Air on B-A-C-H - Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

Details

Instruments: Piano Solo
Genres: 21st Century; World; Contemporary
Series: ArrangeMe
ArrangeMe: Michael M. Strand
Formats: Score
Item Types: Digital
Levels: Intermediate
Usages: School and Community

Description

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.970738

Composed by Mike Strand. Concert,Contemporary,World. Score. 3 pages. Michael M. Strand #4894771. Published by Michael M. Strand (A0.970738).

By Mike Strand, ASCAP

This aria follows a long tradition of composers who wrote music that in some way incorporated the BACH motif - practiced by J. S. Bach himself in some of his work.

According to Wikipedia: In music, the BACH motif is the motif, a succession of notes important or characteristic to a piece, B flat, A, C, B natural. In German musical nomenclature, in which the note B natural is named H and the B flat named B, it forms Johann Sebastian Bach's family name.

Look for the recurring sequences of B flat, A, C, and B natural, and an echoing sequence on four other notes in this composition!

Composer's Note: The underlying harmonic flow of this aria yields a desirable result: Harmonization of the motif B-A-C-H in five different ways:

1. C7, F, D7, G (in two places)

2. Bb, D, D7, G (in two places)

3. C#dim, A7, Cdim, B

4. Gm, D, D7, B

5. C#dim, Cdim, Cdim, G

Therefore, this piece of music demonstrates an important composing technique: Using several different chords or chord sequences to support the same motif or melody gives depth and beauty to a piece of music. A famous example of this is Chopin's Prelude in E minor.

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