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Fenaroli, Partimenti

Fedele Fenaroli · section 21 of 26

Concerning a Partimento that Rises a Fourth and Falls a Fifth

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This motion can accept various accompaniments. In the first place:

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I. Each and every note that forms it can be accompanied with a 3rd and 5th, considering the first and third of these notes [①, ⑦] almost as ①s that pass to their respective ④s. And thus one progresses.

II. Considering each and every one of the note that form the said motion as almost ①s that pass to their respective ④s (as was mentioned above), they can (with the exception of the first, which requires the simple accompaniment of a 3rd, 5th, and 8ve) be accompanied on the first half of their time value with the dissonance of a 9th prepared by a 5th and resolved to the 8ve on the second half of the time value, and thus progressively. See A.x.

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III. Considering the notes of the said motion in the same way [as above], it is possible for each and every one of them (with the exception of the first, which requires the

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simple accompaniment of a 3rd, 5th, and 8ve) to be accompanied on the first half of their time value with the dissonance of a 7th prepared by a 3rd, and thus progressively. See A.v.