My early/renaissance Youtube clips

  1. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    This is just a place to collect the various Youtube clips I've recorded of early music, mostly renaissance. I'll include Bach here, although baroque doesn't normally get counted as "early" -- it fits in here better than with either my folk or my 19th century repertoire. I'll also count Carolan and Playford tunes here; both are 17th century, and the way I play them isn't really how they would be played in a modern session. I've recorded these on various instruments -- bowlback, Mid-Missouri, ukulele (in GDAE tuning), waldzither and resonator tenor guitar. Nothing fancy, but all good fun tunes.

    The Short Measure Off My Lady Wynkfylds Rownde:
    On reso tenor
    On waldzither
    On Mid-Mo mandolin
    On ukulele

    My Lady Carey's Dompe:
    On ukulele
    On Embergher bowlback

    The Kyngs Marke:
    On Vinaccia bowlback
    On waldzither

    Kyng Harry The VIIth Pavan:
    On Vinaccia bowlback
    On waldzither

    Bach: Bourree from Lute Suite:
    On Vinaccia mandolin
    On ukulele
    On waldzither

    C'était Anne de Bretagne (Breton song, 16th century):
    On Mid-Missouri mandolin

    Bach: Bourree from 3rd Cello Suite:
    On ukulele

    Tarantella del' 600 (Italian, 16th century):
    On Embergher bowlback

    Tron Tron / So Ben Mi Ch'a Bon Tempo (Provencal/Italian, 16th century):
    On Embergher bowlback

    Alman (Robert Johnson):
    On ukulele

    Greensleves On A Ground:
    On ukulele

    Princess Royal (Carolan):
    On Gibson Ajr

    Drive The Cold Winter Away (Playford):
    On Gibson Ajr

    Si Bheg Si Mhor (Carolan):
    On Gibson Ajr

    Blind Mary (Carolan):
    On waldzither

    Carolan's Farewell To Music:
    On Embergher bowlback

    Carolan's Concerto:
    On ukulele
    On resonator tenor

    Martin
  2. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    I've just recorded and uploaded a whole batch of renaissance dances, all from an ABC of medieval music (at least that's what it's called there -- strictly speaking most of the tunes in there are renaissance) at Richard Robinson's tune book (Link), and all played on my Mid-Missouri M-0W. Fun tunes!

    1) Michael Praetorius: Ballet des coqs & Spagnoletta (well, it's called "Espagnoletta" in the ABC file, but Spagnoletta everywhere else). These are two tunes from the Terpsichore collection of secular dances (the only surviving source of profane music written by Praetorius).



    2) Michael Praetorius: Ballet & Bourree: Another two tunes from Terpsichore, or rather another four, as each tune has two quite distinct parts.



    3) Sing Care Away, or Heart's Ease (Playford)



    4) Mistress Winter's Jump (John Dowland)



    Martin
  3. stevenmando
    stevenmando
    Martin love your music
  4. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    Many thanks, Steven.

    I've been recording quite a few more renaissance pieces since those recordings. At the moment, I like playing four-part harmony arrangements, overdubbing the parts. I do these audio-only, as getting a video of the lead synchronised with the overdubs is more hassle than I feel like getting into.

    Here is a new one I did last night, in the middle of a gael-force storm (hence the wind noises on the recording). This is Alman by Robert Johnson, one of four surviving lute almans by that composer and by far the most famous, as it's a standard teaching tune on classical guitar. Four part harmony by Steve Hendricks, played on Embergher and Mid-Mo mandolins and Ozark tenor guitar.



    Martin
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