A Dream, P75

John Dowland (1563 – 1625)

Transcribed for Ukulele, low 4th

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4. 5 5 4 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 2 2
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4 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 4
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4 4 0 0 2 2 1 2 4 2 4 5
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5 0 0 2 3 0 2. 0 2 3 2 0 0 0. 0
T 2 3 0. 0 0 2 3. 0 2 0. 0 1 5 4 2 4 5 4 0. 3 2 0 0
A 2 0 2 4. 2 2 0 2 1. 2 1 1
B 2. 1 2 4 2 4 0 1 4 2 4 2. 4 2 2

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8 ( 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 2 0 2
T 0 3 3. 1 0 1 4
A 0 0 0. 0. 2 0 2 2. 0
B 2 0 2 4 2. 4 2. 0 2 2 4 5 4. 2

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12 7. 5 3 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
T 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 2 4 3. 3 0 2 3 2 0
A 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 4. 4 4
B 4 4 2 1 4 2 1 2 4 2 4 5 5 5 4 2

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16 + 2. 2 3 3 2 0 0 2. 5 3 2 2 0 2
T 5 4 2 4 1. 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 0. 2 0 5 4 2 4
A 4 4 2 0 2 4 0 3 1 3 0
B 2 2 2 4 4 0 4

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20 0. 0 2 3 5 7 8 7 5 3 2 0
T 0. 4 0 0 2 0 0
A 0. 0. 0 0 0 0. 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 2
B 2. 0 2. 0 2 3 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 4 2

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23 0 0. 0 0 0
T 4 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 0 3 1 0 0
A 4 0 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 1
B 2 4 4 7 6 4 2 2

SOURCE: Poulton D, Lam B, Eds. 1995. The collected lute music of John Dowland, Edn 3. Faber Music, London

There are three strains of, unusualy, 7, 7 and 9 bars, each repeated. Some fingerings are a little tricky, because the ukulele is tuned slightly differently to the
lute. I have suggested a few fingerings, which you may care to ignore.

Diana Poulton was of the opinion that this piece was most probably by John Dowland, although there was no written evidence. In my humble opinion she
was correct for 3 reasons:
1. his favourite cadence occure in bars 14, 16 and 19;
2. the unexpected D on the first string in bar 18, as in Far[e]well P3 where the same note occurs unexpectedly at the end of bar 30;
3. in general (eg. bar 10) the unexpected notes and harmonies – which are to be expected in a Dowland piece.

In his performance on lute, Nigel North plays this piece at 38 bpm, but I must admit that it sounds much more mournful than on the chirpy ukulele. He
also plays some fancy divisions in the repeats, which I leave to your own invention and creativity.

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