Jazz Pianist Reacts to SKATE by Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars
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Check out the full breakdown on Nebula! There's a chart for the full song in the video if you want to play along.
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wait what bout da into
What’s nebula??
I swear every time Paak and Mars drop a tune they're single-handedly quadrupling the total number of chords in that week's Top 40
This one is all JD and DOMi - they cowrote it with them.
@@jordanlarson6488 co wrote means it’s not all on them
Or would it be double-handedly
@@jordanlarson6488 lol they could have done that in their own, you seem to undermine the musical complexity of Mars and .Paak, they did that for Leave the door open, with no JD an Dom.
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These chords are refreshing and soulful. Music styles like this haven't been popular for decades. I'm glad they're making a comeback with original content. It's not just for those that grew up in the 60's and 70's who say how music was better back then.
I agree, I was born in the 90's but I really enjoy disco style music, it's so fun to listen to.
There are like these guys named Ginger Root and they make like pretty similar type songs
I did grow up back then, and fully agree. People who say there is no good music written today just haven't bothered to look, because there is TONS of it, in every genre.
@@MrJdsenior Ahem.... Rick Beato
@@thealaskapicker8628 nah..Rick Beato himself said that Bruno Mars and Billie Eilish are doing really good stuff
Rick Beato was just sayin what Charles is saying here - 14:54
There aren't much harmonically sophisticated music nowadays...there are only a few of them
It´s no coincidence the song is so harmonically interesting, it was co-written by Domi and JD Beck!!!
Yes!, I've been following them for a while and was really excited to see them credited as producers! Can't wait for their long anticipated album
that’s super cool! it also shows that they can write catchy tunes that appeal to mainstream audiences and not just the jazz nerds ;)
Awesome to see that they can write a kickass retro pop song. Incredible.
fuck yes they rule
@@timtom9898 yes they’re amazing ( though they’re writers on this song not producers, the whole album is being produced by just Bruno Mars and Dmile)
damn that's crazy i didn't understand a single word of that.
edit: I don't come for the actual music theory (Though I think I've learnt something), I come for the goddamned personality of this man, cuz he seems so happy to be hearing this song, and I'm all for it.
This comment brightened my day, appreciate ya!
Fun fact: Domi and JD Beck helped work on this song for all of you jazzers out there
yuuuuuup hahaha i’m 30 seconds in hoping he mentions them
They are gonna go far for sure
it's so cool to see how passionate he gets talking about music.
Yes, that is something I love of him, he really loves what he does
It would be wicked to see a soul/funk revival. Hopefully it goes mainstream. Can’t wait for this album.
pretty sure Mars and paak are doing their level best!
Funkier sounds definitely made it mainstream last year, whether it was a moment in time or not, it was still nice to see Say So and Dua Lipa's songs blowing up, with sharp guitars, tight drums and juicy basslines. Even Adore You by Harry Styles if you count that. But yes, nothing as directly soul/funk as Silk Sonic.
I like to call "sus chords" "tall chords" if they're not functioning with a suspended tone that resolves. I love those chords too.
Sounds like you have unresolved issues with leaving something suspended indefinitely. /s
I like to call sus chords sussy chords because I am full of sin
@@theextremeloader1 sussy baka :)
i can never look at sus chords the same way again…. i hate among us
@vrael 📮
I know a little bit of music theory, but not nearly as much as Charles. This results in me not understanding most of it. Nevertheless, I get really happy watching him get excited over a particular chord progression.
I know just enough to understand what he's saying. Whats impressive is his ear. Editing makes it seem faster than usual, but you can tell he has a pitch perfect ear.
@@mugshotmarley I don’t think he has perfect pitch but very good relative pitch tho I could be wrong
Big agree OP, i stay to be excited as he is lmao
@@CwGuitar01 He has very good relative pitch. His harmony knowledge is fantastic!
Same here.. I'm loving what I'm hearing, but then going... uhh.. yeah.. I know I-IV-V-I.. I understand some of what he's saying but WOW.. I'd love to be fluent in this stuff like him!! ;-)
This’ll get buried, but while I do understand everything Charles is saying, I adore how excited he gets over the musicality. THAT’S what I love the most about this video and most of his videos. To see that sort of-I feel like “childish” is the wrong word, but forgive me for speaking too verbosely-childish enthusiasm makes me wish I wasn’t so burned out from music to play again. It’s wonderful seeing how enthralled he is and I hope that never changes for him.
I wish all those who get giddy over the complexity and story behind music a pleasant evening!
I think you mean "childlike," not "childish" :)
Came here to say this too! It’s refreshing!
Yeah I completely get it, what you mean and you are so right. He is like a child who is running in nature and is just amazed and excited. So beautiful.
when they released skate i immediately thought: gosh i can't wait for charles' video on this MASTERPIECE! love the music and as an illiterate, i also love watching your breakdowns
My exact thoughts!! I was waiting for him to react to Skate ever since I saw his reaction to to Leave The Door Open
Same! The song came out and I'm like searching for his reaction lol. Tell me what I don't know Charlie!
I'm also waiting for the Scary Pockets dudes to break this down too! Glad Charles managed to get this one up
'Literation' is not required to enjoy music. You can do it without even knowing that notes exist. I do find, however, that the more I learn the more I enjoy it. This channel is one EXCELLENT source for that purpose, MHO. :-)
I do love how he starts to “review” the song almost but then just goes into how much he loves one chord and then he just jams on it for a minute haha
An evening with Silk Sonic will be a 10/10. They are making history with this album and yes I liked Leave the door open a little more ❤
The next big thing since Thriller! :)
Im sure Silk Sonic is getting big in Sri Lanka?
@@silvabrothersmusic Well um, not so sure about that cus Lankans love generic 4 chord pop. But leave the door open reached no.1 on itunes in Sri Lanka though!!
@@SriLankanStuff Check out Mahesh Balasooriya. He is the best Sri Lankan jazz pianist I know. He is based in LA. He is all over youtube and has his own channel under his name. Check him out!
I agree.
ok charles is too good...the way he can just play along to the chords perfectly
Mind blowing
shoutout to Domi and JD Beck as co writers on this song, so cool to see huge artists like Anderson and Bruno pulling in young talent
Ohh what I didn’t know that
That’s so sick fr
This Bruno guy is killing, always has been. Thank God i got to see him live here in Rio de Janeiro. I get so excited to listen to that kind of good stuff on the radio too!
Personally I wasn’t as big a fan of skate as I was of leave the door open but I can certainly appreciate it for what it is and can’t wait for the whole album.
They're both great, but "Leave the Door Open" is definitely more musically interesting. Regardless, they both stand out from the Justin Biebers and Cardi B's of the world.
I felt the same way! I thought Skate was much more forgettable than Leave the Door Open upon first listen, but after hearing Skate a few more times, I like it better.
We can love both things for different reasons, leave the door open is slow enough to be filled with chord changes while you can move to skate, not that leave the door open doesn’t make you move. It’s just two very different tempos they’re both inspiring in there own way
Same here, but I like them both
@@rome8180 why do you have to compare and put other artists down that's why people think jazz is pretentious as hell
IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME until you covered this amazing piece🙌🙌🙌🙌😆
I really love the music theory videos about songs everyone knows.
i love how charles talks about the impact of different genres (such as mainstream pop and jazz/blues) and its impact on mainstream society, and how bruno and Anderson are 'opening the ears' of people. well said, honestlyy.
I hate your picture icon thing.
Your picture has no effect on me for I am in the superior dark mode
@@TheCyanSqueegee indeed. for that matter, i must punish those among the ‘light mode’ users
Charles, you gotta break down the entire "An Evening With Silk Sonic" album when it comes out. I'll watch every one of em...ten times over.
I dont understand shit what Charles talks about, yet i understand every "wow" he made here but i cant explain it but i can feel it in the song. And he is applying what he "wow"ed about in the song he talks about into his video editing so it made his video is as interesting as the song he is commenting. I dont know if you get it but that how i feel about the songs and his videos. Kudos, Charles!
Music theory is all about taking the unconscious and intuitive emotional effect music has on us and explaining it systematically. While many people find it dry and boring, it is as much about human-ness and artistry as it is about the pure numbers or confusing terminology. When you see someone like Charles who gets super excited about this and tries to make it relatable to the average music listener, it reminds you of something like a great science communicator: someone who takes something that is usually detached, distant, and inaccessible to general people and makes it relevant, fun, and exciting.
1:00 my dude spends a whole minute and 15 just makin love to sus13 chords
I literally saw Anderson Paak in my visit to Hawaii on the Diamond Head Trail last week! And wasn't sure if it was actually him, BUT IT WAS HIM :((
The chords in that tune remind me of songs I heard when I was a kid growing up in NYC. Knowing how much Bruno Mars loves old school Funk and R&B, I think these musicians seem to have as part of their musical DNA, the harmonic presentation and orchestrated presentation of artists like Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Issac Hayes,
The Philadelphia style arrangements that were part of the Gamble and Huff productions, etc. Definitely! Those chord changes and the hanging chords like BbΔ7/C leading to a strong FΔ7, is so much a part of the stuff I heard when I was cutting my teeth as a young musician. I’m going to have to research those songs I can’t put my finger on. It’s so encouraging to me at how frighteningly gifted some of the young musicians coming up are. Guys like yourself who know music and share their excitement about it analyze it and explain it to the public, are creating a whole new awareness of the respect gifted young players show to the music of the 1970s and 8Os. These young musicians are scary. It makes this 70 year old musician very happy that music is in good hands. I’m not the only ancient guy who loves the young musicians coming up. The young cats are so inspirational.
He's got such good ears as if he's seeing notes right in front of him, written on a paper, as he listens!
That's the first time I've seen a Csus13 chord nearly make someone fall out of a chair. Keep that enthusiasm rolling Mr C.
you can tell how much you love this stuff by how excited you get talking about it. it’s awesome.
I love that Bruno and Anderson are bringing back complex pop songs!!
EDIT: I know Bruno has been doing this for a while now! But having them together is spectacular!
That change to the major VI chord is reminiscent of MJ's "Rock With You" (as chord V there I think), which I think helps with the joy of the phrase in general, for me anyway. It just adds an extra nugget of recognition and intrigue to something already enjoyable.
Charles: getting worried that the implications of some of the chords have F in them somewhere or something
Me: I like your funky words jazzy man
Videos like this are the reason I love this channel. I've been trying to write "intricate pop" for years. And I get ridiculously excited when I hear anyone else doing it. But when I try to explain why it's exciting most people just stare at me blankly. Fortunately, there's one man out there on UA-cam who understands where I'm coming from.
Literal chills the first time I heard this track. So glad these guys are making such thick and rich music back into mainstream. And I think we all knew that Charles was going to experience such joy covering it. :)
It was difficult to top "Leave the Door Open" and for me, it still stands as the best so far. It just goes to more places musically. One thing I wish Silk Sonic would bring back is some sort of solo, be it synth, guitar, percussion, or heck, even mallets or flute. Nobody has that in songs these days.
You just need to search for it. There's music with Solos out there, but they just don't chart. It's not that "nobody" does it, it's just a matter of googling the right artists or asking around in the appropriate subreddits. For example Spellling's new turning wheel record featured a good amount of instrumentation. Alternatively just listen to classical where there's solos for dayyyyssss once you hook the right composer
Im sure they will. Bruno has songs with amazing solos (eg the synth solo in versace on the floor)
John mayers New Album
@@dustmite5887 Yea but that is the thing, what puppetsnob is asking for is someone bringing in this back on the charts. Nearly every single thing you could think of exists in the music world but getting that on the charts is difficult.
Listen to the song “summer” by Brockhampton, a great pop song with a great guitar solo.
This song is honestly one of my favorite mainstream songs recently. Such a Great melody.
Day 10 of asking you to check out City Pop cause you'll definitely love its jazz/funk influences and their s p i c y chord progressions, also the fact that even though it was invented in 80s Japan, it still holds up amazingly well today!!
great suggestion, im sure Charles would love this
An analysis of Plastic Love would be great!
This is the comment I was looking for when I heard that major 6th chord (especially the whole ii-V-iii-VI progression) - that chord is super typical of Japanese City Pop (and even a lot of K-Pop these days) and I *love* it 🤩
I really hope he checks out city pop and does a video or two on it such amazing music and singing in that genre
I hope he sees my comment one day, until then I'm gonna keep commenting on his videos to check it out xD
It reminds me of *some* of Stevie Wonder's music from the late 70s on. I have no training other than what tickles my ear. I always thought of Wonder's music as "dynamic" but couldn't explain technically what that meant, other than his chord changes were "unexpected" and ... "thrilling" (causes goose-bumps). I'm learning, but it's amazing what you understand as basic grammar of music, seems like advanced trigonometry to me.
NPR sold me on Anderson .Paak. Well, actually Anderson .Paak sold me on Anderson .Paak, on NPR.
Listen to Malibu if you haven't ! It's a masterpiece !
Watching you get excited over explaining advanced chord progressions just brightens my day. Like, humans as a species just be out here losing their shit over organized, structured sound and some of them make livings doing it. Music is truly incredible.
this is the best bop of the year
I'm so happy Paak is reaching more people. He's just so good.
Omg I found it! I was just thinking about your reaction to Leave The Door Open the other day and thinking, “Now that Skate is out, I wonder if there’s a reaction by that one guy because I really want to see that! But I have no idea what his channel is called...” And then I had a short recommended to me and re-introduced me to the channel. So that’s the story of how I made it here lol
The Styalistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New, and a few other songs come to mind. Retro inspired makes us over 50s giggle. We buy it and so do our kids.
Chord: is Sus
Charles: asdfghjkl WOOOO
Literally I have been blasting this song since they dropped it, I am beyond ecstatic for this full album
Hey Charles I learn something every time I watch one of your analysis. I agree Silk Sonic is badass with their chord progressions, and A .Paak is a beast on the drums.
It’s amazing to watch charles talk about music, you can tell he really loves what he does
Just wanna say thanks for being such a big music nerd and getting excited about this stuff. Makes it so fun to watch these things and has been more so as I’ve been starting to learn piano and play around with theory stuff
I love it when you get so excited about this kind of stuff! Those harmonies are B E A utiful!
Your overall musicality is astronomical. The enthusiasm you extrude is contagious. Wonderful.
Hey man, since discovering your channel, I've found a greater appreciation for music and the musicians. Thanks and keep it up!
Ahhh I’ve been waiting for this…
I really love your breaking down for songs. I have been studying Music Theory for a while and your videos helped me to broaden my knowledge more.
Brilliant analysis! Love the song and this added so much.
Awesome video Charles! I'm always amazed by how you manage to figure out the chords and the harmony of these songs so effortlessly and how you explain the theory in such a captivating way.
I was soooo waiting for this reaction!! You break it down so well! 🔥
Love the passion you put into explaining and breaking down these tunes man!! Really refreshing and a good and productive way of using my phone hahaah much love!!
I’ve been waiting for this video. Thank you for always providing insightful takes on songs!
Video 7 of requesting an analysis of Donkey Kong Country 2 music. David Wise is an amazing composer and he uses amazing techniques and effects to totally expand on the limitations of the SNES.
It's Old School 70's writing! I cut my teeth as a guitarist playing min7, maj7 and sus chords. You love Bruno and Anderson Charles! Bruno uses those chords and progressions in a lot of his music!
i love the joy you get when reacting to silk sonic!!
Your channel is quickly becoming my favorite channel on the platform. The chord theory and breakdowns you provide are absolutely brilliant. Love it, man…keep on keepin on.
I know nothing about music theory. I can naturally harmonise when I sing a lot to songs, but I have no idea what notes I'm singing or anything like that. I love seeing how passionate Charles is towards music, you can just feel his happiness whilst playing and it's super adorable.
its just crazy how complicated concepts can be brought to the mainstream music, its like a higher level from understanding complicated stuffs. Reminds me of how Stevie Wonder creates Sir Duke and insert weird chords here and there yet still sounds familiar and easy to listen to
This song is just so great, the harmony🙌
12:32 I LOVE how excited you get here! I do this in my studio and I know my students look at me with side eyes 👀, but I don’t care. Music is fascinating and exciting! You, sir, are a great talent and entertainer. Bravo!
Really cool video, I saw in an interview with Bruno Mars that he makes this kind of music also for musicians. And he has done it with this song, it's a masterpiece.
Whenever I see Charles just jam out to something and really feel the music it makes me happy, and then he explains WHY we enjoy it and I get even more of a appreciation for the music besides just saying "It sounds cool.". Even though I have no clue what a sus chord is, it makes me good.
Man great video! And I love the bits where you just accompany the song on the piano, it really helps me listen to the harmony.
Man it amazes me how some people can capture the sounds easily and replay it in their instruments. I was never trained musically so this is basically magic to me :D
As a pianist, your videos get me so excited! It's amazing to see a breakdown of the complex chord progressions. Keep it coming!
Ever since the song came out I have been waiting for this video!
Love love love both your channel and BM and Mr AP so grateful
I've been waiting for this ! I discovered you with your analysis to Leave the door open, and this was as good !
I'm so glad that music is taking this direction. Extremely interesting and complex musical sounds while still maintaining mass appeal.
Oh my goodness I find it so so impressive to see you listen to something and then just play it. Absolutely love this reaction. Truly incredible
I love these vids so much, hearing you nerd out about how a melody is constructed is so nice
Been looking for this, thank you Charles
I think packaging complex stuff while keeping it easy listening is something incredible.
This vídeo is so good I really felt like I was studying this song! I'm gonna rewatch this later to learn it on guitar based on your video
I appreciate someone who understands and can break down music with this detail, along with the recognition for it in mainstream music.
When you modulate before you even play a 1 chord and establish the key center a half step up haha. Classy.
I love watching breakdowns of silk sonic songs. I get to understand why it's so appealing to me
I’m loving the smooth 70’s Philly Soul vibe! I hear the Stylistics and Spinners and MFSB from my youth ❤️. Nice breakdown of the jazz chord progressions!
Fabulously insightful and informed! Thank you Charles. I love Paak and Mars writing.
Charles said I know music, I can rest in peace now
I've been waiting for this forever!
I love their passion for what they do, and I love your passion for what you do
I grew up with punk and hardcore and that's mostly what I still listen to...that being said, this channel has turned me on to so much interesting and different (to me) music. Great videos Charles! Love it!!
AMAZING VIDEO! Best breakdown video I've seen so far on anything per se. Very well made.
I was waiting so long for you to put this out!
Love this breakdown man. I have a little bit of musical background but just to realize that this is different/better than anything else coming out in mainstream music currently. So my instincts are right, and getting to watch a really good musician like yourself show me the bones of what makes it that way is just awesome. Thanks for this service, it’s very appreciated. Cheers!
I know nothing about notes or how to play the piano but your enthusiasm has me really interested in ur videos 😍
Been waiting for this reaction video!!
Fountain of SOULFUL VIBES!
I've learned a lot on you and thank you so much for that, for elobaroting Bruno's masterpiece ♥️
The breakdown on nebula was nice. Thanks charles. I appreciate your existence
One day Bruno is gonna be like sup Charles 🙂 and everyone's gonna be like "OHHHHHH! SUPA HAWT 🔥🔥"
The difference between this and Jacob Collier is that this actually sounds good as opposed to just being complex for the hell of it
Damn straight. Groovy AF haha