MUSI 112: Listening to Music
Lecture 08 - Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock. In this lecture, Professor Wright teaches students how to listen for bass patterns in order to understand harmonic progressions. He talks through numerous musical examples from both popular music and classical music, showing the way that composers from both realms draw on the same chord progressions. The musical examples are taken from Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Wagner, Gene Chandler, the Beach Boys, Badly Drawn Boy, the Dave Matthews Band, and Justin Timberlake. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 08 - Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Review of Chord Formation |
| [00:06:44] | 2. Chord Progressions and Harmonic Change |
| [00:18:23] | 3. Popular and Classical Music Chord Progressions |
| [00:31:12] | 4. Three-Chord Progressions |
| [00:37:46] | 5. Four-Chord Progressions |
| References |
| Lecture 8 - Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock Instructor: Professor Craig Wright. Resources: Music 08 - Credits [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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