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Lute tuning, tablature, playing position, left and right hand techniques, and exercises.
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- Cover
- Preface
- The Renaissance Lute
- The Modern Lute
- Tuning the Lute
- Lute Tablature
- Playing Positions
- The Right Hand
- Playing the Music
- Musical Pieces
- Acknowledgements
GEORGE WEIGAND began playing the lute while stud
art and history in the U.S. Before that he had been a
guitarist. After playing the lute for several years with both
university and professional ensembles he came to Britain in
1970 to further his study of the Renaissance. He was
awarded the M.Phil. degree from the University of London
for his research into st
in the 16th century, and has since become e
London as a player of the lute and other renaissance stringed
struments, He and his wife, viol player Rosemary
Thorndycrait, have recorded with several groups and for
BBC and Independent Radio.
He also directs the Extempore String Ensemble, formed in
1975, which specialises in performing Elizabethan and
Jacobean music for lutes, viols and other stringed instruments
with improvised variations, The Ensemble has performed
extensively and has recorded for both British and West
German Radio. Their first record ‘Consort Music of the
English Renaissance’ is released by Meridian PLAYING THE
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BY GEORGE WEIGAND
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Staff notation edition by
Rosemary Thorndycraft
Cover art and drawings by
George Weigand
Design and photography by
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