Thinking Music
Notes on partimenti, musical creativity, improvisation, and learning to think in music.
These essays explore historical traditions of musical training, practical tools for improvisation and composition, and reflections on how musicians learn to create.
Six Classical Moments You Love: Basslines for Your Creativity
What if you could take moments from classical music you love and turn them into material for your own creativity? In Six Classical Moments You Love, I’ve taken six listener-suggested passages and reduced them to basslines you can explore, improvise on, and develop. Inspired by the tradition of partimenti—and by collections like those of Padre Martini—this free resource invites you to engage directly with the harmonic foundations of great music.