Home / Series / Alex Ball / Aired Order / Season 2017 / Episode 17

1950s Orchestration (3): Complex Harmony

Good heavens! Part 3 of our foray into Light Music from the 1940s and 50s. This time we're having one last look at harmony and string writing with several demonstrations of more complex harmonic concepts. I was incredibly pleased to be able to track down some ultra-rare sheet music for this, so I'm hoping the authenticity is of interest and use! As mentioned in the video, things like tri-tone substitutions, modal interchange and altered chords are a bit too heavy to get deeply into. In fact, I made this video a total of four times! When I cross-checked it with some actual jazz theorists, there was too much going on, far too many mistakes and a lot of things I couldn't cover precisely enough. So, I've cut it back into something much more palatable and hopefully it covers the major elements. Beyond this episode, we'll cover use of woodwinds and brass and I'm also hoping to do a video on using Vsts to recreate this genre. Bare with me as these take an awful lot longer to research.

English
  • Originally Aired March 2, 2018
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created February 4, 2024 by
    annomatik
  • Modified February 4, 2024 by
    annomatik