The Impro-Companion Project

REAPER Files and PDF Scores (work in progress!)


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Download all instructions as PDF
How to use the Impro Companion.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 101.4 KB

"Early" Music Grounds (Ostinati)

 

Bergamasca

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Bergamasca A 104 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 4.7 MB
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Bergamasca D 104 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 4.7 MB
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Bergamasca G 104 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 4.7 MB
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Bergamasca.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 28.2 KB

Ciaccona

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Ciaccona D 104 bpm 3-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.6 MB
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Ciaccona G 104 bpm 3-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.6 MB
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Ciaccona.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 36.7 KB

Follia

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Follia Am 110 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 7.5 MB
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Follia Dm 110 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 7.5 MB
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Follia Gm 110 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 7.5 MB
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Follia.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 35.7 KB

Follia-Sarabanda

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Follia Sarabanda Am 80 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 5.3 MB
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Follia Sarabanda Dm 80 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 5.3 MB
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Follia Sarabanda Gm 80 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 5.3 MB
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Follia.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 35.7 KB

Greensleeves

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Greensleeves Am 180 bpm 6-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 5.0 MB
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Greensleeves Dm 180 bpm 6-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 5.0 MB
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Greensleeves Em 180 bpm 6-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 5.0 MB
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Greensleeves Gm 180 bpm 6-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 5.0 MB
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Greensleeves.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 45.5 KB

Passacaglia

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Passacaglia Am 104 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.8 MB
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Passacaglia Dm 104 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.8 MB
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Passacaglia Gm 104 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.8 MB
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Passacaglia.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 38.2 KB

Passamezzo Antico

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Passamezzo Antico Am 60 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 7.7 MB
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Passamezzo Antico Dm 60 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 9.3 MB
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Passamezzo Antico Gm 60 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 9.4 MB
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Passamezzo antico.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 33.2 KB

Passamezzo Moderno

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Passamezzo Moderno A 120 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.3 MB
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Passamezzo Moderno D 120 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.3 MB
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Passamezzo Moderno G 120 bpm 3-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.3 MB
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Passamezzo moderno.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 32.9 KB

Romanesca

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Romanesca Am 60 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 9.2 MB
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Romanesca Dm 60 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 9.2 MB
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Romanesca Gm 60 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 8.8 MB
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Romanesca.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 33.1 KB

Spagnoletta (please notice the difference between the score in 6/4 and the Reaper setting in 2/2)

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Spagnoletta Am 70 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.5 MB
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Spagnoletta Dm 70 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.5 MB
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Spagnoletta Gm 70 bpm 2-2.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.5 MB
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Spagnoletta.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 43.6 KB


  • "Modern" Music Grounds & Loops

Pop (I know, many of you will be wondering why I also included this often deprecated "pop cadence" in the Impro-Companion, but I think it has greatly influenced our modern musical culture, in both a positive and a negative sense)

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Pop C 120 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.8 MB
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Pop D 120 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.8 MB
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Pop F 120 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.8 MB
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Pop G 120 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.8 MB
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Pop.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 38.2 KB

Blues

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Blues Bb 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 4.0 MB
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Blues C 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 4.0 MB
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Blues D 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 4.0 MB

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Blues F 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 4.1 MB
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Blues G 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 3.9 MB
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Blues.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 319.1 KB

Funk

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Funk Cm 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.6 MB
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Funk Dm 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.6 MB
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Funk Gm 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.6 MB
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Funk Am 100 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 2.6 MB
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Funk.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 49.3 KB


  • Mixed Stuff for Free Improvisations
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Flüchtig 60 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 9.6 MB
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Basement 100 bpm 6-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 9.0 MB
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Feel the 9 55 bpm 9-8.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 17.5 MB

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Keep Going 75 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 7.4 MB
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ZenGarden 120 bpm 4-4.zip
Compressed Archive in ZIP Format 24.9 MB
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Feel the 9.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 20.5 KB


This project was realised with the support of Musikfonds