John Dowland - The Frog Galliard - (P23a) - Lute

[debs4mysweetbaby]

les trilles belle, tout me rappelle d'un saut petite grenouille du nénuphar à la feuille de nénuphar, attraper des mouches! cela est une grenouille merveilleux!

ribbit! :)

[jes282]

Wonderful! How would you recommend someone start learning the lute?

[Luthval]

@jes282

Just look on the net for Wayne Cripps lute page, lot of infos, tabs and links... Good luck !

V.

[CasiodorodelaTeja]

There is a impossible chord for me, but you do it so easy !!! wow Luth you are an Heroe !!!

[Luthval]

@CasiodorodelaTeja

Thanks ! (lol, with work, nothing impossible... just relax...)

Val

[warestequen]

love this song so much, I´m trying to do it on my guitar, all your versions are excellent, thats why i love music, 3 different ways of expression on the same composition, congratulations!

[Luthval]

I think there are more versions of this song, but I choose the 3 I prefer, this one is probably the best known, but the P90 is lovely too.

Val

[crisalvini]

my fave too!

[Luthval]

Do you prefer the version P90 or P23a ? (I like both !)

Val

[crisalvini]

P23a is the best, but I love all the versions.... ;)

[addaiaguitar]

This is our favourite version of the Frog Galliard prefering it to P23 and P90. We love the runs slightly faster as in this version! Great playing. Kristian

[Luthval]

Thanks

also my fav...

V.

[expaddler]

Wondowlanderful!

[Luthval]

;-)))

thanks

V.

[michaelinsanantone]

This is what youtube is for....not naked girls and what not, but a sharing of something really cool. Thanks for posting these delightful pieces.

[Zappfrank]

You are right, that's right... the secret word for tonight is HEAVEN! ((;-[)

[Luthval]

Thanks all ;-)

V.

[Rigobarrios]

I really like your lute's sound!

And this piece is beautiful!

My best, Rigo

[Luthval]

Thanks Rigo ;-)

Regards

val

[Mod74]

You can never go wrong with the original! I play this one on CG in F# tuning, capo 2nd fret. One day I'll add an R-lute to my collection.

[Luthval]

Yes, you should ;-)

V.

[glaoud]

C'est une trés belle version !*****J.C.

[Luthval]

Thanks a lot (As I said before I'm working on other versions of the same piece, as there are 8 different sources, but I'm working on 2 other than this one)

Val

[YieArKungFu]

That was delightful.

[Luthval]

Thanks ;-)

[librarian1955]

I am never tired to thank you for sharing. A very charming piece and your playing is remarkable.

Merci beaucoup.

[Luthval]

It is a pleasure to charm people with the music I love ;-)

best regards

val

[carpeguitarra]

What a great background story to this piece Val. I look forward to hearing other versions. This is one of my favorites from Dowland. I hope to play this but I think it is a year off for me yet.

Oh, and of course, well played.

Regards,

Tim

[Luthval]

I'm working on the other versions... hope to post soon...

Thanks for the comment

val

[PB11784]

Wow...another beauty. Thank you. I am not familiar with Lute or much music of the era, but beauty aside there is also a great sense of whimsy in some of it, no? Thank you again for sharing!

[Luthval]

Thanks ;-)

I'll look what whimsy means in french.. sorry about my poor english...)

Regards

val

[akaminehidetoshi]

beautiful

[Luthval]

Thanks for watching ;-)

Val

[riceboii101]

HHAHAHA!!! The story behind this piece is hilarious.Thank you for sharing the story and the music of DOwland with us.

[Luthval]

;-)

V.

[Fattythe2nd]

For playing the baroque lute, do you mainly play with your ring and middle fingers?

Thanks,

David

[Luthval]

Here it is renaissance lute, so thumb index are mainly used (even thumb play up to the chanterelle in passagios), then when needed, middle, ring only for chords, with the baroque lute, thumb only for basses, index and middle, very few use of the ring (some chords)

V.

[Fattythe2nd]

Thanks!

[magicdog200]

Are you John Dowland reincarnated as Val? I have really enjoyed this series!

[Luthval]

Oh No! I'm not... I would like too... but some of Dowland's lute solos are unplayable by me... So I'm trying to play those I can...

Thanks

Val

[trolabe]

Great job, Val. Very nice interpretation and I like your ornamentation, you are getting better and better.

Regards Trond

[Luthval]

Thanks Trond, this one is not easy I had to work hard... and I prepare 2 different versions of this tune (P23 & P90, this one being P23a) Ornementation is on the Ms (and I dont play all, as it is over ornemented... some impossible to do, for me at least)

;-)

Amitiés,

Valéry

[Jualtair]

I love this piece! "The frog" I have heard for the first time on guitar, but the lute is much more interesting! 5 stars!!

[Luthval]

Thanks my dear (take care, one day you will be tempted to play lute...)

Best regards,

Valéry

[SFChristo]

Please tell us something about why it is called, "Frog". Thank you for your splendid sound!

[Luthval]

The story is : The French queen (regent), Catherine de Medicis try to marry her sons to all the european courts... Her last son, the Duc of Alençon (François, or "Hercule"...) was not really a top model... And she tried to marry him with the Queen Elizabeth. so he went to the Court of England, and there he was called Frog (Due to his physical appareance, and because he was french, froggies...) So this is his galliard... the Frog galliard... (true story)

funny no ?

Val ;-)

[654321654321]

thanks for that information.

(and for the music too, hehe)

R.

[C6H12B26]

That's it ! He was 21 years younger than Elizabeth(24 yers/45 years). She tells him he was depicted as "ugly" but she finds him on the contrary charming and she names him "frog". And Elizabeth goes so far as to kiss him on the mouth in public and put a ring at his finger. She says she would heartily give a million pounds so that her "Frog" could still swimm in the Thames instead to paddle in the netherlandish marshland when he leaves England.

Great interpretation, congratulations, Mr Val !

[Luthval]

Oh Roger... voilà de l'info croustillante... sur la bouche ? Oh, shoking !!!

Val ;-) (joking)

[lalodiaz]

This is one of my favorites pieces by Dowland!!

[Luthval]

Yes, really a master piece... (other versions nice too... stay in tune I'll post soon)

V.

[wwelti]

Hello Val! Wow, you are really working hard on this one. I remember your previous recording of it :)

Very well played. Now I have to record it on the Uke! But alas I cannot play it as well as you!

Regards, Wilfried

[Luthval]

Hello Wilfried,

I was not satisfied with the previous recording (neither sound nor playing...) I will re-do many of the first videos... Starting with Dowland ;-) (when I post a new version I delete the old one...)

Best regards

Val

[okvolleyball]

nice job well

[Luthval]

Thanks ;-)

V.