My Realization of Zingarelli’s Libro Primo, Partimento No 1

By Ian Campbell

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Here is my completed realization of Zingerelli’s first partimento.

I kept this realization really simple, but it’s still tuneful and develops the opening idea. You’ll notice a couple things:

that I’ve only used intervals above the bass that are given in the figures (plus the 8v).
I used a ♩♩♩. 𝅘𝅥𝅮 rhythm for most of the realization. Approaching the first cadence and at the final cadence I flatten out the rhy♩♩♩♩, at the sequence I do the opposite and use ♩. 𝅘𝅥𝅮tasto solo I just use a whole note and let the bass take over the ‘interest’ for a bar

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