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🎼 About This Chorale (BWV 4)
This video features a chorale taken from BWV 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden.

Key: E Minor, B Minor, G Major & D Major.

Instrumentation: SATB voices.

Notes:
Starts in the key of v (B minor).
The first phrase ends with a PAC in B minor with a Picardy third.
Bach cleverly reinterprets this major chord as a V in E minor, allowing him to modulate seamlessly in the second phrase.
Bach visits multiple closely-related keys in just a few phrases, often so briefly that it's hard to tell if he actually modulated.
Deceptive cadence in the penultimate phrase that gets properly resolved in the final phrase.

Experience the harmonic genius of Johann Sebastian Bach through high-quality digital mockups and synchronized sheet music.
To help you follow the intricate voice-leading, each vocal line is color-coded in the on-screen score.

🎵 About This Series
In this series, we explore the famous four-part chorales harmonized by J.S. Bach.
Set for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass (SATB), these chorales are considered the gold standard of common-practice harmony.
Bach typically used pre-existing Lutheran hymn melodies in the soprano line, harmonizing them in a rich, homophonic texture.
Of the approximately 400 chorales he composed, this series presents them in order by their standard BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) catalog number.

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