[1] Along with many pieces in the standard dance genre of that time, Granata also composed many instrumental toccatas, preludes, and chaconnes.
[3] The early baroque guitar works of Granata are characterized by their French organization of dance suites (allemande, courante, and sarabande).
Granata's later period pushes the instrument even further with extensive use of campanelas, notes in the upper register, and complex rhythms.
Granata's fourth book - Soavi concenti (1659) - is one of the few sources to include pieces for the chitarra atiorbata, a five course instrument with seven open basses.
[1] Granata's seven books, all published in Bologna, Italy:[1] Granata's Sonata di Chitarra, e Violino, con il suo Basso Continuo appeared in a surprising connection with a 1970 rock music work, Stairway to Heaven, by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of the rock group Led Zeppelin.