Thursday, September 13, 2018

Pedal Bass together with Step Bass on Dream On - Aerosmith


How rare or unusual could this be?


No wonder the introduction (as well as the rest) of the song Dream On - Aeromith is a great achievement of mankind.


The first bass is F. So the key or scale is F minor.


The bass stays there at F for many measures.


Another part, (voice or melody) descends the scale. F then E then D then C. (Makes sure you play all the flat (black) notes of the F minor key). At other times it goes up step by step.


So pedal or steady not too deep bass together with higher pitched step bass.


Then bass then takes over and descends step by step.


Bach, Beethoven. Rachmaninov,..., would be proud.


Further reading:


Bach bass rules


https://normanschmidt.net/scores/bachjs-general_bass_rules.pdf











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