#fminor

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Rachel Podger (violin) and Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) play Bach’s Sonata for Violin in F Minor BWV 1018. I particularly love the Adagio, which I am trying to play on the keyboard right now (not successfully). 

[two-chords]

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro (1959) Lord Invader Calypso, Trinidad key: F minor

Euroclassical function names:   tonic   dominantTagg: tonic   counterpoiseRiemann: t D or D7scale degrees: i V or V7chord names: Fm C or C7

 Fm             C |////|////|////|////|  C              Fm |////|////|////|////|

mode: F minor — F G Ab Bb C Db (D) Eb (E) F melody: SI l t d r m f l’ form: call & response; ABA’C meter: duple suggested time signature: 2|2, 4|4

Smithsonian Folkways decided to put this song on a recording of “children’s songs.” I am still a bit baffled as to why, but I use this myself in teaching, all the while hoping someone does not take issue with it. Perhaps the good people at Smithsonian also felt its two-chordedness and repeated melody made it easy to play and sing. Also: counterpoise inversion. But in all seriousness, we as teachers do need to choose our controversies wisely. The lyrics start off sounding almost pro-Castro. As the lyrics go on, it sounds less pro-Castro. It’s always worth creating space for a good, productive discussion about highly controversial people like Castro. Teaching in an international setting like I do, you are going to encounter people on all sides of the argument. A song like this one can be a center around which the discussion works: Who is Castro? Why would a Trinidadian write this song? At that point in history? Why would Lord Invader choose the form that he did for his lyrics? What are the lyrics saying? What are they implying?

[two-chords]

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (1953) Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon style??? (swing, fake middle-eastern turkish)

They Might Be Giants key: F minor

Euroclassical function names:   tonic   dominantTagg: tonic   counterpoiseRiemann: t D or D7scale degrees: i V or V7chord names: Fm C or C7

verse 1  Fm                        C            Fm |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |

verse 2  Fm                        C            Fm C  Fm |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |

bridge  Fm C  Fm     Fm C  Fm     C            Fm C  Fm C |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |

verse 3  Fm                        C            Fm    C            Fm |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |/  /  /  /  |

mode: F minor — F G Ab Bb C Db (D) Eb (E) F melody: M FI SI l t d r m f form: verse — AB or AA’ ; bridge — CD or BC meter: duple suggested time signature: 4|4

other recordings: The Four Lads, F minor

The intro on the TMBG recording has other chords, but we don’t have to worry about those here if we don’t want to.

Boomers and older (i.e. grandparents) will know the song from the Four Lads; Gen X and younger will know it from They Might Be Giants. A fun song you might like to know.

[omg-casualbeardstudent]

Nyko - Numb by N¥kØ にこ https://ift.tt/34ktm1s

[samveetgurukul]

Guitar Lesson 4 Minor scale- Guitar scales - how to play an F sharp minor

[daily-music-experiment]

The eleventh experiment. A good day ruined. F min.

[musicadvisor]

Chords in F#

Chords in F# minor. #FMinor #FMinorChord #Chords #MusicChords http://amp.gs/9iPv

[musicadvisor]

What do you

What do you know about the F minor chord? Can you share something with us? #FMinorChords #FMinor #Chords #MinorChords