By Ron McFarlane
Transcriber: Jamey Bellizzi
This landmark book constitutes Mel Bay's first anthology of Renaissance lute and mandora literature in its original tablature form. It also offers the same 56 tunes tastefully transcribed in standard modern guitar notation and tab. For the academically inclined or those who simply want to examine the original scores, this edition includes a downloadable folio of the original lute and mandora tablature plus a thorough explanation of the lute tablature system.
Contents Include:
A Port
A Scots Tune
Aderneis Lilt
Adew Dundie
Alace I Lie My Alon I Am To Lik To Die Awld
An Thou Wer Myn Own Thing
Ane Scottis Dance
Blew Breik
Canaries
Corne Yards
Curent
Down In Yon Banke
Drawe Neare Me And Love Me
Gabot
Gallua Tom
Gray Steel
Gypsies Lilt
Hench Me Malie Gray
I Kist Her While She Blusht
I Long For The Wedding
I Long For Thy Virginitie
I Mett Her In The Medowe
I Never Knew I Loved Thee
I Serve A Worthie Ladie
I Will Not Go To Bed Till I Suld Die
Its A Wonder To See
Jennet Drinks No Water
Ladie Laudians Lilt
Lady Cassilles Lilt
Lesleis Lilt
Lett Never Crueltie Dishonour Bewtie
Lilt Ladie Ann Gordon
My Ladie Laudian's Lilt
My Mistress Blush Is Bonie
Pitt On Your Shirt On Monday
Port Jean Linsay
Port Preist
Port Rorie Dall
Put On Thy Sark On Monday
Remember Me At Evening
Swit Sant Nickola
The Canaries
The Flowers Of The Forrest
The Old Man
The Scottish Huntsupe
To Dance About The Baikeis Dubb
Untitled
Volt
Whip My Toudie
Wo Betyd Thy Wearie Bodie