جهت استعلام قیمت، خرید و مشاهده نمونه صفحه محصول، لطفاً از طریق پشتیبانی فروشگاه در واتساپ و تلگرام اقدام فرمایید.
by John Holenko
Most of the music in this book comes from editions or manuscripts from
England in the late 1500ΓÇÖs. There are also a few French pieces. The
cittern was popular in Italy, England and France. Aside from various
tunings, there were two main kinds of instruments being played during
the 16th and 17th centuries: the 4 course (four sets of doubled
strings), and the 6 course cittern with several editions of music to go
along with both. The pieces I have chosen for this book were all written
for the 4 course instrument and fall into three main categories: dance
music, song arrangements and free pieces. The free pieces are basically
preludes that explore the melodic range of the instrument. As the title
suggests these pieces can be played very freely and need not have a very
strict tempo. The dance pieces are not really meant to be danced to,
but rather take their form and rhythm from the popular court dances of
the time. These can be played with a wide range of overall tempo, but
once a tempo is chosen, should be strictly adhered to. The song
arrangements are settings of popular songs of the time as well as more
formal vocal settings. Care should be taken in making the melody clear
and singing. Since the range of the cittern and mandolin are the same,
John Holenko has kept the melodies intact. Because of the difference in
tuning however, the voicing of the harmonies have been changed so as to
fit on the mandolin.