John Dowland (1563-1628): A Lesson For Two Lutes
This is a famous duet from a John Dowland lute manuscript kept at the Folger Shakespeare Library at Amherst. The piece is now mainly played as a standard student duet on classical guitars. A useful guitar version is here:
http://www.guitguid.com/files/downlo...wo%20Lutes.pdf
I have adapted the piece to two tenor guitars in GDAE tuning and play it twice through: first andante with bass notes added as double stops and chords and then allegro with the bass notes omitted.
Vintage Viaten tenor guitar (x2)
Apologies to Richard Durrant for pinching the title (but not the arrangement) from the tenor guitar adaptation he has recorded on his new album.
Recorded as part of getting used to my brand new parlour-sized tenor guitar -- it's a lovely little thing with great tone for early music!
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