I'm pretty sure the John Williams progression is the one used in the Helluva Boss' song "You will be okay". I love it. In this song they show you can use it to give a powerful yet nostalgic feeling. Thank you for your lesson !
Greetings and good day wishes from Poland, I've learned lots of new features from your channel so that I should thank you very much for your presence and effort in your learning and describing the most important topics in jazz piano playing.
Great explanation. I can't read music, but you make understanding the chords so easy. Helps those of us that play by ear, and occasionally google up the chord progression to make sure we're on the right track when covering a popular song. Excellent content.
I think this is a great topic to explore. Couple of well-known classical recommendations: There are some very pretty (and arguably sad) progressions in Liebestraum No. 3. Liszt frequently resolves those progressions with chords that sound uplifting and satisfying, so the overall effect is perhaps more wistful/haunting than sad. Still, it's an excellent piece to learn from when studying mood. I find Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy by Tchaikovsky to be more overtly sad in areas. Those areas are made more prominent because of their contrast with the mood in other parts of the piece. While composed for orchestra, there is a lot a pianist can learn from it, e.g. Tchaikovsky's use of tempo, dynamics, interplay between instruments (or hands), and of course, his use of sweet, sentimental chords.
Won't try and create the longest list of Sentimental Progression songs but here are a couple for the collection: Dido's Lament (Purcell 1689) Adagio form Spartacus (Khachaturian 1956) Save All Your Kisses For Me (Brotherhood of Man 1976) (Hiller, Sheridan and Lee) I used to lecture on music at university and always threw in the last of these three partly for a joke but also to show that originality is rare... OK, The last two are in a major key but the falling bass figure is the same and the Khachaturian is searingly beautiful.
It’s interesting Jonny didn’t call it the “Danny Elfman” progression because this is Elfman’s signature sound that you can find in most of his soundtracks! But I get it was easier to call it the Evanescence progression since many viewers know that band more easily than Danny / Scissorhands movie scores
very nice content, lots of inspiration. to me the Evanescence sequence is the most touching one. I'd like to share a thought about a song that I find beautifully sad: "A gentleman's Excuse Me" by Fish, especially in the chorus section. I can't tell right now if it uses any of the progressions you demonstrated, but it sure gets to the point.
I'm pretty sure I've heard the sentimental progression in some of Yiruma's pieces. By the way Johny, can you do a tutorial like how to play like Yiruma? Explaining on the concepts and chord progressions and techniques he use? I'm pretty sure he use a lot of chord extensions and suspended chords as well.
Not sure if I'm correct but here's songs that I found that I think uses the Sentimental Chord Progression; Let It Be - The Beatles Someone Like You - Adele Stand by Me - Ben E. King With or Without You - U2 I'm Yours - Jason Mraz Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (and various covers) All of Me - John Legend Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel (Classical piece, but its progression is widely used) Africa - Toto Every Breath You Take - The Police Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley Yesterday - The Beatles Fields of Gold - Sting Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison Torn - Natalie Imbruglia Perfect - Ed Sheeran I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (originally written by Dolly Parton) Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera I'm Not the Only One - Sam Smith Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri There's probably more but these are the ones I could think of. Let me know if there's more known songs :D
Evanescence Progression can be found in "The Fantastic Beasts and where to find them", "Newt says Goodbye to Tina". Also in Lenny Kravitz' I'll be waiting (only once: C-Em-F-C)
The first one (Evanessence) is part of the Lost theme. One of my all time favorites. I love Ed Sheeran's demonstration of the Axis of Awesome progression.
Hi Jonny, could you please continue to use the previous colors on the virtual piano when you press a key? I'm visually impaired and it's very hard to see this light color on the light keys (although there it was hard to sée the dark color on the dark keys, but still better than this --- combo would be the best: dark color on light keys and light color on dark keys :D ). Thank you in advance!
That I to iii progression, the evanescence song, creep does something similar but it relies on that negative harmony doing a CM cm thing. But the departure is the same. I see that a lot in classical music too. It seems to be a bridge function too, although i can't think of any examples offhand. But a nice tonic hang around of monotony with the 1 and the 3. Kinda bums me out to play stuff like that. But I still like it. I guess thats the point lol. Also isn't that love progression Canon in D? You know the wedding song? But also I think thats called a line cadence. I always associated the love progression as the do wop changes, because thats how all the love songs i know, at least that i like. The 1 6 4 5. I know the theories more than the voicings and stuff, i'm still learning piano, but often times im finding voicings change the whole feeling of a song, and the chords are less important than the intention. At least in my personal experience. The saddest song for me was someone like you by adele, which is an axis. (i play it in Ab) Also cool because how the c chord can change qualities depending on how you want to land on the f and the db chord shows how much hope you have in that moment with that word as it falls. Anyway, thats my 2 cents. Peanuts!
Honestly, I like your John Williams Progression Chords there. Ive figured those out a couple of times, but I just never knew what to add to that to transform it into an actual self comp. But I should give it a try this time! It sounds very nice.☺
Johnny... thank you SO MUCH for these great chords and explanations! My all-time favorite sad chord progression is actually from the movie "Up". Those 7 minutes in the beginning of the film where there is absolutely NO dialogue... just music... that tells a love story (better than any other film has done, in my opinion...) and at the very end, Michael Giacchino uses two tear-jerking chords - I believe they are an F major chord and an A minor chord. He plays this while we see "Carl" getting up from the staircase at his house and walking inside after his wife, Ellie, passes away. But the chord in the left hand remains an F major while the right hand plays and F major and A minor. It's just incredible. (ua-cam.com/video/pynau4O26Uw/v-deo.html) at 4:06
I have just posted my video of the sentimental progression. One of my favorite songs in the 80s which apparently uses the same sentimental progression. Thanks for the lesson ...
i can't read music. i have to learn a different way. instead, i like to improvise. it is about all i can do after 35 years. i only know a few songs from other people because i don't memorize things easily. these little tips are awesome to keep in mind as i play and seek fresh ideas. very cool.
OMG! Your first progression there is the one I use to blow classically trained peoples minds. I'm like... key of C, I & iii - I play guitar & I can do SOOO much with that.
I'm rather partial to the Casper's Lullaby progressions, both the wistful opening Am to D (like a Mixolydian v/I) and then the soaring part with its D A G Gm pattern.
You know what’s odd; Most videos out there showing the most sad progressions, dont feel sad to me at all. For me it’s like: Gm - (inverted)Cm - Gm - Am No one mentions this kind of progression (that just hits me very hard). Is that because of its “simplicity “ ?
4:50 🤔 Chim Chim Cheree (from Mary Poppins) Feelings Misty (the bridge) Charade (Henry Mancinni) Mr. Bojangles Time in a Bottle I'll Still Love You (Harrison) Let It Grow My Funny Valentine Hit the Road Jack
Why does everyone call it the Axis of Awesome progression? Rob Paravonian did it first in the Pachelbel Canon Rant. If anything, I'd call it the Canon progression.
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - 1. Evanescence Progression
02:00 - 2. John Williams Progression
03:20 - 3. The Sentimental Progression
04:50 - Competition
05:15 - 4. The Love Progression
08:35 - 5. Axis of Awesome
10:52 - Conclusion
I really love the " love progression "🥺
0:34 Ground control to major Tom. AKA Space Oddity
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Fantastic content as always!
I’ve got to say, your piano sound with that reverb is doing some heavy lifting on the emotional front!
I'm pretty sure the John Williams progression is the one used in the Helluva Boss' song "You will be okay". I love it. In this song they show you can use it to give a powerful yet nostalgic feeling. Thank you for your lesson !
They use the transition from F minor to F major, this way it is even more emotional
Greetings and good day wishes from Poland, I've learned lots of new features from your channel so that I should thank you very much for your presence and effort in your learning and describing the most important topics in jazz piano playing.
so straightforward and yet comprehensive. Thank you, Jonny
Great explanation. I can't read music, but you make understanding the chords so easy. Helps those of us that play by ear, and occasionally google up the chord progression to make sure we're on the right track when covering a popular song. Excellent content.
Progression #1 can be heard in the Edward Scissorhands soundtrack. Thank you for this lesson!
Danny Elfman sure made a niche for himself with those choirs and “fairyesque” motifs!
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I think this is a great topic to explore. Couple of well-known classical recommendations:
There are some very pretty (and arguably sad) progressions in Liebestraum No. 3. Liszt frequently resolves those progressions with chords that sound uplifting and satisfying, so the overall effect is perhaps more wistful/haunting than sad. Still, it's an excellent piece to learn from when studying mood.
I find Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy by Tchaikovsky to be more overtly sad in areas. Those areas are made more prominent because of their contrast with the mood in other parts of the piece. While composed for orchestra, there is a lot a pianist can learn from it, e.g. Tchaikovsky's use of tempo, dynamics, interplay between instruments (or hands), and of course, his use of sweet, sentimental chords.
Won't try and create the longest list of Sentimental Progression songs but here are a couple for the collection:
Dido's Lament (Purcell 1689)
Adagio form Spartacus (Khachaturian 1956)
Save All Your Kisses For Me (Brotherhood of Man 1976) (Hiller, Sheridan and Lee)
I used to lecture on music at university and always threw in the last of these three partly for a joke but also to show that originality is rare... OK, The last two are in a major key but the falling bass figure is the same and the Khachaturian is searingly beautiful.
Thanks sir ! Much love🙏🙏🎹
Just happened across your material this morning and I’m loving it. Thank you.
"Ice Dance" from Edward Scissorhands also uses the Evanescence progression
You mean Evanescence uses the progression from Edward Scissorhand’s “Ice Dance” ;)
That movie came well before Evanescence was a band
It’s interesting Jonny didn’t call it the “Danny Elfman” progression because this is Elfman’s signature sound that you can find in most of his soundtracks! But I get it was easier to call it the Evanescence progression since many viewers know that band more easily than Danny / Scissorhands movie scores
Sentimental: first thing that came to mind “Time in a bottle” definitely one of the more prominent examples.
The first one, evanescence, is used in Michael Giachino’s score on the show, Lost. Beautiful 🥲
very nice content, lots of inspiration.
to me the Evanescence sequence is the most touching one.
I'd like to share a thought about a song that I find beautifully sad: "A gentleman's Excuse Me" by Fish, especially in the chorus section.
I can't tell right now if it uses any of the progressions you demonstrated, but it sure gets to the point.
I'm pretty sure I've heard the sentimental progression in some of Yiruma's pieces. By the way Johny, can you do a tutorial like how to play like Yiruma? Explaining on the concepts and chord progressions and techniques he use? I'm pretty sure he use a lot of chord extensions and suspended chords as well.
Not sure if I'm correct but here's songs that I found that I think uses the Sentimental Chord Progression;
Let It Be - The Beatles
Someone Like You - Adele
Stand by Me - Ben E. King
With or Without You - U2
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (and various covers)
All of Me - John Legend
Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel (Classical piece, but its progression is widely used)
Africa - Toto
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Yesterday - The Beatles
Fields of Gold - Sting
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (originally written by Dolly Parton)
Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
I'm Not the Only One - Sam Smith
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
There's probably more but these are the ones I could think of. Let me know if there's more known songs :D
Evanescence Progression can be found in "The Fantastic Beasts and where to find them", "Newt says Goodbye to Tina". Also in Lenny Kravitz' I'll be waiting (only once: C-Em-F-C)
The John Williams chord progression is quite similar to the Remember me song when it goes "until you are in my arms again"
Yes!! Also "God help the outcasts" in Hunchback of ND
Progression 3 sentimental is used by Jim Croche time in a bottle
You sir are awesome!!! Thank you! 🙏 ❤❤❤
Why is none of this progressions in D minor, which is the saddest of all keys?
Only if you can turn it up to eleben!
Because we've had tempered keyboards for a few years now...
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Not since equal temp!
One can easily transpose any of these progressions into any other key, including D-minor.
Sentimental progression -
"Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce
Makes me cry every time.
Oy, thanks a lot dude ❤️
Thank you for such a wonderful 💓 lesson
The chord progressions in the intro and outro is what I want to learn
what song it is??
Have u found it yet brother??
Beautiful Jonny!
Great video Jonny!
This is so usefull, so generous to share, thank you so mucho from argentina
Really thank you ❤️🙏
I really enjoying with your technic and teaching..
First progression Danny Elfman Edward scizzorhands.
Sentimental progression used in Katachi Aru Mono by Kou Shibasaki. Very sad song for the most depressing tv drama Sekai no Chuushin de Ai wo Sakebu.
Awww it looks like I missed the half off for piano lessons by one day. 😭 Love your progressions. Just beautiful!
Your passion is beautiful
VERY NICE SIR
Katatonia - Idle Blood (The Sentimental Progression is used at the end where the whole song slows down and that makes it to sound sad and relaxing)
The first one (Evanessence) is part of the Lost theme. One of my all time favorites. I love Ed Sheeran's demonstration of the Axis of Awesome progression.
Thanx, Jonny 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Time in a bottle / Jim Croche/ Sentimantal progression
Hands down one of my favorites Jonny!
phil collin's you'll be in my heart chord prog is also a culprit
Actually my favorite sad chord a French song from Mylene Farmer - Ainsi soit je and a Slovakian song Marika Gombitová - Vyznáníe.
Hi Jonny, could you please continue to use the previous colors on the virtual piano when you press a key? I'm visually impaired and it's very hard to see this light color on the light keys (although there it was hard to sée the dark color on the dark keys, but still better than this --- combo would be the best: dark color on light keys and light color on dark keys :D ). Thank you in advance!
That I to iii progression, the evanescence song, creep does something similar but it relies on that negative harmony doing a CM cm thing. But the departure is the same. I see that a lot in classical music too. It seems to be a bridge function too, although i can't think of any examples offhand. But a nice tonic hang around of monotony with the 1 and the 3. Kinda bums me out to play stuff like that. But I still like it. I guess thats the point lol. Also isn't that love progression Canon in D? You know the wedding song? But also I think thats called a line cadence. I always associated the love progression as the do wop changes, because thats how all the love songs i know, at least that i like. The 1 6 4 5. I know the theories more than the voicings and stuff, i'm still learning piano, but often times im finding voicings change the whole feeling of a song, and the chords are less important than the intention. At least in my personal experience. The saddest song for me was someone like you by adele, which is an axis. (i play it in Ab) Also cool because how the c chord can change qualities depending on how you want to land on the f and the db chord shows how much hope you have in that moment with that word as it falls. Anyway, thats my 2 cents. Peanuts!
Honestly, I like your John Williams Progression Chords there. Ive figured those out a couple of times, but I just never knew what to add to that to transform it into an actual self comp. But I should give it a try this time! It sounds very nice.☺
Good stuff jonny,thx
Johnny... thank you SO MUCH for these great chords and explanations! My all-time favorite sad chord progression is actually from the movie "Up". Those 7 minutes in the beginning of the film where there is absolutely NO dialogue... just music... that tells a love story (better than any other film has done, in my opinion...) and at the very end, Michael Giacchino uses two tear-jerking chords - I believe they are an F major chord and an A minor chord. He plays this while we see "Carl" getting up from the staircase at his house and walking inside after his wife, Ellie, passes away. But the chord in the left hand remains an F major while the right hand plays and F major and A minor. It's just incredible. (ua-cam.com/video/pynau4O26Uw/v-deo.html) at 4:06
Da sauce🔥🔥🔥🔥
This was great! The cheat sheet and write up is very key. It was hard to try and learn from UA-cam
honestly i didnt cry but i did like the first two it
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thank you very much for the last video! good luck :-).
I have just posted my video of the sentimental progression. One of my favorite songs in the 80s which apparently uses the same sentimental progression. Thanks for the lesson ...
ua-cam.com/video/YAajT28C4PI/v-deo.html
i like the technic u used
My favorite one is the last one
Hey Jonny, Lost’s “There’s no place like home”-theme made me cry and has also got the Evanescence progression☺️🥲
Es verdad, la primera progresión se escuchaba a My Inmortal de Evanescence 🥺🥺🥺🥺
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10:11 the cornellstudios intro lol
El 3 es el más melancólico a mi parecer hhj😊
When used right, A - F - F#m - Dm can sound quite sad.
Check "Landing Party" by Michael Giacchino, from Lost's OST
i can't read music. i have to learn a different way. instead, i like to improvise. it is about all i can do after 35 years. i only know a few songs from other people because i don't memorize things easily. these little tips are awesome to keep in mind as i play and seek fresh ideas. very cool.
OMG! Your first progression there is the one I use to blow classically trained peoples minds. I'm like... key of C, I & iii - I play guitar & I can do SOOO much with that.
GOD BLESS YOU MORE😍😍😍😍
What is the song/progression he played on the intro? It sounds really pretty, but I can't find it anywhere.
Evanescence progression: 1º to 3º is used in a Lost theme (the tv series)
I think the Aldi Christmas advert with the carrot uses this. Brilliant 😂
The second chord progression is the harmonic major scale!
Thanku so much for the highly helpful Session sir😊👌.
love these!
Everytime I hear "isn't that gorgeous" I see Hilary Duff on your piano keys!
I'm rather partial to the Casper's Lullaby progressions, both the wistful opening Am to D (like a Mixolydian v/I) and then the soaring part with its D A G Gm pattern.
play share the one that was playing on INTRO background please i loved it
0:51 "I'm so tired being here...." I remember that song.
You know what’s odd;
Most videos out there showing the most sad progressions, dont feel sad to me at all.
For me it’s like:
Gm - (inverted)Cm - Gm - Am
No one mentions this kind of progression (that just hits me very hard). Is that because of its “simplicity “ ?
Lovely
What is the APP that you use to display letter notes Thanks
The Love Progression sounds a lot like Pachelbell's Canon, does it not ?
Yes, in the main course Jonny actually said that Pachelbell's cannon was one of the usage of that progression if my memory serves me right.
I was thinking that. Its also goes with Welcome to the Black Parade MCR
What makes the notes GCEB a C7 chord and not a E6?
What is the name of the piano piece in the intro?
Something in the way by Nirvana also uses C -> Em
What are these progressions in terms of scale numbers?
Amazing 🤩
Bill Joel’s Piano Man does the walk down from C except he plays a D major instead of minor before the G.
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They didn’t make me cry, but now I’m hungry for some quiche served in a tissue !!!
If he says isn't that gorgeous one more time I'm going to scream!
lol!
Great great Jonny. Your email is needed.
The evanescense progression made think instantly in Edward Scissorhands
Sadly beautiful , thanks a lot!
I wanted to ask you what piano you are playing..? Many thanks!
What Keyboard Model are you using?
9:23 the same progression is used on the flash tv show theme
Evanescence Progression: verse of "Space oddity" by David Bowie (C - Em)
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4:50 🤔
Chim Chim Cheree (from Mary Poppins)
Feelings
Misty (the bridge)
Charade (Henry Mancinni)
Mr. Bojangles
Time in a Bottle
I'll Still Love You (Harrison)
Let It Grow
My Funny Valentine
Hit the Road Jack
The Sentimental Progression Chord Progressions like Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Efectivamente, me hizo llorar 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😢
6-4-1-5 chords progression is also called SENSITIVE FEMALE CHORD PROGRESSION. The love progression sounds like inversions of CANON chords progression
every top 40 pop song be like:
Why does everyone call it the Axis of Awesome progression? Rob Paravonian did it first in the Pachelbel Canon Rant. If anything, I'd call it the Canon progression.
The Saddest Song I know is Care A Lot by Carole King. From The Carebears Movie. No one made a YT Video Analyzing it yet.