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Concerning a Partimento that Rises a Fifth and Falls a Fourth

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Rules, PDF page 22, example 01 — Fig. 104 · Play this example in the reader ▶

This motion can accept various accompaniments.

I. Each and every note of the said partimento can be accompanied with a 3rd and 5th, considering its first and third notes [①,②] as ①s that pass to their respective ⑤s. And thus one progresses until the conclusion of the motion.

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II. Each and every note of the said partimento, with the exception of the first, which will have the simple accompaniment of a 3rd, 5th, and 8ve, can, during the first half of its time value, accompanied with a 4th prepared by the 8ve and resolved to a 3rd during its second half. See A.u.

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