Lute Suite in Am - 5. Bourree - Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696-1760)
10th Lute Suite in the Brussels Manuscript Ms II 4087
tab by Francisco Galera - March 2026 - see Notes below
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DDmTiNcKiE - Corentin Mathieu
audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq0Oz2gcwes - David Hernandez (lute)

tuning: E A D G B E          key: A minor          time: 4/4

0   | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | .| . | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .
e|--5p4-|-5---------------|------------0---|-1---1---1---0---|-0---0---0-------|
B|------|-----5p3-5---1p0-|-1--------------|---------0-----3-|-------------3-1-|
G|*-----|-----------------|-----2--2-------|-2---------------|---------2-------|
D|*-----|-----------------|----------------|-0---------------|---------3-------|
A|------|-0-------0-------|-0----------3---|-----------------|-3---------------|
E|------|-----------------|----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
    4 3   4   4 2     1     1   2      3     1             4   3       2   4 1
                                             2                         3

5  | . | . |    . | .   |    . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .
e|--------------------|----------------5p4-|-5---------------|-------------0---|
B|-3---1---0p1h0------|--------------------|-----5p3-5---1p0-|-1---------------|
G|------------------2-|-1h2p1----1---------|-----------------|-----2---2-------|
D|---------0----------|--------4---2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2---0--------------|--------------------|-0-------0-------|-0-----------3---|
E|--------------------|-0------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   4   1            2          4 1 2   4 2   4
   2

9  | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   |    . | . | .    | .
e|-1---1---1---0---|-0---0---0-------|-----------------|----------------|------|
B|---------0-----3-|-------------3-1-|-3---1---0-------|----------------|--0---|
G|-2---------------|---------2-------|-1---2---2---1---|-2p1h2------2--*|*---2-|
D|-0---------------|---------3-------|---------0---2---|---------------*|*-----|
A|-----------------|-3---------------|-2---0-----------|--------0-------|------|
E|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------|
           1     4                     4
           3                           1
                                       2

13 | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   |    . | . | . | .
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----0---1---3---|-0p1h0----0-----3---|
B|---------0---0---|-1---0-1-----1---|-3---------------|--------3---1-------|
G|-1---1-2---------|---------2-------|-0---------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|----------------2---|
A|-----------------|-0-----------0---|-2---3-------2---|-3------------------|
E|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
                                                   4            4       4
                                                   2                    2

17 | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . |    .   |    . | . | . | .
e|-5-3-------0-----|-----3-1-3---1---|-1-0----------------|----------------5p4-|
B|-----6-5-6---3-1-|-0---------------|-----3-1-3---0p1h0--|-1h0p1--------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-3-------0-------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------|-------------2---|-3------------------|------------3-------|
E|-----------------|-3---------------|---------1---3------|--------3-----------|
   4 1 4 3 1   3 1       4 1     1     1       4   3               3   3   4 2
   1                             2     3       1

21 | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   |    . | . | . | .
e|-5---------------|-------------0---|-1-0-------------|----------------0---|
B|-----5p3-5---1p0-|-1---------------|-----3-1-3-1-0---|--------------------|
G|-----------------|-----2---2-------|---------------2-|-1h2p1----1---------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|--------4---2-------|
A|-0-------0-------|-0-----------3---|-----------------|----------------3---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
   4   3 1 3                           1   4 1 4 1   2   1      4 1 2

25 | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .   | . | . | . | .
e|-1-0---1-0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----1---0-------|
B|-----3-----3-1---|-3-1-0-3-1-0---1-|-0---0-1-3-1-0---|-------------0---|
G|-----------------|-------------2---|---------------2-|-1---------------|
D|-0---------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|-2-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
   1   4 1 3 4 1     4 1   4 1   2 1                     1   2
                     2

29 | . | . |       .       |       .       |    . | . | . | .
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------||
B|-1---0---0p1h0p1-0p1h0p1-0p1h0p1-------|---------------------||
G|-------2-------------------------1h2p1-|-2p1h2----------2---*||
D|-----0---------------------------------|--------------------*||
A|-0-------------------------------------|------------0--------||
E|---------0-----------------------------|---------------------||


Notes
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The tab is based on an unknown Russian transcription and varies slightly from
the original lute music. The sheet and tab for the Corentin Mathieu video is
available from - https://coresmusic.net/partitions/classique/Baron-Bourre.pdf
Original lute tablature and Stefan Apke's sheet arrangement for guitar -
- https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_in_A_minor_(Baron%2C_Ernst_Gottlieb)