How to ACTUALLY Compose a Minuet | Complete Guide in 4 Steps

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  • Опубліковано 10 гру 2024

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  • @SofoklisSavva
    @SofoklisSavva 7 місяців тому +1

    Can we use this to when we write a menuet as a sonata movement?

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  7 місяців тому +2

      Hello, that's a very good question. There is one thing to keep in mind with regard to minuets in the classical era: when minuets were written as independent pieces, as in this video, they were usually meant to be danced to, so they had to fit into a very specific tempo and structure pattern. Rules regarding minuets within larger works, such as sonatas, string quartets or symphonies, were a lot more flexible because they weren't meant to be danced to.
      So, if you wanted to write a minuet as part of a sonata movement, you could take this video as initial reference, but you are allowed to be more creative with regard to phrasing. In these cases, composers usually extended the phrases lenght beyond the standard bar numbers displayed here, maybe adding extra repetitions, or even messing with the accents to momentarily displace the beat sensation as a kind of musical joke (all those thing would be disastrous if the piece was actually meant to be danced to). Also in these cases trio sections would most likely be in a different key than the minuet (generally V or IV degree or the relative minor/major).
      Hope that helps.

    • @SofoklisSavva
      @SofoklisSavva 7 місяців тому

      ​​@@Zarty-Musicthank you so much 🙏.You helped me more than my teacher. ☺ LOL
      Also if we write a minute for dancing do we need to use the same progression you did? (I, V,V,VI)

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  7 місяців тому

      @@SofoklisSavva I'm glad to hear! You don't need to use the same exact harmonic progressions displayed in this video, other combinations are also possible within the same formal schemes. Listening to minuets by actual classical composers helps a lot to get the hang of the style in terms of harmonic syntax.

    • @SofoklisSavva
      @SofoklisSavva 7 місяців тому

      ​@@Zarty-MusicAgain thank you so much! 😆Keep up the good work!👍

  • @terryjones6632
    @terryjones6632 Рік тому +3

    Excellent, I hope more to come!

  • @samuelreidnavarro4517
    @samuelreidnavarro4517 Рік тому +1

    Wow, this is really, really wonderful resource for composing. Please post more!

  • @TheTristanmarcus
    @TheTristanmarcus Місяць тому

    My first completed composition, aged 4, was a Minuet in E flat, and I still think it's a very good form to start your composing life with (as did Mozart after all 🎉)

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  Місяць тому

      @@TheTristanmarcus I totally agree! there is a reason why 18th century teachers used It as a pedagogical tool for young musicians :D

  • @saethddu1375
    @saethddu1375 Рік тому +2

    Great video! Very very useful and well explained! Keep going 🙌🏼

  • @dannuttle9005
    @dannuttle9005 7 місяців тому

    Just the kind of content I've been looking for.

  • @kristian6566
    @kristian6566 6 місяців тому

    Great video, the content is interesting and the animations look really neat!

  • @Ornamentmountain
    @Ornamentmountain 8 місяців тому

    This channel is gold

  • @GANZANEZAIreneChris
    @GANZANEZAIreneChris 3 місяці тому

    This was so helpful. Thanks alot.

  • @davidbuderim2395
    @davidbuderim2395 8 місяців тому

    Very helpful - thankyou

  • @charlottemcmillan9668
    @charlottemcmillan9668 11 місяців тому

    Super helpful - thank you!

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  11 місяців тому

      I'm glad it was helpful! thanks for watching!

  • @Roman-is4jj
    @Roman-is4jj 11 місяців тому

    Thank you, good lesson

  • @Doc2rjae07
    @Doc2rjae07 3 місяці тому

    Bravo great content 🙏🏽💯

  • @crystina9845
    @crystina9845 2 місяці тому +2

    Bună!!!! F frumoase &interesante lecțiile de muzică,dar din păcate atunci când caut găsesc din păcate f puține în română ,iar cele în engleză nu au subtitrări și iarăși din păcate nu stau prea bine cu engleza. Mulțumesc!!!!🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗

  • @lucasuttomusic
    @lucasuttomusic 11 місяців тому

    Great Video, subbed! ❤ Hey Zarty, how can one reach out to you?

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  11 місяців тому

      Thanks Luca! my contact email should be visible now in my channel.
      Best regards.

  • @WizardOfArc
    @WizardOfArc Рік тому +1

    Very good tips! I’ll have to use the to write my next Minuet and Trio

  • @OldCanadianguy953
    @OldCanadianguy953 5 місяців тому

    5:55 The left hand plays for fish. Large mouth or small mouth bass?

  • @franciscoaragao5398
    @franciscoaragao5398 11 місяців тому

    Muito bom. Obrigado.

  • @CuervoDeMarte
    @CuervoDeMarte 5 місяців тому

    Amazing video! if you ever need help with the italian words pronunciation let me know!

  • @EGMusic12
    @EGMusic12 Рік тому +5

    🐟line lol; This was a really helpful video though!

    • @dannuttle9005
      @dannuttle9005 7 місяців тому +1

      You have to play it with the right...>putting on sunglasses

  • @sf4horst
    @sf4horst 4 місяці тому

    8:41 Wait... is this a parallel fifth at bar 2-3?? 😱 Still very useful video. Many thanks!

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  4 місяці тому +2

      Parallel 10ths (3rds). Thanks, I'm glad It was helpful.

    • @sf4horst
      @sf4horst 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Zarty-Music Please accept my apologies. The somewhat strange sound and the parallel motion led me to too rash conclusions. I cannot explain what it is exactly, but this bass sounds (here) a bit better to my ears: (bar 3) E C G | B * * | F D B | C * * | etc. Do you know why? I don't want to be rude, and it probably comes down to taste anyway. The minuet is impressively classical for the rest 😊

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  4 місяці тому +1

      @@sf4horst Nothing to be sorry about. It sounds harsh due to the leaping parallel motion, which is something you avoided in your alternative bass motion, and that's why it sounds smoother.
      From my point of view, the harshness of the first version suits well with the sound of the early Mozart's minuets, which are full of these kind of suspcious moves (and which I took as main reference for this particular video). However, that doesn't mean that my solution is the only possible one, nor necessarily the best one.

    • @sf4horst
      @sf4horst 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Zarty-Music Thanks!

  • @EddieRamirez-ug9ex
    @EddieRamirez-ug9ex Місяць тому

    Wauu

  • @davcaslop
    @davcaslop 8 місяців тому

    I would bet that the minuet doesn’t have anacrusis, nor the baroque, not the classical that remained, but great video.

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  8 місяців тому +1

      Hello, and thank you! In the classical period we can find minuets either with or without anacrusis. For instance, in the set of 12 minuets Kv. 568 by W. A. Mozart, he used both options in the same amount (6 minuets each).

    • @davcaslop
      @davcaslop 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Zarty-Music I didn't know them. I'm analyzing in musical analysis class quite a few of baroque ones and they don't have it. I know in the classical period the form changed from being binary simple, but I didn't know that they also changed that. I guess that's to be expected given that it is a different period. Thank you!

  • @jamesrockybullin5250
    @jamesrockybullin5250 9 місяців тому

    Nice vid, I could have used this when I was doing my music degree. Is this an AI voice? Why do you keep pronouncing "bass" like the fish?

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! It's an IA indeed. I'm not an english native speaker, so it seems I accidentally messed up the pronuntiation in some parts. Sorry about that xD

  • @alvodin6197
    @alvodin6197 Рік тому +3

    Now we know why preromantic classical sounds all the same.

    • @Zarty-Music
      @Zarty-Music  Рік тому +4

      Spot on! yet, fascinating how certain composers managed to make absolute masterpieces out of it.