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Method for the Baroque Lute. A practical guide for beginning and advanced lutenists
A practical guide for beginning and advanced lutenists
By Miguel Serdoura

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Lute; Early Music
A practical guide for beginning and advanced lutenists. Composed by Miguel Serdoura. Paperback (Soft Cover). Classical. With Text Language: English. Ut Orpheus #DM 67. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.DM-67).

Item Number: UT.DM-67

ISBN 9790215324572. 9 x 12 inches.

Our Method for the Baroque Lute can provide you with the technical and musical foundations required for a solid and comprehensive approach to playing the baroque lute. That is indeed the purpose, and challenge, of this book: to reach out to as many lute-lovers as possible, and give them the opportunity to express themselves via the baroque lute, however advanced they may be in their musical education. Its audience includes not just those who have never played a musical instrument, but also seasoned guitarists desirous of initiation into the mysteries of the baroque lute!

Instructions

Our Method for the Baroque Lute is divided into three parts.

The first, mainly theoretical part, will help you better understand the way baroque lute music is to be played. We think it is necessary for the lutenist to possess some elementary knowledge of Western musical notation as well as of tablature (form of notation specific to the lute). This theoretical knowledge would not be complete if acquired by itself. We have therefore added an explicative lexicon as well biographies of most of the composers of music for the 11- and 13-course baroque lute.

The second part contains an entire chapter devoted to the study of lute technique and sound production. With a wealth of photographs and details regarding all the technical problems to be overcome, this chapter is undoubtedly the most important for achieving an understanding of the baroque lute's acoustical properties. This is followed by 21 elementary exercises, presented in order of increasing difficulty, accompanied by several pieces. You are asked to play the melodies first, add the bass lines next, and only then begin working on the ornaments.

The third part contains 250 selected pieces for the 11- and 13-course baroque lute. The pieces are divided into three levels of difficulty: elementary, intermediate and advanced. In keeping with practice in the baroque era, the pieces are arranged by key and title. We preferred to limit ourselves to a small number of different keys, so that beginners may devote their time to the instrument, rather than to retuning it or to playing pieces far too complex for their level. There is no such thing as bad music, but sometimes there are bad musicians! Making music cannot amount to merely playing the notes, or performing often pointless acrobatics. A "mature" musician most often takes pleasure in playing a simple melody and enjoying the exquisite sounds of their instrument.

We hope this method can be of assistance to those who do not have access to a teacher (although we advise them to work with one on as regular a basis as possible), but also to teachers lacking sufficient material to allow their pupils to work with in a systematic way.

Miguel Serdoura.

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  • 3

    Anonymous
    Difficulty Level:
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  • February 25, 2017 Method For The Baroque Lute

    I am not a lute player and can't even afford to buy a baroque lute. However, I bought this quite expensive book so I could learn about the lute ornaments and transcribe lute music for the guitar. It does give you a lot of information about buying , tuning and...

    even stringing the instrument. Then it goes through explaining the types of pieces that were written for the lute and many more subjects that you could easily Google. But when it got to the ornaments it was just as confusing as I had seen elsewhere. The same ornament being performed two different ways. It's a good book if you are a newbie not only to the lute but music in general. But it is pretty light if you have studied music for a short while.

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    Anonymous
    Location:
    Wyandotte, Mi
    Difficulty Level:
    Beginner
  • August 20, 2012 " A practical guide"

    Human lute instructors are few and far in between.This fine technique provides clear instruction including helpful photos and even the most basic elements of musical theory so that the serious beginner can begin making music very quickly. The generous section of graded musical selections is very well printed; and...

    the pieces are so well chosen that an accomplished player would not be embarrassed to play even the simplest ones publicly.

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    Anonymous
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    Marietta, GA
    Difficulty Level:
    Intermediate
  • June 05, 2012 Method for the Baroque Lute. A Practical Guide...

    Excellent book -- very informative and detailed. Highly recommend it...

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