Timeline for How can I prevent a 4-part harmony from sounding muddy?
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| Nov 20, 2022 at 19:52 | comment | added | Tim M. | This is more a comment about style, though it may help your perception of "muddiness" too: This piece has a dramatic, sweeping chorus full of possibilities. The verses (using the traditional chords/cadence) aren't as interesting, but they can effectively and powerfully lead to the chorus, at which time the harmony "expands" both upwards and downwards. In other words, I'd be stingy with harmony/movement in the verse, and use that to lead and contrast with the chorus. | |
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| Nov 20, 2022 at 17:20 | comment | added | John Belzaguy | For me a general concept to keep in mind is that intervals between low voices should be wider and then closer between high voices. Also the parallel 4ths in bar 1 don’t help. In bar 4 everything below the soprano is at middle C or lower and there is some crossing of voices as well. | |
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| Nov 20, 2022 at 14:08 | comment | added | Andy Bonner | Welcome! Please take a moment to read about how to avoid subjective answers (might want to check out the topics covered here too). I know it's hard to describe musical issues, but I wonder whether you can add more detail to what you mean by "thick and muddy," or pinpoint any moments. Otherwise, it's just kind of an open invitation for all suggestions, which is kind of too broad for here. | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 11:38 | answer | added | Lazy | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 11:35 | answer | added | leftaroundabout | timeline score: 15 | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 10:40 | comment | added | phoog | @Aaron "Actually, the Bb is fine. [etc.]": By this do you mean that having the B-flat there makes a perfectly good melody even though it is not the usual version of the melody? If so, I agree. OprenStein: in addition to that note being a C, the following three notes are a third higher the first time (so the last four are C-C-B flat-A) and then as you have them the second time (C-A-F-G). | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 9:42 | answer | added | Aaron | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 9:20 | comment | added | Aaron | Actually, the Bb is fine. It might be "wrong", but it works really well. | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 9:18 | comment | added | Tim | Maybe not the cause of 'muddiness', but I seem to remember a 'rule' that says after an octave jump (bass line), the next notes should go back in between those octave notes. | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 9:18 | comment | added | OprenStein | @Aaron I transcribed the melody by ear, so it might be my transcription that contains an error. | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 9:11 | comment | added | Aaron | Just noticed I made an error in my transcription. In your soprano, m.3 beat 4, is the Bb correct? I've always sung it with a C there. | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 8:47 | comment | added | OprenStein | @Aaron More in the second phrase than the first, but I can't seem to pinpoint an exact place where I feel that it sounds muddy. | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 8:11 | comment | added | Aaron | It sounds fine to me. Can you be more specific about where it sounds thick and muddy? | |
| Nov 20, 2022 at 8:04 | history | edited | Aaron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 20, 2022 at 7:58 | history | asked | OprenStein | CC BY-SA 4.0 |