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Art/Literary - Music / harmony studies | | French term or phrase: basses données | What would this be? Figured basses imposed as a composition exercise?
"J’ai voulu composer un accompagnement de chant pour Schaeffer, j’ai voulu me rappeler mes « basses données » des devoirs d’harmonie et, dans ce que je présente aujourd’hui c’est une basse continue sans les fameuses mélopées curieusement tonales/atonales." |
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| | English translation:given basses | Explanation:
... which may be figured or unfigured.
2. harmonize in four-part style a given bass (figured or unfigured) or soprano;
http://library.douglas.bc.ca/__shared/assets/MUSC_1210_09_09...
Paul Vidal
He is perhaps better known today through his keyboard harmony exercises, Basses et Chantes Données which was a favorite teaching tool of his pupil, the legendary pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, and subsequently many of her students including Narcis Bonet who has republished a selection of these exercises under the title Paul Vidal, Nadia Boulanger: A Collection of Given Basses and Melodies".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vidal
Réaliser une basse donnée, signifie « enchaîner correctement les accords au-dessus de cette basse », tandis que réaliser un chant donné, signifie « enchaîner correctement les accords au-dessous de ce chant » (on peut dire aussi : harmoniser une mélodie).
http://www.encyclopedie-enligne.com/a/ac/accord_en_mouvement... |
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