Lesson Nineteen

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Back again to the early Baroque and another dance from Johann Schein's Banchetto Musicale, here we have the Courente from Suite number 6. This is our first tune in a minor key (A minor/D minor). The scale Schein used in this dance is the harmonic minor. Schein makes the key for this piece a bit ambiguous by ending on a major chord. Both these characteristics along with Schein's counterpoint harmonization give this dance a solid late Renaissance feel.

It fit's easily within the range of your instrument covering just a smidge over an octave and avoiding the top three notes in the second octave. The fingering is easy and once you get a feel for the rhythm you should be able to play it smoothly -- it's a fun piece.

Schein's original is scored for five instruments and the counterpoint is delightful so I've decided to present it all in place of a duet. You're going to have to find yourself an early music ensemble to join if you want to play this other than by yourself. The midi files are also Schein's original scoring. Here's a recording of the piece by Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall: Courente.

Lesson Nineteen

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