I have three (stolen) rules. Paraphrasing - Ellington - There are two kinds of music Good music and the other kind. Ray Charles - What does it sound like? James Brown - You're a drum. Your presentation reveals that this Bartok piece falls within those parameters as far as I am concerned. Good job, young man. I always enjoy your insights......
I would say that Bartok himself has put out great resources to understanding his very deep, intricate and unique musical language. There are the pedagogical works Mikrokosmos and also the 44 Violin Duos (!!). In these short pieces for students, his harmonic, formal, contrapuntal ideas are much more isolated and clear. Usually there's one main musical idea explored and the playtime is frequently less than one minute. I'm currently analyzing them for myself and with students. The bitonal violin Etudes can be played on a piano in slow-mo to get into the feel. And besides all of the insight and technical value they offer, they're filled with beautiful and elegant melodies throughout
Totally unappreciated master of the 20th century outside music circles. I recently attended a Bartok concert featuring his Miraculous Mandarin complete pantomime and I loved it. Some older guy behind me said “this music didn’t make any sense”…ugh.
I was forced to play Bartok in my early piano days. I didn’t get him then, and I still don’t, even though my musical interests are 10000x more varied now than they were. This was a fun watch, though!
He's an acquired taste, for sure. As a kid the microcosmos pieces are a little strange for all of us, I think. These quartets are what got me hooked on Bartok. Thanks for watching!
That chord is in the slow section of Rhapsody in Blue, if you go to the video George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic (1976) it's at 12:49. I would say it's Ebmaj7#11omit5, but that's just playing semantics lol.
If you want some more amazing Bartok chords, check out the Three Etudes for piano opus 18, especially the closing sections of the second and third etudes. See the performance by Zoltan Kocsis here ua-cam.com/video/G2E058Ep99Y/v-deo.htmlsi=VGPTJfKmPyMgZQa2&t=227 and here ua-cam.com/video/G2E058Ep99Y/v-deo.htmlsi=5gtQCtIbn7jAMW8B&t=403 -- Also the Paul Jacobs performance is really good, the same passages are here ua-cam.com/video/ZJCBPp-BH78/v-deo.htmlsi=11T5wQcCluGhN-4J&t=202 and here ua-cam.com/video/ZJCBPp-BH78/v-deo.htmlsi=X6HuE3NPW9Kvq9nJ&t=401
I have three (stolen) rules. Paraphrasing - Ellington - There are two kinds of music Good music and the other kind. Ray Charles - What does it sound like? James Brown - You're a drum. Your presentation reveals that this Bartok piece falls within those parameters as far as I am concerned. Good job, young man. I always enjoy your insights......
Great rules! I think these string quartets are masterpieces. Thanks for watching!
@@Keith_Horn Allan Holdsworth loved it.
@@jacquesfinster5034 I'd love to find direct parallels between Bartok and Holdsworth - homework time!
@@Keith_Horn He talked thar your pdincipal influences in composition are Debussy, Stravinsky, Copland and Bartok, especially your quartets
Really cool. Wish i had sources like this 15 years ago while studying 😄
Thanks!
I would say that Bartok himself has put out great resources to understanding his very deep, intricate and unique musical language.
There are the pedagogical works Mikrokosmos and also the 44 Violin Duos (!!).
In these short pieces for students, his harmonic, formal, contrapuntal ideas are much more isolated and clear. Usually there's one main musical idea explored and the playtime is frequently less than one minute. I'm currently analyzing them for myself and with students. The bitonal violin Etudes can be played on a piano in slow-mo to get into the feel.
And besides all of the insight and technical value they offer, they're filled with beautiful and elegant melodies throughout
So true. I'm less familiar with the violin duos than Mikrokosmos. I'll check them out.
Keep up the Bartok! Bartok rocks!
Agreed! Working on a couple more videos right now.
Totally unappreciated master of the 20th century outside music circles. I recently attended a Bartok concert featuring his Miraculous Mandarin complete pantomime and I loved it. Some older guy behind me said “this music didn’t make any sense”…ugh.
@@soundtreks Man I would love to see Mandarin live! So cool you got to see/hear that.
Fantastic, please more "chord analysis" of atonal classical music!!!
Thanks! Working on more now. I have a handful of Stravinsky analysis on the channel as well.
62 episodes on one chord, thats very cool
Thanks! I hope you enjoy them.
@@Keith_Horn short inserts from tv-shows are brilliant
@@VladimirChe80 Thanks! I've been cutting down on them lately but I still use them here and there.
Chick Corea was definitely into Bartok
Good point!
4:07 cluster from the octatonic scale
True! That’s a good way to think of it.
I was forced to play Bartok in my early piano days. I didn’t get him then, and I still don’t, even though my musical interests are 10000x more varied now than they were. This was a fun watch, though!
He's an acquired taste, for sure. As a kid the microcosmos pieces are a little strange for all of us, I think. These quartets are what got me hooked on Bartok. Thanks for watching!
Sounds great on Rhodes ;)
@@nick326697 thanks! I prefer using a Rhodes to a piano to hear the harmony more clearly.
The second chord sounds like the opening chord from Blood, Swear and Tears’ Spinning Wheel.
Yep! D7#9 - good catch!
yeah Bartok is a baddass 😀
Agreed!
the 3rd one seems to me like Eb#4maj7, beautiful chord. Id love to see the end of toccata and fugue in d minor by Bach :)
That labeling works, too! Good suggestion - those final chords have some crunch.
That chord is in the slow section of Rhapsody in Blue, if you go to the video George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic (1976) it's at 12:49. I would say it's Ebmaj7#11omit5, but that's just playing semantics lol.
oh cool - I'll give that section a listen!
Didn't Robert Fripp say that his intention with King Crimson was Jimi Hendrix playing Bartok...
@@nick326697 Possibly! That’s my favorite quote of the day!
If you want some more amazing Bartok chords, check out the Three Etudes for piano opus 18, especially the closing sections of the second and third etudes. See the performance by Zoltan Kocsis here ua-cam.com/video/G2E058Ep99Y/v-deo.htmlsi=VGPTJfKmPyMgZQa2&t=227 and here ua-cam.com/video/G2E058Ep99Y/v-deo.htmlsi=5gtQCtIbn7jAMW8B&t=403 -- Also the Paul Jacobs performance is really good, the same passages are here ua-cam.com/video/ZJCBPp-BH78/v-deo.htmlsi=11T5wQcCluGhN-4J&t=202 and here ua-cam.com/video/ZJCBPp-BH78/v-deo.htmlsi=X6HuE3NPW9Kvq9nJ&t=401
Thanks for the recommendations! I can't get enough Bartok in my ears.
Lovely stuff! Do you have a fave recording?
Thank you! I’m partial to the Emerson recordings.
To me the first chord is build around the tritone, with a fourth up the high note and a fourth below the low note (if that makes any sense) :)
That makes sense and brings some symmetry to the chord
Could be an Allan Holdsworth part ...
Could be!
interesting stuff! alot of these are clustered harmonic/melodic minor
That's a good way to approach these chords.
Love the chords. Not really digging the kybd sound. Too muddy and wavy.
Great chords. I chose that sound over a piano because it has less overtones and sustains longer. Thanks for watching!