The Bacharach Musical Style

Burt Bacharach was born on May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri. Although being born in Kansas City, Bacharach did most of his growing up in New York. Bacharach never had any interest in music growing up, instead he wanted to be a football player but that was a dream he wasn't physically adapted to do. Bacharach's dreams were crushed, that was until his mother taught him to play the piano at the age of twelve. Bacharach enjoyed playing piano very much but he never really planned on making a musical career off of his abilities and it wasn't until he heard the fine flowing movements and melodies of Jazz that it would change his musical talent into a passion. Bacharach loved everything about jazz an would do anything to hear it, even going as
Bacharach's style consisted of shifting meters and time signatures, irregular phrasing, uncommon chords, and most of all his soft and smooth memorable melodies. Bacharach's style was something very new and unique and very risky considering that it was a whole brand new style of music that was trying to fit in to their type of mainstream music. Regardless if his style was new and experimental or not , Bacharach made a huge and impactful career in the music industry all do to his new style of music that would completely change the way music was played during that time. “Bacharach’s exploration of new chord progressions, shifting meters, and irregular phrasing was experimental; nevertheless, his music, accented with the heavy syncopation of jazz and pop standards, was popular. His compositions were so melodically interesting that talented vocalists favored Bacharach compositions to showcase their skill in
Most of that success was due to the fact that Bacharach's music was different than those who played music during that time. Bacharach music comprised of memorable and classic melodies, shifting time signatures, and different types of chords. Combining elements of jazz, pop, Brazilian music and rock, Bacharach created a unique new sound that really complemented the time. “ Bacharach compositions typically boasted memorable melodies, unconventional and shifting time signatures, and atypical chords. Combining elements of jazz, pop, Brazilian music and rock, Bacharach created a unique new sound that embodied the