Re: John Renbourn Guitar Pieces Pdf Download
Teodolinda Mattson
There is an early music dance on the Sir John Alot Album called La Rotta this Estampie seems to be variations around that tune. The music is freely available
For me Bert Janch playing to Reynardine is unsurpasable
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This post reminds me of my younger days, long before the Internet, when I tried to figure out John Renbourn pieces without knowing how his guitar was tuned.
I hope no one here is making that mistake!
I had the pleasure and the honor to share the stage with John Renbourn in Italy far away in 1994.
It was absolutely stunning, I had a wall of sound supporting my back with just a guitar.
We played The Mist Covered Mountains of Home. I was in tears. Afterwards we share a huge bottle of wine like long time pals.
My personal point of view: musicians like him HAVE to be mentioned, remembered, studied in every single place of the world: web, schools, universities. It is such an enrichment for everyone.
Thank you All for your interest and answers.
Yes there is a medieval dance, and John was playing it in Am, capo II, guitar tuned in a very unusual Gm : G-Bb-D-G-Bb-D.
I shall follow your advice Calum.
Sincerly.
Renowned for his unusually sophisticated finger-style playing on the steel-stringed guitar, his music influenced a wide range of artists including Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. Contemporary virtuosic players such as Clive Carroll and Andy McKee continue to acknowledge his influence.
John had links with Newcastle University's International Centre for Music Studies (ICMuS), teaching individual guitar lessons as a guest tutor and presenting masterclasses on the acclaimed Folk and Traditional Music degree, the first one of its kind in England.
After his death, two years ago, his family decided to donate the archive, which was located at his home in Roberton, near Hawick in the Scottish Borders, to Newcastle University. This collection of thousands of documents includes ensemble scores and parts, research notes, and original compositions, carefully gathered together over six decades.
It was delivered to the University in seven shipping trunks, together with a digital archive containing more than 1,500 music files. An additional collection, comprising John Renbourn's large personal library of guitar music books, is also included in this extensive donation.
Dad is known for his playing but he also produced a huge body of composition and over time composing became his first love. From the family's perspective it was very important to us that Dad's music is made available to the musicians of the future. We are delighted that Newcastle University are taking on this archive and the future legacy of his life's work."
While Renbourn is best known for his work as a folk musician, he had mastered many styles of music and was an accomplished composer, arranger, author, and music scholar. As well as an extensive discography, he regularly published his guitar pieces and wrote articles for the music press. His teaching workshops were also an important part of his musical life.
He was meticulous in keeping his composing and arranging work in good order, and much of the preparatory work and arrangements for each of his albums, from the 1960s onward, is represented in the archive. Also included is background research for his books, and also his Dartington College thesis on the Steel-String Acoustic Guitar - an in depth study of the long known about but little researched link between the 19th century 'fandango' and the twelve bar blues.
In the 1960s his pioneering style of steel-string guitar playing was a fusion of classical 'Spanish' guitar technique, the blues styles of Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotten and Josh White, and that of his peers such as Davy Graham, Martin Carthy, and Bert Jansch. Where Renbourn's style becomes his own is when this mixture blends with his depth of knowledge for harmony and melody, drawing as much from medieval, renaissance, and baroque music, Schubert, Satie, and hymn tunes, as from Celtic music, jazz and blues, and traditional dance tunes.
One must always be mindful when writing about a deceased famous musician not to deify that person. John Renbourn like many people (including myself) was a flawed human being with his good points (and there were many) and of course weaknesses. No one is perfect.
This photograph was taken in April 2005. Hilary and I were on holiday in Scotland and was virtually passing John's house so decided to pop in and so glad we did.
I could go on for ages about how well the tour with Ray, Clive and John has gone. As I write this we still have several dates to go, but I know that they will continue to be as much fun as all the other gigs thus far.
Being on stage with these great players is truly the most fun I have ever had on stage in a long time. This doesn't in any way diminish from all the fine players I have known and worked with over the years, but what is so unique and special about this quartet is the spontaneity because we truly have no idea what will happen in the second half of the show, and somehow the audience join us on this fun journey.
I have a little dream that may just come true and that dream is to perform EXACTLY what we do on the stage of The Symphony Hall in Birmingham!
Watch this space and see if happens. In the meantime a huge THANKYOU to all who attended our concerts throughout April.
The new 4 Parts Guitar CD Guitarmageddon is ONLY available for sale at our live shows. The CD includes a cracking quartet version of Heartsong, along with new GG pieces Sadie In May, Ania's Dream and Loren. Old favourites like Maddie Goes West and A Dublin Day are on there plus cracking new solo and duo pieces from John, Ray and Clive.
The second half of the concert saw all four guitarists on stage playing together in duos, trios and a quartet. It was obvious that they were all having a lot of fun and this was demonstrated by the spontaneity of the little figures played between pieces, the jokes and the completely relaxed feel of the show. There had been little rehearsal time for the tour but if anything that added to the sense of fun and made the experience more memorable for that. The pieces included Maddie Goes West, a 4 Parts arrangement of Heartsong, Dublin Day, Tailor Bird and a beautiful piece called Water and Wine (Agua e Vinho) by Gismonti arranged by Ray as a duet for him and Clive.
There were far more pieces played throughout the evening but for me the lasting memory is not what was played but the way the concert flowed and the interactions between the players. I have been to many concerts in venues large and small all over the UK, with acts from solo artists to rock groups to orchestras. To see these four virtuoso guitarists in a great little venue all having a great time, showing it and engaging the audience was unforgettable and beats pretty much anything else I have experienced.
This month I want to let you see this cracking violin that I bought on whim about two years ago and had lovingly restored by Turner violins in Nottingham who said it was a fine instrument and worth having the work done which was a new fingerboard, bridge tailpiece and tuning pegs.
When I bought it I was under the impression that it was an Italian violin, but was informed by Turners that it was in fact a turn of the century Dresden made German instrument.
It needs to go to a good home and anyone seriously interested in buying it should contact Sue Holton for more information. I will accept offers over 800 as this is what it cost me all in all.
This must be the first time in these pages that I have blatantly sold an instrument.
I have it on good authority that it really is a fine instrument and would suit a beginner or aspiring orchestral player.
Get in touch with Sue via the form on the Contact Page if you are interested.
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A musical 'amateur' who best exemplified true artistry, Lena Hughes was born in Grape Grove Township, Missouri, in 1904. Though she never recorded any 78s and only one LP, Hughes was most influential through her steady performances at various fiddler conventions and folk festivals throughout the Ozarks. She was an excellent fiddler, banjoist and guitar picker who retained the largely extinct repertoire of parlor pieces and the variety of specialized tunings that were necessary to play them. She lived most of her life in Ludlow, Missouri and passed away in 1998.
Lena Hughes' repertoire can be divided roughly in half: finger-picked numbers adapted from fiddle tunes and recast parlor guitar pieces gleaned from popular sentimental songs, hymns, and 19th century airs. As a faithful attendee at folk festivals, Hughes was accompanied by her guitar-playing husband, Jake. Her most mesmerizing performances, such as Pearly Dew, Spanish Fandango, and Kentucky Moon Waltz, depend heavily upon the resonance of the open chord as it relates to the picking of the melodic line, primarily on one string. This tonal reliance is most similar to the "celestial octave" that Washington Phillips employs, with similar effect, on his Train Your Child. This ethereal harmonic technique, which seems so natural in Hughes' playing, is the holy grail for most finger-picking guitarists. Her lack of pretense and her mastery of this repertoire is what defines her legendary status.
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