- Feb 5, 2020
- 2 min
FREE PDF: The Rule of the Octave in all Keys for Piano
Become better at Partimento with this handy PDF for piano that contains the Rule of the Octave in all 3 positions and all Major and Minor...
- Jan 26, 2020
- 1 min
12-year old composes Christmas Carol using Galant Schemata
12 year old Ruben Ghidiceanu's Christmas Carol, composed with Galant Schemata. (mentiParti student of Professor Lydia Carlisi)
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Vasili Byros Interview
Nikhil talks to Professor of Music Theory and Music Cognition, Professor Vasili Byros about the long 18th century, Music Schema Theory...
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Ewald Demeyere improvises on Fenaroli's first Partimento exercise
Professor Ewald Demeyere show's one example of a "realization" of Fenaroli's first partimento exercise.
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min
Partimento students used to all sing and play the Keyboard. Should we do so today?
According to the Peter Pullman biography of Bud Powell, Wail, a common maxim among Bebop musicians was that if you could hum something,...
- Jan 5, 2020
- 1 min
Giorgio Sanguinetti gets Wikipedia Page
Professor Giorgio Sanguinetti, the author of the first monograph of Partimento, "The Art of Partimento" has now a page of his own on...
- Nov 30, 2019
- 1 min
The Italian Method of Solfeggio
Nikhil talks to Professor of Music Theory and History, Dr. Nicholas Baragwanath, about the Italian method of Solfeggio which is radically...
- Nov 12, 2019
- 2 min
Hey Violinists! Can we talk about Paganini, Please?
Did you know that Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), one of the greatest, most-influential violinists the world has seen, had a Grade 8 in...
- Oct 28, 2019
- 3 min
Parents: Why should my child learn music using Partimento and not Music Exams/other methods?
If I told you that I could give two outcomes to your child's music education, which would you pick? 1) My child can learn to perform...
- Oct 20, 2019
- 2 min
Classical Improvisation with Karst de Jong
2:16 What’s your musical background? 3:20 Do you have Absolute or Perfect Pitch? 4:04 Were you always experimenting and improvising from...
- Aug 29, 2019
- 1 min
The Art of Partimento with Giorgio Sanguinetti
Nikhil talks to Professor Giorgio Sanguinetti about Partimento and it's resurgence in the 21st century.
- Aug 24, 2019
- 1 min
Talking Classical improvisation with Rudolf Lutz
Nikhil talks to Professor Rudolf Lutz about Classical improvisation.
- Aug 11, 2019
- 1 min
Classical Improvisation with Tobias Cramm
Nikhil talks to Alma Deutscher's former teacher, Tobias Cramm about his method of instruction.
- Jul 12, 2019
- 1 min
Counterpoint and Partimento with Peter van Tour
Nikhil talks to Professor Peter van Tour about his research on counterpoint in the Neapolitan tradition.
- Jun 26, 2019
- 1 min
Music in the Galant Style with Robert Gjerdingen
Nikhil talks to Professor Robert Gjerdingen about Music in the Galant Style.