Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most remarkable musicians in our history. He is known to have taught his own students the principles of music by making them study and write chorales. These brief pieces of music were essential to the Lutheran liturgy and are masterpieces of harmonic virtuosity and musical instruction. They have been the cornerstone of learning to write good harmony and have been extolled by practically all the great musicians who have followed in his wake. This comprehensive course will teach you how to go about harmonising a Chorale in the style of JS Bach. Starting with the rules of basic harmony writing, enhancing Chorales with the use of suspensions and passing notes, the course moves on to working Chorale exercise. Sign up today and begin writing great harmony!
Caters: Im writing a theme and variations on Happy Birthday for a string quartet and I want to include a Chorale variation. But, I have 2 questions: 1) Should I keep the original dotted rhythm of the melody? 2) How do I figure out the harmony from a single melodic line? For example, this would be my best guess for the harmony implied by the first phrase of the melody: Melody: C, C, D, C, F, E Harmony: I V43 I IV I6 But is that really whats implied, or is the D from a ii chord or viidim7? Date: 2022-03-28
