are introduced on the lines and spaces of the music staff the note name note value method of counting and fingeringof the note on the Flute is clearly illustrated. Each of the essential music elements is presented clearly and sequentially. Each presentation is followed by several exercises and original melodies that are specifically designedto develop reading ability technique and musicianship. Students will understand and develop each newly learned music concept as they progress from lesson to lesson. Every lesson builds on those that came before giving studentsa chance to practice what they have learned and reinforcing skills that will be used over and over. The unique feature of this flute method book is that the lessons progress in a logical manner conducive to learning to play theFlute.

Series: World Music. Par GARDEL CARLOS. Volver for two flutes? The Argentinian tango specialist, Diego Collatti, has produced an intriguing duet arrangement of this famous piece and for a range of other tango classics by Carlos Gardel. The pieces are suitable for intermediate-level players. Each has a comprehensive introduction to the necessary phrasing which will help players become familiar with the diverse and expressive characteristics of the genre. An inspiring introduction to the world of the tango. • Captivating classics by Carlos Gardel selected and arranged by Argentinian Tango specialist Diego Collatti • Experience the magnetic charms of the Tango with these intermediate-level arrangements • Helpful musical notation ensures an authentic performance true to the diverse styles and nuances typical of the Tango/ Recueil / 2 Flûtes Traversières

These 11 well-known pieces composed especially for Flute make an ideal introduction to playing more advanced solos. Each piece reveals something about the Flute's capabilities as a solo instrument and there are selected backgroundnotes about some of the music featured plus pictures and a brief introduction to the Flute's history and development an ideal book for any aspiring Flute soloist!

These charming Mozart adaptations from the late 18th and 19th Centuries are enjoying increasing popularity today. Though they originated from the need to recall the melodies heard in the opera house in our time they may have the opposite function that is they serve as an introduction to Mozart for young people.

If I Were... by Serge Lancen is a set of easy works for Flute and Piano. Each piece was written as if the author were impersonating a famous composer and this book includes those inspired by Schubert Chopin and Grieg. Written for upper beginners / intermediate level players these works can all be interpreted separately. - N. 10 'If I were Schubert' has a slow tempo starts Allegro Moderato and lasts 1''10 - N.11 'If I were Chopin' is slower than the first piece in Moderato and uses Chopin''s musical style . Ithas an introduction and twodistinctive parts - N.12 'If I were Grieg' is starts with the piano at atempo 84. The introduction is followed by a main theme which is repeated before an harmonious close If I Were... can also be found with pieces inspired by Offenbach Beethoven or Albeniz among others. Serge Lancen is a French musician and composer. He wrote numerous pieces including chamber music orchestral works for solo instruments and for voice. He won many radio prizes and received a Prix de Rome.

Une Introduction à l'apprentissage de la langue du Jazz à l'aide d'études interactives, échelles et des airs de Jazz originales 12 arrangés pour les flûte Native American. Comprend 4 facile à suivre des leçons et 44 piste interactive audio CD démontrant tous sur la page imprimée. Auteur, John Vames a commencé des centaines de personnes sur des trajets les flûte réussie de leur propres avec son livre d'introduction pour les débutants, la Native American flûte : comprendre le cadeau. Chanson pour Koko est un must pour quiconque souhaite voyager davantage dans le monde de la musique et la magie de la flûte amérindienne. / Flûte Traversière

The fifth book of Baroque Flute Pieces offers another selection of wonderful early and mid-eighteenth century flute music. It represents some of the finest works for the flute and demonstrates the changing vogue and technology of that period when a new instrument required new music. This series is part of the ABRSM repertory and has been superbly edited by Richard Jones. There is a substantial and informative introduction and extensive background performance and transposition notes for each piece. There are seven works here for Flute with Piano and a Continuo part by composers such as J.S. Bach Leclair Telemann and Michel de LaBarre— the first major figure in Baroque flute music. This volume offers the greatest challenge and is recommended for advanced flautists.

An Introduction to the Native American Flute-This book contains 20 chapters addressing everything from the origin and design of the Native American flute to a method for learning to play the instrument and read its music. Together with the fingering exercises presented ineight lessons a number of tunes are included for both the five and six-hole Native American flute. Old standards indigenous music and original compositions are presented meeting the needs of beginning to advanced players. Thisuseful and practical guide to the Native American flute is suitable for either individual or classroom instruction.

Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing the Flute has long been recognized as one of the primary sources of information about eighteenth-century performance practice. In spite of its title it is not simply a tutor for the flute but a fully-fledged programme for training musicians of all types with detailed information on intonation ornamentation dynamics the 'duties' of the various accompanying performers including the leader of the orchestra and the principal forms and styles (French Italian and German) of the time. Although Quantz is most often identified as the teacher of Frederick the Great his musical roots were in Dresden the most brilliant musical establishmentin Germany; and his travels and studies in Italy France and England gave him direct experience of most phases of European musical life in the 1720s and 30s. This reissue of the second edition provides a wonderfully complete and detailed picture of musical taste and performance practice in the 18th century and includes a new introduction by Professor Reilly drawing attention to recent research on Quantz. Whether you want to learn to play the flute and be taught by the teacher of Frederick the Great or just to gain a first-hand insight into the history of classical music On Playing the Flute is an essential and entertaining read.