There has been a couple of requests as to where to start with this list (now over 100 pieces). So immediately below are the 10 most common played pieces, that should give you a decent start if you are looking to jump in.
All in a Garden Green | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Amoroso | | | Italian, 15th cent. PCB arrangement. |
Amours | | | Basse Dance, fabricated by PCB |
Anello | | | Italian, by Domenico da Piacenzo, c.1460 PCB arrangement. |
Argeers | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Aridan Bransle | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Ballo del Fiore | | | Italian, Fabritio Caroso 16th cent. PCB arrangement. |
Battle Pavane | | | Also known as Fickle Ladies. English 16th Cent. PCB Arrangement. |
Bella Giosio | | | Italian, Fabritio Caroso 16th cent. Arrangement derived from historical lute tablature. |
Belle Qui tiens ma vie | | | Arbeau, French 1589. Arbeau's arrangement. |
Belriguardo | | | Italian, 15th cent. PCB arrangement. |
Bizzaria D'Amore | | | Negri, Italian 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Black Almain | | | English, 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Black Nag | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Boatman | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Bobbing Joe | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Buffens | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement for cornamusen. |
Bonny Bonny Broom | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Burgundian Bransle | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Califian Bransle (Maltese/Shiarazula) | | | Pierre Phalese 1571 PCB arrangement. |
Candlestick(Torch) Bransle | | | Arbeau, French 1589 (also J.d'Estree 1559). PCB arrangement. |
Cantiga 119 | | | Spanish 13th Cent. Arrangement after Wolgemut, using in SCA only. |
Cassandra Bransle | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Charlotte Bransle | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Cherping of the Lark | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Chestnut | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Chiara Stella | | | Caroso Il Ballarino 16th Cent. Italian, original lute tab in Gm from Cm. |
Chirping of the Nightingale | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Clog Bransle | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Colonesse | | | Domenico, 15th Cent. Italian. PCB arrangement. |
Confesse | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Contrapasso en Due (Contrapasso Nuovo) | | | variant on Contrapasso Nuovo by Caroso Ital. 16th PCB arrangement. |
Corelli's Maggot | | | Modern English Country, written Cathy & John Miller, 1993. PCB arrangement. |
Cuckolds All a Row | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Dargasson | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Dick's Maggot | | | English Country, Playford 1701 PCB arrangement. |
Double Bransle | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Drive the Cold Winter Away | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Duke of Kent's Waltz | | | English Waltz, ca. 1802. PCB arrangement. |
Dull Sir John | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Earl of Essex Measure | | | Inns of Court, English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Earl of Salisbury Pavan | | | Inns of Court, English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Eglamowr de tribus | | | Gresley MS - English ca.1500 PCB arrangement. |
Epping Forest | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Faine I Would | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Cascarda Fedelta | | | Caroso Il Ballarino, 16th Cent. Italian. From lute tab, in G from Eb. |
Female Saylor | | | English Country 1706 PCB arrangement. |
Fickle Ladies | | | English 16th Cent. PCB Arrangement. |
Fine Companion | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Galliard: "La Traditore my fa morire" | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Gathering Peascods | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Gay Bransle | | | Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Gelosia | | | Domenico da Piacenzo Ital 1460. PCB arrangement. |
Glory of the West | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Goddesses (Scot's Lad Lament) | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Gracca Amorosa | | | Caroso from Il Ballarino, 16th Cent. Italian. Quartet in G from historical lute tabulature in F. |
Green Gynger | | | Original music by Richard Schweitzer - usable only in SCA. |
Greenwood | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Grey's Inn Mask | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Grimstock | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Halfe Hannikin | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Hay Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
The Healths or Merry Wassel | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Heart's Ease | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Heralds in Love | | | Heather Rose Jones, modern SCA - usuable only in SCA. |
Hermit Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Hit and Misse | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Hole in the Wall | | | by H. Purcell, 18th cent. PCB arrangement. |
Horse's Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Hyde Park | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
If All the World Were Paper | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Jack's Maggot | | | English Country, Playford (1703) PCB arrangement. |
Jack Pudding | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Jamaica | | | English Country, Playford 1671. PCB arrangement. |
Jenny Plucks Pears | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
John Tallis Cannon | | | English Country, attributed to Pat Shaw. |
John Tallow's Cannon | | | Music by Tangerine Dream, usuable on in SCA. |
Juice of Barley | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Kemp's Jig | | | English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Kettle Drum | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Korobushka | | | Russian/Ukrainian Folk Traditional. |
La Allemande | | | Basse Dance, fabricated by PCB |
La Volta | | | English 16th Cent. Historic arrangement. |
Leggiadria D'Amore | | | Italian, Fabritio Caroso 16th cent. PCB arrangement. |
Legiadra | | | Gugliolmo Ebreo 15th Cent. Italian. PCB arrangement. |
Leoncello Novo | | | Domenico 15th Cent. Italian, PCB arrangement in G from F. |
Light of Love | | | English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Lorayne Almain | | | English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Lord Sun Lady Moon | | | By Dafyd Arth- usable only in SCA, arrangement by PCB. |
Lulle Me Beyond Thee | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Ly Bens Distonys | | | Gresley MS - English ca.1500 PCB arrangement. |
Madame Sosilla's Almain | | | English 16th Cent. Inns of Court. Arrangement by J. Casazza - usable only in SCA. |
Mairi's Wedding / Gey Gordon's | | | Irish Trad. |
Maltese Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589 (NOTE - this is Arbeau's piece, not the Califrian SCA) PCB arrangement. |
Mannschaft Pavan | | | Based on Turkelone from Henry VIII's movie. Arrangement by Phaedria. |
Marchesana | | | Italian, by Domenico da Piacenzo, c.1460 PCB arrangement. |
Mercantia | | | Domenico da Piacenzo Ital 1460. PCB arrangement. |
Merry Merry Milkmaids | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Milke Mayd's Bobb | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Millfield | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Millison's Jegge | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Mister Isaac's Maggot | | | English 17th Cent. |
Montarde | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
New Almain | | | English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
New Boe Peepe | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Newcastle | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
New Exchange | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Night Peece | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Nika Nika Bransle | | | 16th Cent. Spanish - PCB arrangement. |
Nonesuch | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Official Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Old Alman | | | English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Old Man is a Bed Full of Bones | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Old Mole | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Ore Boggy | | | English Country, Neal 1726 PCB arrangement. |
Packington's Pound | | | English 16th Cent, PCB arrangement. |
Parson's Farewell | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Pease Bransle | | | Arbeau 1589 - PCB arrangement. |
Petit Rose | | | Original Melody by Chris Elmes to dance steps by Gugliolmo Ebreo. PCB arrangement. Please consult Chris Elmes for usage. |
Petit Rouen | | | Basse Dance, fabricated by PCB |
Petit Vriens | | | Gugliolmo Ebreo 15th Cent. Italian. PCB arrangement. |
Picking of Sticks (Levena, Kitty McGee) | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Pinaguy Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Posties Jig | | | Irish Traditional. PCB Arrangement. |
Predente in Gyro | | | Saltarello II as done by Dead Can Dance. |
Punk's Delight | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Queen's Almain | | | William Byrd 1609 - Fitzwilliam Virginal Book arrangement transcribed by Robert Smith- usuable only in SCA. |
Quen Quer Que (Cantiga 167) | | | 13th Cent. Spanish - PCB arrangement. |
Red House | | | English Country, Playford 1695 PCB arrangement. |
Road to the Isles (Scotland the Brave) | | | Scottish Traditional. |
Rose E Viole | | | Antonio Casteliono 16th Cent. Italian. PCB arrangement. |
Rostiboli Gioisio | | | Gugliolmo Ebreo 15th Cent. Italian. PCB minor key arrangement. |
Rostiboli Gioisio | | | Gugliolmo Ebreo 15th Cent. Italian. Original Melody arrangement in G. |
Rugero | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Rufty Tufty | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Rustica Amorosa | | | Italian, Fabritio Caroso 16th cent. PCB arrangement. |
Saltarello I (La Regina) | | | 15th Cent. Italian PCB arrangement. |
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Scotch Cap | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Scots Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Sellengers Round | | | English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Sheppard's Holyday | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Skellamefago | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Spanish Gypsy | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Spanyard | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Symphonie | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
T'Angelosa | | | 15th cent. Italian. Based on Glynne Parry's (Bedford Waits) reconstruction of the melody. |
Tangle Bransle (Champaign Br.) | | | Praetorius 16th Cent. PCB arrangement. |
Tangle Bransle (Single Bransle) | | | Arbeau 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Tourdion | | | Arbeau 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Trenchmore | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Torin | | | 15th Cent - original title Mit Gantzem Willem by Konrad Paumann, danced in SCA as a basse dance 51313. PCB arrangement. |
Upon a Summer's Day | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
Up Tailes All | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |
War Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Washerwoman Bransle | | | Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement. |
Well Hall | | | English Country, Playford 1679 PCB arrangement. |
Whirligig (Woodicock) | | | English Country, Playford PCB arrangement. |