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GavottaFree Guitar Lesson 5"Gavotta - Old French dance form..."
This excellent little piece by Brescianello gives you the chance to consolidate the earlier technique (Lesson 2 Greensleeves)of playing slurs with the "weaker" fingers i.e. fingers 3 & 4 of the left hand. Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello was an Italian composer from Venice who found fame in Germany mostly as the court Kapellmeister at the Würtemburg court of Duke Eberhard Ludwig in Stuttgart. The Gavotta is admirably suited to the guitar even though not specifically written for it. It was actually written for an instrument called a colascione which is a now defunct member of the lute family. Indeed, the colascione was tuned exactly the same as a modern guitar and music written for it can be played on the guitar with little or no changes at all. This piece by Brescianello is written in what was called the "Gallant" style which was popular during the late Baroque period. In this period the Gavotte or Gavotta was the fastest of the dances in duple time and as such you should play it in a lively manner. You can feel the "drive" of the piece always moving forward with purpose (see video below). Other than the slurs in the recurring theme, there are trills you should be careful of to make sure they are played cleanly and crisply. They can be found in bars 15 & 31. A chord roll, as in Lesson 3 - Green Sleeve, again gives you the chance to consolidate previously learned techniques. Here is a video of the complete piece...
Art Print As always, practice your pieces slowly and work the speed up. This piece is quite lively so take the time to master it properly. When you've mastered it play it at a speed of 104 = 1 Crotchet Beat.
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