Improvisation resources database
Below you can find a list of resources that might be helpful for your journey through the lands of classical music improvisation. You can search on several parameters. Here is a video about it, or just go and find your way 🙂
In the latest version we have added improvisation topics with checkboxes. You can still look for ‘partimento’, but if we accidentally spelt it Partimento or partimenti it won’t be found, so hence these checkboxes.
About the instruments search box: you can look for sources specifically for your instrument there. But most of the sources here could be used on any instrument, so be aware that if you only look for “flute” you might be missing out.
We also added the option to look for specific ornaments. In the record on our website we will copy the original instructions for the ornaments, if it is feasible in terms of length, so that one can really dig deep in descriptions of these over time and per instrument. But this will take quite a while before we have a more comprehensive list. Feel free to support us on Patreon to give us more time to do so 😀 (see upper right corner).
Currently we are in the process of adding and renewing, so quite some titles are still missing.
Let us know if there are any items still missing on the list, or any other comments. Also your own improvisation resources, should you be willing to share them: Have fun!

Medieval Improvisation Technqiues
October 28, 2020

L’ACCENTO:IN SEARCH OF A FORGETTEN ORNAMENT
October 28, 2020

Steal like an Artist from Bach’s Allemande BWV 1013
October 18, 2020

Improvisation around 1600 – Introduction
October 17, 2020

Romantic Improvisation – The Postclassical Prelude as a Model
October 17, 2020

Méthode pour apprendre à jouer de la Vielle
October 14, 2020

Méthode pour apprendre à jouër la flûtte
October 14, 2020

L’école d’Orphée, Op.18
October 14, 2020

Méthode élémentaire pour la flûte
October 13, 2020

Musical Creativities in Practice
October 11, 2020

Hear, Listen, Play!
October 11, 2020

L’Art de la flûte traversière
October 10, 2020

Improvisation guide on Mozart and Haydn with examples
October 10, 2020

Early Recordings including ornamentation
October 10, 2020

Start improvising a prelude with just two notes
October 9, 2020