Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Young Composers Music Forum

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

TWO GNOSSIENNES

Featured Replies

As I love Satie, sometimes I "try to copy" his style, and I play with harmonies and chords...

 

Lovely. There couldn't be any doubt about the influence of Satie in these. I always adore music which has so much clashing harmony used to such a soft effect. In Long Drink, it's interesting how the melody emphasizes the Eb/D#, which is pretty unrelated from the bulk of the harmony. 

I have a question about one of the chords you use in the End of the Day Gnossienne (ignorance on my part). What distinguishes a min7(b5) from a regular dim7 chord? 

  • Author

Min7b5 : 1 - b3 - b5 - b7

dim7 : 1 - b3 - b5 - bb7

example

Dm7b5: D-F-Ab-C

Ddim7: D-F-Ab-Cb

Nice. For fun I was playing along with a clarinet counter melody. I love the Satie sound. Wasn't he the first minimalist? I think so.

That chord is sometimes referred to as a Half-diminished chord because it's only a flat seven.  (ø) as opposed to (o)

Honestly, don't know very much about this Satie, but if it's as pleasant as you make it sound, I'll sure go have a listen. I especially love the second one... when a person uses minor major 7th chords well I can't help but be entertained.

 

Thanks for the explanation Luis and Ken. I'm a little uneducated about some chord naming conventions.

On 14/10/2016 at 4:25 AM, Monarcheon said:

Honestly, don't know very much about this Satie, but if it's as pleasant as you make it sound, I'll sure go have a listen. I especially love the second one... when a person uses minor major 7th chords well I can't help but be entertained.

 

Satie was a genius and the first minimalist. Here are Satie's original Gnossiennes where you can hear the modal harmonies that give it its mysteries that I never grow tired of.

 

Edited by johnbucket
Tidied up formatting

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.