Yesterday I gave a lecture on the history of the guitar in Scotland, so I dug out my original wire-string 'guitar', sometimes called the English Guitar or 18th-century cittern. Guitar or Cittern? Hmm, a bit of both, I think. Of German origin, the first tutor for it is Robert Bremner's 'Instructions', published in Edinburgh in 1758, which is full of traditional Scots tunes.
James Oswald wrote quite a few things for the guittar, including 'Twelve Divertimentis For The Guittar' which he published in 1759, and which I recorded on a CD. So, it was a trip down memory lane for me yesterday as I played through some of these pieces again. I uploaded a video of Divertimento no.4 - one of my favourites. Hope you like it.
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