How Music Works 4 - Bass - Part 3

[DJCasaRoc]

wow totally amazed with Howard's performance, of They Won't Go When I Go, tremendous

[nn8nn]

8:20 no tripod..shaky hands..haha

[MaMort]

He sure loves Stevie Wonder...

[MrArsg13]

he Stevie fan

[poorperson]

didnt know you could use a harmonica to play BACH :O

[Telekon5]

@poorperson Didn't know anyone would want too.... yuk yuk yuk... ;-P

[CatfishCounts]

Thanks so much for these posts. I have enjoyed this series immensely. So entertaining, it's concepts so beautifully referenced I have re-learned what I thought I already knew.

[dinnae]

That cellist is adorable

[EvilGeniusWithGuns]

Saucy scales are sexy.

[fagottist]

what's he playing at 2:17 i can't remember the name

[bokai77]

@fagottist

Chopin Prelude No. 20 op.28 C minor

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[Kiwimagik]

@bokai77 Thank you I couldn't remember this either. For some reason I tought it was Bach's Passacaglia in C minor. Well at least I was right about the key.

[bombsawayd]

the guy sounds sooooo much like Paul McCartney when he plays piano and sings along

[admentlore]

"A very Desperate Housewife indeed!" Cracked up when he said that!XD

[capedcamish]

That singer of Dido's Lament was banging.

[Nasgath]

Wow. So that's why Nine Inch Nails' "Downward Spiral" sounded so familiar. Good stuff. <3

[MaestroUJ]

Dido's Lament!!! I have been trying to find the name of that song for years!!!

[mrdotbryce]

cant do stevie wonder XD

[djblitz86]

Not confused. This guy makes total sense: his videos are brilliant.

[Blixzit]

@FretboardToAsh was suggesting the bass line of Led Zeppelin's "Dazed & Confused".

[FretboardToAsh]

Dazed & confused anyone?

[sweetendday]

i was thinking the same thing thats a great song

[timegrinder]

Some users may be unable to watch Bass - Part 4 in their country. This is due to a copyright claim by UMG on some elton john footage. Please use a US or UK proxy to view video.

[bassbacke]

@timegrinder Thanks for all your posts.

I can watch the part you've mentioned from Germany just fine, however now Harmony Part 5 seems to be blocked (wasn't blocked before) and I can't seem to find Harmony Part 3. Can you please help/elaborate?

[timegrinder]

hmm, thats odd because all current copyright claims state that the videos are now available worldwide, with the only proviso being placing adverts, which seems pretty reasonable of them...

In short i dont know what the problem is mate, il have a look into it....

[bassbacke]

Sorry, I forgot, Melody Part 1 also appears to blocked. Any help is very much appreciated.

[31Orcas]

Also, adding to bassbacke's comment, Harmony Part 3 in currently blocked in the US.

[whizkidforte]

Gotta love Howard Goodall's voice in his rendition of "They Won't Go When I Go!" =D

[AcousticUplift]

@whizkidforte Haha, I know. It sounds like Paul McCartney covering a Stevie track. As a supposedly big Stevie fan I am not that familiar with the song I'm ashamed to admit but then again I'm not all that clued up on 'Fulfillingness...' as an album to be honest. HG must be a bona fide SW fan- he's referenced him more than 1ce in this series. I'm glad the transcendent nature of Wonder's musical genius is continually recognised on this show.

[PeterInglisGuitar]

The coolness of bass scales!

A downward stepping major scale in J.S. Bach's "Air on the G String".

Chromatic scale in the bass generates more sophisticated and ambiguous chords.

Purcell, in "Dido and Aneas", uses a descending "Ground Bass" to generate a suicidal mood. The same technique was used 300 years later by Stevie Wonder in "They won't go when I go".

Inversions (using 3rd or 5th in the bass instead of the tonic) markedly change the character of a chord.