Why Learn Figured Bass?

Why Learn Figured Bass? - Music Theory

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@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@rasheedcampbell3211 Жыл бұрын

You could also use the rule of the octave

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Videos coming soon on this topic

@desiderioelielton2051 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the thoroughbass. I'm an organist in a church and I usually rewrite the pieces, replacing the figures (like Am, F, G, C etc.) with figured bass or reducing the choral arrangement to figured bass. Learning to read figured bass not only gave me a different perspective on chords, but also broadened my improvisation skills.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Absolutely my experience too.

@martinlang5139 5 ай бұрын

Dear Gareth, another great one. Special thanks for explaining PSR 🎶

@MusicMattersGB 5 ай бұрын

A pleasure.

@NotLegato Жыл бұрын

i think figured bass is one of the most intuitive ways for an accompanist to do a harmony for something. i'm a big fan of it.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

I agree

@ilninfeo Жыл бұрын

Congratulations, Maestro. Great explanation!!

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Most kind

@mariar4431 Жыл бұрын

Your teaching is brilliant. I never miss a lesson. Thank you very very much.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@basslobster Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very informative as always 🎼👍🎶🎵

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome

@ablacktable Жыл бұрын

Such a god tier music channel.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@ablacktable Жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB yes, MORE

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Go for it!

@michaelvarney. 8 ай бұрын

9:00 In guitar, 2nd inversion is very common… particularly 3 string voices of triads. The reason is how the guitar is tuned (E A D G B E from bass to treble). Simply by barring the 2-3-4 stings (numbered treble to bass) you get a 2nd inversion triad. It is a very comfortable shape, easy to finger and transpose to any major triad simply by moving up or down the neck. I’m comping it is a nice triad to play. The ergonomic are great, and the sound is nice, and the shape makes it great to base pentatonic riffs from.

@MusicMattersGB 8 ай бұрын

It certainly works more successfully in some styles than in others.

@bryonharper7660 Жыл бұрын

succinct! thank you for this video!

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@jakes5425 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thank you :)

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Glad it’s useful. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@martinbennett2228 Жыл бұрын

I have tried working out a bit of figured bass realisation to prepare an accompaniment (e.g. Corelli), but found how easy it is to find parallel fifths in what otherwise looks like a promising line. It makes me wonder how accompanists manage to avoid parallels when improvising at sight.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

It’s tricky but one gets better at dealing with the challenges

@martinbennett2228 Жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Sorry about the double post, I thought my comment had disappeared. I found that I can avoid parallel fifths, but at the expense of an interesting or a smooth line in the accompaniment. Sometimes it seems as if the composer has set a cryptic puzzle: there is an elusive, amazing counterpoint waiting to be discovered.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Keep at it and you’ll discover the counterpoint

@martinbennett2228 Жыл бұрын

I have tried a bit of realisation of figured bass (worked out rather than improvised at the keyboard), but have found it all too easy to find parallel fifths in what seemed like a promising line. I don't know how people manage to avoid parallels when they are improvising at sight.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Keep at it and you’ll solve it.

@lawrencetaylor4101 Жыл бұрын

You automatically used the flat 7, or the dominant 7 in the G chord which was the fifth. Did they mostly use seventh chords on the dominant? How would they notate a Major seventh? Would they put a sharp sign on the 7? I think that could be confused with sharpening the third though. I've started in a music theory book but it's in French and I haven't reached that level yet. I've only watched your videos on figured bass and it's new to me.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

In Baroque music it’s mainly V7 and II7, with other 7ths more occasionally. The figures only need accidentals if you’re contradicting the key signature.

@lawrencetaylor4101 10 ай бұрын

I see I watched this 3 months ago, but I learned even more today. You had a video on the 6-5 4-3 chord progression, and it was really a lightbulb moment for me. I played that piece for my music teacher. Last week he said he hadn't learned the rule of the octave. Today he asked me to play it in different keys in different positions, and noticed I only had made one mistake. I'm practicing your sequences in all keys, and my fingers are starting to know where to move. But my goodness, it's hard to keep track of all those notes surrounding the one being realized. But it's so much easier than 3 months ago, and I have you to thank for that.

@MusicMattersGB 10 ай бұрын

@lawrencetaylor4101 you’re doing brilliantly. Keep going!

@639dida Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! 20:58 "See there, see there, be there". P.S. I'm a very pun guy.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

😀

@corrinneloudon525 Жыл бұрын

It's a bit of a struggle to get my dyslexic head around this... You're very clear in definition but recognising what's actually going on on the page is defeating me. Any tips? Also, you have a habit of playing clearly right up to a resolution and then play the resolution so softly that I can't hear what's happening! Pretty please, may I have consistent volume...? Thank you very much.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

The great thing about the video format is that one can pause and think through each move/ replay the video. Hopefully that will help consolidate the knowledge. Not sure why you’re finding the resolutions so soft…

@cl9826 6 ай бұрын

I'm not a great musician and I can't sight read. I just want to sit down at the piano and string some chords together and make it sound good. I think this might be the ticket.

@MusicMattersGB 6 ай бұрын

That’s a great ambition. Go for it. You would find our keyboard harmony course useful at www.mmcourses.co.uk