Research Catalog

Title

The early guitar : a history and handbook / by James Tyler.

Author

Tyler, James, active 1988.

Publication

London : Music Dept., Oxford University Press, 1980.

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Details

Description

xiii, 176 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Early music series ; 4

Uniform Title

Early music series (London, England : 1976) ; 4.

Subject

• Geschichte 1546-1800
• Geschichte 1450-1700
• Guitar

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 163-176.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Origins : the viola or vihuela -- The four-course guitar -- The five-course guitar. The Italian school ; The French school ; The Spanish school ; The change of style -- Tuning and stringing -- Tablature. Italian tablature ; French tablature ; The guitar "alfabeto" system ; Mixed tablature -- Technique. The right hand ; The left hand ; Battente technique -- The ornaments. Battente style (Rasgueado) ; PIzzicato style (Punteado) -- The guitar as a continuo instrument -- Other guitars and related instruments : a glossary -- Appendix 1 : Primary sources -- Appendix 2 : Vocal music accompanied by guitar alfabeto -- Appendix 3 : Eighteenth-century vocal music accompanied by guitar -- Appendix 4 : Available facsimile editions of guitar tablatures.

ISBN

0193231824 (pbk.) :

LCCN

^^^80504118^/MN/r902

OCLC

6941872

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library