“… ricercari, motets, and Masses help you improvise well, canzonas to play quickly, and madrigals to achieve different harmonic effects.”

G. Diruta, Seconda parte del Transilvano (1609), libro quarto [1]

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[1] In BRADSHAW, M.C. & SOEHNLEN, E.J.: “The Transylvanian” (Il Transilvano), volume II. Henryville [etc.]: Institute of Mediaeval Music, 1984, p.143.