Playing in 3 keys at once - Bitonality - Polytonality.

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

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[@angledcoathanger]

Would love to hear that Ligeti Etude, but I can't work out how to write the name just from hearing it out loud. Could you please write it? Very interesting video by the way. Looking forward to exploring your channel

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

​@@angledcoathanger Thanks so much. Etude No.1 Désordre. Amazing recording by Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Paul

[@angledcoathanger]

@@PaulWilkinsonMusician Thanks!!

[@carlosmartinez324]

I was looking for techniques that approximate the sound of Charles Ives, and I found this valuable material. More masterial like this please! Thank you very very much! I suscribe. Greetings from Argentina.

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

Carlos Martinez Hi Carlos. Thanks for your comment. Glad it helps. More videos like this I’m sure. 👍. Paul.

[@kirklurkpu4470]

I recently swore to a commitment of playing piano and learning music theory in a lifetime. Thank you for helping with the confusion. 😅

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

KirkLurkPU Glad it helps things unfold.

[@exeromusic]

Thank you for this video!!! Finally a video that shows me an example of bitonality that I can use. Ive had a concern that atonality, bitinality, and etc were only used for jarring and cynical sounds. However, your C Major over A Major example sounds really great! Ive also been looking for winter-esque sounds, and for some reason, that A/C Maj example is it.

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

Wonderful. Glad it helped 😊

[@Sigma.Infinity]

Beautiful, intriguing sounds, thank you! This video deserves a lot more views.

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

Thanks 🙏. Glad it helped 🙂

[@flashpoint5200]

Super cool concept. Just started exploring this idea today. I'd like to have a go at writing a polytonal piece at some point (kinda hard to do on guitar, so I should probably dust off the old piano and sit down with it). Thanks for sharing

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

Thanks for the comment. Enjoy composing 🙌. Best. Paul.

[@mvoss2382]

thanks man

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

Micaela Voss Very welcome 🙏

[@laurant4282]

Thank you very much! Thise vhords in the neggining sound very full - lots of potential for extremely tragic music i think!

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

Glad it helps :)

[@yat_ii]

Is that ligeti piano etude no 1 in the thumbnail

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

It is 😊

[@RandyBakkelund]

For your first example I understand that you play a simple C major triad with your left hand, then add each chord of the circle of fifths over it (with your right hand) to hear how each one sounds, but how did you build the chords in the right hand? Are you using the closest inversions to the C major triad with voice leading or what?

[@yaakovhassoun8965]

I'm curious how i can apply this to guitar where we don't have as much room for playing separate notes with separate hands. The concept can still apply but probably less how you used it, i.e. you separated everything by an octave or so, whereas I would probably have to mix the keys more. At that point you're kinda just playing the idea of triad pairs.

[@mahmoudkchaou1799]

I'm guitarist too, I don't know but maybe we should omit some notes or use tapping, arpeggiate everything so we can reach every note, or tell another instrument to do half the work

[@Gedagnors]

Thank you so much for explanation! I have weird question - is it ok to be deeply afraid of atonal, microtonal and bitonal music? Is it only me - or is there some sort of "uncanny valley" element hidden in that kind of music?

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

Thanks 🙏 Good question 😊 Ancient esoteric wisdom traditions speak about the the only ever presence is awareness of awareness. Embrace that and atonal music may embrace your awareness. Good luck 😉.

[@Gedagnors]

@@PaulWilkinsonMusician You literally read my mind! Thank you!!!!

[@PaulWilkinsonMusician]

@@Gedagnors 😊 Good luck. Paul

[@markop.1994]

For the record atonality has often been used to accompany horror scenes in cinema, and often relates to the bizarre and unknown. So yes i think its natural to be afraid, but as was refrenced by Paul, the bizarre and unknown are an intrinsic part of what we really are, we came from the unknown and return to it. In that light would even equate fear of (what i want to call) "extra-tonalism" to fear of the truth of death or the afterlife.