Friar Untuck

We imagine Friar Untuck to be a medieval chronicler (or chroniclers, as he may only be the copyist) of music during his travels. Within the pages of his chronicles, we find not musical notations, but description of the workings and sounds of the instruments used by the bards, troubadours and other such folk at the inns, taverns, camp fires, oases, spring fairs, harvest festivals, religious ceremonies, weddings, battle marches, executions and witch burnings of the middle ages. We find, in lieu of notations, absolutely boring details of every note, be it the strum of a lute, pluck of a cittern, bend of an oud, hammer of a dulcimer, harp glissandos, flute tremolos, kakegoes and such, for the variety of music he encountered.

It is a rather fine mess transcribing these into music. We can only hope we did a good job. So here goes, enjoy Friar Untuck's Tome of Bardcore, Tavernwave or Medieval Music, or whatever 'tis clept.