I had to smile when you played the resulting "minipiece". The whole video is so beautiful and yet straightforward at the same time! Of course instinct is important, but there is a relatively small number of things to remember if even a beginner wants to do something like this himself, and you've simplified the learning process by means of your wonderful explanation. Thank you. The knowledge that I can now do this is so exciting! You've inspired me to harmonise an old melody I've written.
This video helped me so much! I have a high school culminating assignment to compose a piece instead of playing something on the violin because of a back injury and I've never composed before, so thank you so much for the help. Your voice is really lovely and reminds me of my family back in England.
For me Music theory would be a nightmare without these lessons.No words to say how thankful i am for providing us free lessons with such an ease,made me easy to write melody , harmony and music theory intresting. Thank you so much sir 😊
I have seen tons of counterpoint videos - this is one of the best thank you so much, I never thought to make a "key of optional Chords" - that is and amazing tool.
Wonderful lesson! I did spot 1 pair of parallel fifths. Between measures 4 and 5 , the Altos and the Tenors are moving in parallel. My solution was to move the Altos to E (thus the Altos end measure 4 with a crotchet on F# and begin measure 5 with a crotchet on E); meanwhile, the Tenors end measure 4 with a quaver on D and a quaver on C#. The Tenors begin measure 5 with a crotchet on B.
I have also checked your other videos on harmony and this one has also really helped me as well! Even though these are just basics, but the effort you put in these make us budding arrangers more inspired to create more music. Kudos to a great teacher like you!
Have gone through hundreds of "self taught" musicians trying to teach musictheory, i barely understood anything. And now im watching this, and its built on a logical foundation. Thank you!
Wonderful lesson, thank you very much. Being self-taught, it's inspiring to see the workflow of other people regarding this. I have one question about the avoidance of parallels, which you did not mention in this lesson: in which stage of your harmonization would you include checking for those? After you have finished? or while you are putting in the Alto and Tenor parts?
Hi Nazim, I would recommend you to constantly check parallels 5 an 8, I mean each time you write down a note! It is painful at the beginning but it will become an automatism after some time. If you check for these parallels at the end and find some you will probably have to re-write big parts of the chorale, and that´s even more painful.
I'm a classical singer going through the second year of harmony class at an Italian conservatory. I've worked so hard to understand all the basic principles of classical harmony and how to harmonize a bass and this year they ask us to compose two chorales from scratch and the beauty of the melody will influence the final mark. I couldn't, for life of me, write a melody and then harmonize it without worrying about consecutive fifths and octaves but this video makes it look so easy and I will definitely use these teachings to ease my work (of course I can use all kind of seventh, including diminished seventh to modulate, and augmented sixths but the principles are the same).
Music Matters I just finished it, very very good presentation and very helpful reference that I'll be coming back to a few more times. I just brought the score for the first 371 Chorales (which will provide useful in the near future), I'm gonna get stuck into analyzing it. I understand there are quite a lot of patterns common in Bach and baroque music in general which are useful to keep in mind when studying music of that period. Thank you so much again! I've been looking for a proper channel that explains this kind of harmonic/polyphonic analysis more in depth. I really appreciate it!! :)))
+John Appleseed I'm glad it's helpful. If you ever want an individual Skype lesson just let me know. All the best with your studies. It's fascinating stuff.
Music Matters Thanks for the offer, I'd be very interested to get some more situation specific advice/help on approaching types of harmonic analysis. I'll definitely get back to you on it very soon! All the best :))
+John Appleseed That's fine. Let me know when you want to proceed. Also, if you look at our website the latest film release is a complete harmonic analysis of Beethoven's "Pathetique" Piano Sonata.
Sir. Your love for music, teaches me more in one hour that three years of school of music.I love Bach as well!!!,so from the bottom of my Argentinian grateful heart!!!.THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!. (I take my hat off!!).
I'm enjoying this lesson. It's coming clearer to me now about the inversions. When a video gets more technical it's great that the time is taken to explain the subtleties and the thought process behind chord choices. A real lecture style video. Worth the time to hear because you come away feeling more grounded in it than with quick videos that assume you have the theory down. Like Nazim, I am self-taught, so these kinds of videos offer great value.
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This is one of the most useful videos I've watched in a long time, just as my copy of Bach's Four Part Chorales are about to fall through my front door. Many thanks
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This was a very clear and wonderful video. I myself enjoy playing Bach's chorales on the guitar, but your lesson really helps me to understand them more in depth, and gives me the tools to try and harmonize my own pieces. Thank you.
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Back in the 1970s I arranged songs for the Barbershop Quartet I sang in (Tenor). As I was single I was called the 'Lone Arranger'. As you probably know tenor is above the melody usually. I just love all of Bach's music especially the Chorales in his Cantatas. Cheers
Really enjoyed this. As a singer these harmonisations are all in my head but it's good to know the theory behind them. The result just needs some words now.
I only made made it. through my freshman year. of my college. education, but. my. love and respect for music has grown. and so tyhis givces an. opportunity. to catch back some. of the. knowledge I should know as a composer.
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Thank you sir, I have learned lot of things from watching your videos, honestly speaking all most everyday I watch your videos repeatedly. A small request if you can make a video on irregular rhythms and polyrythm it'll help me a lot.
A very succinct and easy-to-follow lesson in basic harmonic progression. It's been many years since my time studying music theory but listening into this video it all started to come back and make more sense than it did then. While harmonizing a given theme isn't the hardest thing to do, how do you come up with your melodies to be harmonized? Because that's been my Achilles' heel in composing; I'm not much of a song-writer or lyricist so creating a melody that is both present and blendable is hard.
I study in the United States so there are many differences in the theory I learn and the theory that was presented here (mainly different names for things). Either way I understood everything with ease and it was very helpful. Thank you very much for the lesson I greatly appreciate it! :)
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This is brilliant. It may be a baroque example but I don't think there's much theory here that isn't equally applicable to an EDM drop chord progression tbh. My big takeaway? That comment about Bach often using the Alto part for stability by using it for the repeating note etc. That I haven't heard that one before but I'm not about to argue with Bach.
Very nicely done! The crossing of the alto and tenor voices between measure 4 beat 4 and measure 5 beat 1 could be solved by the tenor part starting in F# on the last beat of measure 4 and putting the D in the alto or by doubling the E on the first beat of measure 5 i the alto and having the B in the tenor (eg. with a passing C# from the D on the 4th beat of measure 4).
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2 ND BAR FIRST CROTCHET IS NOT HAVING chord little confusion on that... should we continue with same chors sir...? but u wrote G ...? FOR BOTH THE B's.... IV chord is it ? TQ SO MUCH for this valuable explations i loveddddd it😍😍😍😍🤩🤩 sir i need a suggestion from you... i have a book of 371 choral melodies harmonised by bach i can copy down only the soprano part and and cobsider that as a melody and practise writing ATB again willbe helpful know sir....? by following ur guide lines.... ❤❤❤❤
Have another look because every melody note has a chord assigned. The two B’s are chord IV. That’s a great way to work with the Chorales from the 371 collection.
Cadence types as I know them: Authentic Cadence (full), Dominant to Tonic: They can be Perfect (sd1in Soprano over Tonic) or Imperfect(sd3or5 in Soprano over Tonic); Half Cadence, arrival on the Dominant; Plagal Cadence (aka"Amen" Cadence) Subdominant(sd4) to Tonic; Deceptive, Dominant to Submediant(sd 1in Soprano over Submediant emphasizes the deceptive motion).
@@MusicMattersGB Helpful? It's been life changing! I finally understand some concepts that I always had a hard time grasping. I'm composing right now using what you teach! Thank you!
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Bach was a strong interest I had - while most Australians went for AC/DC in the seventies, but I never had such a lesson learning organ. I understood about inversions, but I thought they were 'tight', as in played simultaneously with one hand, as the organist's foot played the bass note. So, I was surprised that any arrangement of a chord depended on the [deep] bass note and not the lowest hand note. Like a separate Double Bass or Bass Guitarist, organists may have seen this bass note as being separate or more independent from the chord played by the organist's left hand. So, is this peculiar to a Bach Chorale? Am I deviating from the topic, or can I ask about matters that may not be strictly about a Back Chorale, as Bach is actually an inspiration for perhaps more than a portion of a [Latin swing] piece I'm attempting to do? For keyboard players, we're lucky to have such a straight forward visual of the keyboard -as well as the written score. Using a DAW for composition, we have to think about whether a chord is played on one polyphonic instrument, a group of voices, strings etc. or combining quite different timbres. I'm used to chord inversions being within an octave or one hand's grasp. So, would this mean that Bach's Chorale inversions were always determined by the bass note? The other thing I am learning from this video - is about an anacrusis. The lyrics in my piece have three notes before a sustained fourth starts the first bar. You mentioned going from a V on the anacrusis going into a I chord. I just remembered - I'm not using a major or minor scale, and will have to attempt to plot seven chords on the 'mode' [if it is one]. But if I were using a major or minor scale or a mixture, has anyone started an anacrusic phrase in another key, as a 'surprise'? For example, has Bach or anyone started an anacrusis in a major key and then started bar one in a minor key, as an effect? [Maybe, it's more of an 'intro', than an anacrusis since it has a few bars of rhythm before the vocal comes in? I'm probably getting more into Impressionism. Sorry. I still need this lesson first.] Sorry if this moves away from a Bach Chorale.
In response to your question about inversions yes they are determined by the lowest sounding note. With anacrusis moving from V to l yes that normally happens in the same key so the chords function within a given key.
Excellent video! Would you have any recommendations on how to write a good chorale-like melody for those of us interested in composing entirely original hymns?
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I have been singing Bach Chorales for just short of 60 years - this was such an intensly rewarding hour - Thank you so much
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I had to smile when you played the resulting "minipiece". The whole video is so beautiful and yet straightforward at the same time! Of course instinct is important, but there is a relatively small number of things to remember if even a beginner wants to do something like this himself, and you've simplified the learning process by means of your wonderful explanation. Thank you. The knowledge that I can now do this is so exciting! You've inspired me to harmonise an old melody I've written.
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I like how he double checks which note has which root, like he doesn't know by heart, just so we don't feel so dumb. :'D
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I love this man
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This is one of the most challenging course in music harmony.
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A simply brilliant video tutorial. Thank you.
+Peter Keenan
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This video helped me so much! I have a high school culminating assignment to compose a piece instead of playing something on the violin because of a back injury and I've never composed before, so thank you so much for the help. Your voice is really lovely and reminds me of my family back in England.
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For me Music theory would be a nightmare without these lessons.No words to say how thankful i am for providing us free lessons with such an ease,made me easy to write melody , harmony and music theory intresting.
Thank you so much sir 😊
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I'm pretty sure Bach's Chorales are out of copyright
I think you’re probably right. I’m just not entirely sure about edited collections etc.
Patrick Ellis lmbo!
I doubt they were in copyright to begin with.
It’s more about editors
@@MusicMattersGB in what way?
Thank you so much. You are a great teacher.
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I have seen tons of counterpoint videos - this is one of the best thank you so much, I never thought to make a "key of optional Chords" - that is and amazing tool.
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Wonderful lesson! I did spot 1 pair of parallel fifths. Between measures 4 and 5 , the Altos and the Tenors are moving in parallel. My solution was to move the Altos to E (thus the Altos end measure 4 with a crotchet on F# and begin measure 5 with a crotchet on E); meanwhile, the Tenors end measure 4 with a quaver on D and a quaver on C#. The Tenors begin measure 5 with a crotchet on B.
Well spotted Carl! Planted to see who would notice.
I have also checked your other videos on harmony and this one has also really helped me as well! Even though these are just basics, but the effort you put in these make us budding arrangers more inspired to create more music. Kudos to a great teacher like you!
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Have gone through hundreds of "self taught" musicians trying to teach musictheory, i barely understood anything. And now im watching this, and its built on a logical foundation. Thank you!
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Wonderful lesson, thank you very much. Being self-taught, it's inspiring to see the workflow of other people regarding this. I have one question about the avoidance of parallels, which you did not mention in this lesson: in which stage of your harmonization would you include checking for those? After you have finished? or while you are putting in the Alto and Tenor parts?
+nzmklc
Thank you for your comments. Check for parallels as you go but the main thing is to check when you've finished.
Hi Nazim, I would recommend you to constantly check parallels 5 an 8, I mean each time you write down a note! It is painful at the beginning but it will become an automatism after some time. If you check for these parallels at the end and find some you will probably have to re-write big parts of the chorale, and that´s even more painful.
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That final phrase is beautiful and so classic Bach!
It’s fabulous
I'm a classical singer going through the second year of harmony class at an Italian conservatory. I've worked so hard to understand all the basic principles of classical harmony and how to harmonize a bass and this year they ask us to compose two chorales from scratch and the beauty of the melody will influence the final mark. I couldn't, for life of me, write a melody and then harmonize it without worrying about consecutive fifths and octaves but this video makes it look so easy and I will definitely use these teachings to ease my work (of course I can use all kind of seventh, including diminished seventh to modulate, and augmented sixths but the principles are the same).
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I gotta admit Gareth, these tutorials are mind-blowing! Just the P-S-R bit alone.
Glad it’s useful.
@@MusicMattersGB It's more than useful work sir.🤟
@joelsimon3213 😀
There is something truly - in the most literal sense - magical about this process.
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Best channel I've seen :))))
Thank you!!!!
+John Appleseed
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Music Matters I just finished it, very very good presentation and very helpful reference that I'll be coming back to a few more times.
I just brought the score for the first 371 Chorales (which will provide useful in the near future), I'm gonna get stuck into analyzing it.
I understand there are quite a lot of patterns common in Bach and baroque music in general which are useful to keep in mind when studying music of that period.
Thank you so much again! I've been looking for a proper channel that explains this kind of harmonic/polyphonic analysis more in depth.
I really appreciate it!! :)))
+John Appleseed
I'm glad it's helpful. If you ever want an individual Skype lesson just let me know. All the best with your studies. It's fascinating stuff.
Music Matters Thanks for the offer, I'd be very interested to get some more situation specific advice/help on approaching types of harmonic analysis.
I'll definitely get back to you on it very soon!
All the best :))
+John Appleseed
That's fine. Let me know when you want to proceed. Also, if you look at our website the latest film release is a complete harmonic analysis of Beethoven's "Pathetique" Piano Sonata.
Sir. Your love for music, teaches me more in one hour that three years of school of music.I love Bach as well!!!,so from the bottom of my Argentinian grateful heart!!!.THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!. (I take my hat off!!).
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@@MusicMattersGB Thank you so much sir!!!....i can assure you that i will!!!. :D
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I'm enjoying this lesson. It's coming clearer to me now about the inversions. When a video gets more technical it's great that the time is taken to explain the subtleties and the thought process behind chord choices. A real lecture style video. Worth the time to hear because you come away feeling more grounded in it than with quick videos that assume you have the theory down. Like Nazim, I am self-taught, so these kinds of videos offer great value.
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This is one of the most useful videos I've watched in a long time, just as my copy of Bach's Four Part Chorales are about to fall through my front door. Many thanks
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Thank you SO MUCH! Your videos are really really helpful!
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This was a very clear and wonderful video. I myself enjoy playing Bach's chorales on the guitar, but your lesson really helps me to understand them more in depth, and gives me the tools to try and harmonize my own pieces. Thank you.
+Distorted Arrangements
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Utterly brilliant! I've been looking for this since I heard a pianist play pop tunes in the style of Bach when I was 18. That was 50 years ago!
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This is by far the most well explained lesson in chorale composing I've ever seen! The rules regarding the suspension were new to me! Thank you!
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Really great course, really great teacher!! I learned all of this at University but here it's so clear!! I love your pedagogy!! Thank you Sir.
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Thanks so much!!!! I learned a lot! God bless you!!!!
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43:05 'they won't thank you for being crucified too high at the range' HAHA XD Love the humour! Very British!
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23:53 "If you go from one room to the next room, you have to go through the door, you can't just walk through the wall."
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Back in the 1970s I arranged songs for the Barbershop Quartet I sang in (Tenor). As I was single I was called the 'Lone Arranger'. As you probably know tenor is above the melody usually. I just love all of Bach's music especially the Chorales in his Cantatas. Cheers
Fabulous
Thank you for making this video. I can’t wait to start writing my own chorales!
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Excellent explanation, I have learned a lot! I love the subtle humor as well 😀
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Really enjoyed this. As a singer these harmonisations are all in my head but it's good to know the theory behind them. The result just needs some words now.
Excellent. Feel free to come up with suitable words.
Ooh you tease! I was expecting to hear how it all sounded in the end!
+Roman Blanks
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I only made made it. through my freshman year. of my college. education, but. my. love and respect for music has grown. and so tyhis givces an. opportunity. to catch back some. of the. knowledge I should know as a composer.
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This is just awsome. Thank you very much for taking the time and explaining it step by step.
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You are a marvelous teacher with wit and enthousiasm. I find this very helpful. Thanks a lot!
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Thank you for the spanish subtitles. Best wishes from Argentina!
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Thank you sir, I have learned lot of things from watching your videos, honestly speaking all most everyday I watch your videos repeatedly. A small request if you can make a video on irregular rhythms and polyrythm it'll help me a lot.
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A very succinct and easy-to-follow lesson in basic harmonic progression. It's been many years since my time studying music theory but listening into this video it all started to come back and make more sense than it did then. While harmonizing a given theme isn't the hardest thing to do, how do you come up with your melodies to be harmonized? Because that's been my Achilles' heel in composing; I'm not much of a song-writer or lyricist so creating a melody that is both present and blendable is hard.
One way of doing it is to write a melody to a predetermined chord scheme using harmony notes and inessential notes.
You are an excellent teacher. Bring more videos to CZcams.The students will thank you!
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Thank you so much! You really helped me!
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Absolutely great tutorial....none better that I've found. very clear, simple to follow and understand, thank you very very much
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This is brilliant. I'm a novice, wanting to compose at some point, and I find your videos very helpful in clarifying the 'why'.
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Thank you. That's probably the best place to start, where I can find structured guidance.
find this helpful......... thank you so much GOD BLESS YOU
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Very interesting and clear explanation. Thank you for helping me out with my work!
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really clear explanation. exactly what i was looking for. thanks
+Ivan Mcdrago
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Yes ! You are teacher indeed.
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What an amazing lesson. You're a great teacher, I learned a lot from this video. Thank you!!
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I study in the United States so there are many differences in the theory I learn and the theory that was presented here (mainly different names for things). Either way I understood everything with ease and it was very helpful. Thank you very much for the lesson I greatly appreciate it! :)
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Thanks for the video! Helpful, fun, interesting, anything but boring..
Thank you for sharing your wisdom in a concise manner.
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Thank you so much!!!!!! You're like the Bob Ross of musical harmony!!!
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Thanks for nice and specific explanations of chorale melody in the style of JS BACH
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Well explained. You are a great teacher. Thanks for the videos..
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This is brilliant. It may be a baroque example but I don't think there's much theory here that isn't equally applicable to an EDM drop chord progression tbh. My big takeaway? That comment about Bach often using the Alto part for stability by using it for the repeating note etc. That I haven't heard that one before but I'm not about to argue with Bach.
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Thank you for this!! As a music student who has to harmonize for tests i find those videos extremely useful
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@@MusicMattersGB might just get the full bach chorale course because i really want to pass those finals lol
It will be very useful for you.
Thank you! That was a really great lesson! I learnt lots and you were quite thorough and explained clearly.
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You are the best!
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Brilliant stuff, beautifully explained and delightfully presented. Highly enjoyable.
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Keep up the great work! Really appreciate it!
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such a pleasant teacher. so glad i found this channel
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Excellent and thoroughly enjoyable. I'm starting to feel very comfortable with my forthcoming Grade 5 composition. Thank you.
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Four voices : Soprano/ altor,Tenor and bass.Many thanks.Especially writing
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You are a fantastic teacher. Thank You!
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Beautiful lesson.Best part of thr video when you play full chorale in the end.
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Music Matters It's sound more like... Hallelujah..Hallelujah..Halle luu jah...
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such a great teaching! and what a lovely teacher. Thank you very much!
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Very nicely done! The crossing of the alto and tenor voices between measure 4 beat 4 and measure 5 beat 1 could be solved by the tenor part starting in F# on the last beat of measure 4 and putting the D in the alto or by doubling the E on the first beat of measure 5 i the alto and having the B in the tenor (eg. with a passing C# from the D on the 4th beat of measure 4).
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Beautiful lesson! Very informative, and to the point!
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Great Lesson. Thank you.
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this was extremely helpful. thank you very much
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Thank You very much, it was wonderful lesson You gave. 🎵🎶🎹
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I love your teaching style!!
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Beautiful tutorials, thank you Gareth!
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Love this, and THANK YOU for not punishing the vocal ranges of the bass singers 😂
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Brilliant, logical, to the point, thourough, intelligent, great lesson :)
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What a beast! Thank you for this video!
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Very interesting subject..A must for composers and music writers.
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Thank you so much..
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You are great teacher
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You're very helpful and lovely! thank you so much!
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Really helpful video! Thank you so much for making this!
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What a great video. Learned a ton. Thank you.
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Great video. Made very easy to understand. Thanks for the lesson, Godbless.
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This lesson is great! Thank you for uploading!!
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2 ND BAR FIRST CROTCHET IS NOT HAVING chord little confusion on that... should we continue with same chors sir...?
but u wrote G ...?
FOR BOTH THE B's.... IV chord is it ?
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sir i need a suggestion from you... i have a book of 371 choral melodies harmonised by bach i can copy down only the soprano part and and cobsider that as a melody and practise writing ATB again willbe helpful know sir....? by following ur guide lines....
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Have another look because every melody note has a chord assigned. The two B’s are chord IV. That’s a great way to work with the Chorales from the 371 collection.
Brilliant video, very easy to follow. Thank you.
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Thank you, that was immensely helpful! :)
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Cadence types as I know them: Authentic Cadence (full), Dominant to Tonic: They can be Perfect (sd1in Soprano over Tonic) or Imperfect(sd3or5 in Soprano over Tonic); Half Cadence, arrival on the Dominant; Plagal Cadence (aka"Amen" Cadence) Subdominant(sd4) to Tonic; Deceptive, Dominant to Submediant(sd 1in Soprano over Submediant emphasizes the deceptive motion).
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@@MusicMattersGB Helpful? It's been life changing! I finally understand some concepts that I always had a hard time grasping. I'm composing right now using what you teach! Thank you!
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Excellent lesson! Thank You!!!
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I have really learnt a lot Thanks to Gareth
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Fantastic content and presentation. Thank you so much!
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I loved this class, very useful, thanks sir!
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Bach was a strong interest I had - while most Australians went for AC/DC in the seventies, but I never had such a lesson learning organ. I understood about inversions, but I thought they were 'tight', as in played simultaneously with one hand, as the organist's foot played the bass note. So, I was surprised that any arrangement of a chord depended on the [deep] bass note and not the lowest hand note. Like a separate Double Bass or Bass Guitarist, organists may have seen this bass note as being separate or more independent from the chord played by the organist's left hand.
So, is this peculiar to a Bach Chorale? Am I deviating from the topic, or can I ask about matters that may not be strictly about a Back Chorale, as Bach is actually an inspiration for perhaps more than a portion of a [Latin swing] piece I'm attempting to do?
For keyboard players, we're lucky to have such a straight forward visual of the keyboard -as well as the written score. Using a DAW for composition, we have to think about whether a chord is played on one polyphonic instrument, a group of voices, strings etc. or combining quite different timbres. I'm used to chord inversions being within an octave or one hand's grasp.
So, would this mean that Bach's Chorale inversions were always determined by the bass note?
The other thing I am learning from this video - is about an anacrusis. The lyrics in my piece have three notes before a sustained fourth starts the first bar. You mentioned going from a V on the anacrusis going into a I chord. I just remembered - I'm not using a major or minor scale, and will have to attempt to plot seven chords on the 'mode' [if it is one]. But if I were using a major or minor scale or a mixture, has anyone started an anacrusic phrase in another key, as a 'surprise'? For example, has Bach or anyone started an anacrusis in a major key and then started bar one in a minor key, as an effect?
[Maybe, it's more of an 'intro', than an anacrusis since it has a few bars of rhythm before the vocal comes in? I'm probably getting more into Impressionism. Sorry. I still need this lesson first.]
Sorry if this moves away from a Bach Chorale.
In response to your question about inversions yes they are determined by the lowest sounding note. With anacrusis moving from V to l yes that normally happens in the same key so the chords function within a given key.
Excellent video! Would you have any recommendations on how to write a good chorale-like melody for those of us interested in composing entirely original hymns?
Clear sense of key, mainly conjunct movement, regular phrase lengths, clear chord implications, singable.
Amazing pedagogy, thank you!
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Thank you so much! I’ve learned a lot sir
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