The Round Battle Galliard - John Dowland (c1562-1626) ******************************************************************************* version 1 - tab by Weed, standard tuning, in E major, Noad editon, with MIDI version 2 - tab by Weed, lute tuning, in E major, unknown edition ******************************************************************************* The Round Battle Galliard - John Dowland (c1562-1626) edition: The Renaissance Guitar (Frederick Noad) P.43, Amsco (New York, 1974) see Notes and Legend below tab - tabbed by weed@wussu.com - 22 August 2018 MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/dowland_john_the_round_battle_galliard.mid vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtc84SecNXs - Chris Shelton standard tuning: E A D G B E key: E major time: 3/4 c2______________________ c4______________________ 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|--5---2-4-5---5---5---5---|-4-----------5---4-------|-2-----------0---2------| B|--------------------------|-5===============5-------|-0===============0------| G|*-2=======2---2---2---2---|-4===============4-------|------------------------| D|*-------------------------|-------------------------|-1===============1------| A|--0=======================|-------------------------|-2===============2------| E|--------------------------|-0===============0-------|------------------------| 4 3 4 2 3 3 1 2 c2______ C2______ 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----0=======----0-------|---------0-------5-------|-7-----------------------| B|-----0=======----0-------|-2-------0-------2-------|-----0---2---4---5---2---| G|-----1=======2---1-------|-2-----------------------|-------------------------| D|---------2=======--------|-2-------2---------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------| E|-0=======--------0-------|---------4-------2-------|-0=======================| 1 2 3 1 3 4 4 1 3 4 1 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|------------------------|-----0=======----0-------|------2-------0-----------| B|-----------------0------|-----0=======----0-------|------0-----------4---2---| G|-2---1------------------|-----1=======2---1------*|*-------------------------| D|---------4---2---4------|---------2=======-------*|*-------------------------| A|-0=======--------2------|-------------------------|--2===============2=======| E|------------------------|-0=======--------0-------|--------------------------| 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 c4______________________ 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----0=======----0-------|-2-----------4---2-------|-4-----------5---4-------| B|-----0=======----0-------|-0=======================|-5=======================| G|-----1=======2---1-------|-------------------------|-4=======================| D|---------2=======--------|-1=======================|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-2=======================|-------------------------| E|-0===============0-------|-------------------------|-0=======================| 1 2 3 1 3 4 3 2 3 1 2 c2______________ c2 C2______________ 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-----5-------4---2---0---|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-----2===========--------|-4===============2-------|---------2===============| G|-------------------------|-------------1---2-------|---------4-------3-------| D|-------------------------|-4-------4---------------|-------------------------| A|-0=======================|-2===========----0-------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-------2===============| 4 3 4 1 3 2 3 3 1 c2__________________ 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-----0===========0-------|--0---------------0------|-----2===========2-------| G|------------------------*|*-1-----------2---1------|-----2===========2-------| D|-----4---1-------4------*|*-2===============2------|---------2-------2-------| A|-2-----------2---2-------|-------------------------|-0=======----0---0-------| E|-------------------------|--0===============0------|-------------------------| 4 1 3 1 2 4 1 2 2 2 19 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-7---4---0---7---4---0---|-2-----------0---2-------|-4-------2-------0-------| B|-------------------------|-0===============0-------|-0=======================| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-1===============1-------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-2===============2-------|-------------------------| E|-0=======================|-------------------------|-0=======================| 4 1 4 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 c2_____________________ 22 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e|-5-----------4---2------|-4-----2g4g2---0---2------|-----0=======----0------|| B|-2======================|-0=================0------|-----0=======----0------|| G|------------------------|--------------------------|-----1=======2---1------|| D|------------------------|-------------------1------|---------2=======-------|| A|-0======================|-------------------2------|------------------------|| E|------------------------|-0========================|-0=======--------0------|| 4 3 3 1 3 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Dowland was perhaps the most famous lutenist of his day, and his works were extensively published abroad as well as in Engand. For a marvelously thorough work on this composer, the reader is referred to Diana Poulton, 'John Dowland' (Faber Music Ltd., London, 1972). This piece is great fun to play. Much of Dowland is steeped in Elizabethan melancholy, but this lively dance seems full of humor. It comes from the Dowland lute book. The suggested tempo is 104 bpm." - Frederick Noad measure 11 - "This is an awkward stretch, but it is possible to hold the chord." measure 13 - in the sheet the C# (2nd string 2nd fret) is a dotted quarter note followed by an eighth note rest -- it should either be a dotted quarter note followed by a quarter note rest (as in the tab), or a half note followed by an eighth note rest measure 13 (etc) - "The fingering seems unnatural, but this is one of those cases where in lute tuning there was no problem. On the whole it does not seem worth the inconvenience of tuning down the third string to facilitate this measure, but for those who wish to try it, a third string tuned to F# instead of G will take out much of the difficulty of this passage and the following cadence." left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger === - notes held, length of note, duration bpm - beats per minute (quarter notes) c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret C2 - barre on the 2nd fret c4 - part barre on the 4th fret g - grace note - extra note(s) played before the main note then released - the following note is usually played as a hammer-on, pull-off, or slide ******************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************* Round Battle Galliard - John Dowland (c1562-1626) edition: unknown see Notes and Legend below tab - tabbed by weed@wussu.com - 22 August 2018 lute tuning: E A D F# B E key: E major time: 3/4 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e-|--5-----4-5---5---5---5---|-4-----------5---4------|-2-----------0---2------| B-|------7-------------------|-5===============5------|-0===============0------| F#|*-7=======7---7---7---7---|-5===============5------|-0===============0------| D-|*-------------------------|------------------------|-1===============1------| A-|--0=======================|------------------------|-2===============2------| E-|--------------------------|-0===============0------|------------------------| 1 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 C2 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e-|-----0===========0------|---------0-------5-------|-7-----------------------| B-|-----0===========0------|-2---------------2-------|-----0---2---4---5---2---| F#|-----2=======3---2------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------| D-|---------2=======2------|-2-------2---------------|-------------------------| A-|-----------------2------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------| E-|-0=======--------0------|---------4-------2-------|-0=======================| 2 1 3 2 2 4 4 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e-|------------------------|-----0===========0-------|------2-------0----------| B-|-----------------0------|-----0===========0-------|------0-----------4---2--| F#|-3---2---0-------0------|-----2=======3---2------*|*-----0==================| D-|-------------2---1------|---------2-------2------*|*------------------------| A-|-0===============2------|-----------------2-------|--2===============2======| E-|------------------------|-0===============0-------|-------------------------| 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e-|-----0===========0------|-2-----------4---2-------|-4-----------5---4-------| B-|-----0===========0------|-0===============0-------|-5===============5-------| F#|-----2=======3---2------|-0===============0-------|-5===============5-------| D-|---------2=======-------|-1===============1-------|-------------------------| A-|------------------------|-2===============2-------|-------------------------| E-|-0===============0------|-------------------------|-0=======================| 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 1 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 C2_____________ 13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e-|-----5-------4---2---0---|-------------------------|------------------------| B-|-----2===================|-4===============2-------|---------2==============| F#|-------------------------|-0-------0---2---3-------|---------5-------4------| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| A-|-0=======================|-2===============0-------|------------------------| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-------2==============| 4 4 2 4 1 4 3 1 1 2 2 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e-|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| B-|-----0===========0-------|--0---------------0------|-----2===========2------| F#|-----0===========0------*|*-2-----------3---2------|-----3===========3------| D-|---------1-------1------*|*-2===============2------|---------2-------2------| A-|-2=======----2---2-------|-------------------------|-0=======----0---0------| E-|-------------------------|--0===============0------|------------------------| 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 19 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e-|-7-----------7-------0---|-2-----------0---2-------|-4-------2-------0------| B-|-----9---10------9-------|-0===============0-------|-0======================| F#|-------------------------|-0===============0-------|------------------------| D-|-------------------------|-1===============1-------|------------------------| A-|-------------------------|-2===============2-------|------------------------| E-|-0=======================|-------------------------|-0======================| 1 3 4 1 3 3 3 1 1 2 C2______________________ 22 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . e-|-5-----------4---2-------|-4-------2---0---2------|-----0===========0------|| B-|-2=======================|-0===============0------|-----0===========0------|| F#|-------------------------|-----------------0------|-----2=======3---2------|| D-|-------------------------|-----------------1------|---------2=======2------|| A-|-0=======================|-----------------2------|-----------------2------|| E-|-------------------------|-0======================|-0=======--------0------|| 4 3 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ left hand fingering below the tab - 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger === - notes held, length of note, duration C2 - barre on the 2nd fret ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest versions of these tabs can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com