Bad Boy - Den Harrow

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_RQVkvke4


So nice, marvelous counterpoint at the chorus.


Man and woman vocals in turn creating so nice musical intervals with respect to bass.
4ths, 7ths, 9th. Similarly to the best quality classical music.


For example at the end of the chorus the fabulous bass D flat and C at the melody (interval of major 7th).


Or the last measure of chorus where bass is E flat and melody is F (ie major 9th with respect to bass) resolved to E flat.


The musical key or scale is F minor, this means all B, E, A, D are flat.


At 2:09 bass is B flat, woman sings A flat (ie the 7th with respect to bass) and man sings D flat (ie the 3rd with respect to bass) as required by Bach, Niedt.


(Later addition: the above sensense is wrong, Den Harrow sings C ie a major 9th interval above bass which sounds fantastic. So that this moment in time the song uses almost all the bass expansion code ie 1 3 5 7 9, ie B bass and D and F and A and C. Remember all B, E, A, D are flat).


Vicky keeps asking me whether composers follow Bach Bass Rules or other bass number code consciously or unconsciously, whether they know what they are doing when they make their masterpiece.


I don't know.


The bass number code at chorus is:
F Bad Boy
C7 I wanna be...
F
C7
E
B79
D7
E


Reference:


 Bach Bass Rules - Bach, Niedt - PDF