![]() ![]() ![]() To illustrate that this tune travelled far and wide I have posted a version of the tune entitled Payssanos by Santiago Murcia that was apparently found in Spain: viewtopic.php?p=1410782#p1410782.Īccording to John Robinson in the Lute News Music Supplement 124, Dec 2017 (published by the UK Lute Society) there are: You will also find a Scottish version from the Balcarres Lute Book (that I posted) and some variations in B minor from Martin Ludenhoff. 31392) that I posted, an imaginative set of variations from Jurgen Schenk and a duet based on Greensleeves from Kevin Collins. Several versions of the tune can be found on the forum by using the goo gle search box and searching for Greensleeves including a fuller version of the basic tune by Daniel Magli, a version in 4/4 from the continental source the Thysius Lute Book entitled Greensleeves is all my Joy from Arthur Olins, two variations on the tune by Francis Cutting (from the British Library manuscript Add. The D03 version presents the tune in its most basic form in 3/4 time in the key of A minor. ![]() The tune uses a popular harmonic ground/chord progression that originates in Italy, the passemezzo antico (or its variant the romanesca depending on whether the first chord is played as A minor or C major). It is often thought that the English king Henry VIII wrote the tune for his lover (and later Queen, Anne Boleyn) but this is unlikely to be true. It appears fairly early in a lot of guitar tutor books and can be found here on Delcamp in the D03 collection. Greensleeves is a tune that was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries and much of its popularity in the present day. However perhaps I can add to the discussion of Greensleeves: Good to see that I have been pipped to the post in providing material for this new section. ![]()
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