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Old 05-06-2014, 05:45 PM
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Default fantasia by anthony holborne

for the "learn a new song" thread, i worked on this fantasia by anthony holborne (1545-1602). it was originally composed for the bandora.

listen here:
http://soundcloud.com/mc1mc/fantasia-anthony-holborne

the lute tab can be found here:
link to lute tab

the guitar tab can be found here:
link to guitar tab

as always, any comments or constructive criticisms are most appreciated.

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Old 05-06-2014, 05:52 PM
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What a lovely, restful piece! I enjoyed it thoroughly. I love the way he processes the melody through fugal form in the middle.

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thank you kindly, bob. yes, it is a very lovely piece. makes me think about the good old days back in the 16th century.
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Sounds good. The composition is very typical of the music from that period.
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Very nice. I enjoyed that.
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Had not heard that piece before, and I love it. Sometimes I think that anything written past about 1700 is not worth listening to. One of my favourite pieces is Mudarra, Fantasia 10. Been overplayed, by everyone, but it's a great piece of music.

My only nit is I would have liked a bit more force and dynamic range. I have always been a Parkening fan, and I love the way he attacks the music, especially the older repertoire. Just brings it alive. But that's a minor nit, and it was lovely playing.
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Very nice little piece, thanks for sharing.
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Lovely piece of music and nicely played! Never heard this composer before. It would be very kind of you to share guitar tab as well.
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Very pretty song and wonderfully played. I enjoy that sort of "harpsichord" sound that a classical guitar gives to this type of music. Takes me back to when I was a lad 450 years ago. Well done!
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Sounds good. The composition is very typical of the music from that period.
i really love much of the music from that era. thanks for listening and for all your help in the record subforum. i'll keep trying to better apply the advice.
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Very nice. I enjoyed that.
thanks, jeremy.

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Had not heard that piece before, and I love it. Sometimes I think that anything written past about 1700 is not worth listening to. One of my favourite pieces is Mudarra, Fantasia 10. Been overplayed, by everyone, but it's a great piece of music.

My only nit is I would have liked a bit more force and dynamic range. I have always been a Parkening fan, and I love the way he attacks the music, especially the older repertoire. Just brings it alive. But that's a minor nit, and it was lovely playing.
thanks for your comments, rick. getting the dynamics under control is wise and something i keep working on.

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Very nice little piece, thanks for sharing.
thank you, vts.
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Lovely piece of music and nicely played! Never heard this composer before. It would be very kind of you to share guitar tab as well.
thank you, daria. it's a fairly easy piece. i'll update this thread later today with the guitar tab.

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Very pretty song and wonderfully played. I enjoy that sort of "harpsichord" sound that a classical guitar gives to this type of music. Takes me back to when I was a lad 450 years ago. Well done!
things were different back then. people had respect, well, at least for counterpoint. thanks, ranger1964.

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Lovely piece of music and nicely played! Never heard this composer before. It would be very kind of you to share guitar tab as well.
the guitar tab is available here:
link to guitar tab

note that the tuning is slightly different, similar to a renaissance lute, with the g string tuned down to f#, although the renaissance lute would have been pitched a bit higher then a guitar, so you can also capo at the 2nd or 3rd fret if you'd like (i do not). my left hand fingerings are above the tab. i tend to use a lot of glide fingers.

you can find out more about anthony holborne (not too much is known) here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Holborne
http://www.hoasm.org/IVM/Holborne.html
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Hi mc1,

That was really well done! Very enjoyable piece and well performed. Sounds good on your guitar!

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Hi mc1,

That was really well done! Very enjoyable piece and well performed. Sounds good on your guitar!

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you are too kind, glenn. thanks.
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