The Improvising Lute Player (eBook + Online Audio)
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 ...more
Product Number:
30696MEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Pages:
156
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-7332-8
ISBN13:
978-15134-7332-1
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
2/10/2023
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 representing frets. Ultimately, if you stay the course with this book, you’ll be able to improvise with modern jazz chords on the Renaissance lute, all by reading tablature.

Includes access to online recordings of the author performing each example.

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

Chord Shapes: Arpeggiation

More on Dyads (Part 1), Dyads are Chord Notes Only

More on Dyads (Part 2), Dyads are Chord Notes and Other Scalar Material

Syncopation

Adding Chromatic Tones in the Melody

Modern Sounds (Part 1): f5 and s5 in the Middle Voice

Modern Sounds (Part 2): Adding Maj7 to Minor Chords in the Middle Voice

Modern Sounds (Part 3): f9 and s9 in the Middle Voice

Modern Sounds (Part 4): sus4 Chords

Combining Notes in a Higher Register With Open Strings

The Key of G Major

The Key of G Minor

The Key of D Minor

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