The Picardy Third (Tierce de Picardie) - Music Composition
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Date: 2022-03-28
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Thanks for the great piece!
When I was a freshman liberal arts major in university amongst the graduate music students in our collegium musicum, I was usually assigned the tenor part in recorder music we played. This, of course, often gave me access to the third of the chord. I DELIGHTED in improvising Picardy thirds where none were written, much to the consternation of my -elders-! -
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Thanks for the great piece!
When I was a freshman liberal arts major in university amongst the graduate music students in our collegium musicum, I was usually assigned the tenor part in recorder music we played. This, of course, often gave me access to the third of the chord. I DELIGHTED in improvising Picardy thirds where none were written, much to the consternation of my -elders-! -
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thetoobnoob
It's not fair to say a major piece resolving in minor -doesn't work-. It's an available tool and colour in your compositional toolbox. It's all subjective; there's no right or wrong, only conventions and trends.
Music theory should be used as a tool to explore and analyse music, rather than judge it's correctness.
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It's not fair to say a major piece resolving in minor -doesn't work-. It's an available tool and colour in your compositional toolbox. It's all subjective; there's no right or wrong, only conventions and trends.
Music theory should be used as a tool to explore and analyse music, rather than judge it's correctness.
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Brandt
Thanks for the very clear explanation. Something I've been wondering about: If a phrase of music ends with a Picardy cadence, say resolving to an A-C#-E, does the voice with the C# always rise to a D at the beginning of the next phrase? Or is it permissible to return to the minor chord A-C-E after the tierce de Picardie?
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Thanks for the very clear explanation. Something I've been wondering about: If a phrase of music ends with a Picardy cadence, say resolving to an A-C#-E, does the voice with the C# always rise to a D at the beginning of the next phrase? Or is it permissible to return to the minor chord A-C-E after the tierce de Picardie?
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My
Thanks for the Quick Tip. I assume a Tierce-De Picardie. Will NOT Work Well... Or Sound Good.... If the minor chord end is a long drawn out note... Such as a descending Semi-Breve or mimim. With a.diminuendo down to ppp.
Advanced Thanks, in anticipation of a reply from yourself.
Posted 23rd December 2017
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Thanks for the Quick Tip. I assume a Tierce-De Picardie. Will NOT Work Well... Or Sound Good.... If the minor chord end is a long drawn out note... Such as a descending Semi-Breve or mimim. With a.diminuendo down to ppp.
Advanced Thanks, in anticipation of a reply from yourself.
Posted 23rd December 2017
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Samuel
I know this is an older video, but -On Melancholy Hill- by Gorillaz ends in the opposite of the Picardy Third, major to minor, and it's actually used very well in my personal opinion. I'd love for you to check it out and let me know if you think it's proper theory or not!!
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I know this is an older video, but -On Melancholy Hill- by Gorillaz ends in the opposite of the Picardy Third, major to minor, and it's actually used very well in my personal opinion. I'd love for you to check it out and let me know if you think it's proper theory or not!!
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Matt
Great video, love the picardy third. I think there's a time and place though for the opposite idea you demonstrated there - I could see someone being able to find a creative and meaningful way to end on a minor chord.
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Great video, love the picardy third. I think there's a time and place though for the opposite idea you demonstrated there - I could see someone being able to find a creative and meaningful way to end on a minor chord.
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V-ctor
-And I Love Her- by The Beatles and -Happy Together- by The Turtles are two well-known examples of pop songs ending on a Picardy third. Thank you Mr Green for another excellent video.
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-And I Love Her- by The Beatles and -Happy Together- by The Turtles are two well-known examples of pop songs ending on a Picardy third. Thank you Mr Green for another excellent video.
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Graham
If you were creating a composition reflecting an illness of the mind then no doubt you could use the major then the minor chord to reflect the breakdown of the brain functioning.
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If you were creating a composition reflecting an illness of the mind then no doubt you could use the major then the minor chord to reflect the breakdown of the brain functioning.
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Master
At last! I found a video that I find clearer in explaining picardy third. Thanks, sir!
And oh, the major ending in a minor is beautifully unsettling tho :)
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At last! I found a video that I find clearer in explaining picardy third. Thanks, sir!
And oh, the major ending in a minor is beautifully unsettling tho :)
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Dliess
I have to say, I actually quite liked the major piece ending on a minor chord. It has the complete opposite mood from a picardy third but I like both effects.
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I have to say, I actually quite liked the major piece ending on a minor chord. It has the complete opposite mood from a picardy third but I like both effects.
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