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PORTATIVE ORGAN | LEVEL 1 – BEGINNER

Discovering the Portative Organ

This course covers:

Finger technique, bellow control and tuning
Tuning with other instruments
Instrumental repertoire, improvisation and ornamentation techniques
Techniques for the accompaniment of monophonic music

Learn the basics of portative organ technique and performance practice while immersing yourself in the world of medieval music and its repertoires.

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Getting Started

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Introduction

Welcome to One-on-One Portative Organ Lessons 1 Topic

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Session 1: First Steps: Position and the Bellow 2 Topics

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Tutorial: Portative Organ position and the bellow

Live Class 1 – Portative Organ

Session 2: The Portative Organ as a Wind Instrument: Basics of Bellow 1 3 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Tutorial: Basics of Bellow 1 Part 1

Tutorial: Basics of Bellow 1 Part 2

Live Class 2 – Portative Organ

Test your knowledge: how much do you know about medieval organs?

Session 3: The Portative Organ as a Wind Instrument: Basics of Bellow 2 2 Topics

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Tutorial: Basics of Bellow 2

Live Class 3 – Portative Organ

Session 4: Getting to Know the Medieval Portative Organ Models: Organ Models (+ Basics of Bellow 3) 3 Topics

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Tutorial: Basics of Bellow 3

Tutorial: Portative Organ Models

Live Class 4 – Portative Organ

Session 5: Learning to Tune the Portative Organ: Tuning 1 2 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Tutorial: Tuning 1

Live Class 5 – Portative Organ

Quiz: Portative organs?

Session 6: Organ Ornamentation According to Moravia’s Treatise (+ Tuning 2) 3 Topics

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Tutorial: Tuning 2

Tutorial: Organ ornamentation according to Moravia’s Treatise

Live Class 6: Portative Organ

Cristina Alís Raurich

Instructor

Cristina Alís Raurich studied early keyboards (portative organ, clavicimbalum, clavicytherium) at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and is pursuing a doctoral degree in musicology at the University of Würzburg (Germany). She is visiting scholar at the Centre International de Musiques Médiévales (Université Paul Valéry) and a member of the ensembles Magister Petrus, and La Douce Semblance. She is also the director of the Late Medieval and Renaissance Music Course of San Marino.

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