Fw: [Harp-L] fugue state

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

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From: "Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] fugue state


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 4:28 AM
> Subject: [Harp-L] fugue state
>
>
> > I was reading an interview with Phil Lesh (bass player for 
> > the Dead) who
> > said he didn't have a clue how to play rock bass--didn't 
> > really know
> > anything about pop music being a classical composer, so 
> > he played
> > counterpoint on the bass.
>
> "Alberti Bass" is a also pattern that would be familiar to 
> a classical musician and sounds great in other genres. 
> See 
> http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texta/AlbertiBass.html
>
> > I looked up counterpoint (in Wikipedia--isn't the
> > 21st Century cool?) and Bach was right there as the 
> > expert. It's a cool
> > concept. You write two completely separate melodies, 
> > which also have to
> > magically harmonize. So is anyone doing this with 
> > harmonica?
>
> I play Bach's Two-Part Invention in Am #13 on 
> Hands-Free-Chromatic harmonica and Guitar.  It is a 
> keyboard counterpoint piece that I have transcribed so 
> that the harp plays the right-hand part and the guitar 
> plays the left-hand part.  If you request by off-list 
> email, I will send you a *.pdf copy of the sheet music.
>
> Bach's two and three part inventions are "classical" 
> examples of counterpoint.
>
> Vern