Wow Mike. You are simply brilliant. I am totally blown away by your knowledge of music and the way you have been able to explain it so beautifully and simply. This is the first time in my 20 years of music playing that I have encountered anyone who can explain it so well. You truly deserve a standing ovation. Wow !
Hey. Do you happen to have Synesthesia by any chance? Just curious. Thanks for all the great vids on music theory. Just found this channel and I’m enthralled by the depth of the places you go . Keep it up please!! 😊😊👍👍👍
Mike, thank you so much for your extraordinary patience in explaining this very esoteric musical concept. Check out Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". Not sure if it was Dylan's knowledge of theory, or simply his innate genius; but his ascent and descent in this song, acknowledged by many as the greatest pop song of all time, illustrates chord function as a universal principal - both sonically and commercially. Thanks man ! Roger Sloop Georgia, USA
Mike; can you explain why todays pop, Rap, R&B, country and alternative artists disregard the quasi-rule to avoid consecutive parallel 5ths or octaves, which is my musical dilemma (please smile…I am) Because if I was to blatantly disregard the rule of consecutive perfect 5ths or octaves my music professor would flunk me in a heartbeat. So I find myself never writing consecutive parallel 5ths or octaves! It’s like my brain won’t allow me that leeway. The solution I stumbled upon to avoid the consecutive parallel 5ths or octaves is to play-what I call “Chords within chords”-to create my version extended chords. By “chords within chords” I play (I mean compose using Logic Pro’s or GarageBand’s Keyboard Editor) 7th chords listed on guitar over the piano triad chord progression chords (or vice versa) in major or minor keys: • vi7 over I • iii7 over v • ii7 over IV • V7 over vii° • IV7 over vi • viiø7 over ii • I7 over iii Moreover, I sometimes substitute these chords for the chords in my chord progressions. As I am not a music professor…(or musician…my musicality is from being a quasi-DJ) nor do I play any instrument…can you please explain (in harmonic musical terms) why this-chords within chords stacking or substitution works-in diatonic chord progressions, and modal chord progressions…thanks. DjNivekone
TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Welcome 0:40 Chord function is controversial, surprisingly 1:20 Looking at the key of G (we'll stay here all stream) 4:26 Rearrange the chords to play different progressions 5:50 Looking at progressions -- Option 1 6:17 Option 2 6:46 Option 3 8:58 Why are we playing what we're playing? (Looking at theory) 13:18 Like looking at a Magic Eye image 14:50 Table format 16:15 More chords in a table format 18:58 Undulating wave of harmonic connections (another diagram) 22:12 Let's play those chords in order of scale degree (Guitar) 24:05 Let's look at this chord pattern a little closer (Looped into Thirds) 26:48 Circle of Thirds -- All of these chords overlap 27:46 Guitar Circle of Thirds 29:50 Let's look at chord functions -- Stability, Change, Tension 31:34 Stability (Tonic) 34:18 Change (Subdominant) 34:32 Tension (Dominant) 39:03 Love Me Do (Goes between Stability and Change) 43:00 Q&A, Comments 43:50 Q: How is ColorMusic notated for single note players? (Eg, sax) 45:57 Q: ETA on Chord Book 1? (Summer 2024) 48:18 Q: These chords are Triads? 49:06 Q: How do we add color to an Em song? (Want an E major sound) 53:39 Q: Does the melody have to go through identical moods of chords? (No) 55:08 C: Misc
definition: a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion creativity, without we end up the same music. what's good music today, might obsolete tomorrow zillion way to arrange a chord pattern
Wow Mike. You are simply brilliant. I am totally blown away by your knowledge of music and the way you have been able to explain it so beautifully and simply. This is the first time in my 20 years of music playing that I have encountered anyone who can explain it so well. You truly deserve a standing ovation. Wow !
Thank you Mike ... This is the best description of music theory and chords I have seen!!! Thanks again.
Every (Mike) George Bit Drives Fortunate Audience Crazy
And the crowd goes wild..
I agree
you are what connects it all, thanks MG!!!!
Hey. Do you happen to have Synesthesia by any chance? Just curious. Thanks for all the great vids on music theory. Just found this channel and I’m enthralled by the depth of the places you go . Keep it up please!! 😊😊👍👍👍
john is my favorite hes just a natural
Thank you!!
This was really awesome and nicely explained. I've seen a lot of the same geometries and circular motion you mentioned here
Mike, thank you so much for your extraordinary patience in explaining this very esoteric musical concept.
Check out Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". Not sure if it was Dylan's knowledge of theory, or simply his innate genius; but his ascent and descent in this song, acknowledged by many as the greatest pop song of all time, illustrates chord function as a universal principal - both sonically and commercially.
Thanks man !
Roger Sloop
Georgia, USA
Mike; can you explain why todays pop, Rap, R&B, country and alternative artists disregard the quasi-rule to avoid consecutive parallel 5ths or octaves, which is my musical dilemma (please smile…I am)
Because if I was to blatantly disregard the rule of consecutive perfect 5ths or octaves my music professor would flunk me in a heartbeat. So I find myself never writing consecutive parallel 5ths or octaves! It’s like my brain won’t allow me that leeway.
The solution I stumbled upon to avoid the consecutive parallel 5ths or octaves is to play-what I call “Chords within chords”-to create my version extended chords.
By “chords within chords” I play (I mean compose using Logic Pro’s or GarageBand’s Keyboard Editor) 7th chords listed on guitar over the piano triad chord progression chords (or vice versa) in major or minor keys:
• vi7 over I
• iii7 over v
• ii7 over IV
• V7 over vii°
• IV7 over vi
• viiø7 over ii
• I7 over iii
Moreover, I sometimes substitute these chords for the chords in my chord progressions.
As I am not a music professor…(or musician…my musicality is from being a quasi-DJ) nor do I play any instrument…can you please explain (in harmonic musical terms) why this-chords within chords stacking or substitution works-in diatonic chord progressions, and modal chord progressions…thanks.
DjNivekone
Thats wonderful😊
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome
0:40 Chord function is controversial, surprisingly
1:20 Looking at the key of G (we'll stay here all stream)
4:26 Rearrange the chords to play different progressions
5:50 Looking at progressions -- Option 1
6:17 Option 2
6:46 Option 3
8:58 Why are we playing what we're playing? (Looking at theory)
13:18 Like looking at a Magic Eye image
14:50 Table format
16:15 More chords in a table format
18:58 Undulating wave of harmonic connections (another diagram)
22:12 Let's play those chords in order of scale degree (Guitar)
24:05 Let's look at this chord pattern a little closer (Looped into Thirds)
26:48 Circle of Thirds -- All of these chords overlap
27:46 Guitar Circle of Thirds
29:50 Let's look at chord functions -- Stability, Change, Tension
31:34 Stability (Tonic)
34:18 Change (Subdominant)
34:32 Tension (Dominant)
39:03 Love Me Do (Goes between Stability and Change)
43:00 Q&A, Comments
43:50 Q: How is ColorMusic notated for single note players? (Eg, sax)
45:57 Q: ETA on Chord Book 1? (Summer 2024)
48:18 Q: These chords are Triads?
49:06 Q: How do we add color to an Em song? (Want an E major sound)
53:39 Q: Does the melody have to go through identical moods of chords? (No)
55:08 C: Misc
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Contentious 😉
you mean contrarian??
definition: a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion
creativity, without we end up the same music. what's good music today, might obsolete tomorrow
zillion way to arrange a chord pattern
@@hom2fu huh? i was only suggesting the word he was trying to think of,,, lol not anything in comments