Using a Slow Moving Theme with Cantus Firmus - Music Composition
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- We explore how to write a free moving line over a sustained melody presented in long notes. The example here uses the first two phrases of “Happy Birthday to you” set as a cantus firmus in long notes in the left hand, while the right hand line is composed above it, employing melodic and rhythmic independence. This is a useful resource for composers and for those wanting to understand the principles of cantus firmus.
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0:00 - Introduction to using a slow moving theme with cantus firmus
1:09 - The slow moving theme
2:22 - What is a cantus firmus?
3:55 - Working with the slow moving theme
7:18 - Harmonic thinking
11:53 - Playing the piece
12:14 - Conclusion
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I've heard the technique used in compositions many times, but had never heard the term "cantus firmus". (In fact, I've used it without even knowing that's what it was.) This was a very useful lesson!
Glad it’s useful
Perhaps I have the wrong end of the stick but this puts me in mind of the return of the majestic theme at the end of Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - always brings a tear to my eye. An interesting video giving another idea for composition. Thank you.
I hadn’t made that connection. Interesting!
Many thanks for showing it so clearly, subscribe!
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Wonderful
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I would love to see a video on chromatic chords, and how to use them. Mainly just the different types would be wonderful. Great video!!
We have these on the channel
Muito bem. Obrigado.
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Fun!
Glad you’re enjoying it.
I like the countermelody. Interestingly, it doesn’t sound anything like happy birthday to you, by the end of it.
It’s amazing how one can alter the impact of something so familiar.
Just as a small suggestion, "Firmus" is pronounced "Fee-r-moos"
It depends where one comes from
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Feer-moos", I believe, if you want to start getting pedantic about these matters.
It would be very unusual for "r" to be a stand-alone syllable...
@@Gerard_2024 thanks.
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