Thank you Howard Goodall - you have given music a NEW dimension for ME, and I will forever listen in another way. It has been such a joy to watch this food for brain.
I agree with the 'Top comments', mostly. Those comments worthy of notice are great to read while listening/watching the fact that in me, music is sacred. Bass Clef music is heavenly and closer to love while beginning in my life during 1968 when a dear friend loaned a beautiful upright double-bass to me so jazz lines could be studied. The band needed a tuba player in high school so my primary school at the end of the day drove me a mile up the road in a small 1200 population town in Greenup, Kentucky USA to sit in as the previous tuba player moved on to other adventures. It was when the passion for 'BASS CLEF' began in my life. This presentation is well done and thoroughly researched. I believe all music is sacred but if you take out the primary BASS, you simply lose far too much of gut full of passion required in classical and jazz music...Kevin.
omg the organ with a piano at the feet is awesome! I played an organ where you just have to push those two pumps with your feet and it took some getting use to.
Hey, Don Vince! About the music begining at 21:27... It is 'only' the harmony of Dido's Lament he is going to discuss next. Wonderful isn't it? Sounds so modern....
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the bassline that Goodall composes with the sequencer at the end (41:01) seems to be the same as the Jeremiah Clarke bassline at the beginning (7:52). A little easter egg for those listening hard?
Ever since hearing Ray Charles in the early 60's, I've been a fan of a killer bass line in a song. Temptations, Four Tops, CCR, The Who, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Steve Miller Band, The Allman Brothers, Doobie Brothers, The Eagles, The Stones, Booker T and the MGs, Stevie Wonder... ALL of them got to their listeners by having that solid bass line upon which to build the rest of the song. In this installment, we learn just how that foundation is crafted... and why it is we are such whores for a song where that dark underbelly is what mystifies and addicts us to what lies above. This is a marvelous piece of documentary film-making.
"This video previously contained a copyrighted audio track. Due to a claim by a copyright holder, the audio track has been muted." Fffffffffffffffffffffff...................
Good stuff, I much prefer Howard Goodall's music theory to the Associated Board stuff because he delves into other musical cultures and styles apart from Western art music. Having said that, I was surprised when watching this series how pop, rock and jazz is in many ways not that different to medieval and baroque music. I guess there's nothing new under the sun, and (conventionally in the West at least) there are only 12 notes to play with.
+Gregor Smith actually if you watch his show about the rithm, you will see that ther is alot new under the sun. But that mostly came to be in the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's and the 70's, if we are talking about the 20'th centuy.
Great programme, although it would have been nice if room had been found for Bach's Passacaglia in C minor, where the bass line recurs over and over again without ever getting boring; in fact, the piece gets even more interesting as time goes by. Surely one of, if not THE, most masterful examples of an "ostinato" bass ever written.
Music is as mysterious as the Pyramid of Egypt. How human as whole invented it. Im pretty sure other civilizations have discovery too, in our huge universe. Clownsec thanks for sharing the amazing documentary, is impossible to find such complex documentary in America's cable networks channels.
You are correct. I know Howard Goodall really knows his stuff, so I am sure he didn't just "get it wrong". This series, while entertaining, is dumbed down for non-musicians. I can only assume he used incorrect terminology during that part to make it as simple as possible for the laymen. Maybe they producers/writers felt that explaining the proper terminology would confuse people since this episode doesn't go into inverted chords or the names of scale degrees.
+Enhanced Pyrotechnics - At 11:14 in the video, the piano is playing the last portion of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, March No.1; "Land of Hope and Glory" - aka commonly in the USA as the "graduation march."
I thought you only use "tonic" to refer to the root note of an entire key. So if you're in the key of C, C is the tonic, and if you're playing a G chord in the key of C you don't call G a tonic; G is just the "root" of that chord, and no matter how you voice or invert that G chord (no matter what note is in the bass), G is still the "root" of the G chord. So am I mistaken? or are there different schools of terminology?
"If you are the bass player, you are the conductor of the band (regardless of what anyone else thinks)" If the bass player knows what he is doing, then this is generally true and I agree with you, but a lot of bass players have no clue and are just following the guitar. They are not conducting anything just because they bought a bass. Also, if you are playing bass in an ensemble that has a conductor, he would take issue with you considering yourself the conductor.
One of the bassiest genres is Jamaican Reggae's drum 'n' bass -- it's not mentioned. Many Reggae bass lines are melodic enough to have a sub bass part. This presentation was a Bass-101. Bass has evolved from I-V to counterpoint, and its lines can be harmonized.
I love how fair Howard is to all kinds of music
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Thank you Howard Goodall - you have given music a NEW dimension for ME, and I will forever listen in another way. It has been such a joy to watch this food for brain.
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Goodness, Howard's work is phenomenal. I wish I'd found this earlier!
Excellent series. Well done! Howard Goodall. Hope to see more of your genius in explaining this exciting but difficult field!
Marvellous program. I learned and enjoyed much.
I agree with the 'Top comments', mostly. Those comments worthy of notice are great to read while listening/watching the fact that in me, music is sacred. Bass Clef music is heavenly and closer to love while beginning in my life during 1968 when a dear friend loaned a beautiful upright double-bass to me so jazz lines could be studied. The band needed a tuba player in high school so my primary school at the end of the day drove me a mile up the road in a small 1200 population town in Greenup, Kentucky USA to sit in as the previous tuba player moved on to other adventures. It was when the passion for 'BASS CLEF' began in my life. This presentation is well done and thoroughly researched. I believe all music is sacred but if you take out the primary BASS, you simply lose far too much of gut full of passion required in classical and jazz music...Kevin.
That guy playing the organ with his feet around 9:00. Wow. A good organist is superhuman.
I love this man
These seires helped see where all that music came from and how. love it
Brilliant!
omg the organ with a piano at the feet is awesome! I played an organ where you just have to push those two pumps with your feet and it took some getting use to.
Bass on a melodeon sounds amazing and you can feel it when playing it.
Thanks for uploading these. Interesting stuff
Hey, Don Vince! About the music begining at 21:27... It is 'only' the harmony of Dido's Lament he is going to discuss next. Wonderful isn't it? Sounds so modern....
@43:00"Scuba diving with a nuclear submarine would create a similar buzz"....... Love it !
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the bassline that Goodall composes with the sequencer at the end (41:01) seems to be the same as the Jeremiah Clarke bassline at the beginning (7:52). A little easter egg for those listening hard?
why can't we find "Switched on Bach" by great Wendy Carlos anywhere on the internet anymore? I really miss to listen those excellent versions
Where is Mr. JACO PASTORIUS In this documental about THE SOUND OF BASS?
Dice: vídeo no disponible. Mi pana
+Larry Jazz Louis Just in case you don't know, Larry, on www.primewire.ag is a documentary about him. Search: Jaco 2015. Enjoy.
+Larry Jazz Louis Sorry, just type jaco. It works better.
Thanks for share
127eadgbe
thanks a lot
Ever since hearing Ray Charles in the early 60's, I've been a fan of a killer bass line in a song. Temptations, Four Tops, CCR, The Who, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Steve Miller Band, The Allman Brothers, Doobie Brothers, The Eagles, The Stones, Booker T and the MGs, Stevie Wonder... ALL of them got to their listeners by having that solid bass line upon which to build the rest of the song.
In this installment, we learn just how that foundation is crafted... and why it is we are such whores for a song where that dark underbelly is what mystifies and addicts us to what lies above.
This is a marvelous piece of documentary film-making.
"SCUBA diving with a nuclear submarine" XD God I love that
very informative thanks
"This video previously contained a copyrighted audio track. Due to a claim by a copyright holder, the audio track has been muted."
Fffffffffffffffffffffff...................
Good stuff, I much prefer Howard Goodall's music theory to the Associated Board stuff because he delves into other musical cultures and styles apart from Western art music. Having said that, I was surprised when watching this series how pop, rock and jazz is in many ways not that different to medieval and baroque music. I guess there's nothing new under the sun, and (conventionally in the West at least) there are only 12 notes to play with.
+Gregor Smith actually if you watch his show about the rithm, you will see that ther is alot new under the sun. But that mostly came to be in the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's and the 70's, if we are talking about the 20'th centuy.
8:40 that organ footwork :o
Very recommendable
What was the music @4:45 on the Harpsichord...? it's beautiful.
Couperin - Les barricades mysterieuses
Thx..so much. I love it so much.
Great programme, although it would have been nice if room had been found for Bach's Passacaglia in C minor, where the bass line recurs over and over again without ever getting boring; in fact, the piece gets even more interesting as time goes by. Surely one of, if not THE, most masterful examples of an "ostinato" bass ever written.
Music is as mysterious as the Pyramid of Egypt. How human as whole invented it. Im pretty sure other civilizations have discovery too, in our huge universe. Clownsec thanks for sharing the amazing documentary, is impossible to find such complex documentary in America's cable networks channels.
4:24. Anybody know that lovely keyboard piece?
It is by Couperin : Les Barricades mystérieuses
31:43 - "Yo, Johann, drop it hard!"
Good looking cellist for Dido's Lament. :)
@caetano galindo & don vince
it is chopin's prelude no20 in c-minor
"The Rhythm is the Bass and the Bass is the Treble."
Foundation, Bass, bottom to top! d
You are correct. I know Howard Goodall really knows his stuff, so I am sure he didn't just "get it wrong". This series, while entertaining, is dumbed down for non-musicians. I can only assume he used incorrect terminology during that part to make it as simple as possible for the laymen. Maybe they producers/writers felt that explaining the proper terminology would confuse people since this episode doesn't go into inverted chords or the names of scale degrees.
what is the piece at 11:14?
+Enhanced Pyrotechnics -
At 11:14 in the video, the piano is playing the last portion of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, March No.1; "Land of Hope and Glory" - aka commonly in the USA as the "graduation march."
***** ah, the host assumes the viewer is American, thats why it wasn't common to me. Thanks!
What's the music at 6:35???
Bach's "Fantasia and Fugue in G minor"
Does anyone out there know what the piece being played at 21:27?
Chopin's Prelude in C minor, also known as Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow. :p
I knew White Stripes had to be in!
I'm surprised bass is so young. I wonder if droning in many kinds of traditional music would count as a kind of bass that is older...
I thought you only use "tonic" to refer to the root note of an entire key. So if you're in the key of C, C is the tonic, and if you're playing a G chord in the key of C you don't call G a tonic; G is just the "root" of that chord, and no matter how you voice or invert that G chord (no matter what note is in the bass), G is still the "root" of the G chord. So am I mistaken? or are there different schools of terminology?
"If you are the bass player, you are the conductor of the band (regardless of what anyone else thinks)"
If the bass player knows what he is doing, then this is generally true and I agree with you, but a lot of bass players have no clue and are just following the guitar. They are not conducting anything just because they bought a bass.
Also, if you are playing bass in an ensemble that has a conductor, he would take issue with you considering yourself the conductor.
One of the bassiest genres is Jamaican Reggae's drum 'n' bass -- it's not mentioned. Many Reggae bass lines are melodic enough to have a sub bass part.
This presentation was a Bass-101. Bass has evolved from I-V to counterpoint, and its lines can be harmonized.
Bauhaus FTW
I got a little hot at 7:03 with all that deep throbbing muscle yada yada yada.
+OrphanSeasun I got a little hot watching and listenning to Donna Summer at 39:58
subtitle spanish please
why
porque si van a compartir, que sea para todos
fuck yeahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then mute the f@#$ing track... not the whole show!!!
Shame the quality of both the image and particularly the sound has been made so very poor. Why would that be then?
Mr. Goodall -- "Moog" rhymes with "vogue," not "fugue"!
translated into Spanish Please !!
JACO PASTORIUS?
Please.
This is the fuckest thing I ever saw ... this week. Copyright my ass!
one of the weaker episodes it would seem
this is so boring
Then you know nothing of music and don't need to watch.
horrible
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