William Byrd, 1591

so i picked up my copy of Byrd's My Ladye Nevels Grownde, the first piece from his collection My Ladye Nevels Booke.  I've worked on it before, so I'm giving it another try.  this time I'm figuring out the chords in the left hand.  Lots of fifths, which I guess is a renaissance musical style.  fifths are neither major nor minor, so they have an interesting neutral sound.  They are also the "power chords" of rock music.  the piece has fifths, and chords like D and D minor.  The sheet music has no key signature, so it's in C by default.  All the flats and sharps are in the notation.  Also it has some other notation in the notes that I don't know -- renaissance indications.  Some of them refer to "outside" notes that at the time were a little suspect.  I need to read more about this.  It's fun to sight read -- I"m not too particular about accuracy, as long as it sounds good.  I have the keyboard on a harpsichord setting.  The fifths give it that renaissance sound.  this piece is too long, 8 pages, but I only play a page at a time usually.  Someday I'll make it through the whole thing, I suppose.