The second piece in The Margaret Board Lute Book
Transcribed for low-G ukulele from a facsimile of the original (available online here),
There are 3 strains of 8 bars, each followed by a variation ornamented with divisions. For a simpler and shorter piece one can ignore the variations. The arrangement is as near as possible to the lute fingering, although it is not always possible to represent the lower voice.
There are overwhelmingly many ornaments indicated on the MS: perhaps the player was just being shown what grace to play if they felt like it, possibly to elaborate the repeats.
The harmonies are reminiscent of those in the Passamezzo Antico, but not in the same order.
V | V | i | i iv | V i | V | I | I |
V | V | i | i iv | V | iv V | I | I ||
i | i | ♭VII | ♭VII | i | i | V | V |
i | i | ♭VII | ♭VII | i | iv | V | V ||
♭VII | ♭♭VII | i | iv | V i | V | I | I |
♭VII | ♭VII | i ♭VII | i iv | V iv | V | I | I ||
You can freely download a pdf of this piece here.
