Violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved plays ‘Tom & Mistress Fine’ from Tobias Hume’s The first part of Ayres for the Viole de Gamba alone published in London in 1605.

Sheppard Skærved plays a c.1580 Brescian violin by an unknown maker, tuned down two tones (Eflat, Bflat, F, C).

Hume score

The viol tabladure as published in 1605

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