Sunday, September 16, 2018

Showing bass and chords without showing off


It would be nice if a YouTube Chanel exists (if not already) that:


Shows played on the piano with left hand just chords and its little finger perhaps playing bass. The right hand playing only melody. The chords would not be just the boring 135 major or major but the real thing exactly as on the song itself. 7hs, 6ths, 9ths, 45 resolved to 3 etc. just as Bach describes it on his manual so much used in modern pop music [Bach].


Without showing off


Demonstrating the principle of least change in music by just having the left hand doing the minimum movement or change needed to produce the desired figured bass code or harmony or chords. (Same words for the same thing).


Examples of songs could be:


Old and Wise - Alan Parsons Project


Dancing Queen - ABBA


The nice melody and code of Face to Face - Twins



etc



Further reading:


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








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