Gilbert Isbin

The Improvising Lute Player

lute

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Details
For
lute
Product Type
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Author / Composer
Gilbert Isbin
Product number
1560419
Difficulty Level
3
Languages
english
Description

Beginning with the key of C and using scales, intervals, modes, grounds, and chord progressions, The Improvising Lute Player is the first book ever to help you learn to improvise on the lute. The book provides all the necessary tools and advice to get you started.

With numerous examples, every chapter contains a “Your Turn” section giving you the opportunity to create your own improvisations. The book is written for the 6-course Renaissance lute, entirely in French tablature with letters re...

Content
  • Breaking Down the C Major Scale
  • Single Note Lines Preceded by a Bass Note
  • Dyads and Melodic Invention
  • Two Dyads per Bar
  • Adding a Middle Voice
  • Chord Progressions
  • Root-Third in the Bottom Voice
  • All Approaches Thus Far
  • The C Dorian Mode
  • Embellishing the Bass Line (1), Combination Note on Beat 4
  • Embellishing the Bass Line (2), Combination Note on Beat 2
  • Embellishing the Bass Line (3), Combination Notes on Beats 2 and 4
  • Root-Fifth
  • A Freer Bass Line Approach -...