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• This is in original key g minor for 7-string. I heard that guitarist Antonio de Innocentis had played this piece in g minor with a 7-string guitar. I hope I can compare his transcription.

• Please check Konrad Ragossnig's lively recording of these short pieces in his 4CD set Music for Lute

• Based on a lovely chanson.

• Please check Konrad Ragossnig's  recording of these 3 Entree de Luth in his 4CD set Music for Lute

• Julian Bream's version.

• YouTube  by Peo Kindgren.

• YouTube  by Peo Kindgren.

• YouTube  by Nigel North.

• YouTube by Peo Kindgren.

• My favorite Dowland, ignored by guitarists in general. Julian Bream's lute rendition was superb.

• YouTube by Jan Akkerman.

• A  masterpiece under-appreciated by guitarists. Duarte/Poulton transcription with drop D tuning presents some awkward fingering. My version of E tuning, with minimal omission of bass notes, is easier. Of course if you have a 7-string instrument (below), you can play all the notes with ease.

• Julian Bream's version, with a section of fast scales at the end, which I think was tastefully done.

• YouTube Julian Bream 1968 (?) live lute recording ---beautiful.

• Finnish 10-string guitarist Jouni Stenroos had made beautiful MP3 recordings of these four lute pieces by Kellner, in the original keys.

• You can find a performance of this piece on Baroque lute by Jacopo Gianninoto .

•  The C# note on the 8th string should not be a problem.

• YouTube lute playing by Valery Sauvage

• YouTube lute playing by Valery Sauvage
• Julian Bream recorded these 8 Milano pieces and simply called them Fantasia I-VIII in his album The Woods So Wild.

• Please check Konrad Ragossnig's  recording of this gem in his 4CD set Music for Lute

• YouTube Alvaro Pierri's excellent guitar rendition. This version is in f# tuning. However Mr. Pierri played it in d on regular guitar tuning without a capo. I have also transcribed this piece into this key (below) if you want to play in the same style as Mr. Pierri.

• YouTube in d and regular guitar tuning, slightly more difficult.

• YouTube ---the second part of the performance.

• The same piece transcribed for f# tuning.

• Again, please check Konrad Ragossnig's recording of these 2 beautiful hymns his 4CD set Music for Lute

• My version of this famous piece with alternative fingering.

• Beautifully and stylishly recorded by Barrueco in Bach & De Visee CD. Why such a good piece was never picked up like his Suite in d ?

• Please check Kevin Gallagher's excellent Naxos recording. He put Prelude,Courante and Alternativo (see below) together to form an effective set. I hope guitarists will perform more of these instead of the Bach 998.

• Please check Kevin Gallagher's excellent Naxos recording.

• YouTube  --- lute playing by Robert Barto.

• Please check Kevin Gallagher's excellent Naxos recording.

• Please check Roland Dyens' Citron Doux CD. He obviously played a multi-string guitar with low C tuning.

• Please check Roland Dyens' Citron Doux CD. He obviously played a multi-string guitar with low C tuning.

• There is a nice recording by Eliot Fisk on his Guitar Fantasies.