Handel Rigaudon

Rigaudon and the movement that follows it, from Handel's Water Music Suite No.2, arranged for 4 guitars. I listened to Le Concert Spirituel perform it at the Proms this year and couldn't get it out of my head. I felt a definite need to arrange it. In the pdf file the score is followed by the parts. Scribd insists on calling it Rigaud On. Oh, well.

Guitar Quartet

Published at the start of the 19th century, Peacock's Tunes is a collection of folk melodies for Northumbrian pipes. This suite of pieces is arranged from the book. Some of the parts are easier than others - none harder than Grade 2. It includes The Oyster Wife's Rant and O Say Bonny Lass. The downloadable pdf below includes both score and parts.

Battle Pavane

An arrangement of Susato's Pavane: La Bataille (The Battle Pavane)(1551) for guitar quartet. It's a great piece of early music to play. It's usually played on loud instruments - but it's no less effective on quiet ones! I've simplified it very slightly in one or two places but I don't think the simplifications detract from the overall effect. Works well with a drum playing an ostinato of one crotchet, two quavers. One performer on its first outing pointed out that there's a quote from the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" in it. I hadn't noticed.

The document below incudes the score plus parts for all four players.

Sur le Pont...

Sur Le Pont d'Avignon, for 1 to 4 guitars. Very easy and adaptable. For example, the 4th part is a descant and could just be played the second time were the piece to be played straight through twice.

Quartet

Another Susato Allemande...

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Night Dance

Another Susato arrangement. This one -a quartet- is a bit harder than the last one.

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