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Lesson #1    Parts and operation of harpsichord

Lesson #2    Root position triads, chords of the sixth, and chords of the six-four

Lesson #3    Suspensions of the third (4-3) and of the sixth (7-6)

Lesson #4    The chord of the seventh: root position, the six-five, the four-three, and the four-two chords

Lesson #5    Improvisation: simple ornamentation, and performance practice issue

Lesson #6    Baroque music: exercise, link, and reference

 

Textbook

David Ledbetter. Continuo Playing: According to Handel, New York: Oxford, 1990
R. O. Morris. Figured Harmony at the Keyboard, Oxford University Press (available from the teacher)

   

 

 

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