Lesson: The Passemeze Pavin (Anonymous)

ByBradford Werner
2019

The Passemeze Pavin – Anonymous Lute Work Arranged for Classical Guitar. PDF or hardcopy sheet music with free video lesson. This comes from my Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 2 – Seven pieces at the grade two level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Includes both a notation-only edition and a tab edition.

The Passemeze Pavin – Anonymous, from the Dallis Lute Book. Enjoy this Pavin with its running eighth note melody and harmonic surprises. Take a moderate tempo with a strong half note pulse to create a slower processional dance. YouTube Lesson Link.

You can also listen to this lute recording of The Passemeze Pavin by Jacob Heringman on his album Blame Not My Lute. It’s ornamented more and repeated.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.