Lecture 8. Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock

Listening to Music (MUSI 112) 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. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Review of Chord Formation 06:44 - Chapter 2. Chord Progressions and Harmonic Change 18:21 - Chapter 3. Popular and Classical Music Chord Progressions 31:12 - Chapter 4. Three-Chord Progressions 37:46 - Chapter 5. Four-Chord Progressions This course was recorded in Fall 2008.