John Dowland: John Smith's Almaine, trans. Christopher Berg (score)

Christopher Berg's edition of Dowland's virtuosic "Sir John Smith his Almaine" contains two versions of piece for guitar: one with right-hand fingerings modeled after the fingering practices of Renaissance lutenists and one that uses standard right-hand fingerings. When mastered, the techniques used in the first version can facilitate the performance of the rapid scale passages. The second version makes use of the standard middle-index alternation familiar to classical guitarists.

Also included are five pages of performance notes that explore the unique form of this piece and the unusual variation technique used by Dowland.