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Lute music story. The exhaustive information about history lute music, composers, luteists, makers, publishers of the Renaissance, Baroque and their biographies.
Lutenists, makers, publishers. This page contains the most full list of composers lute music, luteists, theorists, publishers and lute makers of the Renaissance and Baroque.
Lute instruments review. The review of family lute instruments. Renaissance lute, Baroque lutes and Baroque guitar, Vihuela, Theorbo, Chitarrone, Wandervogel lute, Renaissance Cittern, Mandolin, Bandora, Torban, etc.
Luteists, makers, publishers. Information about the lute player, composer, craftsmen, publishers, both modern and Renaissance, Baroque. Biographies etc.
Theory and practice of play. What does it mean - lute tablature and how to read it? How to play at the classical guitar the lute music? Tuning of lute instruments, strings and other manuals.
Library «Tabulatures and notes» The library contains about 4000 lute tabulatures of more than 150 composers (format ft2, pdf, midi, tab), more than 100 books and collections containing more than 3000 compositions (format jtb). Lute books in pdf format. Notes for the classical guitar and collection of links.
Lute solos. The section includes about 4000 products for a lute more than 200 composers. In this section all files are presented and duplicated in formats ft2, pdf, midi, tab. The size of all these files is not great, that allows to open these files in mode On-line. In the same section it is possible to download program FRONIMO.
Gerbode.net. "Mirror of site" gerbode.net from Sarge Gerbode. This the largest file archive containing nearby 4000 tabulatures in ft2, pdf, midi and tab formats. Now in Russian. Updating (March 2008).
Lute books in jtb. All books of this section are presented in format jtb program DJANGO, which allows to look through books similarly to Adobe Acrobat Reader (configuration with bookmarks) and to listen to the compositions containing in these books (midi).You can also download this program.
Lute books in pdf. This section contains lute books in format PDF of program Adobe Acrobat Reader. This format approaches for any computer platform and allows to display covers and the most exotic fonts.
Classical guitar. With the aid of this section you receive access to the most interesting note archives containing not only compositions of guitar classicers but also arrangements for classical guitar of jazz, pop, and rock music.
On other sites. Links to sites which contain tabulatures for various early musical instruments in various formats are on this site in the catalogue "Catalogue of thematic links" in subitem "Tabulatures, programs, archives".
Record library, mp3. Record Library is a non-profit project created with the purpose of getting acquainted with the sounds of lute family of instruments, players and music from different ages for these instruments.
Video «Lute instruments». You will see on-line on this page of video of play on lute instruments.
Lute in painting and photo. In this gallery of pictures you can get acquainted with the fine art of different epochs associated with the lute.
Classical guitar page. The page contains the information on a history of the classical guitar, classics of guitar music, history of guitar in Russia, collection of links, section about classical guitar in jazz where it is possible to download new arrangements.
Classics of guitar music.
Brief biographies of the most glorified and known guitarists - composers who have brought in the huge contribution to development of guitar music in the world.
G. Sanz, F. Sor, M. Giuliani , F.Carulli, M. Carcassi , D. Aguado, M. Lyobet, F. Tarrega, A. Segovia, A. Barrios, F. Moreno-Torroba, E. Pujol , L. Brouwer , I. Albeniz, E. Villa-Lobos.
History of guitar in Russia. E.D.Larichev article about a history of guitar in Russia.
A. Sichra, M.Sokolovsky, M. Vysotsky, N. Makarov, A. Ivanov-Kramskoy.
Classical guitar in Jazz. Jazz musis and classical guitar. Joe Pass and Laurindo Almeida. Links. Compositions of Almeida (cool-jazz). Notes of jazz arrangements for classical guitar.
Sites about classical guitar. Societies, publishing, guitars and accessories, makers, classical guitar sites, Internet shops, others.
The Scottish Guitar. The book has 74 pages, and there are 40 mp3 files. It is the sum of many years researching and performing Scottish lute, cittern and guitar music. The key thing is the performances. There is a continuity of style and technique going back nearly 1,000 years, which I have brought to the modern nylon and steel-strung guitar. As I say in the Introduction, this is more Scottish than 'Celtic'.
Russian seven-stringed guitar. It is the most mysterious musical instrument concerning the history. It is a lot of disputes, but anybody plainly cannot explain two hundred year's history of a seven-stringed guitar. Who was the founder of this instrument?, sources of occurrence?, etc.
We hope, that this page will explain much and will promote revival of this remarkable musical instrument.
This page contains set of notes and textbooks for free uploading.
Page in Russian with an opportunity of translation into English language (Google translate
Classical guitar in rock and pop music. The unique offer for players on classical guitar. If you study or play classical guitar and you have lack of interesting modern repertoire or you are publisher and look for interesting material, you are at the right place.
See the list of course compositions. Where you can see and notes of separate compositions and listen in format Windows Media Audio -"wma"
Series of notes for guitar. You can look published in Russia notes from the series "With own hands" 1996-1999 and download.
Early music in Russia. Page about modern Russian musicians and the ensembles playing early music on early instruments. Links.
Catalogue of thematic links. The catalogue of links. Here it is possible to find any information on a subject of early music, musical societies, masters, players and ensembles of all world, a history, instruments, theory, etc. The Catalogue is divided into subjects. Contains more than 800 links.
CD review (Family lute instruments). In this review there are about 100 CD discs. In the "Record library" site can hear the sound of some of these tracks CD.
Forum. You can add, edit and delete the messages at a forum, submit announcements, add avators exchange files. To write and receive messages at a forum. To subscribe for any forums and subjects (i.e. to receive notices on e-mail about new messages), to make bookmarks on liked subjects, to discuss some sections of site and many other things.