If you like the sound of this harmony, but I'm moving too fast for you. Then try the very first vid I made: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8KyCAUA3GOQ.html
Thanks so much for arranging my little tune - and for taking the time to do it so seriously. The harmonies sound great, and I really learned a lot! Thanks also for the channel itself, it's a gem! Also, a great, big thank you to Patricio and Gabriel for the lovely playing!
Thank you Alex (and thanks to the musicians, too). Very interesting. I appreciate that you explain step-by-step your way of thinking and arranging. Kind of inspires me to try it myself (on my rather low level).
Thank you. Yes please do try it! Make sure to watch my 'how I try and harmonize like gil: the basics' and then try it on a simple tune like I got rhythm, or Georgia. Then feel free to send it to me
It's so generous of you again to share your creative thoughts with us, Alex. Beautiful result! @ Patricio: as I play the saxophone myself, I have to say that I really like your sound and style - einfach wunderbar!
That's an awesome video! Thank you so much. I have a question. You write a 5 part arrangement but in the recording there's 6 horns. Is the clarinet doubling the lead alto at the same octave? Thank you again. E.
Do you have a link with all of the submissions? I would be interested in using one of the submissions along with the techniques in this video for some practice.
No I don’t sorry, but on my Kofi page there is a link to a free download called ‘Easy Living challenge’. That is one you could do. Then you could compare yours to the video. If that isn’t what you are looking for, let me know I’ll suggest some tunes for you to try.
Yes, but as you probably know, singing fast chromatic parts like that is very difficult. I have made some videos with the same technique at slower tempos, which would work well for singers. Check them out
Hi! I have a question about this. If you were to arange this for a big band would you give the rhythm section the changes that we had at the start (just 1 per bar) or would you give them the changes that change almost every beat (due to you reharmonization). Thanks!
Hey there, I guess I have to make a vid about the rhythm section and this technique as quite a few people have asked that question! As you probably know, in thick big band passages its typical for the pno./gtr. not to play. You can frequently hear the Count and Duke playing little piano melodies between louder ensemble passages. If the guitar is playing each beat like freddie green style, then yes it would probably have a new chord for each beat. If the lowest horn is low, then the walking bass follows a similar melody. If the lowest horn goes higher in its range, then a more typical walking bass can be written (chord symbols). I don't mind having the pno. or gtr. sitting out for parts of an arrangement. It can give you greater contrast when they come back in. And its unlikely that you'll have a thick texture like this for a whole chart anyway. I hope that helps!
The elements harmonize with each other but it lacks important elements that make good music - evoking of good feelings whether through the ideas, movements or whatever else. The composition seems arbitrary in a sense, created through reason and making decisions like putting things together in a puzzle, as opposed to a method of creation led by feelings and concepts.
This man is out here making great educational content and you really feel the need to type something like this? If something doesn't "evoke good feelings" in you, doesn't mean it does the same to everyone else. Go gatekeep music somewhere else, please.
Thanks for your thoughts, it's a 16 bar exercise really. This sort of exercise is meant to show people some other techniques and sounds which they might like to try. Once it has been absorbed into their own toolkit the creator can decide how, and where to use them (if at all) in an emotive composition.
