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I am so upset because yesterday I came up with this amazing twitter thread with my FIVE favorite chromatic scales in ALL MUSIC (that I& #39;ve listened to and could think of at the time), but now I can& #39;t remember all of them so I& #39;ll just give you the Top 3:
Number THREE:
this sequence featuring a beautifully orchestrated, and intensifying chromatic scale in Ravel& #39;s "La Valse" (starting at 10:10, in the inner accompaniment) ">https://youtu.be/TMSgWhIEN...
this sequence featuring a beautifully orchestrated, and intensifying chromatic scale in Ravel& #39;s "La Valse" (starting at 10:10, in the inner accompaniment) ">https://youtu.be/TMSgWhIEN...
Number TWO:
The looped chromatic scale in the backing track of @MissyElliott& #39;s "Lose Control", it& #39;s like a musical M.C. Escher staircase because it seemingly ascends forever even though you know is doesn& #39;t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na7lIb09898">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
The looped chromatic scale in the backing track of @MissyElliott& #39;s "Lose Control", it& #39;s like a musical M.C. Escher staircase because it seemingly ascends forever even though you know is doesn& #39;t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na7lIb09898">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Number ONE:
This whole 1553 (?) motet by Vicente Lusitano (the first known black composer to publish music); this piece is like an etude, and appears in his (unpublished) counterpoint treatise to demonstrate contrapuntal treatment of chromatic tetrachords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na87u0A9qT4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
This whole 1553 (?) motet by Vicente Lusitano (the first known black composer to publish music); this piece is like an etude, and appears in his (unpublished) counterpoint treatise to demonstrate contrapuntal treatment of chromatic tetrachords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na87u0A9qT4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Here are some more honorable mention/I didn& #39;t think of these yesterday chromatic scales:
Bach& #39;s Musical Offering has a famous chromatic scale in it, I& #39;ve always loved this scrolling score video of the piece, too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23yNGer9Wqs&t=565s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Bach& #39;s Musical Offering has a famous chromatic scale in it, I& #39;ve always loved this scrolling score video of the piece, too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23yNGer9Wqs&t=565s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Ligeti& #39;s "Chaconne Chromatique" from the unaccompanied viola sonata is also super cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1JELP3Wv9Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
There are a lot of examples of the chromatic lament bass, I am particularly fond of Gloria Coates& #39; haunting quotation of Purcell& #39;s famous aria "When I Am Laid In Earth" in the her Symphony No. 4 & #39;Chiaroscuro& #39; (you really gotta listen to the whole movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyRatFogE0U&t=80s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
NOW SOME CHROMATIC SCALES IN METAL:
The voice leading in the verses of Megadeth& #39;s "This Way My Life" (1992) is very chromatic - I& #39;ve always liked this song, Megadeth can be really good sometimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSCkkTqay_4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
The voice leading in the verses of Megadeth& #39;s "This Way My Life" (1992) is very chromatic - I& #39;ve always liked this song, Megadeth can be really good sometimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSCkkTqay_4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
And, Pantera& #39;s "A New Level" (1992) is the most chromatic scale-laden metal riff I could think of, a great song that was a real favorite for me and my twin in high school https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li91V6m_OR0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Finally, I think Meshuggah& #39;s 2005 album "Catch33" deserves discussion in this thread because there is a persistent melodic motive in the album that uses an 012 trichord, and what is a chromatic scale if not four 012 trichords in a row? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_43CfUJQPY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
