How to Write a Crab Canon - Writing Canon
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- Learn the meaning of ‘crab canon’ then proceeds to compose an example so you can see how to do it. In a crab canon, one part works forwards while a second part simultaneously works the same music in reverse. This means that one part has to be designed melodically, rhythmically and harmonically to work with the other part while following the principles of crab canon. Watch this video to discover the technique of writing a crab canon.
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0:00 - Introduction to how to write a crab canon
0:31 - What is a crab canon?
1:25 - Examples of crab canon
1:52 - Writing the upper part
10:31 - Writing the crab in the second part
20:28 - Overall design
21:19 - Recapping the upper part
21:55 - Recapping the lower part
22:32 - Playing the composed canon
22:58 - Conclusion
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I bought a piano two years ago after my retirement, and have spent my time learning music theory.
And this was fascinating.
Merci beaucoup.
Fabulous
That was absolutely fascinating! I'd never heard of a crab canon. But now you've got me eager to incorporate it into a piece. Like you, I find musical challenges like this a lot of fun.
Enjoy!
Listen to Bach's Crab Canon from the Musical Offering.
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Beautiful final result! Bravo Gareth 😊👏🏼👍🏼
Thank you!
thank you for the great video! seems like it requires a lot of thought to make sure one doesn't accidentally compose a crap canon instead
Indeed!
Excellent, thank you
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Brilliant Gareth, thanks
Glad it’s helpful. Much more on counterpoint at www.mmcourses.co.uk
❤ U made it look easy. good job
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Great subject! Very interested in diatonic, chromatic and retrograde inversions
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Great video!❤❤❤
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Ha, a Crab Canon! Never heard of it before and I'm quite surprised how nice your example piece turned out. Looking forward to trying it. Could this be used for shorter phrases say 2-4 measures long or even shorter? Also seems like maybe an effective tool for atonal music?
Crab Canon is a fun compositional tool.
An very interesting video!
Glad it’s helpful
Maestro, congratulations for your videos are explained very clearly and then a truly beautiful thing: you speaks slowly that for a non-native English speaker it is highly appreciated.
I submit a question to you: I am a student of composition and I always wonder with what key should I start my piece with? Are there any rules or is the choice random? Why did you put 2 flats there, why not 3 or 1, or sharps? And then this modulates in which key should I go? is it a problem that has always worried me, a problem of choice, how do it choose? Could one of his very clear videos make about it? Thanks and a greeting from Rome, Italy. Carlo
Thank you. You can choose any key you like. Often we modulate to closely related keys on the circle of 5ths. Basically whatever sounds best.
Related to the crab canon and possibly of more musical interest, in that the listener has a chance of hearing what is going on are pieces of which Haydn has left a few examples. Could you consider how you would set about writing palindromic music?
It occurs to me that in music of this sort some adventurous harmonies could be an advantage in drawing attention to the palindromic structure.
Absolutely
I've never used a canon to catch a crab before !!!
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Okay, but what about a crab cannon?
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If you want to, and its in public domain, please deconstruct Vince Guaraldi's Ice Skating from Peanuts.
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