A Tutor for the Renaissance Lute

Diana Poulton: A Tutor For The Renaissance Lute - With the benefit of her many years study of the repertoire and teaching of the instrument Diana Poulton has completely re-cast her earlier book (An Introduction to Lute Playing 1961) to produce in A Tutor for the Renaissance Lute the most comprehensive method for the lute based on Renaissance precepts. The book will be found equally useful to students working alone - giving clear instructions on all technical matters progressively introduced according to their difficulty - and to teacher (providing a source of some seventy-fivepieces from which to structure their pupils' progress). The advanced student too will find that much of the music is suitable for recital programmes. 

Renaissance Flute Made Easy presents a variety of easy sixteenth century songs and dances for the silver (Boehm) flute including allemandes branles pavanes and round dances. The book also contains piano and guitar arrangementsfor each piece and the audio includes accompaniment by a consort of Renaissance instruments. This appealing collection works well in both lesson and performance settings.

With its extensive and diverse repertoire this tutorial allows you as a cross flutist to access the best of what classical music has to offer.If you choose to work with this tutorial you will not only broaden your musical horizon and improve your playing technique but indeed enjoy performing all kinds of masterpieces on your own cross Flute.All the great composers are featured â?? with one or even several of their works with concerts symphonies and sonatas with lieder arias and overtures with Renaissance dances orchestral pieces waltzes and ballets but also with instrumentals suchas preludes nocturnes etudes marches gymnopedies and much more. And in order not to lose your enthusiasm while practicing each score is accompanied by 2 audio-recordings which you will find on the mp3 CD attached to the tutorial.In the first recording the cross Flute-part is played along to the corresponding accompaniment. In the second only the backing track (the accompaniment) can be heard which gives you the possibility of taking up the score yourself. In total youare invited to enjoy 174 recordings which add up to more than 6 hours of musical practice(!)With its extensive and diverse repertoire this tutorial allows you as a flutist to access the best of what classical music has to offer. If you choose to work with this tutorial you will not only broaden your musical horizon and improve your playing technique but indeed enjoy performing all kinds of masterpieces on your own Flute. All the great composers are featured ? with one or even several of their works with concerts symphonies and sonatas with lieder arias and overtures with Renaissance dances orchestral pieces waltzes and ballets but also with instrumentals such as preludes nocturnes etudes marches gymnopedies and much more. And inorder not to lose your enthusiasm while practicing each score is accompanied by 2 audio-recordings which you will find on the mp3 CD attached to the tutorial. In the first recording the Flute-part is played along to the corresponding accompaniment. In the second only the backing track (the accompaniment) can be heard which gives you the possibility of taking up the score yourself. In total you are invited to enjoy 174 recordings which add up to more than 6 hours of musical practice(!)

Renaissance Duets is one of a series of books that provides classical guitarists with transcriptions arrangements and works which were originally written for two lutes. Two copies of the duets are included in this book so that they can be used in a real duo situation. As on progresses through the book each of the pieces become more challenging.