The Neapolitan Chord
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
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0:00 Introduction
0:48 First description of the "Neapolitan"
4:20 17th century examples
11:25 Alessandro Scarlatti's cantata
14:24 18th century examples
18:25 19th century developments
Created by Elam Rotem and Sean Curtice, June 2022
The recordings made especially for this episode are by Doron Schleifer (voice) & Elam Rotem (organ), Karel Valter (audio engineer).
Special thanks to Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Gilad Katznelson, Lisandro Abadie, Alon Schab, Hannah Lane and Anne Smith.
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I just love the way you added the Napolitano chord on the intro
I was about to comment that ahah
YES
You beat me to the comment man I noticed it immediately and holy shit I didn't think I could love this channel more than I already do
Made me laugh with joy
I was about to say this. Very nice Easter egg.
This is probably one of the most obscure, arcane, and specialist channels on RUclips and I absolutely adore it!
Keep up the good work, Dr. Rotem.
I don't know, it depends on your point of view. This is all pretty mainstream stuff in the early music community right now. Recently a prodigy appeared on the scene, and it turns out she was trained in the 19th century french school which used the 17th and 18th century italian method of training using Partimenti, and Dr. Rotem is right on the leading edge putting out a (different) video on Partimenti. This is were it's at!
it's an almost 100k sub channel
I don't think it's particularly arcane or obscure tbh . Certainly specialist - this is the beauty of the WWW - anything can get published . Great channel.
The 🍨 notation was hilarious. I could swear this video was only 10 minutes long. So good! 😂😂😂
The ice-cream scoop on the desk in the background... Now, that's attention to detail!
I've been a musician my entire life. And I never ceased to be amazed by the fact that there is such an abundance of tremendous musical beauty, yet at the same time one only has so much time to enjoy it.
And the duolingo's trumpets... amazing ahahahah
The earliest example of the Neapolitan 6th I know of was, to me, unexpected when I encountered it: Dowland 'I saw my lady weep', from the 'second book of songs' published in 1600, and often thought to be intended to be performed with the following piece in the book, the famous 'flow my tears'. Great video, as always! Thank you so much.
How beautifully Doron sings!
Whoa, the Scarlatti aria is extremely beautiful! ....goosebumps... Thank you for another fine episode! :D
Love the ice cream scoop and the tiny pig (Is it chocolate or ceramics?) - and of course the altered intro!!
Fantastic episode. You neither pander to your audience with oversimplification nor present in the dry academic manner. The examples of the Neapolitan chord are very enlightening (love the bowl of ice cream icon) and wonderfully sung. The example from Handel's "He was despised" is especially memorable and heartrending. Scarlatti's Orfeo is just sublime, and Pergolesi's Livietta e Tracollo, which I happen to know well, is a delightful confection.
YES!!!!!
I have always been fascinated by this chord, so glad you have made this video
This channel is a real treasure for all the music lovers.....
The best Neapolitan chord in all of music is the massive chord and pause before the coda in Bach's Pasacaglia in c minor.
I was looking for this comment before posting it myself ;)
Great selection of examples. The 17th Century was rockin' with gorgeous music. It deserves more attention.
How about a compilation video with all those variants of your 'jingle' you made over the years? That would be cool.
would it be a passacaglia or a chaconne?
Agreed. You should also publish the snippets in sheet music form. I’d buy it.
They just did. Very likely it was thanks to you
there's a good chance your comments was responsible for it happening!
I think that the single is very similar to the Ritornello played throughout L` Orfeo (the opera by Monteverdi)
Thanks for this great video. However, my favourite part will always be the intro music on the harpsichord, how it always changes a bit. Now it has Neapolitan chord, of course! I love that little detail so much!
Doron absolutely knocking it out of the park! amazing!
What a glorious episode. This is such a valuable and informative channel. As an (amateur-)organist of Early Music and Baroque it is indispensable. I would love to see an episode dedicated to organ music.
Anyways, thank you so very much!
This was SUPER useful and clear -- thank you!!
I remember when I first learned about the Neapolitan Chord on my last year of harmony lessons, I would look for the opportunity to use it in every single harmony exercise I did XD Since then I was overtaken by its haunting sound. Very interesting to learn about its history! Thank you!
Finally, I understand the meaning of this chord! thank you for this great explanation! Fun fact: in Germany the Neapolitan Ice cream is also known as "Fürst-Pückler-Eis", named after a weird prince.
maybe a weird one - but also originator of some wonderful and evocative gardens and parks. Insofar a strangely fitting parallel to its musical counterpart.
Oh YES! Everytime a new Early Music Sources video drops, I am SO happy! Thanks so much!
Bach is so awesome , you see how even his 🍨 chord sounds diferent and quite in the limits of its expression in that adagio. It is so beautiful
Thank you for the taste of the Neapolitan!
The Neapolitan and geographical chords were just introduced in my university music course and it was so confusing... I finally understand it! Thank you!
This channel is way over my head, but I understand bits and pieces and keep coming back for more.
I've been waiting for this one!
That was truly beautiful and illuminating. My favorite are the countless dramatic uses, as a major motif, no less, in Bach's F major organ toccata, BWV 540. Thank you!
omg yes, the way Bach fools you to think what chord should come next at that particular moment (or moments) is truly fascinating
@@alexanderbayramov2626 Most people don't recognize how dramatic Bach's music is. Sometimes it is super straightforward, like when he drives to a pretty normal cadence, but the final chord is only two notes. Then he goes back and repeats all the measures leading up to that exact same cadence, but throws in a bunch of suspensions and full chords instead. It's all the same melodic and harmonic material, but it really grabs you!
As a musician who has a strict relationship with Naples this video surprised me a lot, thanks!
Outstanding episode, thank you!
I expected this to be informative, but I didn't expect it to be entertaining as well. Very nicely done! You have a new subscriber 😊
This was wonderful! Thank You !
Thank you for this great content!
Always exceptionally interesting; thank you🙏
Such a helpful video! Thank you!
Brilliant work, as always.
Now I want some ice cream.LOL
Finally, Kenan Thompson made it into an Early Music Sources Video. You guys are not only brilliant musicians but also have a outstanding meme repertoire 💙
All these recordings are so beautiful. Bravo!
Thank you! I'm in love with your channel c:
You are absolutely extraordinary! Thanks so much!
You are the best! Really enjoy your videos!!!
I'm almost crying for this amazing lecture. thanks a lotXD!!
Simply impeccable!
Excellent. Thank you!
Yes, I did enjoy it! Thank you very much for sharing the knowledge.
It is totally possible to appreciate the beauty and subtlety of these harmonies and resolutions without a scrap of knowledge of arcane musical theory. Thank goodness.
Thank You Elam !
thanks for making this video! It looks like I've got some more music in my 'to listen' playlist now!
Outstanding presentation!
Oh how I love this channel! Each video is a gem that is jam packed with a bounty of fascinating information presented with both style and humor. Much gratitude.
One of my favorite chords and one of my favorite harmonic progressions.
It's inspiring to see how entertainingly this theme is realised. And thank you for the many sound examples presented.
Can I commend you on the GORGEOUS choice of HIP recordings, including Doron's divine delivery of music and text. I'm off to find all those recordings to listen to them now.
I think those were made specifically for this video.
@@xmvziron yeah I agree, especially with the one where they changed the Eb to E natural, to see what it would sound like.
Brillliant - thanks so much
You can hardly consider it the same chord due to the completely different origins and functions of it, but, in a way the Neapolitan became a staple of 20th century music as well, in the form of the Tritone Substitution!
The Tritone Sub in Jazz music is derived from taking the Tritone of a dominant seventh chord and building a new dominant seventh chord by switching the function of each note in the Tritone (the third of the chord becomes the seventh, and the seventh becomes the third). In other words, every Tritone can be found in two dominant chords, so in jazz music sometimes the musicians substitute in the *other* dominant chord that can be built on that tritone.
But the most common tritone sub, the tritone sub of the V7 chord, would be bII7, AKA, the analytical equivalent of the Neapolitan chord (with a dominant 7th)!!
But of course, it is resolved directly to the I in most cases, functions as a dominant chord, and is derived completely differently, and therefore has its own distinct sound, despite using many of the same notes. So I see it as a sort of “spiritual successor” to the Neapolitan chord 😊😊😊
It's most accurate to relate the Augmente 6th chords to the tritone subs present in jazz.
Well, the tritone subV of V would be a bVI. Kinda aug6.. but Neapolitan is more like subV of I, though it has subdom function.
Neapolitan chords naturally appear In Neapolitan maj and min scales??? Pls explain , elaborate ,somebody. Thnx. Cheers
@@juankliss Well, the tritone subV of V would be a bVI. Kinda aug6.. but Neapolitan is more like subV of I, though it has subdom function.
Neapolitan chords naturally appear In Neapolitan maj and min scales??? Pls explain , elaborate ,somebody. Thnx. Cheers
@@TheAtheistworld I’m kinda confused by what you’re saying? The tritone substitution of V7 would be bII7. If by “tritone subV of V” you mean the tritone substitution of the V-ofV, then you’d be talking about the tritone substitution of II7, which would actually be bIV7, not bVI. I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at? (No hostility intended! Just confused by what you are trying to say/ask!!😅😊)
@@AndromedaCripps thnx. Overall, it’s just a good old Phrygianish sh!t.. ;) nevermind..
Thank you so much again for a wonderful theory video!
You deserve 100 times more subscribers. But the channel is a delicious secret.
The best channel :) Hah I was just thinking oh Chopin used this as well and bam! Chopin example! Nice.
Fascinating! This was very enjoyable!
Thank you for explain 😊
Very good episode as always! Especially loved Chopins Neapolitan chord in root position. Thank you Elam et consortes!
Really liked this video, very informative and fun to watch!
Thnaks for this information! beautiful musical selecctions and great sense of humour! fantastic!
Thank you! I really enjoy your content and gain such a lot from it in my composing studies. 👏👍❤️
Awesome information
Oh finally you helped me to understand the origins of this particular chord. Thanks
Shades of my early theory and ear training classes! Delightfully witty presentation as always! Thanks.
Great show compellingly presented
I feel that we can get a degree just by watching these videos!! 🌺 Thank you for another fabulous video. Gosh, where were you guys when I was learning this 37 years ago? Back then, it was dull, dull, dull!! Thank you for demonstrating how this clever chord brings about such beauty and vibrancy to the music!! Dare I say, you make music theory completely fun, wonderfully engaging & totally exciting!!💕🌺😊🎵💐
I agree by the 1980s teaching of music theory and music in general really lost its way. In the end one felt they did not really learn anything. Either you got very boring theory lessons with no context or no theory at all.
So fabulous! Love the story of this musical flavor enjoyed by people all over, and through time.
Great vidéo ! Keep up this fantastic work !
Thank you SO much Elam for this video, this is such a great work! My old harmony master actually taught us the flattened 2nd degree with inversion, it felt refreshing to discover another way of thinking this chord :)
Please keep doing these videos, yours is definetely one of the best channels on RUclips
Amazing job, thanks!
Thank you. Your clear explanation has confirmed what I've suspected for years: I want some ice cream
This channel is not only superbly informative but exceedingly clever. Thanks for another great video.
Wonderful work ! Very didactic, instructive, and funny at the same time ! :D No doubt, one of the best channels on YT for me !
wow! really great episode!
Beautiful 💗
Love this channel!! Wonderful vídeo! It is so nostalgic to listen and view these explanations in the way you do qith this old paper background and this so creative edition. Here in Brazil we are so used to eat napolitan ice cream too!!
Brillient and approachable episode. Bravo to the team! Subscribed💥
My new favorite channel.
Brilliant!
Thanks
beautiful singing, there's always a vocal piece that moves me on this channel :)
Thank you for this excellent production. Both the 18th and 19th century understandings of the ♭II are interesting. You've helped me understand new ways to add colour & feeling to my own music. I'd heard the chord many times in tragic music of that period, of course, but without truly understanding its function until you placed so many examples in order. Very well done.
Thank you very much. Great music education. I’d like to hear more Grandi.
Thank you so much for this!!! I keep a list of musical topics I desire to study, and one I've had down for a long time is to research the historical origins and development of the Neapolitan chord....well, you've done it!! grazie!!!
Excellent video!!
Super educative and entertaining at the same time. As an amateur I'm amazed beyond words by this video and indeed by the bizarre beauty of the Neapolitan chord. Bravo, and thanks a lot!
beautiful countertenor voice, loved the examples
Very interesting video! Loved it!!
Well done! Comprehensive. I like that you gave lots of audio and visual examples. Please do one on the augmented sixth chords. As in the German and French sixths.
Bravi ! Molto interessante grazie .
Thank you!
Not only do you make the details of harmony and counterpoint extraordinarily clear, but what is more impressive still is that you make them interesting! Where were you when I was studying this stuff?
Cuanto amor, pasión y trabajo en cada uno de sus vídeos señor Rotem, estoy muy agradecido con usted por tan valioso material en cada uno de sus videos.... Le agradezco mucho desde México
Many thanks for this passionnant explication. Greetings from...Napoli! :D
This channel really is one of the best things.