Saltarello - Vincenzo Galilei

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Hi, GMC! Here is an Italian Renaissance piece from 16th Century, composed by Vincenzo Galilei. Signore Galilei was a lute player, composer, music theorist, and the father of the famous Galileo Galilei. Back then, music and science were considered very close together.

The piece shown here, Saltarello is a lively hopping dance from Italy.

This would provide an excellent workout for the right hand thumb control and the left hand legato.
The 6th string is tuned down to D, and the thumb plays open strings trough out.

  E  E  Q    Q       Q    Q    Q       E  E  Q    Q       Q    Q    Q     
E||--3--2--0---------|--2--------------|--3--2--0---------|--5--------------|
B||-------------3----|-----------------|-------------3----|-----------------|
G||------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D||-------------0----|------------0----|-------------0----|------------0----|
A||--------0---------|-------0---------|--------0---------|-------0---------|
D||--0---------------|--0--------------|--0---------------|--0--------------|
 
 
  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    Q    Q     
--3--2--0--2--3--0--|--2--3--5--2--3--5--|--3--2--------0--2--|-----------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------5--3--------|--3--------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
--------------0-----|--------------0-----|--------------0-----|------------0----|
--------0-----------|--------0-----------|--------0-----------|-------0---------|
--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0--------------|
 
 
    NH     NH     NH         NH                NH                NH             
    Q      Q      Q          H.                H.                H.             
-----------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
-----------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
-----------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
----------------<>7----|--<>12------------|--<>7------------|--<>5------------||
---------<>7-----------|--<>12------------|--<>7------------|--<>5------------||
--<>7------------------|--<>12------------|--<>7------------|--<>5------------||

Another variation of the second theme comes back and natural harmonics at the end.
When you play your harmonics, the sounds come out better if you play close to the bridge.

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

Kristofer Dahl	5th February 2008
GMC Founder & Rocker	A very nice piece Kosei!

shellshock1911	5th February 2008
Member	Very lively indeed!

David Wallimann	5th February 2008
Instructor	Killer piece of music there. Great job!!!

The Uncreator	5th February 2008
Fire Up The Blades, Moderator	Awesome performance, this is a great lesson. Your technique is flawless

Bogdan Radovic	6th February 2008
Bass Instructor	Great piece and performance once again Kosei ! Thanks

Hisham Al-Sanea	5th February 2008
Instructor	nice playing kosei and perfect work

Juan M. Valero	6th February 2008
Instructor	cool lesson, congratulations

Dejan Farkas	6th February 2008
Instructor	Bravo Kosei

botoxfox	6th February 2008
Member	Love it

Muris Varajic	6th February 2008
Instructor	Great job Kosei,as always!!

Eat-Sleep-andJam	6th February 2008
Member	Loved It

Atlantik	6th February 2008
Member	Great:)

Toni Suominen	6th February 2008
Instructor	Very nice!

Gabriel Leopardi	6th February 2008
GMC Coordinator & Instructor	Great piece. Thanks Kosei!

krudtaa	6th February 2008
Member	Very coolsounding. thanks

at lights end	6th February 2008
Member	ooh i really like this one! it's got a lot of character.

Pablo Vazquez	6th February 2008
Instructor	Incredible Lesson!! Nice work Kosei!!!!!

Nemanja Filipovic	6th February 2008
Singing Instructor	wow...great..I love classicall guitar

Kosei Kubota	7th February 2008
Classical Instructor	Hi, everybody! Thank you for nice comments! I love renaissance pieces. I am trying to find a suitable piece for GMC by John Dowland, an English lute player from this period, who was made famous by recent CD by Sting.

Ivan Milenkovic	9th February 2008
Instructor	Great lesson and execution Kosei!