Bach's Four-Part Chorale Writing - Music Composition

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This music composition lesson takes the first two phrases of a Chorale and works through a live harmonisation in the style of Bach. This video will be helpful to anyone wanting to improve their harmony and to anyone wanting to harmonise Chorales in the style of Bach. The video covers modulations and cadences, explores ways of working backwards as well as forwards, considers how to use common notes between one chord and the next, thinks out writing a bass line predominately in contrary motion with the given melody, suggests harmonic alternatives and how to evaluate the best choice in any given situation, considers how to achieve melodic integrity in each of the lines, adds colour and movement through devices such as secondary dominants and inessential notes, and explores how touches of counterpoint can be incorporated even in such a homophonic structure.
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0:00 - Introduction to Bach's four-part writing
1:20 - Musical phrases
1:56 - Keys and modulations
5:10 - Starting with the cadences
8:06 - Playing the melody with the cadences
8:32 - Filling out the cadences
16:33 - Adding chords to first phrase
25:21 - The first complete phrase
26:41 - Adding chords to second phrase
32:46 - Playing the completed chorale
33:16 - Conclusion
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@MusicMattersGB 2 года назад

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@jayducharme Год назад

What a great lesson! I love how you rarely discount any musical choices; they're just that -- choices -- and some can be more effective than others.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Thank you

@Offshoreorganbuilder Год назад

Like most people, I find certain chord progressions very satisfying, but never understood how you to choose the best ones, so thanks for this enlightening this video!

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

A pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@conforzo Год назад

I think the 4-part chorale is what is most common to learn about when studying Bach and music in general. Voice leading rules etc, but the more complex way of treating the lines contrapunctaly and not just in vertical voice leading is the real challenge for me. Would really appreciate talking about for example, the Wiedestehe doch der Sunde aria. The foundational concepts are of course the same, but they art of treating lines, imitation etc is what people IMO aren't talking enough about.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

😀

@malzola347 Год назад

One of the best videos you made on this subject, and that is saying a lot!

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

A pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@NomeDeArte Год назад

Love this kind of videos, so useful!

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

A pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@johnparker223 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for this - you're a great teacher!

@MusicMattersGB 10 месяцев назад

You’re most kind. Many more resources at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@DenisPuscaOfficial Год назад

Thank you for this video. I've been looking for a such one for months! Your Videos are very informing and intresting thank you!

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

That’s most kind. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@andrewfaleatua439 7 месяцев назад

You're a brilliant teacher. This was so easy to follow. Thank you!

@MusicMattersGB 7 месяцев назад

That’s most kind. See the full course at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@davidwhite2949 Год назад

I love these analyses of counterpoint, four-part writing, fugue and writing in the style of Bach. Elegant illustration, as well. Thanks.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Most kind. I never tire of engaging with this counterpoint

@lawrencetaylor4101 10 месяцев назад

I'm watching this for a third time, and learning each time. Gareth showed the Rule of the Octave, and that changed my life. What impresses me is Professor Green's musical knowledge, but also his ability to explain everything in such a clear step by step fashion. But what really impresses me is that Gareth is able to sit at a keyboard and his fingers have been trained to do this on the fly. I'm going to be practicing my cadences in every key until it becomes second nature. Then I will move on to the next step. Good things come to those who wait. Merci beaucoup.

@MusicMattersGB 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for your generous comments. Yes, repeat until it’s second nature.

@MrDanilop45 9 дней назад

Loved it a lot. This is not just a good example it is also a deep inside in the process of thinking it. Thank you a lot.

@MusicMattersGB 9 дней назад

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@paigewheeler2983 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video. It was reaffriming what I was beginning to discover by studying a few Bach pieces. I'm glad that I found some of the things you mentioned, like the use of the 3 chord and inserting a chord that was outside both keys. Yay! Glad that I found your channel.

@MusicMattersGB 7 месяцев назад

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@dan27music Год назад

Great demo, thank you.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

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@amyferebee Год назад

Love this stuff...Thank You!....🎶😎🎶

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

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@carlstenger5893 Год назад

Great video! Thanks so much!

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

You’re a gem.

@BazColne Год назад

Lots of stuff there to work on. Thanks very much indeed.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

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@msw1174 5 месяцев назад

Excellent explanation

@MusicMattersGB 5 месяцев назад

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@steveharvey8156 Год назад

Well explained. As a senior (64) I am really enjoying your videos and find grade 6 a big challenging jump from 5, thanks

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

That’s most kind. Yes there’s a leap between those grades. See our Advanced Theory course at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@frankspears4597 Год назад

Excellent explanation as always

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Thanks for your support

@paulchamberlain4810 4 месяца назад

Thank you. I love Bach's music and am learning harmonization. I had analyzed a number of Bach chorales years ago, but from your teaching I am now seeing the logic of it. The II7-V-I ending is beautiful. I plan on using it for the conclusion of a hymn I am harmonizing. I have enrolled in your Bach Chorale course.

@MusicMattersGB 4 месяца назад

Enjoy the course.

@g.p616 Год назад

Brilliant!

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

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@jesseth9419 8 месяцев назад

Nice video!

@MusicMattersGB 8 месяцев назад

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@erandao 4 месяца назад

Thank you maestro!

@MusicMattersGB 4 месяца назад

A pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@CalebePriester Год назад

Another great lesson. Like you have said, there's more than one possibility to go about harmozing the melody. Instead of going ii-V-I in both cadences I guess we could have used Vsus-V-I in the first cadence and this way we could have achieved more variety.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

😀

@malzola347 11 месяцев назад

I've seen all your videos about 4part harmony, fantastic stuff. In all of them if I'm not wrong, the melody lies in the upper voice. I imagine there are special adjustments to make to ensure the melody is clearly heard if on the bass or the tenor. I think it would be a really interesting topic for a new video. Anyway, your videos keep getting better and better, many thanks

@MusicMattersGB 11 месяцев назад

Many thanks. We will produce more material with melodic lines elsewhere in the texture

@rogerramjet6615 Год назад

Good lesson. The function of the quaver 7th in the final cadence was very important to Bach in a situation like this because it ameliorates 2 problems which would otherwise arise. 1. It distracts the ear from the fact that the leading note doesn't resolve to the tonic and 2. It distracts the ear from the exposed (hidden) 5th interval occurring between the bass and alto.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Absolutely

@VEM24 Год назад

... I've been thinking for awhile, what I had been Forgotten about it, hmm... O! :) A! To Thank You for this video! ;)

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

A pleasure

@BelliniHighTV Год назад

nice!

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

That’s most kind. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@SongofLifeKhmer Год назад

Hello Professor! I ask you one question that off the topic. Can you explain me why and How there is G# in G major chord progression?

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

G# would be used to modulate or to create a chromatic decoration.

@timdovecool7202 Год назад

Nice tuturoial sir.. .. Kindly, consider giving us four part piano playing fingering tactics, especially, batch chorales.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

😀

@patrickemmanuvela957 Год назад

Can u make a video about how to effectively use polychord & what are the great piece ever written using polychord :)

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

😀

@dankleffmann2473 10 месяцев назад

❤

@MusicMattersGB 10 месяцев назад

😀

@paulking2919 Год назад

A wonderful lesson! Though I'm not quite sure that I've understood everything, I'll surely revisit this video and hopefully figure it all out.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Stick with it. You’ll get there!

@lawrencetaylor4101 Год назад

This is beyond my level...for now. I'm trying to sightread 2 part harmonies of Bach now, and trying to play 3 part harmonies. My goodness, it's not as easy as it looks, n'est-ce pas?

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Keep going. You’ll get there. Resources to help at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@lawrencetaylor4101 Год назад

@@MusicMattersGB I watched this and it's starting to make sense. I'm making some progress in my playing ability and it's time to move onward.

@andrewlord3398 Год назад

I had a go at this before watching the video ( last 4 part harmony I did was 40 years ago :) ). I got the same final cadence as you but didn't like the alto F# falling to a D. I seem to remember leading tones more naturally rising back to the tonic. That would then leave a note out of the final G - but I guess it's ok not to have the 5th of the chord present

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

It’s okay not to include the 5th. The question is - does it sound better to include it or not? Also leading notes falling to the 5th of a tonic chord is an exception to the voice leading rule you correctly identify.

@andrewlord3398 Год назад

@@MusicMattersGB Thanks! I have to say, after comparing yours and my solutions - you win :)

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

No worries. It’s not a competition!

@andrewlord3398 Год назад

@@MusicMattersGB It was highly enjoyable to try it again though. But it made me reflect on the exercise - in what way is it useful to do this kind of thing? Do you think it's a bit like learning Latin?

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

I think it gives us plenty of musical insight.

@simongross3122 Год назад

Nice lesson thanks. Is the II-I movement a common thing? I've normally seen II moving to V.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

We should take care with II-I and some theorists discourage the progression but it works in certain places. The main thing is to avoid parallels. II -V is conventionally a strong progression.

@simongross3122 Год назад

@@MusicMattersGB Thanks for clarifying

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

A pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@johnharringtonguitar6559 Год назад

Great video! You seem to refer to the A minor at the end of the first line as a secondary dominant. I’ve always thought that secondary dominants had to be major. The V chord in minor is minor which would be in support of a secondary dominant being minor. Is this how you’re justifying that?

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Thanks. Secondary Dominants don’t have to be major. Also in the harmonic minor V is a major chord.

@johnharringtonguitar6559 Год назад

That’s interesting and expands my thinking. Thank you. I study and play jazz solo guitar and the minor 7ths can be interchanged with dominant 7ths. Pushing that thinking to secondary dominants is a new concept and like I said expands my thinking. Internet research says a minor chord cannot be a dominant because it doesn’t have a leading tone. However, a leading tone is a note which resolves to a note one semitone higher or lower and the 5th of the V chord in minor is a semitone below the root of the I chord.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Take A minor for example. EG#B is V. G# is the 3rd and that’s a semitone below the tonic. In the natural minor the 3rd is G natural and is therefore a tone below the tonic.

@johnharringtonguitar6559 Год назад

Thanks for your response once again! Are you suggesting that leading tone function can still happen with a whole step?

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

It can but from V it’s normally a half step eg G# to A in A minor.

@Vasioth Год назад

Hey Gareth quick question, I thought the leading tone in an outer voice should resolve to the tonic. Does this rule get bypassed because of the modulation when you step down from the Vb chord? Fantastic lesson by the way.

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

Thanks. You don’t have to be too rigid about applying that advice. Here the modulation is one factor but it’s also about making sure the bass doesn’t get stuck repeating F#/G. V often progresses either to i or to Vi.

@FrancescaBettiMusic Год назад

2--5-1 in jazz come from this?

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

It’s been around a very long time

@Tim.G. Год назад

I dont know too much about songwriting yet but I learn „Air ob the G string“ by Bach. I dont understand how he wrote it. Is it two voices in two different keys?

@MusicMattersGB Год назад

It’s a great piece. The parts are in the same key as each other but there’s a melody and an accompaniment.