The Earle of Salisbury - Cover of John Renbourn

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This is John Renbourn’s arrangement of a Pavan - a courtly dance - originally written by William Byrd c. 1613. More than 400 years old: perhaps the most vintage piece on here?!
This is not my best attempt. I will do a video of my playing very soon and hopefully you’ll see and hear the improvement. Meantime I wanted to get some of my playing listened to and to contribute to the community.

Brian

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Nicely played Brian, good timing throughout and well picked. Most things by John Renbourn are worth a listen. Look forward to seeing you playing this. Thanks for sharing.

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Wow, that was lovely Brian! The music from that era has a beautiful feel to it. I didn’t know what a Pavan was - I remember a song from The Strawbs called “Tears and Pavan” - I always wondered, but never bothered to look it up. Now I know!

I can’t imagine how a newer version could be better played - that sounded terrific to me, but I look forward to it anyway.

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Nice! (I’ve been working on Renbourn’s arrangement of Bransle Gay off and on for a while, now. I don’t quite have it up to tempo.)

The only one older that I’m aware of is my rendition of Robin Reddocke from the late 15th century.

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Nice job. Renbourn’s arrangements are wonderful to listen to, and not easy to get through. What are you working on improving on this one?

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Ricky

Thanks for the response.

The second section of the piece, up around the twelfth fret, I make a lot of clumsy changes and lose some of the sustain. I want to make the performance cleaner and have as more of the tune ring out better.

Thanks to Jasons comment I’m also preparing Renbourn’s Bransle Gay for performance.

Brian

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Thank you Mal.

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Thank you Phil.