A Bass can be a melody..........and it is behind......... On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:27 PM, John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jane: Do you actually mean a 12-bar melody, or a 12-bar harmonic pattern? > If the latter, you're probably taking about a 12-bar blues. Both ground > bass and passacaglia (and chacone, for that matter) are repeated basses, not > melodies, and the invented melodies over them were a favorite in 17th > century music, especially in the 2-treble-parts pieces of Monteverdi and > Purcell. > > John > > > > At 5:20 PM -0400 10/12/08, Adam Golding wrote: > >> Ground bass? >> >> ostinato? >> >> >> 2008/10/12 Eric Dannewitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Passcaglia perhaps? >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Jane Frasier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > I haven't studied music seriously in many many years and my memory is >>> > terrible. I am writing program notes for a piece I wrote years ago and >>> it >>> > has a 12 bar melody that repeats over and over again behind other >>> musical >>> > lines. I can't think of what that is called. Help. >>> > >>> > Thanks. >>> > >>> > Jane >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Finale mailing list >>> > Finale@shsu.edu >>> > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > -- > John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music > Virginia Tech Department of Music > College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences > Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > > "We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition > of jazz musicians. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
