Hi Gareth, (you'll probably know this story),It is said that Mozart wrote the outer parts first because half way through a piece he ran out of ink and finished the inner parts in ink of a slightly different colour! Slán, Austin.
Everyday in college our theory professor would pound some chords on the piano and make us write it down. I struggled hard with it but in the end that ear training was priceless as a gigging musician. I have often had to learn a song in a few minutes without an instrument in hand on the way to a gig. This video is a great re-cap to sharpen my skills. Thanks for another great video...have a great weekend😃
Hi Gareth, a brilliant video, by the way. For people like me who have difficulty reading even two parts for keyboard, being shown how to hear four is amazing. Before this I thought people who read scores were from another planet!(Cáis shona duit).Happy Easter to you! Slán, Austin.
This is a great exercise! I got the bass part with no problem. The alto part was the most challenging for me, maybe because I've never sung an alto part. I wanted to go to the E on the first beat of measure two to create a suspension.
I started two years ago with no musical training trying to learn the piano. I found your videos early on, and have followed you closely. I have become a music theory geek, even though I am frustrated at my ear training. My daughters and musical friends laugh and say I'm playing boring church music, but they are very supportive. I recently played a Bach 2-part chorale with no hesitation, and have started playing a 3-part chorale. The videos that Alex and you put together are worth their weight in chocolate. And that's becoming more expensive than gold or diamonds. Joyeux Pâques!
amazing video thank you for sharing. After going through the exercise I realize how much I have left todo. However its amazing how well one hears after knowing what's going on.
I figured the tonic F was the first note, from the tune and used aural interval recognition to place the others on the staff. Ok I used crotchets and quavers instead of minim and crotchet, but getting somewhere through ear traing and sight reading practice. The manual bit was writing down the notes in F and counting the semitones to give me the minor 6th (8). F to A. Much practice needed to make it more natural.
Why didn't you mention the seventh in the etnor voice in the C 13- chord (V 13) in the third last bar? Don't you think together with me that this important enough, to at least mention it? Nice exercise for breakfast or tea - thanx for sharing and greetings from Germany from the silver fox, David😉🦊
sorry i stand to be corrected on the chord which u wrote as V 13th........... to me it looks like chord iii 7th which are ( A,C,E plus a 7th Bb) kindly shed more light sir.
I seem to be blind to musical notation. In fact, 38 years ago, my music teacher set us a small melody phrase and instructed us to continue the music with chords and harmonies. You could tell the pianists in the class, as when she played their pieces they sounded really nice. When it came to mine (I play a little guitar) it sounded like Les Dawson, and she laughed. I dropped music shortly after.
Thanks for the harmonization ! Actually, it happened to me just this week. I keep listening to George Shearing’s music and there was no sheet music for it ! 😂🤣😂
