Songs that use Counterpoint
Take pleasure in complete access to over 40,000 sheet music works with a Tomplay 14 day free trial:. Counterpoint is a musical texture where 2 or more tunes interact to develop a sense of harmony whilst also keeping their independence from each other. It is most typically discovered in Baroque music, nevertheless we can find examples of contrapuntal writing in pop and rock music too. For this video I decided to forego my typical…
Read More »How do vocal harmonies work?
Download your FREE, 21-day RipX DAW trial: Some have a natural propensity for singing vocal harmonies and backing vocals, but for those who don't let's today take a closer take a look at how harmonies actually work, what options we have for producing support vocals for a song, and how a few of these famous singers and groups created their backing vocals. The outro music to this video is my track "Clap" which you…
Read More »3 pieces that prove Bach was a genius
Thanks to Dan Moller for sponsoring this video with his book "The Method Of Bach". It's offered in both hardback and eBook here: Bach is frequently, and quite appropriately, pointed out as a musical genius, but what is it precisely that makes his music so smart? Well, today we're going to take a closer look at three examples of his big brain contrapuntal composing! SOURCES: Numberphile on Crab Canon: Analyzing Guitar and Music Theory,…
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