Rubric: “Fantasia in the first level [of difficulty]”. This is a polythematic imitative fantasia. It is more sectionalized than first meets the eye even though all cadences are taken in passing. It appears to be predominantly in mode 4, although S has a greater range. It has a clear transparent texture throughout, and great beauty. Melodically, it is built on a number of ascending and descending thematic motives, which reappear in different sections giving unity and melodic balance, and helping the general flow. The work is quite compressed. Valderrábano doesn’t work exhaustively with polyphonic thematic treatment, his style is much looser, but there is a generally consistent thrust within each little section. Work finishes on an A Chord: = dominant of mode 4. This fantasia was also transcribed into French tablature and reprinted in Phalèse, Hortus Musarum [Brown 1552/11; RISM1552/29], Nº 2.