Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I hope you and your family are well, that you’ve had the chance to spend time with people you love, and have had the chance to enjoyed some yummy food! I was the Music Director at St Mary’s Cathedral in Winnipeg for eleven years. One of my favorite parts of […]
This week we are going to start a new series realizing authentic classical partimenti! Our first partimento will be Nicolo Zingarelli’s first from his libro primo (book 1). Take a look, try playing the whole thing through a couple times. Free Partimenti Lesson For the next few weeks we will be studying this bassline and
Part 1 of 3: Zingarelli’s Libro Primo, Partimento No 1Read More »
Remember Beethoven from last week This week it’s your turn! Here is Beethoven’s bassline, let’s make it our own! Try This!
Welcome to Try This! Your weekly look at a partimenti rule. This week we are going to continue with the Rule of the Octave (RO), but in minor. Dun, dun, dun, daaaaaaa. That’s not just a sound effect, the oh-so-famous opening of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, which starts with 20 bars of RO harmony in C
Welcome to Try This! Your weekly look at a partimenti rule. This week we are going to start with the Rule of the Octave (RO)! If you don’t know the RO it is the most useful musical pattern that shows up in music from Bach to Taylor Swift. The Rule of the Octave Don’t think
