December 8th, 2009
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Author: of Queen Elizabeth I. This piece of music is played on a ‘hired’ lute from the ‘Lute Society’(UK). Apologies for all the background noise. Hopefully the crackling fire covers up most of my mistakes, as well as adding that certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ of course! 
See my other Lute Video: search for ‘Mudarra Fantasia’ & ‘alan lowe-jones’. Check out Sting’s new Lute Album ‘Songs from the Labyrinth’. … Alan Lowe-Jones Lute Music Acoustic Renaissance John Dowland Melancholy Galliard Sting Cheshire …
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Hi, welltuned. Haha, that’s realy very funny. I couldn’t believe my bad luck when recording this piece; the fire started crackling at such an inopportune moment. That’s burning willow for you. You have some excellent videos by the way: Edith Piaf, Paul Odette, French Baroque Trio, Ipernot etc.
Kind regards.
Alan.
The lute is not the easiest of stringed instruments I took lesson with Rob Mckillop of edinburgh uni (Renaissance lute 6course) and it took a while to get over the basics I was a guitar player beforehand and it’s about readapting the brain to know which is which on the fingerboard. But a very challanging and fun instrument
I’ve been at the Baroque repertoire for a while now and your video inspired me to pull out the Renaissance lute and play. How cool is that?
There are some very cool videos on YouTube (including yours), that’s for sure.
Some day, I’m gonna learn how to play the lute, get an electric lute, and tour the world With the name Lute Skywalker!
Great! Let’s us all know how that works out
very nice
awesomeness
good luck
Lovely.
Not a bad idea..electric lute.You all think that studying and learning some of this renaissance lute music could help me with metal(probobly or at least partly neo-classical)electric guitar?
Great playing, I love this kind of music. Thank you.
kind of looks like a derivative of the middle eastern oud
The European Lute is a modified version of the Oud brought to Europe by the Arabs during the middle ages.
I live in Ontario Canada would you please tell me where I can get more of this music?
u can buy david russell’s cd renaissance favorites for guitar…its not lute but it sounds similar and contains this as well as other dowland compositions
Hey man you fucking rock
Keep up the good work, Keep it BROOTAL!!
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Hi, daniedraco…all I can suggest really is just search the web! I believe there is a Lute Society in the USA nowadays, maybe even Canada?
Best of luck.
Alan.
how can such a beautiful sound emanate from such an ugly boat paddle of an instrument
it sounds like a really nice classical guitar
A marvelous piece and wonderful played! Thank you for posting. I wish a could play this way.
thank you so much for helping me
lol
anyway its really moody. lute was a quite popular instrument in my country, hungary too in the 16-17th century and played important role in hungarian folk music, so it sounds really familiar to me. great job!
ahhh but it does and just imagine what a masterfully crafted lute in its time and prime woulda sounded like!!!
Sounds wonderful! However, you look like you’d be more at home playing on a rock in the middle of a calm lake on a misty morning! At least that what the music makes me think of.
Try looking for the artist Paul O’Dette. He has some pretty amazing lute recordings!
Hi, KreepyKrawlie.
You’re right, Paul O’Dette is a wonderful, proper, lute player. Quite unlike myself; I’m just some bod having a play!
Best wishes.
Alan.
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Alan Lowe-Jones.