The Art of MusicA is a 16th-centuryA Scottish manuscript with the aim of teaching the rules of music to students of composition. None of the music is in lute tablature, but the largely two-part texture fits easily on the 7cA lute with a minimal amount of editing.A I recorded these five pieces in 2007 on a CD called Greysteil, which is no longer available. But you canA hear myA original sound files and download my intabulations for free one my website: [1]http://robmackillop.net/lute/the-art-of-music/ I recorded one of the pieces on video using a 5c, but the music is better suited to a 6c or 7c instrument.A The music is not at all like the traditional music style associated with Scottish lute music, but it does open of the world of Music Fyne, as it was called. The manuscript includes music by Josquin, among others, and is quite backward looking for its age. Post-Reformation Scotland looked with scorn on such complex music, and it is miraculous that this music escaped the destructive hands of the religious zealots of the time.A Despite including Continental examples, the Scottish music contained in the manuscript is quite different, and difficult to draw parallel with, although the one relatively extended fantasia is quite 'normal', one might say. Anyway, I hope you enjoy listening to the music, or, more importantly, enjoy playing it.A Here's that link again:A [2]http://robmackillop.net/lute/the-art-of-music/A Rob MacKillop
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