Composition 106: Prepared Dissonances

[@radiozelaza]

omg and again I recall that the symphonic metal band I was very much into in the late 90s, the mighty Bal-Sagoth, used this prepared dissonance technique by the book in the song "A Tale From The Deep Woods" at 3m33sec mark, just perfect

[@velvetsound]

I love those opening shots (as always)!

[@stuartcoyle1626]

I'm a jazz guitarist. I use this concept for voice leading when comping chords. I never knew it had a name or what it's origin was. Thanks.

[@walfredswanson]

So clear and musically precise. Long before I knew the formal "theory" I used my poor keyboard skills to read through Bach choral settings, which was a delightful trip to see how Bach used counterpoint to move from one place to another via a winding and often unexpected path. Only later did I learn terms like suspensions, anticipations, passing tones, etc.

[@cptamlyn6811]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge in a very down-to-earth style.

[@sigram2]

that last variation had such a sweet baroque feel.. thank you!

[@Music-ol1cm]

So simple but so effective !

[@franky7103]

Thank you for this technique Anne! I've learned prepared dissonance at school, but only in a baroque context and I haven't found a way to use it in a modern context.

[@povilasl5383]

oh my goodness, this is so stupidly simple, but it adds so much to the music and it absolutely blew my mind!

[@Tmoney7182]

Thanks so much for this Anne! Adapting classical rules for today's music.

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

It's never really gone away. Even the best popular music uses 'classical rules'. From The Beach Boys to the Beatles and even Led Zeppelin. It's all in there.

[@PastisPastek]

Wow thank you for the advice! So simple to apply yet awesome results.

[@davidwelsh2382]

I watched this video 3 months back when you first released it, and I have to say it's been the most useful tip I've picked up so far. So much that I've come back just to write this comment. Everything I've written since seeing this has been elevated to new heights. Even just introducing a single prepared dissonace note already unlocks all kinds of counterpoint ideas in my imagination.

[@JohanSamuel]

Wow! This is just amazing. So simple and such a difference. Beautiful. Thank you Anne-Kathrin, this is super valuable, and an extra thank you for keeping it at a level even I can understand. 😅

[@dannuttle9005]

Adding the sheet music at the end was very helpful. Not sure I will ever get used to looking "sideways" at a DAW's version of music.

[@rogeralleyne9257]

What's old is new again!!! There are many ideas from the classical period that can be "repackaged" today so we can sound slightly different from everyone else!!! Great tutorial!!!!🙏🙏🙏

[@LillyKomponist]

exactly what i teacher of mine in Austria said last week, funny

[@immersiveaudionft2203]

Thank you for this. Knowing how-why the classic way was done then applying a change can apply to so many things.

[@korkenknopfus]

Very interesting technique, thank you so much for this lesson!

[@kappabravomusic2101]

Very cool. I've learned something today. Wasn't aware of "prepared dissonances", lack of misical education. However that technique have got ven me plenty of good ideas for my composition. Thanks again.

[@alfredrivera4895]

Can't believe I found prepared dissonance asmr.

[@Franck_Hoffmann]

Super helpful!!! 🙏🏼Give the ear what it wants; just don't give it in the way it expects it. I feel this was a rule about storytelling I've learned in film school about ending... Thank you, thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@johngoodmanson6288]

OMG perfect timing for me with this video. I really needed something to make a string and organ pad work and the deadline is (was) tonight. Totally pulled me out of the fire. I will buy the coffee. TY

[@jondellar]

Oh that's really interesting! Also very grateful of your remark that one doesn't think in music theory when writing.

[@MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello]

I have been doing this since forever, the sound of those dissonances just makes me feel so much satisfied

[@micwarren21]

Sometimes a complex task can be simplified. Great tip.

[@krabeats1282]

Hi Anne, I’ve been watching your content for some time now. I love your work it so helpful and insightful. Your comments about music theory really hit home. Your vids are starting to help me understand music writing much more - thank you

[@4BarCafe]

Very interesting, very helpful and I will certainly try to apply this soon. Thanks!

[@bobbyr]

Really glad I found your channel. Very inspiring to hear you talk about pretty much anything. I didn't know the term for this but it's one of the most powerful way to build tension imo.

[@asan1050]

Anne-Kathrin Dern , Thanks Much !.......

[@germainb.]

Great little tip that might come very handy more often than expected.

[@IC3RTIF1EDI]

Love your videos, thank you. Good advice

[@joswylin7787]

Thanks again for sharing!

[@OliKember]

Who knew that just one of your sections turning up late to the party with their note could create such beautiful, haunting results. What a brilliantly simple trick. Thanks Anne!

[@Zaquria]

I absolutely love your humour! 🤣

[@electricmonkeyproductions5021]

Thanks very much, I did this tec almost intuitive :) Nice

[@nitroanilinmusic]

Regardless of why you do it, I really appreciate you showing your examples on the piano roll rather than on score, it does so much to help the theory illiterate like me

[@ryanknaggs]

Hi Anne, This was very helpful. I've heard these chord progressions all my life and never pin pointed this until you revealed the technique. Thanks again!

[@AtlasBenighted]

Thanks for the video Anne! Looking forward to 107!

[@mikescofield]

Very interesting and particularly useful for me at the moment. Thanks!

[@stevemartinalmonds]

Thank you for this tutorial Anne-Kathrin. You've explained this concept so clearly and the examples are just great!🙂🙂

[@CharlesMoore2]

Super useful info and perspectives, as always. Many thanks.

[@brettclarinmusic]

Fantastic! I was doing this one chord at a time. Now I know the name of the technique and a quicker way of doing it! Thanks 😊

[@kaeleb1968]

Thank you so much for sharing this cool tip! Can’t wait to play around with this this weekend!

[@LillyKomponist]

Thanks for the channel, your content about mockup helped me ; )

[@MotorGoblin]

Well explained. Thank you!

[@CB-Music]

Subscribed. Great tip and technique. Thanks so much for sharing with all your videos, especially given how busy you are with projects!

[@johnagusta6149]

wonderful, just wonderful!

[@raelwissdorf]

Thank you very much, Anne.

[@rakatafly1978]

Very very useful trick!! Thanks for this great video! (and great make up, by the way ;-) )

[@vkhor927]

Thank You Anne. Really enjoy your vids. :)

[@SorooshMhs]

Ooo i’m definitely trying this. Thanks for sharing Anne!

[@CyrilBellem]

Thank you for this helpful video about suspensions, simple and efficient 🙂

[@mikevirtualteacher]

Thanks for the video, I learned this in my classical study too and have often used it. I really appreciated the way you did it in the midi event screen, rather than writing it out on music staves, it's so intuitive and by passes all that theory. Bach likely just experimented and went with what he liked. The theory rules often came later to explain... : )

[@Studio_Coda]

Thanks, great explanation!👍

[@JulianHamlin]

It's such a simple concept and yet it sounds so beautiful. Great video (as ever)!

[@Hylite77]

Thank you. Nice insight in your practical concepts how to build interesting chord progressions. I like your point of view at the conclusion very much!

[@robduff]

That was great, thanks. Cant wait to have a play around with that.🙂

[@timdrumheller]

Brilliant Tip!

[@GANGBENGAL]

i WILL not NEVERMIND the parallel 5ths :D thanks for the video.

[@borregof]

That was eye opening for me! Thank you so much for your content! ❤

[@lahattec]

I love it. It's like "How to add style for dummies".

[@alexpapas99]

These videos are so will prepared and so incredibly informative! I hope you keep making them😮

[@grobinson9352]

This was more than helpful! That was fantastic! Thank you.

[@gavinhammond3137]

Thank you for making these!

[@MalikAmer87]

What an amazing video ❤️.

[@Andrewtm23]

That was really cool, thanks for this

[@vRoMe0]

Super cool !! Thanks Anne !!!😎

[@vividill08]

this channel is super fire

[@phaselockk]

I was looking at species counterpoint for the first time recently, and your technique of pushing one line back half a bar reminds me of 4th species counterpoint.

[@Fastvoice]

Half a bar? I see only one beat pushes in this video - which is a quarter of a bar in this case.

[@phaselockk]

@@Fastvoice sorry, wasn't paying that close attention, but you can take my comment to mean "half the harmonic rhythm", which I just assumed was one chord per bar.

[@LanzaroteShowcase]

Another brilliant piece of musical history brought up to date. Love it. You can find these kind of movements in works by Handel , and of course, Bach..

[@CplcDesbiens]

Wow, Ibeen doing this without knowing but in much much less beauty than what you make with your strings. :-) Thank you for this great video.

[@Muzisoccer253]

thanks a loooot, this is explained so simply

[@daniel.vega.composer]

Super cool tip!

[@ericnichols9223]

This was incredible - thanks for sharing! And LOL I was thinking "Now I know how to write my own Adagio for Strings" right before you mentioned "Adagio for Strings vibes". Right on. Also very timely for me -- I just discovered Partimento like 3 days ago, and was reading all sorts of things about Galant style voice leading etc. Your trick of shifting one line rhythmically was a real eye-opener for me. In general, I just got back into composing in the past few months, mostly due to your videos. Thank you so much.

[@judithwoods4980]

Omg i love this! So bloody simple who knew!😂

[@williamscolaro1159]

This is awesome. What a great way to create interest and movement.

[@francescosancetta2043]

@annekathrinderncomposer, as usual good insights and tricks to listen music with awareness. Thanks

[@lauraduff6155]

Great explanation Anne, looks simple enough for me to give it a go! Personally my ears like the 1st & 2nd examples.

[@Larsmannetje66]

Lady, one coffee coming up! Great tip! Funny how you already do something (sometimes), but if someone points it out, it suddenly is revived and so much clearer! If you’re ever in Bennekom I’ll be happy to buy you a real-live one !

[@alexchristodoulou]

Great tip delivered in such a simple nice video 👏 thanks!

[@petersvan7880]

Excellent video, also love the beautiful, architectural intro :)

[@DestroyingTheDevoid]

Really cool compositional technique!

[@HagaiDavidoff]

What a simple and great explanation ❤

[@eolianflute5965]

Really nice video and very useful !!

[@JeffWardMusic]

Another great lesson, thank you! What a super neat trick. You can't do that in Musescore, more's the pity as it's my weapon of choice!. Every one of your videos conveys something valuable in a completely accessible and enjoyable way.

[@matthijshebly]

You can, probably, by selecting one voice's line, copy (Ctrl+C), then pasting it (Ctrl+V) but a bit later.

[@SiTheMon777]

Now that is a great idea....im totally stealing this 😂 Thankyou!!

[@hugo54758]

9:51 What a great trick, I'm stealing this idea and I'll credit you (not a pro composer btw). Thank you!

[@martoneill]

Love these lessons; thank you!

[@georgekanellos5236]

Pure gold !!

[@radiozelaza]

I like the #4 dissonance on Fmin

[@musicproducer10]

Awesome thanks 👍🏻

[@nicksaya]

Thanks Anne

[@tomwawer5714]

Very valuable thanks!

[@WizardOfArc]

I came for the wisdom! ❤

[@milesavion3467]

Einfach nur genial.

[@lequitationetmoi9218]

Wonderfull, thanks a lots Anne-Kathrin, you're Coach with Marc Jovani ?

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I am not a musician but started playing the piano after 65 yoa. I was plodding along until I heard about the Rule of the Octave last month. And I'm trying to learn all those dusty rules, and I'm only now beginning to hear the music. But I've been working cadences from CPE Bach, and have learned about suspensions, but always had wondered why. And you explained this well. I am still only at the beginning, but from what I've read so far it's only the discant clausula that can suspend. Are there other sneaky suspensions eagerly awaiting to confuse me further?

[@dominiks_Projekt]

Wow. Very cool. Thank you for that. )

[@DPiano]

Thank you so much Anne, very helpful one, as always 👏🏼✨

[@tristandietschmusic2516]

this is pure gold

[@antonjohansson8033]

Hi your videos are really interested to watch.