Classic music can be thought of in terms of chords and chord progressions just like modern music! In this video we’ll be taking a look at a small bit out of Beethoven’s Sonata #8 (Pathetique) and break it down in terms of chords, progressions and chord voicings. Here is a great rendition of it by Daniel Barenboim, a fantastic pianist:
Although we’ll be focusing on a small part from the 1st movement, all three movements are fantastic and you should have a listen to all three.
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sound's like a bit of mozart's lacrimosa
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Pop music/song chord progressions are easy but classical music gives me headaches
Wow. If the French call grand things pathetic then what do they call pathetic things? ?
My favorite composer is Beethoven and broken down to put the chords was wonderful.
Pathétique as in "Pathos"! 😉
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i want more of this
Scary progression ???
I really like these videos, i've been struggling to find good harmonic analyisis of bach, chopin, bethoven pieces and so on, i think they would make for some very good progressions for improvising over, they have something that regular standard jazz and blues chord progressions just don't have, so thanks
You sound Israeli, where are you from? 🙂
Thanks a lot.. I found what I searched for.. ?
Great vid, lots to work on here…many thx
Thank you, fantastic overview of classical harmony
This is where spindly long fingers become useful.
This was pathetique?
Beethoven is awesome and you're awesome, too ??
I liked this very much.
This is incredibly valuable, and like others have commented, exactly what I have been looking for. It's very difficult to find this sort of analysis of classical music.
Great stuff. If people didn't notice the lowest bass note of the chord voicings moves down by step or 1/2 step for a nice downward movement. eg Eb Db C Bb Ab G F Eb etc
As my teacher Robert Goldsand said, follow the harmony.
Great. I was too lazy to find classical chord progressions myself.