PART ONE; THE THEORBO, CHITARRONE AND ARCHLUTE
1 An Historical Background: Musical Qualities of each Instrument
2 Practical Advice
3 List of Appropriate Repertory
PART TWO: HARMONY AND FIGURES
4 An harmonic precis
5 Cadences, Sequences and Unfigured Basses
6 Finer Points concerning Style, Technique and Performance
PART THREE: FIRST PRACTICAL STEPS
7 Lute and Archlute
8 Exercises and Musical Extracts from Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-century Sources
PART FOUR: THE THEORBO
9 An Introduction to the Theorbo
10 The Theorbo, First Practical Steps
11 Original Exercises for Theorbo and Lute, with Tablature Cadenze finali (modena MS)
PART FIVE: MUSIC EXAMPLES
12 Music with Original Realized Accompaniments for the Theorbo
13 Music with Editorial Realizations for Theorbo, English Theorbo in G, Archlute, 10-course Renaissance Lute and 13-course Baroque Lute
14 Music Examples without Realizations
Appendix: Song Translations
Notes
Music List
Select Bibliography