Renaissance Music Canons

£19.99

Pro early music specialist. harpsichordist & organist
Learn how to create modal canons at the 5th & 8ve spontaneously
Advanced composition & improvisation, Dorian, Aeolian & cadences
Sound like Palestrina & Lassus, step-by-step

What You'll Learn

Any early music or renaissance enthusiast.
A Level Music Students.
ARCO organ diploma students or undergraduates who have to complete Palestrina style paperwork examinations.
Harpsichordists or other “early music” keyboard players.
Organists improvising for church services.

You will learn how to improvise or compose 2 part canons in the style of Palestrina and Lassus (Lasso). This is extremely useful if you are wanting to write or compose with imitation in the Renaissance style.

How to create Dorian and Aeolian canons.
Cadence formulae.
How to think horizontally and vertically at the same time.
How to work out what interval for the next note along will or won’t work.
How to create canons up a fifith.
How to create canons up an octave.
How to create canons down an octave.
Patterns of vertical intervals that can result from horizontal motion.

What are you waiting for?

In his interview with The Maestro Online he describes how, after a church service, a man came up to him and was quite upset asking him, “What was this Bach fugue that I don’t know?” The man knew all of the Bach fugues. However, it was a fugue that Leonard had improvised. When Leonard told him it was an improvisation, the man replied, “then you are Bach!”. This is surely the ultimate complement!

Your Maestro Teacher

Amazing Organ Improviser, Leonard is a professional harpsichordist and organist who has performed in Germany, Switzerland, France, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia and Finland. Is a masterclass teacher. Has studied extensively with international major tutors such as Sietze de Vries. Has performed with reputed musicians such as Andreas Scholl. Is a composer in early music styles.

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