Not a significant work, I guess, but Paul McCartney's Helen Wheels is just the chord of A, though another chord may be implied but not played at the end.
I understand that Woody Guthrie said you only need 2 chords and any more is showing off. David McKay 2009/10/7 John Howell <[email protected]> > At 8:55 PM -0600 10/6/09, Bruce Petherick wrote: > >> >>> You could also argue that most 11C - 16C pieces are one "chord" but >> that may be pushing the boundary. >> > > ????????????? > > Sorry, but I can't see that at all. Monophonic chant has no harmonic > element at all (unless you add a drone to it). Organum has harmonic changes > as the troped part changes notes, and later discant organum and conductus > have rather clear harmonic changes. Any later polyphony has distinct > harmonic changes as well, even though they are not Common Practice > harmonies. There was a LOT of music dating from before 1680! > > There is also examples of the New Complexity composers only using one >> chord or tonality, but their definition may be rather extended as to what a >> chord or tonality is. >> > > True, so how about "In C" and other minimalist works? > > John > > > -- > John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music > Virginia Tech Department of Music > College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences > Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:[email protected]) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > > "We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition > of jazz musicians. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > -- www.gontroppo.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
