Comments on: Case Study 2: The Power of the Bassline to Establish Style http://www.portamental.com Fluidity of Mind and Music Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: liz garnett http://www.portamental.com/a-cappella-arranging/advanced-explorations/case-study-2-the-power-of-the-bassline-to-establish-style/comment-page-1/#comment-52 liz garnett Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:22:07 +0000 http://www.smartermusic.us/?page_id=1122#comment-52 Hi Yuri, You know, this approach of getting the melody-bass duet in place before filling in the backing harmonies is very Baroque. My orchestration lecturer at university used to refer to the woodwind's role in later (18/19-century) textures as 'continuo harmonies' for precisely this reason! And I think it's key not only to defining style (which you illustrate very nicely here), but the whole structural integrity of the arrangement. If the melody-bass duet stands on its own, the fill has something to hang on - if it doesn't, nothing else you add is ever going to sound too hot. liz x Hi Yuri,
You know, this approach of getting the melody-bass duet in place before filling in the backing harmonies is very Baroque. My orchestration lecturer at university used to refer to the woodwind’s role in later (18/19-century) textures as ‘continuo harmonies’ for precisely this reason! And I think it’s key not only to defining style (which you illustrate very nicely here), but the whole structural integrity of the arrangement. If the melody-bass duet stands on its own, the fill has something to hang on – if it doesn’t, nothing else you add is ever going to sound too hot.

liz x

]]> By: Marianne Cheng http://www.portamental.com/a-cappella-arranging/advanced-explorations/case-study-2-the-power-of-the-bassline-to-establish-style/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Marianne Cheng Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:07:44 +0000 http://www.smartermusic.us/?page_id=1122#comment-47 I love this Yuri. Well said! I love this Yuri. Well said!

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