The Baroque Ukulele

A selection of beginner to intermediate pieces from the Baroque and late Renaissance adapted for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using musical notation and tablature.

Ancient music written for the modern ukulele ….. None!

Playing ancient music on the ukulele ….. Absolutely!

This collection of beginner to intermediate pieces from the Baroque and late Renaissance periods (from 1640 to 1750) are adapted and arranged for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using both modern musical notation and tablature. The pieces in this book are ordered by degree of difficulty, starting with those that are easier. When playing a soprano, concert or tenor ukulele, linear tuning is required (i.e. using a low G string). Notes about the composers are at the back of this book.

Contents:

Gigue (Johann von Losinthal)

Sarabande (Anonymous)

Two Minutes (Robert de Visée)

Aria (Johann von Losinthal)

Gavotte (Ivan Jelinek)

Rujero (Gaspar Sanz)

Rondino (Jean Phillipe-Rameau)

Menuet (Silvius Leopold Weiss)

Minuet (Christian Petzold)

Aria and Minuet (J.S.Bach and J.C.F.Bach)

Minuetto Scherzando (Alessandro Scarlatti)

Sonata (Domenico Scarlatti)

Canarios (Gaspar Sanz)

Recordings of the pieces played at various tempos are posted on SoundCloud (search for The Baroque Ukulele or Ancient Music for Ukulele).

Please check out the other books in this series “Ancient Music for Ukulele” by visiting our website (ancientmusic4ukulele.com) and/or Facebook page.