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fecit potentiam - Duo de Josquin by Fuenllana

I have a new vihuela on order from Alexander Batov. In the meantime, my friend Richard Jones, fine maker of Renaissance viols, has loaned me his old vihuela. It is in need of refretting as it is prone to the odd twang here and there.

This two-part piece by Fuenllana is just two parts from a work I believe is in four parts. Very enjoyable to play.

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Comment by Andre Nieuwlaat on June 9, 2009 at 21:24
Hi Waling,

if you're still looking for this piece in French tab, you can find most of Fuenllana's works (including this one) on Serge Gerbode's website, at

http://www.gerbode.net/ft2/composers/Fuenllana/

Josquin's duo is in book I, number 8 (available in pdf, fronimo and tab)

Browse through the files, and you'll find a lot of vihuela and lute music by other composers as well. Not too much by Narvaez though, unfortunately ...

- btw, I joined this group about 15 minutes ago, I never knew it existed. Seems like a great place to be, I'm sure I will be spending a lot of time here.

Rob, I'm very impressed by the way you play this beautiful piece. It happens to be one of my favorite pieces to play, for the very reason you mention: it's such a joy to play it. But I must admit, I play it at a much slower pace than you do.
Comment by Rob MacKillop on June 3, 2009 at 9:59
It has six courses...
Comment by Kaimi on June 3, 2009 at 0:33
I have not heard a vihuela with five courses before and not six. This is very nice. :)

~Kaimi
Comment by Frei on May 15, 2009 at 1:12
Nice Rob!
Comment by Rob MacKillop on May 14, 2009 at 20:38
You'd be welcome, Patrig. Edinburgh is a great city.

Waling, I don't have a French version this time, sorry.
Comment by Kernoa Patrig on May 14, 2009 at 20:02
You seem to be a good reader and I am a bad keyboard user...
I feel like going to Scotland to meet you once.
Comment by Waling Tiersma on May 14, 2009 at 17:57
Hi, nice to see you plucking a vihuela by a viol-maker.
Do you have (french) tablature of this peace, or is it to bee found somewhere on the internet? The to 2-part reduced polyphony might just be right for me.
Adding extra parts to polyphonic music was quit common I think, so why not leaving out some...
I'm currently building a bass-viol like the ones Richard makes. (... inspired by the sound of his instruments) The process is slow however. I spend more time playing (viol, guitar, vihuela) than building.
Comment by Rob MacKillop on May 14, 2009 at 10:22
I don't know about Bartov, but I'm sure my Batov will be just as good ;-)
Comment by Kernoa Patrig on May 13, 2009 at 19:14
Dear Rob
I hope you'll have as much pleasure with your new "Bartov" vihuela as I do with mine!
I hope I had 48 hour long days in order to play as much as I'd like to!
Slan agat, Patrig

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