What else do you want to know about continuo playing? Let me know with a comment below! Do you have any questions about specific figures that I mentioned, or perhaps some figured bass symbols you’ve come across that I didn’t cover? Let me know how I can help you out!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the kind of video I've been look for for years! It's one thing to know the meaning of basic figured bass (as in harmonic analysis), but a completely different one to understand the implied figures. I found several sources explaining some of them, but to have a visual and aural support makes it so much easier to understand in context! Your channel is overflowing with the kind of info I been wanting for so long! Thanks again for this wonderful material! :D
Thank you so very much for your very kind words! I'm so glad that you're finding my videos helpful and informative! One of the main reasons I decided to start this channel is because I felt like there wasn't much out there in the way of a lot of this information, so I wanted to try to fix that, at least as best as I could. :) So thank you, again, for watching and I'm so glad it's useful information!
Thank you SO much for making this video!! I’ve been listening to and playing Baroque music for years, and ever since I began composing (1 year ago), I’ve always wanted to study the art of basso continuo, and learn to realize it myself. You have no idea how far and wide I’ve travelled the internet to find this goldmine of a channel! Again, thank you for creating this awesome channel, and keep up the good work!
All of Bach's Harpsichord Concertos are now available as an arrangement for 2 Harpsichords (Barenreiter Verlag BA 5224-BA 5231 in Piano Reduction Versions) & they would've sounded great as a Lock down jam series.
There are realized continuo parts & we actually call it "Facilitated Continuo" because the notes in the Treble Clef for the right hand facilitate good technique.
You should have a Pedal Harpsichord because you can then play Organ Pieces on the Harpsichord. It's alot larger in versatility than many people realize.
While it's never easy (though some music is, of course, easier than others!), I think the two key points that make it possible are these: (1) After you've had a ton basso continuo experience (I'm talking *years* worth, or at least it was that way for me), the hands kind of know (generally) what chord will probably come next and instinctually move there! And (2), during the time periods that use basso continuo figures, harmonic motion was relatively predictable (though the later you go the less that's true!), and so there are a somewhat limited number of possibilities that you have to prepare for in terms of moving from chord to chord. As I said, though, the number of possibilities becomes greater the later in time you go, and with Bach, for example, there are always surprises and such rich textures that it's almost always a challenge! I hope that clarifies it a little bit (even if your question was a rhetorical one, haha! 😀 )!
What else do you want to know about continuo playing? Let me know with a comment below!
Do you have any questions about specific figures that I mentioned, or perhaps some figured bass symbols you’ve come across that I didn’t cover? Let me know how I can help you out!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the kind of video I've been look for for years! It's one thing to know the meaning of basic figured bass (as in harmonic analysis), but a completely different one to understand the implied figures. I found several sources explaining some of them, but to have a visual and aural support makes it so much easier to understand in context! Your channel is overflowing with the kind of info I been wanting for so long! Thanks again for this wonderful material! :D
Thank you so very much for your very kind words! I'm so glad that you're finding my videos helpful and informative! One of the main reasons I decided to start this channel is because I felt like there wasn't much out there in the way of a lot of this information, so I wanted to try to fix that, at least as best as I could. :) So thank you, again, for watching and I'm so glad it's useful information!
Thank you SO much for making this video!! I’ve been listening to and playing Baroque music for years, and ever since I began composing (1 year ago), I’ve always wanted to study the art of basso continuo, and learn to realize it myself. You have no idea how far and wide I’ve travelled the internet to find this goldmine of a channel! Again, thank you for creating this awesome channel, and keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for your very kind words! I’m so glad that you’re finding the videos on my channel to be helpful and useful!
So true legend!
You're awesome! Thank you very much for your perfect explanation!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you liked the video!
Thank you, I'm trying to understand Bach and there's scarcely good information
All of Bach's Harpsichord Concertos are now available as an arrangement for 2 Harpsichords (Barenreiter Verlag BA 5224-BA 5231 in Piano Reduction Versions) & they would've sounded great as a Lock down jam series.
great! looking forward to the other videos on basso continuo!
There are realized continuo parts & we actually call it "Facilitated Continuo" because the notes in the Treble Clef for the right hand facilitate good technique.
You should have a Pedal Harpsichord because you can then play Organ Pieces on the Harpsichord. It's alot larger in versatility than many people realize.
Thank you for your amazing lesson!
Merci, I have lots of practicing to do to have these in my fingers. A la prochaine, merci.
You are great!!!❤
Just a great video.
Thank You so much.
Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it!
i'm french exactly what i want gj and thanks
Why do they always play four voices and what is particello?
How in the world do people just improv basso continuo on the fly? I don’t understand
While it's never easy (though some music is, of course, easier than others!), I think the two key points that make it possible are these:
(1) After you've had a ton basso continuo experience (I'm talking *years* worth, or at least it was that way for me), the hands kind of know (generally) what chord will probably come next and instinctually move there!
And (2), during the time periods that use basso continuo figures, harmonic motion was relatively predictable (though the later you go the less that's true!), and so there are a somewhat limited number of possibilities that you have to prepare for in terms of moving from chord to chord. As I said, though, the number of possibilities becomes greater the later in time you go, and with Bach, for example, there are always surprises and such rich textures that it's almost always a challenge!
I hope that clarifies it a little bit (even if your question was a rhetorical one, haha! 😀 )!
Explain the Aria and the resistive, I cannot spell that word at all.
Recitative