I also primarily compose on paper, and notate in Fnale only once I'm finished. I have Finale 06, and Notepad 07, so that'll be fine for examples and exercises.
My primary instrument is Classical Guitar, but about a year ago I started learning Piano as a composition aid, thus far I can play a few of Bach's inventions, and am working through the Fugue in F major from book one of the WTC, so I should be able to play most things I write without too much difficulty.
Kayboard sounds good, as it's something I'm happy with writing for and playing, and as you mentioned is ideal for harmonizations and counterpoint.
I shall start on this first exercise tonight, and should have something finished and uploaded by this time tomorrow, I think I'll go for Flute and Continuo
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Originally Posted by echurchill
So I plan to teach a few lessons with exercises on chromaticism in the Baroque period, and we could simultaneously work on a short piece to practice the concepts, like a keyboard suite or some sort of fugue or other imitative counterpoint. Does this sound like a good idea?
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That sounds like an excellent idea
