Lesson by Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard

What you'll see in this course

Improvise a Ricercare and discover the world of ancient modes + a bonus.

The training program

1. Ricecare

• • 1.0 Ricecare
  • 1.1 The Form
    • Explanation of form
    • Subject and response
    • Modulation to the dominant and return to the main tone
    • The cantus firmus
  • 1.2 : The cadence
    • Concluding in the tone of the last note of the cantus
    • Modulation to the dominant of the dominant
  • 1.3 : The stretto and registration
    • superimposed entries
    • mutation of the response
    • Registrations

2. Modal improvisation

• • 2.0 Modal improvisation
  • 2.1 : Registration
    • The registration on 2 or 3 manuals
    • The "enriched" E minor chord
  • 2.2 : Ancient modes
    • Introduction to the different modes
    • The importance of repetition whit different modes
  • 2.3 : Part A
    • Using the enriched E minor chord
    • Thinking in terms of added notes
    • Superimposing chords with inversions
  • 2.4 : The Form
    • Reversing the role of the hands
    • Examples of modulations
    • The limits of repetition
  • 2.5 : The B part
    • Change of texture
    • Mode 2 (Messiaen's mode)
    • Tips for harmonising mode 2
  • 2.6 : The A' part
    • Principle of "false exposition"
    • Coda

3. "F major"

• • 3.0 "F major"
  • 3.1 : Textures
    • Single-voice texture
    • Different parameters: rhythm, tempo, adding a voice, etc...
    • How to find and adapt textures
    • Separating textures from harmonies