Milán: Pavana VI — complete melody

  • Keep three slow minims in each bar.
  • Sustain long values without adding attacks.

Composer: Luis Milán (c. 1500–c. 1561)

Original: El Maestro (1536), Pavana VI, G6v, 24 compases; upper voice only. Covey’s written-guitar transcription is uniformly down M2; lower voices omitted. Ternary source values are reduced into modern 3/2.

Source: Jeff Covey, Mutopia 24, public domain; checked against the 1536 tablature.

Notes Used: F#4, G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5

Notes Used: B4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5, A5, Bb5, C6

Time Signature: 3/2 · Key: C major

Time Signature: 3/2 · Key: F major

Fingering Review

Complete music

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Practice

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Performance Goal: Play the complete melody twice with sustained long notes and a calm triple pulse.