Viola da Gamba Tutorial No. 15: French Ornaments Pt. III The Battement

Find out more at Donate here Welcome to gamba tutorial no. 15. This is the third in my subseries of videos focusing on the basics of French Baroque ornamentation. In this second part, I look at the battement or mordent. It s a fairly straightforward ornament, though there are some performance considerations to be taken into account depending on the rhythmic context. If you d like to commission a video, you can do so if you subscribe to my Patreon account. Subscribing grants you access to my exclusive musicminusone collection a series of videos and audio files of consort music with missing parts. This allows you to play along with a consort or baroque ensemble while filling in a missing part. All pieces are available at 415Hz and 440Hz and membership lets you commission either one tutorial video or one musicminusone video per month. Get more information and sign up here: