Baroque Improvisation: On Figurative Patterns in Triple Meter

Video and concept by Michael Koch.
Sheets with all patterns shown (+ more) and instructive Partimenti available on my Patreon:
www.patreon.com/posts/pdf-bun...
00:00 Intro
00:37 Musical Disclaimer
01:03 Basics
01:51 Cadence Patterns
02:32 Hemiola Cadence
02:51 „Lamento“ Half Cadence
03:41 Why Sequences?
04:13 Circle of 5ths Patterns
06:05 3 down / 2 up Patterns
08:47 Tied Bass Patterns

[@MosesM514]

Im a simple guy, I see an en blanc et noir video and I click.

[@hisky.]

omg me too !!

[@Mazurking]

The Jacob Collier of baroque music 🤣

[@BachFlip]

The humour in your videos is well appreciated!

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

Thanks Mr. Flip

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

My favourite bit was when Michael said ‘it’s transposin’ time’ and then transposed

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

Lol I didn‘t even say this✌😂

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

now I see, somebody explained that joke🙈

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

@@en-blanc-et-noir know your meme ;-)

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

@@en-blanc-et-noir (says the Gen X dinosaur signing off with a emoticon)

[@DomFileoreum]

As a baroque keyboard lover who doesnt knows shit about harmony and counterpoint, I love this channel, it is a gem.

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

Thanks man! :D

[@arcine3976]

your so cool

[@AlessandroSistiMusic]

This is fantastic! I want to draw viewers' attention to 5:23 - this strategy of swapping modules/diminutions within each step of a sequence is an incredibly useful strategy. It's applicable not just in triple metre, but in designing any sequence at all. Thanks for the video, Michael!

[@AlessandroSistiMusic]

(To use Michael's terminology, I should say swapping "elements" within "modules" of the sequence)

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

Thx Mr. Sisti✌😌

[@Yigit-gg5be]

Man, this is an excellent channel. Please keep it up!

[@bornaerceg9984]

Greatest classical music channel on YT! ♥

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

🙏😌

[@MichaOssowski]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@erickramirez5483]

yoo I love your channel thanks for everything you share 💝!

[@AncestorGabo]

Jeeeeeez. I loooooove this channel 😂❤️🎹

[@ClaireODonnell]

3:03: the 7-6 half cadence is a “a true cliché” - ohhhh but it’s still my favourite Thanks for the video 😀

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

approved :DDD

[@jonorgames6596]

Fashinating, thanks. Interestingly, no composition teaching video rarely touch these subject, rather, they say something like, repeat the phrase consecutive lower steps etc.

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

Thanks! Yeah, yt-music theory is a little, twisted trash pit.... There is a lot more on sequences on the channel! :D

[@lorenzomorgoni524]

Last example is present with almost the same melodic contour in Bach's D minor English suite (Prélude).

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

it is "borrowed" from that very piece :D

[@maehrlimusic]

Is your piano tuned on purpose nearly half-step below 440 Hz?

[@Jerkyhammerstopwatch]

Liebe Meister, the text alla Salzer & Schachter, do you have any other recommendations for the practicing of counterpoint? Thank you!

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

lol😂 to me the most efficient exercise on counterpoint is it if you realize the Händel Partimenti in 3 voices. I made a video on a selection of them some time ago, there you can see how that is supposed to be approached. Although the exercises can be realized in chords à 4, they actually teach counterpoint. The partimenti are available online.

[@enzoadrian-reyes6964]

Your Patreon - is per werk? - you mean week or month? Translating the German to English I get plant :D Any how love your stuff.

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

I do usually one monetized post per month. It means ‚per work‘ (translates to per post). It is a super confusing concept and I would not do it again like that but unfortunately it is not possible to switch to a different billing model, so I gotta stick with it for now…

[@Jerkyhammerstopwatch]

Herr Koch, are you familiar with the text, "Fugue History & Practice (1966) " by Imogen Horsley. It might be up your alley, the introduction (4 pages) covers ground concerning the historical, pedagogical, & practical concerns relating to the subject and the more modern day learner/enthusiast. I mention it because it speaks louder to myself than "Improv Daddy" John.J Mortensen's "Improvising Fugue". All the best to you!

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

Hello Mr. :DD No I'm not, is it available online? I haven't heard of this one before. I'm always interested in new stuff. I don't know "Improvising Fugue" either, but since I browsed through the chapters and I realized a good part of the book actually is just Furno I didn't take the effort to dig deeper. Which doesn't mean that it is necessarily a bad book of course...

[@Jerkyhammerstopwatch]

@@en-blanc-et-noir Dear Sir, forgive me, the initial clarity I encountered does not last...

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

@@Jerkyhammerstopwatch haha, alrighty :DD maybe I can recommend an 'old' book that I think is still good: Felix Salzer's "Counterpoint in Composition" (1969) aged suprisingly well (I'm talking mostly about the analytical section).

[@JoeLinux2000]

Beautiful examples. How do you purchase the materials for just one episode?

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

Thanks... subscribe to my patreon, my billing mode is "per work"

[@Krosskrotz_Sosskrotz]

Ich wünschte, ich würde mehr Musiktheorie verstehen (besonders auf Englisch) ,um hier wirklich alles zu verstehen haha

[@AmeeliaK]

Geht mir auch so, ich finde die Videos alle toll, aber habe das Gefühl, mir fehlen zu viele Basics um es wirklich nutzen zu können, leider. Ich wünschte, es gäbe mal sowas wie Barock for Dummies oder so 😂

[@en-blanc-et-noir]

check mal Richardus Cochlearius, der hat viele basic videos

[@Łukasz_Jastrzembski]

Dzięki. 🙂