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thanks for your vid! so is hickory dickory 3/4 or 6/8 - I see it in sheet music both ways - I think its 6/8, but in 6/8 you are packing a bar pretty full - are there guidelines?
I don’t know why… I love the sound of hearing C Major to F# Major. I still don’t understand tritones. I just know I like hearing that #4 whenever possible.
It’s really a matter of voice leading eg G# B D F is a diminished 7th in the key of A because it’s built on chord VII in A major or A minor. It therefore progresses to the tonic chord of A major or A minor, with G# rising to A and F falling to E. The same chord using Ab instead of G# would now be built on VII in C major/ minor so it would progress to a tonic chord of C major/ C minor.
I've recently started studying Partimento and schemas with my instructor and it's been eye opening. I feel like it's a great tool for efficiently composing sections of a piece by focusing on textures instead of individual notes. I especially like the schemas that gradually walk up or down the scale, such as the Romanesca, since they can help gradually modulate to interesting new keys.
Isn't a Schema a type of rash / Dermatitis ? I went from Broke-style to Destitute. I think that Taylor Swift is popular in writing Period pieces... - okay, a chuckle for the day...
I usually don't write messages. But i just wanted to say that you are a great teacher. This video is very great for an absolute beginner like myself. Thank you for that!
That's because most music teachers are generally ignorant people who don't know how to think very well, lack the ability to analyze concepts, and who are not at all familiar with highly important abstractions and ideas. However, not all music teachers are so ignorant and stupid.
The sooner music academia discards roman numerals as useless misinformation, and returns to the true method of composing, using figured bass and partimento, the better.
@@edubs9828 that is the irony: the true authentic method is not even known, not even in music school. Instead the made-up non-working method is taught instead of inversions and chords named by roots. Exactly opposite of what CPE Bach himself and all others state quite plainly.
Was revisiting an older video of yours to refresh my mind on a topic I hadn’t used in forever. So glad you are still posting and always with the best predisposition to teach people! You have a wonderful talent to keep videos excellently paced. Thanks for what you do!
Radiohead’s Street Spirit (Fade Out) and R.E.M.’s Losing My Religion both use minor v chords and The Beatles sometimes borrowed minor v in major key contexts. Strawberry Fields Forever is one such example 🙏🏼
Charles Fox was just given a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame-- and is the subject of a really beautiful documentary called "Killing Me Softly With His Songs" on Apple and Amazon. He does a wonderful performance in the movie of KMS at a jazz club in Paris, sung in French as well as a beautiful live version on piano from Cuba. And 25 or so of his other great songs too. ("I Got A Name" sung by Jim Croce, "Ready To Take A Chance Again" sung by Barry Manilow)
For guitarists out there, in the key of C - play a G7 dominant 7th and slide it all up a half tone. Then you will have A flat, C, E flat and G flat/(=F sharp). That's a GERMAN augmented 6th. Now take out the E flat (5th) and you are left with three notes and an ITALIAN augmented 6th. For a FRENCH augmented 6th, replace the E flat of the GERMAN aug with a D (so lowering by a half tone).
Very helpful. Could you please consider making a video about the chords used in the Grave movement of Beethoven’s Sonata Pathetique? I’m trying to memorise it away from the piano. The first measure is straightforward (Cm), but after that, I’m finding it hard to identify many of the chords (diminished 7ths?) Beethoven has chosen, as well as understanding how they are functioning. How would you approach memorising the Grave? Thx Andrew would be helpful to know how to identify the chords, especially many of the diminished 7ths. I’m not always clear what key a measure or even half a measure is in.
If you go to www.mmcourses.co.uk then click on courses you can scroll down until you find our analysis course on this work. All movements are covered with the entire content explained.
Found a website with a pdf of some other schemas divided by application and 'Partimenti Prototypes' in a search engine will find it. What an interesting subject.
Gareth has many videos discussing schemas and giving many examples. I’ve used them in practice, transposing them into other keys. My piano teacher encourages me to continue.
Hello! amazing channel and explanation!! I wonder if you could make a video of an in depth explanation on this, like use a love song with overuse, overshadowing of notes vs the approriate way on putting them. THANK YOU!!!
