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The Neapolitan Chord

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Early Music Sources

Early Music Sources

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0:00 Introduction
0:48 First description of the "Neapolitan"
4:20 17th century examples
11:25 Alessandro Scarlatti's cantata
14:24 18th century examples
18:25 19th century developments
Created by Elam Rotem and Sean Curtice, June 2022
The recordings made especially for this episode are by Doron Schleifer (voice) & Elam Rotem (organ), Karel Valter (audio engineer).
Special thanks to Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Gilad Katznelson, Lisandro Abadie, Alon Schab, Hannah Lane and Anne Smith.
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@federicoalcaraz2993
@federicoalcaraz2993 2 жыл бұрын
I just love the way you added the Napolitano chord on the intro
@gon9684
@gon9684 2 жыл бұрын
I was about to comment that ahah
@JoaquínVillazuela
@JoaquínVillazuela 2 жыл бұрын
YES
@klimentmilanov
@klimentmilanov 2 жыл бұрын
You beat me to the comment man I noticed it immediately and holy shit I didn't think I could love this channel more than I already do
@crommo
@crommo 2 жыл бұрын
Made me laugh with joy
@brunogripp
@brunogripp 2 жыл бұрын
I was about to say this. Very nice Easter egg.
@johnopalko5223
@johnopalko5223 2 жыл бұрын
This is probably one of the most obscure, arcane, and specialist channels on KZfaq and I absolutely adore it! Keep up the good work, Dr. Rotem.
@toolguy6534
@toolguy6534 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know, it depends on your point of view. This is all pretty mainstream stuff in the early music community right now. Recently a prodigy appeared on the scene, and it turns out she was trained in the 19th century french school which used the 17th and 18th century italian method of training using Partimenti, and Dr. Rotem is right on the leading edge putting out a (different) video on Partimenti. This is were it's at!
@calinguga
@calinguga Жыл бұрын
it's an almost 100k sub channel
@DrTWG
@DrTWG Жыл бұрын
I don't think it's particularly arcane or obscure tbh . Certainly specialist - this is the beauty of the WWW - anything can get published . Great channel.
@silviomp
@silviomp 2 жыл бұрын
The 🍨 notation was hilarious. I could swear this video was only 10 minutes long. So good! 😂😂😂
@scruffysean3640
@scruffysean3640 2 жыл бұрын
I've been a musician my entire life. And I never ceased to be amazed by the fact that there is such an abundance of tremendous musical beauty, yet at the same time one only has so much time to enjoy it.
@whycantiremainanonymous8091
@whycantiremainanonymous8091 2 жыл бұрын
The ice-cream scoop on the desk in the background... Now, that's attention to detail!
@jonathandodd732
@jonathandodd732 Жыл бұрын
The earliest example of the Neapolitan 6th I know of was, to me, unexpected when I encountered it: Dowland 'I saw my lady weep', from the 'second book of songs' published in 1600, and often thought to be intended to be performed with the following piece in the book, the famous 'flow my tears'. Great video, as always! Thank you so much.
@maniak1768
@maniak1768 2 жыл бұрын
How about a compilation video with all those variants of your 'jingle' you made over the years? That would be cool.
@alexanderbayramov2626
@alexanderbayramov2626 2 жыл бұрын
would it be a passacaglia or a chaconne?
@chrdona1970
@chrdona1970 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. You should also publish the snippets in sheet music form. I’d buy it.
@bitchslappedme
@bitchslappedme 2 жыл бұрын
They just did. Very likely it was thanks to you
@yuvalne
@yuvalne 2 жыл бұрын
there's a good chance your comments was responsible for it happening!
@facundoboms8955
@facundoboms8955 Жыл бұрын
I think that the single is very similar to the Ritornello played throughout L` Orfeo (the opera by Monteverdi)
@andrewrichesson8627
@andrewrichesson8627 2 жыл бұрын
The best Neapolitan chord in all of music is the massive chord and pause before the coda in Bach's Pasacaglia in c minor.
@ABruckner8
@ABruckner8 2 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment before posting it myself ;)
@notfancy2000
@notfancy2000 2 жыл бұрын
How beautifully Doron sings!
@ginacrusco234
@ginacrusco234 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic episode. You neither pander to your audience with oversimplification nor present in the dry academic manner. The examples of the Neapolitan chord are very enlightening (love the bowl of ice cream icon) and wonderfully sung. The example from Handel's "He was despised" is especially memorable and heartrending. Scarlatti's Orfeo is just sublime, and Pergolesi's Livietta e Tracollo, which I happen to know well, is a delightful confection.
@andreamundt
@andreamundt 2 жыл бұрын
Whoa, the Scarlatti aria is extremely beautiful! ....goosebumps... Thank you for another fine episode! :D Love the ice cream scoop and the tiny pig (Is it chocolate or ceramics?) - and of course the altered intro!!
@georgh.3041
@georgh.3041 2 жыл бұрын
Finally, I understand the meaning of this chord! thank you for this great explanation! Fun fact: in Germany the Neapolitan Ice cream is also known as "Fürst-Pückler-Eis", named after a weird prince.
@LeonLayer
@LeonLayer 2 жыл бұрын
maybe a weird one - but also originator of some wonderful and evocative gardens and parks. Insofar a strangely fitting parallel to its musical counterpart.
@AndromedaCripps
@AndromedaCripps 2 жыл бұрын
You can hardly consider it the same chord due to the completely different origins and functions of it, but, in a way the Neapolitan became a staple of 20th century music as well, in the form of the Tritone Substitution! The Tritone Sub in Jazz music is derived from taking the Tritone of a dominant seventh chord and building a new dominant seventh chord by switching the function of each note in the Tritone (the third of the chord becomes the seventh, and the seventh becomes the third). In other words, every Tritone can be found in two dominant chords, so in jazz music sometimes the musicians substitute in the *other* dominant chord that can be built on that tritone. But the most common tritone sub, the tritone sub of the V7 chord, would be bII7, AKA, the analytical equivalent of the Neapolitan chord (with a dominant 7th)!! But of course, it is resolved directly to the I in most cases, functions as a dominant chord, and is derived completely differently, and therefore has its own distinct sound, despite using many of the same notes. So I see it as a sort of “spiritual successor” to the Neapolitan chord 😊😊😊
@juankliss
@juankliss 2 жыл бұрын
It's most accurate to relate the Augmente 6th chords to the tritone subs present in jazz.
@TheAtheistworld
@TheAtheistworld Жыл бұрын
Well, the tritone subV of V would be a bVI. Kinda aug6.. but Neapolitan is more like subV of I, though it has subdom function. Neapolitan chords naturally appear In Neapolitan maj and min scales??? Pls explain , elaborate ,somebody. Thnx. Cheers
@TheAtheistworld
@TheAtheistworld Жыл бұрын
@@juankliss Well, the tritone subV of V would be a bVI. Kinda aug6.. but Neapolitan is more like subV of I, though it has subdom function. Neapolitan chords naturally appear In Neapolitan maj and min scales??? Pls explain , elaborate ,somebody. Thnx. Cheers
@AndromedaCripps
@AndromedaCripps Жыл бұрын
@@TheAtheistworld I’m kinda confused by what you’re saying? The tritone substitution of V7 would be bII7. If by “tritone subV of V” you mean the tritone substitution of the V-ofV, then you’d be talking about the tritone substitution of II7, which would actually be bIV7, not bVI. I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at? (No hostility intended! Just confused by what you are trying to say/ask!!😅😊)
@TheAtheistworld
@TheAtheistworld Жыл бұрын
@@AndromedaCripps thnx. Overall, it’s just a good old Phrygianish sh!t.. ;) nevermind..
@TheDescendre
@TheDescendre 2 жыл бұрын
This channel is a real treasure for all the music lovers.....
@reedmullican5070
@reedmullican5070 2 жыл бұрын
I love how you show that Neapolitan sixth chords are not so hard if you look at it through counterpoint/thoroughbass; they seem to only be difficult if you are focused on roots! If you see it as a change of "chroma," it's not so bad. The same could be said of augmented sixth chords.
@carlosandres7006
@carlosandres7006 2 жыл бұрын
I thrashed all my harmony studies and got a grip on counterpoint and never looked back.
@bismarckluna
@bismarckluna 2 жыл бұрын
I often hear people say that augmented sixths are "just" tritone subs and that it makes much more sense to see it that way, but man augmented sixths make much more sense to me. You basically just adding chromatic tones to emphasize melodic progressions. The tritone sub explanation that you can substitute a Dominant 7th for another Dominant 7th a tritone away just seems so random to me, though is more understandable in jazz chord symbols context I guess.
@JazzGuitarScrapbook
@JazzGuitarScrapbook 2 жыл бұрын
@@bismarckluna the +6 resolves differently in 18th century music at least tho. Tbh I prefer looking at aug 6 chords as being their own thing rather than a tritone sub.
@johng9393
@johng9393 Жыл бұрын
@@bismarckluna Sir, I , a long time pro musician- couldn’t agree more. it’s nice to see one’s unpopular opinion , mirrored here. thanks
@InventorZahran
@InventorZahran 7 ай бұрын
@@bismarcklunaIf the melody is emphasizing the root or fifth of that dominant 7th, using a tritone substitution would turn a consonance into two very harsh dissonances. But for jazz and related styles, that might be acceptable in certain situations...
@xaviertudela9152
@xaviertudela9152 2 жыл бұрын
And the duolingo's trumpets... amazing ahahahah
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great video. However, my favourite part will always be the intro music on the harpsichord, how it always changes a bit. Now it has Neapolitan chord, of course! I love that little detail so much!
@cmedalie
@cmedalie 2 жыл бұрын
Great selection of examples. The 17th Century was rockin' with gorgeous music. It deserves more attention.
@jcortese3300
@jcortese3300 2 жыл бұрын
This was SUPER useful and clear -- thank you!!
@soundknight
@soundknight 2 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!! I have always been fascinated by this chord, so glad you have made this video
@rjwusher
@rjwusher 2 жыл бұрын
What a glorious episode. This is such a valuable and informative channel. As an (amateur-)organist of Early Music and Baroque it is indispensable. I would love to see an episode dedicated to organ music. Anyways, thank you so very much!
@stellario82
@stellario82 2 жыл бұрын
Simply impeccable!
@farahmohammed1963
@farahmohammed1963 2 жыл бұрын
I feel that we can get a degree just by watching these videos!! 🌺 Thank you for another fabulous video. Gosh, where were you guys when I was learning this 37 years ago? Back then, it was dull, dull, dull!! Thank you for demonstrating how this clever chord brings about such beauty and vibrancy to the music!! Dare I say, you make music theory completely fun, wonderfully engaging & totally exciting!!💕🌺😊🎵💐
@simonsmatthew
@simonsmatthew 2 жыл бұрын
I agree by the 1980s teaching of music theory and music in general really lost its way. In the end one felt they did not really learn anything. Either you got very boring theory lessons with no context or no theory at all.
@rfv618
@rfv618 2 жыл бұрын
Can I commend you on the GORGEOUS choice of HIP recordings, including Doron's divine delivery of music and text. I'm off to find all those recordings to listen to them now.
@xmvziron
@xmvziron 2 жыл бұрын
I think those were made specifically for this video.
@james_subosits
@james_subosits 2 жыл бұрын
@@xmvziron yeah I agree, especially with the one where they changed the Eb to E natural, to see what it would sound like.
@sebastianbrix
@sebastianbrix 2 жыл бұрын
Oh YES! Everytime a new Early Music Sources video drops, I am SO happy! Thanks so much!
@LeonTodd
@LeonTodd 2 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this one!
@BernardGreenberg
@BernardGreenberg 2 жыл бұрын
That was truly beautiful and illuminating. My favorite are the countless dramatic uses, as a major motif, no less, in Bach's F major organ toccata, BWV 540. Thank you!
@alexanderbayramov2626
@alexanderbayramov2626 2 жыл бұрын
omg yes, the way Bach fools you to think what chord should come next at that particular moment (or moments) is truly fascinating
@toolguy6534
@toolguy6534 2 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderbayramov2626 Most people don't recognize how dramatic Bach's music is. Sometimes it is super straightforward, like when he drives to a pretty normal cadence, but the final chord is only two notes. Then he goes back and repeats all the measures leading up to that exact same cadence, but throws in a bunch of suspensions and full chords instead. It's all the same melodic and harmonic material, but it really grabs you!
@cardinalflower6959
@cardinalflower6959 Жыл бұрын
I expected this to be informative, but I didn't expect it to be entertaining as well. Very nicely done! You have a new subscriber 😊
@LawrenceDunn101
@LawrenceDunn101 2 жыл бұрын
Doron absolutely knocking it out of the park! amazing!
@LidClassic
@LidClassic 2 жыл бұрын
This channel is way over my head, but I understand bits and pieces and keep coming back for more.
@metodsironic
@metodsironic 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the taste of the Neapolitan!
@jakelizzio3063
@jakelizzio3063 Жыл бұрын
Such a helpful video! Thank you!
@dvirrozenblat1425
@dvirrozenblat1425 2 жыл бұрын
מר רותם! שלום! הסרטונים שלך מאוד מעניינים ולגלות שאתה ישראלי הביא לי גאווה, תמשיך לעשות את מה שאתה עושה וכל הכבוד!
@zevelgamer.
@zevelgamer. 8 ай бұрын
הוא ישראלי?
@dvirrozenblat1425
@dvirrozenblat1425 8 ай бұрын
@@zevelgamer. כן כן, הוא מקיבוץ בארץ עכשיו גר איפשהו באירופה, יש עליו אפילו דף ויקיפדיה בעברית
@zevelgamer.
@zevelgamer. 8 ай бұрын
@@dvirrozenblat1425 וואלה. איך קוראים לו?
@emanuel_soundtrack
@emanuel_soundtrack 2 жыл бұрын
Bach is so awesome , you see how even his 🍨 chord sounds diferent and quite in the limits of its expression in that adagio. It is so beautiful
@safarygirl
@safarygirl 9 ай бұрын
My new favorite channel.
@ptheorist4670
@ptheorist4670 Жыл бұрын
I remember when I first learned about the Neapolitan Chord on my last year of harmony lessons, I would look for the opportunity to use it in every single harmony exercise I did XD Since then I was overtaken by its haunting sound. Very interesting to learn about its history! Thank you!
@sleepydrJ
@sleepydrJ 2 жыл бұрын
So fabulous! Love the story of this musical flavor enjoyed by people all over, and through time.
@ZephaniahL
@ZephaniahL Жыл бұрын
You deserve 100 times more subscribers. But the channel is a delicious secret.
@PensieroMetamofista
@PensieroMetamofista 2 жыл бұрын
As a musician who has a strict relationship with Naples this video surprised me a lot, thanks!
@jddrew1000
@jddrew1000 2 жыл бұрын
I love the HIP recordings!!!
@wanariff5534
@wanariff5534 2 жыл бұрын
thanks for making this video! It looks like I've got some more music in my 'to listen' playlist now!
@lornapenn-chester6867
@lornapenn-chester6867 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@shkeni
@shkeni Жыл бұрын
beautiful countertenor voice, loved the examples
@ProfRonanMC
@ProfRonanMC 2 жыл бұрын
Not only do you make the details of harmony and counterpoint extraordinarily clear, but what is more impressive still is that you make them interesting! Where were you when I was studying this stuff?
@harczymarczy
@harczymarczy Жыл бұрын
5:25 In practice, there are _two_ Neapolitan chords in this fragment. 52-56 (G minor) 57-62 (A minor) then 62-65 (D minor) 57 and on: a: V i46(...) V i6 ovii76 I bII = d: VI (!!!) In 62, the N chord of A minor is in root position(!!!) which equals the VI of D minor, 62 and on: d: VI iv6b5 (=II6b iv) V43 i In this era, modality gradually becomes tonality. Therefore, classical harmonic analysis works to some extent and it is even used, knowing its limitations. Still, the speaker is right when he mentions the cantizans clausula as the composer himself had probably thought in voices and not in harmonies.
@Mikronoodle
@Mikronoodle 6 ай бұрын
The Neapolitan and geographical chords were just introduced in my university music course and it was so confusing... I finally understand it! Thank you!
@ArthurSieg
@ArthurSieg 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I was recently discussing this chord with a particularly bright pianostudent, questioning it's name and origin. I'll be happy to share this new knowledge. I'd love for a comparable episode about the "Mol-Dur" chord, or the Mordor chord as my girlfriend calls it. A minor triad on the fourth scale degree in a major key.
@InventorZahran
@InventorZahran 7 ай бұрын
I always thought the minor iv chord (in a major key) was an invention of 20th century pop music. I'll be interested to learn about its presence in earlier compositions...
@CalebePriester
@CalebePriester 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I did enjoy it! Thank you very much for sharing the knowledge.
@leosoftCPC
@leosoftCPC 2 жыл бұрын
Finally, Kenan Thompson made it into an Early Music Sources Video. You guys are not only brilliant musicians but also have a outstanding meme repertoire 💙
@monsieurgrigny
@monsieurgrigny Жыл бұрын
Great show compellingly presented
@lorquinomiranda
@lorquinomiranda Жыл бұрын
Thnaks for this information! beautiful musical selecctions and great sense of humour! fantastic!
@johnrobinsoniii4028
@johnrobinsoniii4028 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite chords and one of my favorite harmonic progressions.
@alessioparone5722
@alessioparone5722 2 жыл бұрын
Oh finally you helped me to understand the origins of this particular chord. Thanks
@davidbishop7181
@davidbishop7181 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding presentation!
@srothbardt
@srothbardt Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. Great music education. I’d like to hear more Grandi.
@tomarmstrong1281
@tomarmstrong1281 2 жыл бұрын
It is totally possible to appreciate the beauty and subtlety of these harmonies and resolutions without a scrap of knowledge of arcane musical theory. Thank goodness.
@Beryllahawk
@Beryllahawk Жыл бұрын
Fascinating! This was very enjoyable!
@emanuelezazzero4450
@emanuelezazzero4450 Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for this passionnant explication. Greetings from...Napoli! :D
@hucbald37
@hucbald37 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much again for a wonderful theory video!
@leonidasdeguevara7146
@leonidasdeguevara7146 Жыл бұрын
Cuanto amor, pasión y trabajo en cada uno de sus vídeos señor Rotem, estoy muy agradecido con usted por tan valioso material en cada uno de sus videos.... Le agradezco mucho desde México
@lorenzodicapo6305
@lorenzodicapo6305 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Your clear explanation has confirmed what I've suspected for years: I want some ice cream
@bachagain1685
@bachagain1685 2 жыл бұрын
Another instance of the Neapolitan is in a piece composed in 1584: Palestrina's "Osculetur me" in bar 24.
@mobtek
@mobtek 2 жыл бұрын
The best channel :) Hah I was just thinking oh Chopin used this as well and bam! Chopin example! Nice.
@lornapenn-chester6867
@lornapenn-chester6867 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I really enjoy your content and gain such a lot from it in my composing studies. 👏👍❤️
@carlosandres7006
@carlosandres7006 2 жыл бұрын
Neapolitan resolving to downwards to the 6/4 was a mind blowing moment
@feraste
@feraste Жыл бұрын
Great vidéo ! Keep up this fantastic work !
@AhmadAliff
@AhmadAliff 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@TobyHonest420
@TobyHonest420 2 жыл бұрын
Please keep doing these videos, yours is definetely one of the best channels on KZfaq
@maxjohn6012
@maxjohn6012 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. The performances were very beautiful, and I especially enjoyed the Alessandro Scarlatti - he's one of my absolute favourite composers, especially for the keyboard.
@suttonelms1
@suttonelms1 Жыл бұрын
His toccatas are excellent. I've played three of them on the piano.
@maxjohn6012
@maxjohn6012 Жыл бұрын
@@suttonelms1 I do have the music for the toccatas, but boy some of them are super difficult! There are only a couple which I can get under my fingers comfortably. I am in love with and in awe of Alexander Weimann's performances of them on the harpsichord - I think some of them must be virtually impossible on the piano because the keys are just so much heavier and because of the extra control required to keep the tone of piano notes even compared to the harpsichord. Have you heard his performances? His rendition of the "Toccata d'ottava stesa en ré mineur" is jaw dropping - the dexterity required to play it must be super-human (fast sections featuring outer trills in both hands with melodies in the inner voices?!) I've never heard it played on the piano, I'd love to know if anyone's pulled it off. Life goal for my own playing! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7GWY6aWlsrUd6M.html
@maxjohn6012
@maxjohn6012 Жыл бұрын
I also really want to get hold of a complete collection of the sheet music of his fugues - but I can only find one edition and it's >£70! The dangers of loving the music of a not-so-well-known composer, I suppose he's just not in print as much as the big ones and cheaper editions of his keyboard works just aren't in high demand and remain expensive (but weirdly I found the full keyboard works of Froberger - another favourite - nice and cheaply!)
@forsakensounds
@forsakensounds 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful work ! Very didactic, instructive, and funny at the same time ! :D No doubt, one of the best channels on YT for me !
@HighWideandHandsome
@HighWideandHandsome 2 жыл бұрын
This channel is not only superbly informative but exceedingly clever. Thanks for another great video.
@diegoguerra8736
@diegoguerra8736 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome information
@coosoorlog
@coosoorlog 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant work, as always.
@agogobell28
@agogobell28 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!!
@titofaria2404
@titofaria2404 4 ай бұрын
wow! really great episode!
@skellez83
@skellez83 Жыл бұрын
I’ve always found the topic interesting. The N6s in Vinci’s operas are as neapolitan as it gets and the harmony is also present is folkloric music up to this day, yet the “colour” doesn’t seem to be restricted to Naples or have originated there.
@freiermensch6569
@freiermensch6569 Жыл бұрын
Excellent! ❤❤❤👍👍👍🌠🌠🌠
@user-kk9nj7ux5i
@user-kk9nj7ux5i 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm in love with your channel c:
@unequally-tempered
@unequally-tempered 2 жыл бұрын
Brillliant - thanks so much
@Iluminacion32
@Iluminacion32 2 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely extraordinary! Thanks so much!
@musictheorydoctor
@musictheorydoctor 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the excellent and well-illustrated overview, Elam! By the way, in his contribution to Playford's Introduction to the Skill of Musick (12th edn., 1694), Purcell writes that this "Flat Sixth before a Close ... is a Favourite Note with the Italians, for they generally make use of it" (p. 132) and gives an example in A minor where it leads into a nice doppia that includes a diminished 7th as well. So more than a century before Crotch, Purcell associates this "Flat Sixth" with "the Italians", if not with Naples specifically.
@EarlyMusicSources
@EarlyMusicSources 2 жыл бұрын
Wow great! Thanks
@OutbackBoy
@OutbackBoy 2 жыл бұрын
There is also a nice Neopolitan in the ritornello of the third movement of Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in d minor which is retained in its appearances in the dominant and subdominant keys. There is even a brief tonicisation of f minor / A-flat major through the Neopolitan of g minor. And right at the end there is a 3 bar expansion of the Neopolitan in d minor (ie. 3 bars of E-flat major!) before an authentic cadence. Just take a listen!
@hervedavidh4117
@hervedavidh4117 2 жыл бұрын
Thank You Elam !
@scolefeld
@scolefeld 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this excellent production. Both the 18th and 19th century understandings of the ♭II are interesting. You've helped me understand new ways to add colour & feeling to my own music. I'd heard the chord many times in tragic music of that period, of course, but without truly understanding its function until you placed so many examples in order. Very well done.
@matsburman5615
@matsburman5615 2 жыл бұрын
Very good episode as always! Especially loved Chopins Neapolitan chord in root position. Thank you Elam et consortes!
@stubbsmusic543
@stubbsmusic543 2 жыл бұрын
Well done! Comprehensive. I like that you gave lots of audio and visual examples. Please do one on the augmented sixth chords. As in the German and French sixths.
@sofiarodriguez9885
@sofiarodriguez9885 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 💗
@gracielaregil
@gracielaregil Жыл бұрын
Thank you for explain 😊
@yvanvelojuillet
@yvanvelojuillet 2 жыл бұрын
the Alessandri example with a minor sixth, is the "gangster paradise"' (Coolio) theme...at 7'00"
@JonasFaergeman
@JonasFaergeman 10 ай бұрын
Is there a place where we can listen to the recordings presented in this video? I can't for the life of me find a more beautiful rendition of particularly the Scarlatti cantata than the one sung by Schleifer and played by Rotem here.
@sibe9613
@sibe9613 2 жыл бұрын
It's inspiring to see how entertainingly this theme is realised. And thank you for the many sound examples presented.
@synchro505
@synchro505 2 жыл бұрын
Oh how I love this channel! Each video is a gem that is jam packed with a bounty of fascinating information presented with both style and humor. Much gratitude.
@jameswyre6480
@jameswyre6480 Жыл бұрын
Brillient and approachable episode. Bravo to the team! Subscribed💥
@Achsje
@Achsje 2 жыл бұрын
Hearing the 1625 Grandi example, I couldn't help but think I had heard similar passages before in 16th century Franco-Flemish polyphony. The clearest example I could find after an admittedly not very thorough search was the chanson 'D'un nouveau dard je suis frappé' by Clemens non Papa, published in Antwerp in 1556. The progression is basically the same as in the Grandi example: a cadence on D, with the bassus singing G - A - D, the altus G - E-natural - F, the superius B-flat - A - A, and the tenor singing the cantizans formula with the customary suspension, exactly as in the Grandi example, including an explicitly notated E-flat (the sharp of the C being left implicit as usual). The text is also very fitting: 'I don't see any remedy for my secret suffering, except for crying out ('fors de crier', set to the aforementioned cadence): relieve me (of my suffering), sweet, pleasant brunette!''' (In the context of Clemens' chanson, however, which is in the Dorian mode on G, the reappearance of the E-natural in the altus right after actually stands out more to my ears than the preceding E-flat. I think one's best bet of finding a Neapolitan chord with a particularly strong effect in 16th century polyphony would be in a piece in the Phrygian mode, in which the appearance of a B-flat really stands out. There must be an example somewhere...)
@EarlyMusicSources
@EarlyMusicSources 2 жыл бұрын
nice!
@Barde_Jaune
@Barde_Jaune 2 жыл бұрын
No mention of the Neapolitan harmony, where entire passages are build around the lowered 2nd degree as a sort of new key! Wonderful video regardless, thank you for the beautiful musical examples.
@monscarmeli
@monscarmeli 2 жыл бұрын
Could you give some examples? Aside from examples like the forceful Neapolitan in the 3rd mvt of the Moonlight Sonata, one that amazed me when I found it is how Chopin (who used Neapolitans and augmented sixths extensively) in his etude Op.10 No. 6, just before the final cadence, briefly uses the closing Neapolitan as an enharmonic dominant to half a bar of a "tonic" a tritone above the main key, fascinating...
@sallyhinkebein257
@sallyhinkebein257 2 жыл бұрын
Shades of my early theory and ear training classes! Delightfully witty presentation as always! Thanks.
@Moinsdeuxcat
@Moinsdeuxcat 2 жыл бұрын
All these recordings are so beautiful. Bravo!
@user-lz5gd8xu8k
@user-lz5gd8xu8k 2 жыл бұрын
I'm almost crying for this amazing lecture. thanks a lotXD!!
@tomasschiappacassi2401
@tomasschiappacassi2401 2 жыл бұрын
beautiful singing, there's always a vocal piece that moves me on this channel :)
@maciejkubera1536
@maciejkubera1536 2 жыл бұрын
At 4:04 I was looking for "skip ad" button. ;)
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