Part 3 of 3: Zingarelli’s Libro Primo, Partimento No 1

By Ian Campbell

This week we are going to work on the third phrase starting in bar 10. This is the last phrase we’ll look at here because the last phrase is the same as the first. So this week we will wrap up our work with Zingarelli’s first partimento.

Here’s the whole partimento, make sure to play the whole thing through before you zoom in on this weeks section.

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This week lets work on the third sequential phrase.

Try this simple realization of a descending 7-6 sequence
Or this even more simple realization
Try combining the two previous realizations with quarter notes above the bassline.

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