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CONTENTS PR E fAC E vii AC k N Ow L E D G M E N T S ix PART 1. THE BASICS 1 1. The Instrument 3 2. Tuning and Stringing 4 3. Technique 6 4. Reading Tablature Notation 8 Italian Tablature 8 Alfabeto 10 French Tablature 11 5. The fundamentals of Battuto (Strumming) Technique 13 Simple Strokes 13 Rhythmic Ornamentation 14 6. Reading Mixed Tablature Notation 16 Performance Markings 16 Ornament Signs 18 More about Alfabeto 20 7. Idioms Unique to the Baroque Guitar 23 “Inversionless” Chords 23 Campanelas 24 The Selective Playing of Bourdons 25 8. A Note on Basso Continuo 27 vi CONTENTS PART 2. AN ANTHOLOGY OF MUSIC FOR BAROQUE GUITAR 31 INTRODUCTION 32 9. Pieces Suitable for Stringing A 33 Pavanas por la D / Gaspar Sanz (1675) 33 Suite of English Tunes / Elizabeth Cromwell’s Manuscript (ca. 1684) 37 Corrente nona / ferdinando Valdambrini (1646) 41 Allemande–Sarabande / Antoine Carré (1671) 45 10. Pieces suitable for Stringing B 49 Prelud[io]–Chiacona / francesco Corbetta (1648) 49 Alemanda–Corrente–Sarabanda–Giga / Giovanni Battista Granata (1674) 57 Passacaille dite Mariona / Lelio Colista (ca. 1675) 65 Prelude / Angelo Michele Bartolotti (ca. 1655) 70 Allemande “La Furieuse” / françois Campion (1705) 76 Folies d’Espagne / françois Le Cocq (ca. 1700) 80 11. Pieces Suitable for Stringing C 96 Pavaniglia con parti variate / Giovanni Paolo foscarini (ca. 1630) 96 Aria di Fiorenza / Anonymous/Carlo Calvi (1646) 101 Capriccio–Sarabanda–Capriccio / francesco Asioli (1676) 105 Jacaras / francisco Guerau (1694) 109 12. Pieces for Guitar and Basso Continuo 118 Sinfonia a 2 / francesco Corbetta (1643) 118 Sinfonia à dui / Giovanni Battista Granata (1651) 126 Follià: Sonata 12 de Coreli [sic] / Arcangelo Corelli/Anonymous (ca. 1725–30) 135 S E L E C T E D BI BL IO G R A PH Y 155 I N DE x 157 ...

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