Tutorial: Improvise on Saint-Saëns Dance Macabre
Feasting with the Dance Macabre during Halloween dates back to medieval times, if not earlier. Saint-Saëns was inspired by it to make an iconic piece of music. In this video we are focusing on a special combination of chords, the g minor and f minor chords, giving this improvisation a spooky but also 'ancient' kind of colour.
Accompaniment:
• Dance Macabre Accompan...
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Basic chords
00:59 G minor chord with g and b flat
01:36 F minor chord with a flat and c and rhythms
01:42 8 bars in one go
01:57 Added auxiliary note
02:17 Add the fifth [and seventh :D]
02:35 Build-up
03:12 Accompaniment
03:28 Unexpected notes
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