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Keyboard SKU: L1.DMM-1 Composed by Frances Fitch & Jack Ashworth. Workbook. Dovehouse Music Manuals. Spiral bound. With Language: English. Published by Dovehouse Editions (L1.DMM-1). 8 1/2" x 11" inches.Spiral bound to sit comfortably on your keyboard music holder. By world class educators / performers Frances Fitch and Jack Ashworth. This volume is the new benchmark text for learning to create keyboard continuo from the numbers."I love this book!!...for anyone who wants to begin learning continuo as well as any continuo players looking to improve their skills." - Bryon Schenkman, Seattle Baroque Orchestra"...students who use this book will be able to accompany effectively; accompanying from figures will be a pleasure...It seems foolproof to me." - Mitzi Meyerson, Universitat der Kunste, Berlin, Germany"At last, a continuo treatise has appeared that begins with music making in reality instead of abstract theory....Bravo! - Peter Sykes, Boston University"...highly creative approach to learning how to play from figured (or unfigured) bass....If other ways of acquiring this skill have eluded you, don't give up until you have worked from this method." Catherine Liddell, Boston University"Skills are also enriched through references for further study, together with suggestions regarding performance practice. Fitch and Ashworth have provided this valuable edition for continuo players and institutions involved in the teaching and performance of early music." Mary Mageau, Composer and harpsichordist, Brisbane, Australia.

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