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The Guitar Loot Collection
Renaissance and Baroque guitar arrangements, transcribed and edited by Eric Crouch and hosted here with his permission. Every piece on this page is free to read in the GMI Sight Reader — no membership, no registration, no sign-in. Click any title to open the score.
Arranged by Eric Crouch.
These transcriptions are Eric’s work, published at
guitarloot.org.uk,
and shared here on his condition that they remain freely available.
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Pieces
24
Composers
3–8
Grade range
£0
Cost to read
Alessandro Piccinini
Alfonso Ferrabosco
Anonymous
- Tombeau de M. François Ginter Grade 5
- Corrente Grade 6
- La Comète Grade 6
- Padouana Grade 6
- Passacaglia Grade 6
- Pavana alla Ferrarese Grade 6
- Pavana alla Venetiana Grade 6
- Ricercar 33 Grade 6
- Saltarello Grade 6
- Volta Grade 6
- Ballet 5 Grade 7
- Bergamasca Grade 7
- Bergamasco Grade 7
- Chacone Grade 7
- Chaconne Grade 7
- Chaconne Grade 7
- Chaconne Grade 7
- ChaconneHM Grade 7
- Entrée de Luth 1 Grade 7
- Fantasie Grade 7
- Fantasie Grade 7
- Gagliarda Grade 7
- Galliarde Grade 7
- L’Amant Malheureux Grade 8
- Lute Concerto (RV93) Grade 8
- Passacaglia Grade 8
- Capriccio Cromatico
- Chaconne (Saiz alt. 2)
- Chaconne (Saiz brief)
- Fantasia 4
- Fantasia Belissima (Fantasia 3)
- Fantasia1Gtr
- L'Angelique 3
- Las Vacas
- Passagalia
- Payssanos 2
- The Frog Galliard (alt.)
- Two Variations on the Frog Galliard
Anonymous (English)
- Galliard 1 Grade 4
- Joan to the Maypole Grade 4
- The Gillyflower Grade 4
- Allemande Grade 5
- Allemande (f29) Grade 5
- Allemande (f46) Grade 5
- Alman 13 Grade 5
- Alternative version Grade 5
- Courante (f44) Grade 5
- Doomp Grade 5
- French Tune Grade 5
- Hall’s Galliard Grade 5
- Hornpipe (f51) Grade 5
- In Nomine Galliard Grade 5
- In Nomine Pavan Grade 5
- Jig (f50v) Grade 5
- John Come Kiss Me Now Grade 5
- Lord Souche’s Maske Grade 5
- Mad Tom of Bedlam Grade 5
- Pastyme Grade 5
- Sarabande (f46) Grade 5
- Sarabande (f46v) Grade 5
- The Eglantine Branch Grade 5
- The English Hunt's Up Grade 5
- The Wood Bynde Grade 5
- A New Almaine Grade 6
- Coranto Grade 6
- Courante (f39) Grade 6
- Delacourt Pavan Grade 6
- Fansie (Fantasy) Grade 6
- Fansye Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard 4 Grade 6
- Gray’s Inn the First Grade 6
- Joan to the Maypole (alt.) Grade 6
- Lady North’s Galliard Grade 6
- Poor Tom of Bedlam Grade 6
- Sellinger Grade 6
- The Flat Galliard Grade 6
- The Flat Pavan Grade 6
- Untitled Piece Grade 6
- Allemande (f40r) Grade 7
- Arthur's Dump Grade 7
- Bell Almayne Grade 7
- Fantasie Grade 7
- First Queen's Maske Grade 7
- Galliard 15 Grade 7
- Galliard 2 Grade 7
- Galliard 3 Grade 7
- John Blundeville’s Last Farewell Grade 7
- Lachrimae Grade 7
- Lord Strang’s Galliard Grade 7
- Mal Sims (f26) Grade 7
- Mr. Strangs Gregory Hitts Grade 7
- Nightingale (f48) Grade 7
- Pavan Grade 7
- Pavan Grade 7
- Prelude Grade 7
- Quando Claro, Quando Claro Grade 7
- Second Queen's Maske Grade 7
- Somerset Grade 7
- Volte 4 Grade 7
- Volte 5 Grade 7
- Volte 6 Grade 7
- Volte 7 Grade 7
- Allemande (f45v) Grade 8
- Brewster's Pavan Grade 8
- Chacogne Grade 8
- Daphne and Corridon Grade 8
- Fantasy Grade 8
- Guilforde's Almaine Grade 8
- M. Saman, his Coranto Grade 8
- My Lady Carey’s Dompe Grade 8
- somersettgtrE Grade 8
- Third Queen's Maske Grade 8
- Volte 1 Grade 8
- Volte 2 Grade 8
- Volte 3 Grade 8
- Anthony3lutev2
- Chacone
- Dargesson
- Fantasy 29
- Fantasy 51
- Galliard (untitled)
- Galliard 11
- Galliard 7
- Galliard23Gtr
- Grimstock
- Ground
- Jour Désiré
- La Vecchia Pavane
- La Vecchia Pavane
- Lachrymae (version A)
- Lachrymae (version B)
- Loth to Depart (alt.)
- Marsh's Sellinger's Round
- Militia Dump (version A)
- Militia Dump (version B)
- Mrs EB Teares
- Oxford Galliard
- Pavan (Lupo)
- Sick, Sick and Very Sick
- Smythe's Pavan
- Southwell’s Galliard
- Teares
- The Downfall of Paris
- The Duke of Milan's Dump
Anonymous (Scottish)
Anthony Holborne
- Almain (Reade’s Almaine) Grade 5
- Bandora Galliard 2 Grade 5
- Bandora Pavan 6 Grade 5
- Bandora Prelude Grade 5
- Galliard 05 (New Year’s Gift) Grade 5
- Galliard 11 (Passion) Grade 5
- Galliard 17 Grade 5
- Ground Grade 5
- Mr.Bond’s Galliard 2 Grade 5
- Tears of the Muses Grade 5
- Almain (The Choice) Grade 6
- As it fell on a Holiday Grade 6
- Bandora Fantasia 4 Grade 6
- Bandora Pavan 2 Grade 6
- Bandora Pavan 3 Grade 6
- Bandora Pavan 5 Grade 6
- Clarke’s Galliard Grade 6
- Farewell Grade 6
- Pavan - Last Will and Testament (E minor) Grade 6
- Pembroke's Pavan (revised) Grade 6
- The Night Watch Grade 6
- Almain (Heart’s Ease) Grade 7
- Bandora Fantasia 1 Grade 7
- Bandora Fantasia 3 Grade 7
- Bandora Galliard 1 Grade 7
- Bandora Pavan 4 Grade 7
- Galliard 16 Grade 7
- Response Galliard Grade 7
- The Fairy Round Grade 7
- a) G minor version Grade 8
- Bandora Fantasia 2 Grade 8
- Lute Fantasia 1 Grade 8
- Pavan (Bona Sperenza) Grade 8
- Pavan (Heres Paternus) Grade 8
- The Cradle of Conceits Grade 8
- The Gordian Knot (Tinternell) Grade 8
- Tres Choses Grade 8
Cuthbert Hely
Daniel Bacheler
Domenico Pellegrini
Esaias Reusner
Francis Cutting
- Galliard Grade 4
- Galliard Grade 5
- Galliard Grade 5
- Sir Walter Raleigh’s Galliard Grade 5
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Lachrimae Pavan Grade 6
- Quadro Pavan Grade 6
- Almaine Grade 7
- Galliard Grade 7
- Galliard Grade 7
- Galliard Grade 7
- Mrs Anne Markham’s Pavan Grade 7
- My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home Grade 7
- Galliard Grade 8
- Groninge Pavan Grade 8
- Pavan Grade 8
- Pavan Grade 8
- Pavan Sans Per Grade 8
- The Woods so Wild Grade 8
Francis Pilkington
Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
Jakub Polak
- Galliard 2 Grade 5
- Preludium 1 Grade 6
- Preludium 3 Grade 6
- Sarabande Grade 6
- Sarabande Grade 6
- Volte6Gtr Grade 6
- Branle 2 Grade 7
- Branle de St Nicolas Grade 7
- Une Jeune Fillette Grade 7
- Volte 2 Grade 7
- Courante 2c Grade 8
- Fantasia 14 Grade 8
- Fantasia 4 Grade 8
- Galliard 1 Grade 8
- Galliard 3 Grade 8
- Une Jeune Fillette Grade 8
Jean Mercure
Johann Kapsberger
John Danyel
John Dowland
- Almaine Grade 5
- Come Away Grade 5
- Fortune Grade 5
- Melancholy Galliard Grade 5
- Mr. Dowland’s Midnight Grade 5
- Tarleton’s Resurrection Grade 5
- The Frog Galliard Grade 5
- Can She Excuse Grade 6
- Dowland’s First Galliard Grade 6
- Fancy (Fantasia) Grade 6
- Gagliarda Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Galliard Grade 6
- Mrs. Vaux Galliard Grade 6
- Praeambulum Grade 6
- Praeludium Grade 6
- Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard Grade 6
- Tarleton’s Jig Grade 6
- A Dream Grade 7
- Almand Grade 7
- Aloe Grade 7
- Dowland’s Bells Grade 7
- La Mia Barbara Grade 7
- Lachrimae Pavan Grade 7
- Mrs. Vaux Gigue Grade 7
- My Lord Chamberlain’s Galliard Grade 7
- Sir John Smith, his Almaine Grade 7
- The Earl of Derby’s Galliard Grade 7
- The Shoemaker’s Wife Grade 7
- What if a Day Grade 7
- A Piece without title Grade 8
- Captain Digorie Piper’s Galliard Grade 8
- Clifton's Almaine Grade 8
- Dr Case’s Pavan Grade 8
- Fancy (Fantasia) Grade 8
- Fancy (Fantasia) Grade 8
- Fancy (Fantasia) Grade 8
- Fancy (Fantasia) Grade 8
- Galliard Grade 8
- Galliard to Lachrimae Grade 8
- Giles Hobie’s Galliard Grade 8
- Loth to Depart Grade 8
- Mignarda [M. Henry Noel's Galliard] Grade 8
- Mr Langton’s Galliard Grade 8
- Pavan Grade 8
- Robin Grade 8
- Solus cum Sola Grade 8
- Solus sine Sola Grade 8
- The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard Grade 8
John Johnson
Nicolas Vallet
Richard Allison
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Thomas Robinson
Various
- Minuet Grade 5
- Sarabande Grade 5
- Aire Grade 6
- Almand Grade 6
- Ground in Gamut Grade 6
- Sarabande Grade 6
- Sarabande d'Amour Grade 6
- Air Grade 7
- Chaconne Grade 7
- Corant Grade 7
- Hornpipe Grade 7
- Irish Dump Grade 7
- Sefauchi’s Farewell Grade 7
- The Fall of the Leaf Grade 7
- The Primrose Grade 7
- Alman Grade 8
- Dido’s Lament Grade 8
- The Piper's Pavan Grade 8
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