Dowland Favorites on the Ukulele

Description of book

A selection of beginner to advanced pieces by Dowland and his contemporaries 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 advanced pieces by Dowland and his contemporaries (from 1563 to 1626) are adapted and arranged for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using both modern musical notation and tablature. The pieces in this book start with two songs and then are arranged roughly in degree of difficulty. When playing a soprano, concert or tenor ukulele, linear tuning is required (i.e. using a low G string). Notes about the composers and pieces are at the back of this book.

Contents:

Sleep wayward thoughts (John Dowland)
Fine knacks for ladies (John Dowland)
The Sick Tunen (Anonymous)
Tarleton’s Resurrection (John Dowland)
Orlando Sleepeth (John Dowland)
Mr. Dowland’s Midnight (John Dowland)
Mrs. Nicols’ Almain (John Dowland)
Lady Laiton’s Almain (John Dowland)
My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home (John Dowland)
Fortune My Foe (John Dowland)
Complaint (John Dowland)
Mrs. Winter’s Jump (John Dowland)
Mrs. White’s Thing & Nothing (John Dowland)
Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard (John Dowland)
Frog Galliard (John Dowland)
Go From My Window (John Dowland)

Recordings of the pieces played at various tempos are posted on SoundCloud and/or YouTube (search for Dowland Favorites on the 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.