Post your Week 2 Lament Bass Submissions HERE (Patreon)

If you'd like me to review your piece, please submit it by Sunday morning (April 13th). The goal this week is to write a lament bass in the minor key. I'm providing two examples of my own; when you submit your piece, please also provide some basic info like I'm showing below! Also make sure that if you upload your music to something like google drive that you set the permissions to global so that anyone can access it.

1: Neoclassical in Am

This is a loop in Am using the following lament bass:

A --> G# --> G --> F --> E

I harmonize that with the following chords:

Am ( i ) - - E/G# ( V63 ) - - G ( bVII )- - G6 - -

F ( bV ) - - Dm/F ( iv64 ) - - Esus4 ( Vsus4 ) - - E ( V ) - -

I play lead using the Am scale on top of most chords, but for the E chord and the E/G#, I move into harmonic minor to highlight that G#.

2: Andalusian Cadence in Bm

This is a fingerpicked loop using the following bass line:

B --> A --> G --> F#

I use the following chords:

Bm ( i ) A (bVII) G (bVI) Bm/F# (i64) F# (V)

The Bm and A chord are played with sus2 variations, and the G chord is heard with an added 9th. The cadence at the end from i64 -> V - i is a minor version of what's called a "cadential 64" and in my opinion always has a classical era vibe to it.