A Trove of Villancicos on the Ukulele

A selection of beginner to intermediate villancicos from the Renaissance (16th century) adapted for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using musical notation and tablature.

Ancient music written for the modern ukulele ….. None!

Playing ancient music on the ukulele ….. Absolutely!

This collection of beginner to intermediate villancicos from the Renaissance (16th century) are adapted and arranged for the Ukulele or Renaissance Guitar, using both modern musical notation and tablature. The pieces in this book are grouped by composer and in roughly the same order as the original books. When playing a soprano, concert or tenor ukulele, linear tuning is required (i.e. using a low G string). Notes about the composers are at the back of this book.

Contents:
Como quereys madre (Juan Vásquez)
Morenica dame un beso (Juan Vásquez)
Vos me matastes niña (Juan Vásquez)
Ay que non oso (Juan Vásquez)
No se que me bulle (Juan Vásquez)
Duelete de mi señora (Juan Vásquez)
No me hableys conde (Juan Vásquez)
Quiero dormir (Juan Vásquez)
Con que la lavare (Juan Vásquez)
Villanesca: Oyme oyme dolente (Giovanni Domenico da Nola)
Villanesca: Quando ti vegio (Miguel de Fuenllana)
Villanesca: Madona mia la vostra (Vincenzo Fontana)
Teresica hermana (Mateo Flecher the Elder)
Ojos claros (Francisco Guerrero)

Recordings of the pieces played at various tempos are posted on YouTube (search for A Trove of Villancicos on the Ukulele or Ancient Music for Ukulele).

Please check out the other books in this series "Ancient Music for Ukulele" by visiting our website (ancientmusic4ukulele.com) and/or Facebook page.