Baroque improvisation: on some cadences + practice concepts

Conception, musical examples and piano playing by Michael Koch Materials to the video are available on my PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/basic-baroque-77308692?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I do private lessons in GERMAN and ENGLISH in time zones all over the world. I provide a professional training based on up-to-date-scholarship, inovative methodolgy and reflected, sensitive pedagogical considerations. My teaching includes a constant supply of instructive materials, exercises and Partimenti that fit the current state of the student’s development, skill and individual needs to ensure an off-lesson support. You can reach me out on: [email protected] [email protected] My Page on Academia.edu https://folkwang-hochschule.academia.edu/MichaelKoch Music for the disclaimer: little prelude assembled from a mash up of the shown patterns. 2:14 “What? You didn’t know that?”-quote by Teddy taken from Pete and Pete Episode “The trouble with Teddy” (1990's TV Show on Nickelodeon) 00:01 - Introduction CADENCES WITH DIMINUTIONS 00:41 - Example 1: suspension archetype * 1:35 - diminution 1 * 1:46 - diminution 2 * 2:18 - invertibility of upper voices 02:51 - Example 2: 3-4-5-1 bass with compound melody * 3:45 - version with longer dominant bass note * 4:23 - version with sustained resolution at tonic 04:46 - Example 3: descending scales * 5:20 - examples with 3-4-5-1 bass line * 5:47 - version in minor * 6:19 - examples with 4-2-5-1 bass line EXERCISES 06:49 - Exercise concept 1: add cadences to sequences to make complete musical phrases * 07:12 - example 1: fauxbourdon + 3-4-5-1 cadence * 07:37 - example 2: third down/second up sequence + suspension archetype * 08:00 - Transposing via modulation 10:21 - Exercise concept 2: building sequences from cadential modules * 11:07 - example 1: cadential bass diminution used in Romanesca/"Pachelbel" sequence * 12:17 - example 2: cadential bass diminution used in ascending fifths sequence * 13:42 - example 2a: starting on the fourth degree