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The baroque lute for which Weiss wrote had 13 courses including a complete
diatonic scale in the bass. I have endeavoured to keep the performance
of this piece simple, though having to stop the strings for the bass part
inevitably makes the piece less easy to perform and it has not been
possible to include all the lower range of notes at their original pitch.
Also, since the interval between the top 2 courses was only a third,
unisons and 2nds were easy to obtain. I have here used appogiaturas
and ornamentation to attempt to convey the effect.
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Dresden Suite No.1
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
(1687 - 1750) Transcribed from the lute tablature
by Andrew Forrest
Prelude
IX CVII VII
4 4
VI
2 1
4
#
## 1
0 0
4
Guitar & 1 2 4 3 0
3
1 3
w
R R 0 1
CIV CII IV
1 4 3
### # #
3 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 1
3 1 3 2 3
1 2 1 0
& # 4
J 3 1 4 0 3 1
CII II
4 4 4
4
# # n # 1 2 0 4
### 0 3 0 2 3 1 4
1 2 4 0 4
1
3
&
1
1 3 1
CIV CII
2 1
### 4 1 3 4 2
1 3 3 2 2
3
4 3 1
4
& 2
3 4 1 3 3
3 3
3
J 1 1
CVII CIX
4 4
n
4 4 4 1 3
3 2 3 3 2
# # 1 1
&# 1
3 2
w 0
CIX CVII IX VII
4 2 4
1 1
2 4 4
### 1
1 4 1
3 3
2
4
1
3 4
1
&
1
0
1 3 2
CII V II
4 4 3
~~~~~~ j 4
### 3
4
2
1 1
3
4 w 3
& 2
w
3
2
w w
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Allemande
3131 CII
m 2 4
IV
m 343 3131
m
4 4 3
### C 3
2
0
3
2
4
1
3
4
& 0
1
1 1
1 3
CII
4 4
### j j # #j
2 2
4 3 1
& 2
J J 1
3
J J 2
4 3
CIV CVII
4 4 4 4
8 3
### j j # j #
1 3 1 3 4
2 3 2 1 2 3 2
1
& 1
4 3
# J # 2
1 2 2
4 1 2
1 1
CIV 4343
B m 4 4
4 3 4 4
12
### 4 0
2
4 1
2
4 3
1 4 2 1 4 0
3
4
1
w # n
& 2 J J # 1
3
1 1 1 3
2 2
II CIX
j j 4 4 4
### # #
16 4 3 4
1 2
3
4
4 2 2 3 0
& 2 3 3
4 1 1
3
CVII CVII
j j j 4
4 3
4 3
20 4
3 1 4 4
### n # nj 0 2 3 2
& 2
w 2 0
# 1
2 2
4141 CVII IV
m 4
24
###
2 2 4 4
4 1 3 4
1
1 0 4
& 3
# #
1
3
2
3
2
4
3 2
w 2 1 3
2 1
VII CVII
28
4 4
4
3 4
### j
4
2 3
2
2
3 1 3
4
2
3
& w 1
3 0
1
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Courante
IV 2
j j j j 1 4 4 4 1
### 3
2 4 1 3 4
0
3
& 4
3
2 2 1 0
3
CVII IX
j j 4 2 4 4
5 3
###
4 2
4
3
1
& #
1 1 2
1 3
1
& 2
3131
17 j ~~~~~~ I
4
C IV
### # j
3
1
j j 2 0 4 4 0
j
# #
1
j 3 1 2
& #
4
1 3
CIV CII IV
22 j j j j 1
3
4
### #j j #
2
4 4 0 2 4 1
& 3
1 4
1 2
4
CII CIV
4
### # # #j j j #j j # #
28 1 2 1 4 4
4
1 1 3
4 3
2
& n
4
2
### # #
33 4 4 3
2 1 4 4 1
3 1 3 0 2
& 3
3
2
1
2 1
1
V CIX CVII
4 1 4
39 2 4 1 3 1 3
4 3 3
###
&
( )
0 2 1
CIV 101010
j3 j ~~~~~ j j
###
44 4 4
4 1
1
& 0
1
1 3
1
1 1 2
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CII V CVII CVII CV CVII
Bourre
. . . . II
. . 4 4 4 4 4
### C
II
0
4
3
1 0
1
3 4
3
& 2 1
3
. . 1 . . 1 2 2
414
. . M 4242
5
m 4
4 3 4 4
### # 0
1
4 4
0
2
& 3
. 1
1
. 1 2
1
1
CIV
CII
10 2 4
### # #
2 1
2 4 2 3 0 0 4 4
3 3
& # 4 3
1 1
0 1
D CIV II
II .
14 . . 0 4
4 2 4 .
### 0
4
# 0
3
4
3
4
&
# . .
3 1
V CVII IV
. . CII
.
18
### 4
3
4
2.
3
&
. . #
1 1
1
. .
CIV CIV CVII
j j
4 2 3 4 4
22 4
### # #
3 #
3
4
3 1 4
1
4 3
4
& 4 0 #
2
1 1 2
2
II CII CII
26 4 2
### n n n 4
& 3
2
3
3
j j 4 4 4
###
30 4 2 1 2 1
0
& 1
0
4
3
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Sarabande 141
m m IV
### 3 1
4 4
3
3 1 3 4
4
4 4 j 3 2
2
1 3 1 2
& 4 2
3 2 1
3
2 1
4
0
1
3
4343
j m CII 4343
6
j
### j # j #~~~ j
2 1
4 2
1
& 0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
# 3
1
J J
J 2 4
3 1 3 1 3
CVIII CVII 141
E m 3
4
12 4 2
### j
1
3
2
3 1
3
3 1 3 3
&
0
CIV
4
3 4 4 1 4
17
### # j
4
# 3
n n
4 3 0
3
4 3 1 0 4
# #
3 2
0
& #
1
1 2
0 1
1
VII CVII
22
### 3
1
1
0
1 1 4
3
4 4
1
& 2
1
2 2
2
Menuet I
4 3
CVII IV
1 3
2 3
### 3
2 2 3
0 4 2 4 2 4
4
& 4
4
1 1 1 1
1
3
CIX CVII CV
j 4
j j j j
1 2 4
~~~~~ 4 2 4
8 1 3
1
3
4 4
### 0 3 3
&
3 2 1 1 1
VII
F IV 3
2 4
### j j
14 2 4 4
2 3 2 1 2 0 2
4 3
3
&
4 3
1 2 1
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CVII VII
4 3 2
n n n n n
###
21 4
3
&
2
1
n 212 CVII
m IV
29 2
M j j 4
### j
#
j
3 4
3
&
3
CVII
4
35
# j j j j n j n
3
4
4 4 4
0
3 2
3
4
#
& #
3 1 1
IV
40 j n j n j n j 4 3
### j 3
& 4
Menuet II
424242 VI 424242
CVII
~~~~~ IV ~~~~~ 3
### 3
2 2
4
3
& 4
1
IV II II
6 4 ~~ 4 4
n n
2
###
# #
2 4 4 2
4
& 4
#
3
3 3
Menuet I da Capo
II CIV CVII
12
### # j
2 4
4
3
& 3
4
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Gigue
X
3
### 6 J J J J
4
1
4 3 4 1
0 3
2
1
4
2
& 8 J J J J 2
i p i p p i m p m i p p p
V III a i VI
5 4 3
### 1
1 0 1 0
3 2
& J J J J J J 3
3
J 2 2
2 2 3 1
3
p p p
II IV VI
10
### j j #
2
4
3
0 4
3
4 0 4
3 1
4 0
0
1
4 3
&
1
1
3 4 2 2 2
G IV CII
16 4 1
### # # # #
4 3
0
2
1 3
0
4
3
& #
2
IV CVII
21
### #
0
2
4 # # 3
2
4
3
1 0 2 4
3
2 0
3
& # # # 3 0
IV
3
2 4
###
26 4 4
2 2 4 2 3 3
1 n n # #
0
3
4
1
4
& # n
1 1 1 4
3
1 1
CVII CIV II
31 4 2
### # # #j
3 2
4
2 0 4 4
j j
& j
# J
J 1 1 J J
H I II CIV
### j # # #
4 1
0
& # J J J 2 2
J # J p i p J J J
J J 1 3 2
#
3 4 3
& #
4 J J 0
2
3 4
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CVI IV CIV
48 2 4
### # #
2 1
1 4 3
n n 4 2 1 2
3
4
4 2
3
4
& # #
4
3 1 4
3
1 0
434 323
M j M j
54 2
### n 1
n
4 4
1
& n #
3
I
60
### j j 0 j 4
4 3
1
&
3
3
2 4
CIV CVII VI
4 1
66 4 3 4 3
###
3 4 4
3 2 2 2 0
0 1
&
0 3
1
2 1 3
0 2
212
CIX M j
j 3
1 j j 4 3
4 1 4 3 3
4
4
72
### 2 j 4
3
4
0 0 1 1 4 3 3 3 1 3 0
&
3
3 2 2 2 1 0
2
I J CII CIV
78
### # # # # j 2 4 1
2 4
3
2 4
& n # 1
J 1 4 3 3
2 3
II II
3 4
4 1
### n
84 4 4 4 4 3 2
4 2 3 2 0 0
1
& n
1
2 3
1
1
90
### j 2
j j
3 4 0 2
j
0
3 1
& J J J
3
J
2
1 1
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