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Classical music's favourite chord progression

David Bennett Piano 218,232 1 year ago
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Try Vienna Power House with a FREE demo version: https://vsl.co.at/davidbennett 🎶 La Folia is perhaps the most commonly used chord progression in classical music, particularly in baroque era music. But classical composers probably wouldn't even think about La Folia as a chord progression but instead as "ground bass". SOURCES: Nicola Benedetti, Introduction to La Folia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVb0zTV4TEc BBC, La Folia: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190726-could-la-folia-be-historys-most-enduring-tune Uses of Folia in cinema: https://folias.nl/html8a.html Musica Universalis, La Folia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Np0vV1-fw And, an extra special thanks goes to Peter Keller, Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano 🎹 0:00 La Folía 0:58 the chord progression 1:48 Examples 3:10 Film & TV themes 4:36 Vienna Power House 5:40 Ground bass 6:35 Other stylistic features of La Folía 7:45 Composing my own piece with La Folía

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