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|  | Lecture Notes 8 Notes in the bass: the root of the chord is often not in the bass, but treatment of the bass line is complicated when the root of the chord is in the bass it is said to be in root or 5/3 position when the 3rd of the chord is in the bass it is said to be in '6 position' when the 5th of the chord is in the bass it is said to be in '6/4 position' it's easy to have the third in the bass it's more complicated to have the 5th in the bass sometimes bass lines move in parallel with tune I chord with 5th in the bass is special case, used in cadences and usually resolves to root position V chord , 6/4 -5/3 practice bassline scale harmonization Silent Night Descending diatonic basslines most examples we have use root position chord on every other chord most examples we have aim towards IV chord most examples we have use VI examples first inversion for second step piano man 5/3-6-6-6/4-5/3-6-#3 eric clapton, Tears From Heaven 5/3- 6-5/3-6/4* michael bolton, when a man loves a woman 5/3-6-5/3-6/4-5/3 mariah carey, you'll always be my baby5/3- 6-5/3 Bach Goldberg Aria (Gould), (Periaha) 5/3-6-#6/4/3-5/3-2-6 Bach Canons on bassline 'pachelbel' model bach gavotte from french suite 5 in G, 5/3-6-5/3-6-5/3 chopin butterfly etude5/3- 6-5/3-6-5/3-6 I'll be there 5/3-6-5/3-6/4-p-5/3 mozart violin sonata k379 pachelbel canon, (like butterfly except all in root position) dissonant second step bach air on G string, 5/3-2-5/3-2--5/3 beatles, for no one 5/3- 2-5/3-6/4-5/3 beatles- while my guitar gently weeps (minor)5/3- 2-6#-6n/ (major)6-5/3-6/4 second inversion for second step mr bojangles 5/3-6/4-5/3-6/4-5/3 whiter shade of pale5/3- 6/4-5/3-6/4-5/3-6/4-5/3 bell bottom blues (cream)5/3- #6/5-5/3-6/4-5/3* georgia on my mind 5/3- #6/4/3-5/3-3/n4-5/3 parallel dire straits sultans of swing,5/3-5/3-5/3-5/3! (minor)* biber mystery sonata 5/3-6-6--5/3 (minor) other 99.9F review notation descending bassline is a countrapuntal model, harmonizations are secondary Look at examples in terms of the ways they approach the dominant. (don't usually land there on 4th step.) |