Partimento

[ravelfan07]

I’m really getting into musical composition and was wondering
 Should I study Partimento?
I heard when an elderly Salieri was teaching a very long Liszt he taught him in that style
So, should I study it? (P.S could someone give me a good definition of Partimento?)

[brogers70]

John Mortensen has a series of talks on partimento. I found it pretty interesting, but I have to admit I've not tried to learn it. He includes some book recommendations.

[geopianoincanada]

I've also started to try to understand that Partimento isn't an Italian cheese but is something doing with music.

In my search I came across this video which helped illuminate the Rule of Octave.

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[lelle]

Never heard of this but seems very useful. I'm trying to improve my ability to write fugues and this would probably help together with the usual exercises. I'm in general very impressed by Mr Mortensen's ability to improvise fugues considering it takes me hours, days and weeks of painstaking effort to create even one fugue.

[ravelfan07]

I've also started to try to understand that Partimento isn't an Italian cheese but is something doing with music.

In my search I came across this video which helped illuminate the Rule of Octave.

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I mean, Liszt wrote Feux Follets with partimento