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Dear all
Please forgive my ignorance but did Bach ever just use basic style chords in the left hand, the root note of which was played in the bass (I'm guessing this is the simplest way of playing the organ - bass root note in pedals, chord in left hand and main tune in right?)
I'm basically after advice on how to quickly form a chord comprising of (to start with) 2 notes and then progressing onto 3 in the left when i'm improvising and if it can have a baroque like sound then all the better.
Are there any rules such as "thirds always harmonise" or "fifths always harmonise" or "Bach used to typically use thirds or fourths" etc?
Bit of a confusuing question I know but any help would be appreciated!
thanks
Please forgive my ignorance but did Bach ever just use basic style chords in the left hand, the root note of which was played in the bass (I'm guessing this is the simplest way of playing the organ - bass root note in pedals, chord in left hand and main tune in right?)
I'm basically after advice on how to quickly form a chord comprising of (to start with) 2 notes and then progressing onto 3 in the left when i'm improvising and if it can have a baroque like sound then all the better.
Are there any rules such as "thirds always harmonise" or "fifths always harmonise" or "Bach used to typically use thirds or fourths" etc?
Bit of a confusuing question I know but any help would be appreciated!
thanks