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1:47 Classic music teacher expression. :D Whenever my school teacher demonstrated something on the piano to the class, that was the exact face he pulled!
Loved this explanation! Alberti bass is how I was able to fake through hymns at church for four years! Or for a 6/8 I’d just play two beats per measure …1= root in an octave and 2 = the third and the fifth…handle as much of the melody as I could and voila! Congregational hymns! 🙂🙏🏼⭐❤
This video was incredible, I didnt realise a simple idea like an alberti bass had so much meaning behind it. I got recommended your channel via the youtube algorithm but your content looks really good and engaging (like another channel 'Music Matters') which deals with a similar material to you. I cant wait to watch your back catalogue of videos! 😀
Excellent video again. Very clever technique. Thanks John! They could possibly just rename it to the (hehe ... we all know we're this is coming from - the 'ol Mozart No. 16 K.545 1st mov.
A useful topic to cover, related to Alberti Bass (i.e. the common Baroque sequence 1-5-3-5), is Drop voicings. This is a very common 20th century arpeggiation sequence never covered by pianists, simply because they are pianists. Ask a jazz guitarist about Drop's, these are specific figurations to match guitar technique. "Drop 2" root position triad sequence would be 5-1-3-7. 1st inversion sequence would be 7-3-5-1. etc. I haven't gotten into these sequences because I don't like or play jazz. Regardless, the Drop sequences should definitely be mentioned in basic music theory, but they never are (because, music theory professors are always pianists, never guitarists). And, the naming convention is terrible (almost too ridiculous to discuss). There are other Drop's, like Drop 1 and Drop 3.
Hi, to your knowledge: there are viewer-fans of yours who are NOT educated in CLASSICAL music. For example: the example of Mozart: WHICH sonata it belongs to should I want to look it up myself..........NO IDEA AT ALL????????? I mean, I recognize the tune, but AI honestly can't tell you if it is part of the 1st or the 10th sonata!!
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John Field and Chopin used similar methods in left hand but extending it adding a "harp" like texture to what is basically an Alberti Bass
1:47 Classic music teacher expression. :D Whenever my school teacher demonstrated something on the piano to the class, that was the exact face he pulled!
hahaha absolutely spot on lol
Loved this explanation! Alberti bass is how I was able to fake through hymns at church for four years! Or for a 6/8 I’d just play two beats per measure …1= root in an octave and 2 = the third and the fifth…handle as much of the melody as I could and voila! Congregational hymns! 🙂🙏🏼⭐❤
This video was incredible, I didnt realise a simple idea like an alberti bass had so much meaning behind it. I got recommended your channel via the youtube algorithm but your content looks really good and engaging (like another channel 'Music Matters') which deals with a similar material to you. I cant wait to watch your back catalogue of videos! 😀
New to me, so thanks for the definition, history, origin, and technique. All good for me.
Thank you,John. Very helpful,Sir.✨🌹⭐✨🌹⭐
You are the best!
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I love your videos 🎉
Merci. I'm using Czerny 599 as my sightreading challenge and I had Alberti indigestion today.
I really loved this content.
this is a really cool video
Excellent video again. Very clever technique. Thanks John! They could possibly just rename it to the (hehe ... we all know we're this is coming from - the 'ol Mozart No. 16 K.545 1st mov.
0:00 "So what is the deal with alberti bass?" *cue Seinfeld monologue music*
7:55 a really great example of detaché on the piano is the opening of Beethoven's "Waldstein" sonata 🙂
A useful topic to cover, related to Alberti Bass (i.e. the common Baroque sequence 1-5-3-5), is Drop voicings. This is a very common 20th century arpeggiation sequence never covered by pianists, simply because they are pianists. Ask a jazz guitarist about Drop's, these are specific figurations to match guitar technique. "Drop 2" root position triad sequence would be 5-1-3-7. 1st inversion sequence would be 7-3-5-1. etc. I haven't gotten into these sequences because I don't like or play jazz. Regardless, the Drop sequences should definitely be mentioned in basic music theory, but they never are (because, music theory professors are always pianists, never guitarists). And, the naming convention is terrible (almost too ridiculous to discuss). There are other Drop's, like Drop 1 and Drop 3.
Do you think Alberti basses in an Allegro were played legato or non legato? In an Adagio, legato?
This video is absolutely exceptional. I study classical music at university in the UK and only dream that I could be taught stuff like this there...
Hi, to your knowledge: there are viewer-fans of yours who are NOT educated in CLASSICAL music. For example: the example of Mozart: WHICH sonata it belongs to should I want to look it up myself..........NO IDEA AT ALL????????? I mean, I recognize the tune, but AI honestly can't tell you if it is part of the 1st or the 10th sonata!!
It’s Mozart piano sonata no 12 mvt 2
Named after Alberti because he over-used it.