I enjoy improvising continuo and I enjoy improvising jazz. But I find
when I mix these I tend to bring in style elements from one to the
other. That's not always appreciated. In Renaissance music I enjoy
improvising short solo pieces, nothing big, nothing serious but
something appropriate for the spot in the programme. I enjoy the
freedom and the spontaneity. Results vary, obviously, but improve with
practise.
David
On Wednesday, July 1, 2015, Rob MacKillop <[1]robmackil...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I've long thought that there was something missing from the way
most of
us learn to play baroque music, whether on lute or guitar. Some
of us
have studied figured bass playing, it's something I particularly
enjoyed doing, though I haven't done any for years. But rarely do
we
step beyond that practice, and I believe that only a very, very
small
percentage of us are happy improvising baroque counterpoint in Dm
tuning.
I was fascinated to learn that one of my jazz guitar heroes,
Steve
Herberman, teaches a class online called Going For Baroque. You
have to
buy the class, but an overview video is available:
[1][2]http://youtu.be/u9oZ5Us0sfQ
It would be really interesting to transfer his approach to the Dm
lute.
One would really get to know the instrument and tuning well, and
discover many contrapuntal finger movements which could be used
in
improvising fugues or dance movements.
I'd like to know your thoughts after watching the video.
Rob MacKillop
[2][3]www.robmackillop.net
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2. http://youtu.be/u9oZ5Us0sfQ
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5. http://www.robmackillop.net/
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7. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com
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