Another piece for re-entrant tuning!
This is the first piece in re-entrant tuning that I transcribed some years ago, but I seem not to have posted it before.
I have revised it, and made full use of the campanella effect. You may find alternative, more convenient fingerings to achieve this.
The piece really does have what Jelly Roll Morton referred to as "the Spanish tinge".
Galliards are usually in triple time, so it is a surprise to find this one in common time. Is this unusual in 17th century Spanish music? If you know please tell me.
You can download the PDF file for free HERE.
TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:
- Note stems are shown conventionally and do not denote voices.
- † in the score indicates the inevitable octave jumps inherent in re-entrant tuning. If you have an octave 4th course fitted, you might want to favour the lower string (bourdon) in these passages.
- I have made a stab at representing the graces: you may want to ignore them or use your own.
SOURCE:
L I B R O S E G U N D O, DE CIFRAS SOBRE LA GVITARRA ESPAĆOLA, CON ARTE NUEVO PARA APRENDER A TAĆERLA Sin Maestro, con gran facilidad. ENSEĆA TODOS LOS SONES DE PUNTEADO MAS PRINCIPALES que se taƱen en EspaƱa, con la disposicion siguiente (1675)
Tomo 2, Lamina 3
TRANSCRIPTION: http://www.free-scores.com/partitions_telecharger.php?partition=64567 (Page 3).
FACSIMILE: http://purl.pt/17285/4/m-871-p_PDF/m-871-p_PDF_24-C-R0150/m-871-p_0000_capa-capa_t24-C-R0150.pdf
