Playing with Patterns on the Lute: A Study and Method for Playing Sixteenth-Century Divisions

Author/Contributor(s):	North, Nigel
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	01/27/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Playing with Patterns on the Lute is a practical guide for lutenists of all levels who want to learn how to ornament their music with sixteenth-century divisions. It gives a method for studying and learning this skill, about which there are no other such in-depth books. Written by leading lutenist and teacher Nigel North, Playing with Patterns on the Lute is full of examples and comprehensive analyses of divisions taken from original sixteenth-century sources of lute music.