u/miguelon — reddlx

Learning the continuo part for Vivaldi's Four seasons

Checking the first edition, I'm noticing that it is only partially figured, I guess that some passages aren't numbered because it's too obvious (not so much for me).

Is this work regarded an easy part for the cembalist? I'm surely more comfortable with slow movements, such as the largo in Inverno. Should I try something easier before tackling this one (from Vivaldi or another author)? I'm already studying excercises, but I like to play works too.

What was your journey like to learn continuo?

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u/miguelon — 5 days ago

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What's the minimum number of sticks or branches required to hold a form?

I'm interested in how can this problem expressed mathematically, would this be the domain of geometry? My empirical guess is it must be some regular polyhedra.

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u/miguelon — 1 month ago

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Do you think this approach is useful?

This is Am pentatonic in the two first strings. For those who has learned the scale in boxes, this corresponds to the first, second and fifth boxes.

Playing it in only two strings, and only in this frets, has the advantage of giving a perfectly simmetric shape.

I think this can help inmensely to not to overwhelm beginners with the irregular patterns we all have to deal with, and offers a pattern to move across the fretboard from first lesson.

Just add frets 0 and 12 of the first string (sacrificing a tiny bit of simmetry) and you have a shape to jam indefinitely.

u/miguelon — 3 months ago