--- product_id: 2625006 title: "Continuo Playing According to Handel: His Figured Bass Exercises (Early Music Series)" brand: "david ledbetter" price: "S$141" currency: SGD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sg/products/2625006-continuo-playing-according-to-handel-his-figured-bass-exercises-early store_origin: SG region: Singapore --- # Continuo Playing According to Handel: His Figured Bass Exercises (Early Music Series) **Brand:** david ledbetter **Price:** S$141 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Continuo Playing According to Handel: His Figured Bass Exercises (Early Music Series) by david ledbetter - **How much does it cost?** S$141 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/2625006-continuo-playing-according-to-handel-his-figured-bass-exercises-early) ## Best For - david ledbetter enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted david ledbetter brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Continuo Playing According to Handel: His Figured Bass Exercises (Early Music Series) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61bLEMBUo-L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Handel really intended his basses as partimento instruction for composition, not continuo playing *by A***H on Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2021* This book was published in 1990, well before the recent advances in the studies of partimento, schemata, and bass motions. One could learn continuo playing from these basses, and that is Leadbetter’s approach. But Handel was using the German school of partimento, in order to teach his students how to improvise/compose.Leadbetter also remarked on page 16 that Handel’s arrangement of how he taught the “circle of 5ths” and its inversions is strange. But this makes sense from the partimento/bass motion perspective. What would be considered inversions to today’s musical audience were considered completely separate bass motions to musician’s in the 18th century. They could be taught in a different order and it wouldn’t make a difference because they weren’t using the “fundamental bass” concept that Rameau introduced into music theory. This is, after all, a book about figured basses, not a book on modern Roman numeral analysis. These basses show how people like Handel and Bach thought about music, which is different from how this music is traditionally taught for the last 150 years.One could learn figured bass from this book, but I think you can get more out of it with an understanding of partimento theory. What would be more useful is for someone to write a book about Handel’s basses from a partimento perspective. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Continuo Playing According to Handel: His Figured Bass Exercises *by D***7 on Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2015* The quality of the binding is cheap, paper used is almost like construction paper and the ink almost bleeds into the paper itself creating spider marks/hairline absorptive runs (as if the ink was sucked up by the paper and spider cracks formed via the black ink - pretty bad/poor/low quality printing). this book has been around for so long now I wonder why a PDF isnt availablebut what matters most are its contents.still its over priced, $7.95 would be far more reasonable. Perhaps Ill scan, create a PDF and upload. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Not flat binding for actual use at the keyboard *by G***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013* I love the content, but I had to pay at the copy place to have them cut off the binding and make it spiral so it lays flat on my keyboard. Now I can actually use the book! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sg/products/2625006-continuo-playing-according-to-handel-his-figured-bass-exercises-early](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/2625006-continuo-playing-according-to-handel-his-figured-bass-exercises-early) --- *Product available on Desertcart Singapore* *Store origin: SG* *Last updated: 2026-10-09*