Great vid! Fun fact: The scale being played at 7:02 is actually an old scale in classical Japanese music that was once the backbone of many popular and folk songs in Japan up until/through the early 20th century. The scale comes from the tuning of the strings on a koto, and a few well-known 20th century composers have given their variants on the tunings/root note, but they all follow the same pattern. If you're wondering what gives old Japanese music a certain feeling, this is a good place to start. 😃
powerpc127 There is a reason for that: The same third-second-second-third-second pattern also holds in the pentatonic forms of the gamelan scale known as pelog, although the tuning is very, very different from the (distinctly Pythagorean) Japanese scales it resembles.
It 's kind of hard to be that when 75% of my high school's top band can't play the "easy" music given. I don't even have to practice to be able to play it well/musically.
Adam, 35 years ago, I was a white suburban high school kid who was very proud of my eccentric taste in music. I played bass in the school jazz band and sang in the jazz choir, and very much wanted to love jazz, but struggled to find common ground with it. It just didn't speak to me. But still, I listened. Late one night, driving home from the club alone, I heard a 14 minute song that changed it all, and to this day, it remains one of my all time favorite pieces of music. The 1958 recording of Lush Life by John Coltrane who hands it to Red Garland, and then to Donald Byrd all backed by Paul Chambers bowing. Performance aside, Lush Life as a song really is unique in all music. I'm so happy it still has that effect on younger players.
Same. I actually started on the keys as a kid, but thanks to an awful music teacher I had my apreciation for the instrurament beten out of me, so for the next 30 years I played bass and gutiar. Then around 15 years ago I filled in for someone on the keys and.... really enjoyed it. So I play that too now, and somehow I got .... goodi..ish at it?. What I noticed is how differently music theory *feels* on a piano. its much more explicit. You tend to actually think in "What scale is this? How do these chords fit together?" kind of more on the surface reasoning than the deeply intuitive but occasionally not always as theoretical way one might with a guitar. Its two very different ways of thinking, and I love both. But often if I;m on the guitar and I'm trying to sus out a deeper insight into what I'm playing I'll transfer it over to the piano and let THAT part of my brain take over the analysis.
I feel like substituting one piccol... uh, piccolist? With a schreeching violin and another with a *really* . *loud* . trumpet might make this even more painful (plus, it'll also be more painful to rehearse, because the violinist's and, uh, trumpetist's (???) egos will clash and torture everyone)
@@luigivercotti6410 Man, it's of course *not* "piccolist"! Those are really disgusting pathological cases from the DSM. And I'm not surprised 'mostly bassist' Adam is easiest upset by the high ranges. Black Sweat by Prince is a gorgeous ringtone, tho. 🧸👌🏻💕🎹
TIL I've always played slash chords backwards. I've always played them as a power chord with the first letter denoting the bottom. Finally I know why some songs sounded so weird
The breathing effect has a song that revolves around the same resolution from Cm7b6b9 to Fm9 (At least it's very close to that). It's name is Forestial Things and here it is: ua-cam.com/video/-azWmAoSTiw/v-deo.html
I appreciate the slash chord explanation as a classically-trained musician. I want to explore arranging and writing, so this helps me explore without getting bored/lost in traditional Roman numberal ways.
The question about "Wasting advanced musician's time" remembered me of a quote I heard of some famous jazz musician (I don't quite remember who, tbh) that said, "You're not as bad as they say and you're not as good as they say". Friendly remember to keep you cool and down to earth.
Ahhh- To have had easy access to such phenomenal stuff in 1982! So I play catch-up at 51 and try to apply this to 4 instruments. Worth it. Great stuff as always, Adam.
I don't think ｔｈｅ Ｌｉｃｃ will ever ｄｉｅ But loved that slash chord explanation, I couldn't understand its usage when I first saw it and Cm7b6b9 is my second favourite chord, after Emaj11
This video just answered one of my oldest unresolved musical mysteries. When you explained the relationship between the base note in a slash chord, a new world appeared before my eyes. Anyway, love your videos. Ps: I'm Brazilian, so please apologize for the mistakes in my english
Joseph Caswell You might be from Canada but at least dont make it too obvious (just kidding i am a turkish guy who workes his ass of for money for education so after a year of education i can be a citizen by express entry)
A year ago - for the entire summer - I had Mahalia's "Come Sunday" on repeat. A friend played it for me in his car driving me from Manhattan to some lake in NJ. And, even though, I'm not religious, Mahalia just hit me so hard. The dynamics of her voice...! And that humming at the end. Hits deep. (I'm just discovering you, Adam, and I love your channel. Hope you start gigging again soon, sir.)
Hi Adam - I've followed you for years, and love your content. I have a puzzle for you, or anyone else: Look at the modes of C, and the major scales they are derived from. Mode Major Scale C Ionian C C dorian Bb C Phryg Ab C lydian G C mixo F C aeolian Eb C locrian Db So starting with the Ab, the major scales associated with the modes of C are: Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, and G That's Ab major. So in any key, say B, go down a major 3rd and that major scale (G) " spells" out the major scales associated with the modes of B, i.e. Mode Major Scale B Ion B B dor A B phryg G B lyd F# B mixo E B aeol D B loc C The enharmonic equivalences can be confusing, and this example shows why. Ab is related to E (not Fb - that way leads to madness - Fb, Gb, Abb etc). So the modes of Ab are expressed or "spelled" by E major. Mode Major scale Ab Ion G# ( the enharmonic equivalences are confusing but, if I said G# major, you'd automatically change if to Ab - yes?) Ab dor F# (yeah Gb technically, or is it?) Ab phrg E Ab lyd D# ( Eb really) Ab mixo C# (Db) Ab aeol B Ab loc A Anyhow, has anyone noticed this relationship before now? Either way I'd love to know what you think about it.
I'm not sure if this is gonna happen but I've been reading the Mark Levine Jazz Piano book and I came across the idea of subbing phrygian chords for dominants, I would love if you did a video explaining modal chords and functions/examples of them that would be super interesting
10:18 almost there Neely-san, almost there. Never fear the 3rd. It is yours, for us to hear. Thanks for Come Sunday - Mahalia Jackson, deep soul dive was felt
Well… Blues -> Rock -> (Hard Rock) -> Metal. But Metal has integrated so many things from so many genres at this point. It itself is a multi-genre at this point…
Well, the forefather is really blues and also "Folkmusic".Can really feel the Folk influence in Old Metal song like from Dio,Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple,Bands who are today not considered Metal anymore.The thing is,Metal music began to emerge in the 70s,and alot of the music in that time had like a "folk" vibe, you know what im sayin?
Hey Adam - wow, what a great vid! Loved hainesh0ag's question about and your explanation and wild explanation of the irrational time signature, 8/5. It was a mind blower. Thank you!
Question for your next Q&A! Could you talk about your music career goals you had in mind when starting the college and how it was developing through the years till this day? Great work, by the way, love your channel! Peace.
As a metalhead and classical music lover, I never understood this desperation of other metalheads to see themselves as descendants of classical music in any way. I guess it gives them some feeling of legitimacy? I never saw any connection between the two.
Not to classical, but baroque definitely. I have played bass in a string quintet and for a metal band and they are nearly identical. The sonic role's are filled the same way to. There is the bass foundation, 2 mid range parts. The only difference sonically is the singer's. Typically there were now singers in the baroque, but if we turn to power metal the singers fill the space of a quintet's volin player. Also check out the video where rob scallon used midi on a pipe organ. He used a metal band and it pretty much sounds like Bach.
@@irokosalei5133 to be fair Julian studied classical music composition at college. It influenced the way he wrote and distributed multiple parts across the instruments and how they interacted
Adam. I really like your channel. I find the topics interesting and oftentimes very insightful. I was therefore a bit surprised about your opinion concerning the banjo. Not that I think your opinion about the unlikely return to popularity of the instrument is unfounded, but more surprising was what seemed a dismissal of the instrument itself. I personally feel the banjo, in the right musical hands, can add sparkle and even melancholy to a tune. And Americana music-and the banjo and its technique-are an important part of a rich and important legacy that is foundational to many genres in our country’s rich musical history. Thanks for the time and information you offer.
the slash chords always messed me up (started learning piano) because I was thinking the reverse and it always sounded weird.. C over E I initially thought it meant play a C note "over" an E chord.. thank you for clearing that up
Yeah, and also how the genre Minimalism took so so much of Indian classical music and spun it into a new thing. Philip Glass and Steve Reich are some of the best composers I've ever listened to.
Thank you for making these great videos. I have been playing the Hammond B3 for many years and I never really got the hang of jazz music. You are an excellent teacher.
I've said this before and I'll say it again, I can't be the only one who think that Slash Chords are chords that only Slash plays haha. But this definitely gave me much more insight on the theory than I could ever imagine!
Thanks for this video. Elder stuff. Great explanation of the whole tone scale. Great explanation of slash chords, I thought I probably understood it but I wasn't really sure. After listening to your explanation, I think I basically had it. It's a chord plus a bass note, however that's a performance note so it might actually be something else that happens to be performed in the same way. I know you think the direct lineage of metal is more from blues and folk traditions than from 18th or 19th century art music; and I think you're entirely correct on that. But I also think that when metalheads say that, they're either thinking of neo-classical metal specifically, or else they're using 'classical' in an extra-loose sense where it includes baroque. I think I hear lots of links between baroque and blues and folk music and thence right through to metal. So I'll try to give you a good question or two for next time: First one is short, is there a definite order to inversions? Like first inversion, second inversion, exactly what does that mean? I understand the concept of inverted chords I'm just not sure what the cycle would be. Second one is more of an essay question. It's an old trope that when you get into a good music school the only worry is you'll lose your soul. It's more complicated but I think there is something to it. I don't dislike jazz, in some cases it is just so good - but I'm a little uneasy with it. Because it's this sort of tunnel thing, that only people who have worked on listening to it appreciate. The more I appreciate it, the further I have gotten from the mainstream, the less likely they are to understand what I like? Is that how it works or have I missed something? It seems like at some point 'advanced musicians' risk coming to a point where their musical perception is so sophisticated there is no longer any audience for their compositions outside of other musicians, is this something you think about or try to counteract in any way when composing?
I love the way that a whole tone scale suddenly pops up in the Bacharach arrangement on his song "Alfie" (Specifically the Cilla Black version). That whole recording is a masterpiece of tight arranging. From quiet, reflective sadness, up to epic emotion, and down again in 2 1/2 minutes. Just breathtaking.
I knew the answer to exactly one of those questions and I feel like a real pro for it. It's a tiny victory but I'll take it. So often I as a musician I feel uncertain - as though I don't know what I'm doing. A lot of the time that feeling is warranted so the instances where it's not are things to be celebrated.
0:41 Miles Baker uses this scale with exceptional effect in his writing for Rings Of Saturn. In his video explaining the song Inadequate he even explains some in depth stuff
Bela Fleck, Tony Trishka, Noam Pikelny, and Jens Kruger are just some of the ~incredible~ players out there today pushing boundaries and genre-hopping on the banjo. Look up some videos, their performances are jaw-droppingly good. The banjo is more relevant today than ever!!
American Primitive played on banjo should definitely become a thing again a la George Stavis' fantastic album Labyrinths (or Sandy Bull's banjo pieces). As a matter of fact, Gwenifer Raymond (who is an incredible player in the mold of Fahey-esque American Primitivism) has a few banjo tunes that are just as fantastic as her acoustic guitar tunes.
Great Q&A Adam. Beyond using slash chords to describe inversions of triadic/functional harmony (C/E), they are very effective in describing modal harmony and chord voicings. They can also be extended to describe polytonality. Slash chords expand notation when the limits of triadic/functional harmony can describe complex harmonic configurations only as a paradox: D/C as a C major13#11 without the 3rd - when the 3rd is precisely what defines the chord as major. Fascinating topic!
For your next Q&A: Hey! I was actually wondering, as any deflated musician watching amazing musicians as yourself, Jacob Collier, etc....to what extent can skill and the ability to develop a good ear be developed? Like is it possible to get from struggling at maintaining a 4/4 rhythm, to Jacob Collier, or should we forget about unrealistic expectations like that? Thanks!
I'm an old school theory guy who LOVES Adam's videos because I always learn something. After going nowhere in jazz and avant rock music, I've had a second life playing bass in country and Americana styles and it hurts me to see him shade on the banjo. As long as there are shaded porches and cool late afternoon breezes in the summer time, there will be a place for the banjo.
Congratulations on the hard work you put into your videos... you are really dedicated and I can feel it through everything you explain. Wish you the best in your life and career
An electric bass player I work with a lot pulls out a black dress sock when he wants an "acoustic bass" tone and we usually say something like, "Oh shit, Forest is bustin' out the sock!"
Re: playing with advanced musicians.....Back in high school, having a few opportunities to play with very advanced musicians was unbelievably inspiring. Definitely never pass up a chance to play along with more advanced people. You learn so much so fast.
(13:00) 8|5, so 8 notes per a measure and each being a fifth-note. Considering the second number just tells you what the note is being used, you can just go with 8|4 and it should work fine. Unless you do want to mix a 5|5 with a 4|4, into the same time frame, as Adam showed.
Based upon the way it is written on the staff, The chord at 6:31 is Cm7(add9) / Ab - This is because the slash chord never implies the root of the chord as the bass note, and you can add the root as a double-bass with a slash chord. This is because of the fact that the lowest bass voice can be thought of as a contra-bass part which technically belongs on a separate stave.
I paused the video to try to figure it out and I came up with that too! I dunno why Adam didn't look at it that way considering he just talked about slash chords.
to play slash chords on a classical guitar while playing jazz standards (ex My Foolish Heart or I Fall In Love Too Easily) is the greatest thing I have ever done so thanks for discussing both of those in this video
The chords mentioned at the 6:20 with the Cmin7b6b9 sounds absolutely beautiful, it’s actually a particular sound of chord I’ve been looking to find out more about, that sort of airy melancholy tonality to it. If possible on your next Q&A maybe explain why this chord sounds like that and also some more examples? Or any particular artists that use this kind of chord vocabulary? Thanks for the videos!
Banjos are a thing here and there in black metal, weirdly enough. The song "Myr," by Taake, has a banjo solo that's pretty fun, and the one(ish)-man-band Panopticon has a lot of Americana and Bluegrass along with sort of raw atmospheric American-style black metal.
More like, Q/A
very nicely done, sir
nice
My favorite chord is Q major slash A
Bill McGrath yes many Questions over Answers lol
Beautiful comment it made me cried
Great vid!
Fun fact: The scale being played at 7:02 is actually an old scale in classical Japanese music that was once the backbone of many popular and folk songs in Japan up until/through the early 20th century. The scale comes from the tuning of the strings on a koto, and a few well-known 20th century composers have given their variants on the tunings/root note, but they all follow the same pattern. If you're wondering what gives old Japanese music a certain feeling, this is a good place to start. 😃
Any pieces you can think of to check out? I liked it. It reminded me of gamelan music.
Holy shit, thank you for putting a name on it! I knew it sound/felt oddly familiar!
@@powerpc127 I think it's used in Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
powerpc127 There is a reason for that: The same third-second-second-third-second pattern also holds in the pentatonic forms of the gamelan scale known as pelog, although the tuning is very, very different from the (distinctly Pythagorean) Japanese scales it resembles.
It also sounds a lot like the Ethiopian scale 'Ambassel Minor'
"Always be the worst musician in the room."
I knew I was a genius for not practising all these years!
See, now I can be the worst musician in *every* room! :D
MegaPhester Pat Metheny gives this advice, seemed to work out for him!
Adam kinda worded it weirdly lol. "Dont be afraid to be the worst musician in the room" is prolly better.
It 's kind of hard to be that when 75% of my high school's top band can't play the "easy" music given. I don't even have to practice to be able to play it well/musically.
Just god help you if you are out of time.
15:20 Can confirm, Sungazer charts are stupid silly... in a good way
Omg hi
I always feel 1,000x smarter after watching your videos
i feel 1,00x dumber after that, cause i didn't understood pretty much anything xD
@@nightspicer Hello darkness my old friend...
hey, me too. Unfortunately, 0x1000 is still 0 :(
nightspicer that too hahaha
1000x is a bit much. It is probably closer to 140x.
Adam, 35 years ago, I was a white suburban high school kid who was very proud of my eccentric taste in music. I played bass in the school jazz band and sang in the jazz choir, and very much wanted to love jazz, but struggled to find common ground with it. It just didn't speak to me. But still, I listened. Late one night, driving home from the club alone, I heard a 14 minute song that changed it all, and to this day, it remains one of my all time favorite pieces of music. The 1958 recording of Lush Life by John Coltrane who hands it to Red Garland, and then to Donald Byrd all backed by Paul Chambers bowing.
Performance aside, Lush Life as a song really is unique in all music. I'm so happy it still has that effect on younger players.
Q: What's the next big thing in music?
A: Frivolous lawsuits.
slow and reverb
Litigation is the new monetization…
Ouch!
Oh no too real too fast
I spit out my coffee
7:45
"I think the direct lineage of metal comes more from blues..."
THANK YOU! Finally, a sane person!
Completely agree! I am so tired of people talking that nonsense.
I could honestly watch an hour loop of Adam whispering random stuff over the whole tone scale.
with or without the whole tone scale
Please someone make this
MY TIME
MY TIME
MY TIME
MY TIME
repetition legitimises
repetition legitimises
Needs to be available to on Spotify
As a 15+ years guitarist, I find it amazing and get sorta envious at how much easier it is for me to visualize chords and theory on a piano.
one dimension instead of two :)
I get so excited when the room I teach in has a piano because I can explain the basics easier before I take them onto something confusing as hell.
Same. I actually started on the keys as a kid, but thanks to an awful music teacher I had my apreciation for the instrurament beten out of me, so for the next 30 years I played bass and gutiar. Then around 15 years ago I filled in for someone on the keys and.... really enjoyed it. So I play that too now, and somehow I got .... goodi..ish at it?. What I noticed is how differently music theory *feels* on a piano. its much more explicit. You tend to actually think in "What scale is this? How do these chords fit together?" kind of more on the surface reasoning than the deeply intuitive but occasionally not always as theoretical way one might with a guitar. Its two very different ways of thinking, and I love both. But often if I;m on the guitar and I'm trying to sus out a deeper insight into what I'm playing I'll transfer it over to the piano and let THAT part of my brain take over the analysis.
i learned "circle of life" on the piano last year and FINALLY understood slash chords. that song is a brillant arrangement
Time to find 6 other piccolo players...
I feel like substituting one piccol... uh, piccolist? With a schreeching violin and another with a *really* . *loud* . trumpet might make this even more painful (plus, it'll also be more painful to rehearse, because the violinist's and, uh, trumpetist's (???) egos will clash and torture everyone)
Aah yes the perfect ensemble for my magnum opus "Cacophony in F# - for 7 piccolos and one tin whistle in C"
@@luigivercotti6410 Man, it's of course *not* "piccolist"! Those are really disgusting pathological cases from the DSM.
And I'm not surprised 'mostly bassist' Adam is easiest upset by the high ranges. Black Sweat by Prince is a gorgeous ringtone, tho.
🧸👌🏻💕🎹
@yak martin Yeah, in retrospect it's obvious it's actually piccologist, my bad
Clearly the recorder reigns supreme in contrast to piccoloists and flutists.
Great Q&A Adam. Always enjoy hearing your thoughts.
As someone who did not study music I'm complete and totally confused with all the information but damn it is cool to watch these videos.
Same, dude, same.
🙋♂️
@Austin Martín Hernández thanks, that's quite insightful in how much knowledge there is for free on youtube
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TIL I've always played slash chords backwards. I've always played them as a power chord with the first letter denoting the bottom. Finally I know why some songs sounded so weird
Same thing!
lmao big mood.
Same
Me too! D'OH!!!
Makes more sense that way to me aswell. Bass on the left for your left hand
Can we have a full song from sungazer simply called super fast Instagram Q&A
do it in 9/16
up this
@@raulperez2308 no, it should be 8/5
🙏
this
The resolution from that C7 to the F9 at 6:46 makes me FEEL it. I love that sound, it just feels somber and accepting.
Cm7b6b9 is my new favourite chord lmao
Mine is just a C69 chord. Look it up it actually exists
@@moze4168 Well, obviously it exists. Why would you be surprised by that?
@@hansfranz8795 I'm not. I just wanted to tell this guy that since he seemed to enjoy the Cm7b6b9
The breathing effect has a song that revolves around the same resolution from Cm7b6b9 to Fm9 (At least it's very close to that). It's name is Forestial Things and here it is:
ua-cam.com/video/-azWmAoSTiw/v-deo.html
Just play the whole damn scale at this point lol
I have learned so much more music theory from you than anywhere else, and you make it so accessible for the layperson. Thanks man!
Came here for a lesson on the chords used by guitarist Slash.
Stayed for the lesson in music theory.
Lu Su 😂😂
Maybe Adam will do Episode 2 Slash Chords.
C, G, D and power chords
I appreciate the slash chord explanation as a classically-trained musician. I want to explore arranging and writing, so this helps me explore without getting bored/lost in traditional Roman numberal ways.
"always be the worst musician in the room." No probs i totally got this!
Yep!
I mean, unless we both meet, then you're out of luck.
@@tomaszwota1465 FOOL TREMBLE IN MY STUPIDITY, YOU, BUT A MERE MORTAL
i felt that
Big mood.
The question about "Wasting advanced musician's time" remembered me of a quote I heard of some famous jazz musician (I don't quite remember who, tbh) that said, "You're not as bad as they say and you're not as good as they say". Friendly remember to keep you cool and down to earth.
"When's the last time you pooped"
Hold that thought
*comes back sweatier and seemingly exasperated*
lol you thought
Happier and with his fly open.
Doing that and finishing with "Yesterday" would have been gold.
Ahhh-
To have had easy access to such phenomenal stuff in 1982!
So I play catch-up at 51 and try to apply this to 4 instruments.
Worth it.
Great stuff as always, Adam.
I don't think ｔｈｅ Ｌｉｃｃ will ever ｄｉｅ
But loved that slash chord explanation, I couldn't understand its usage when I first saw it
and Cm7b6b9 is my second favourite chord, after Emaj11
As a n00b piano beginner, I like C minor in first inversion -_-
i found this comment funny because Adam has a video where the thumbnail says "dont use Eb11" and you said Emaj11 is your favorite chord lol
@Jaeden Vaithianathan yOu JuSt GoT r/WoOoOsH'd
My knowledge of music is quite basic, but you manage to explain really complex stuff in a simple way, you're a great teacher!
When you first time get hands on piano, that random things u hit arent garbage. They are simply j a z z
StanleyTheHandsome weirdly I’m always impressed when children sit behind a piano and play those random harmonies :’)
Its all about contextualisation, and that's what hard to manage. but nice jk :))
He is a *magical boy,* Stan...
And changing keys every nanosecond
It's not a random chord, it's a Cminor major b7 #9 b13 (no3 add4).
This video just answered one of my oldest unresolved musical mysteries. When you explained the relationship between the base note in a slash chord, a new world appeared before my eyes. Anyway, love your videos.
Ps: I'm Brazilian, so please apologize for the mistakes in my english
Another enjoyable FAQ...keep doing what you do, Adam! Cheers from Canada
Joseph Caswell You might be from Canada but at least dont make it too obvious (just kidding i am a turkish guy who workes his ass of for money for education so after a year of education i can be a citizen by express entry)
The chord at 6:20 is one of my go-to‘s a lot of the time. Use it as a V substitute for a II in a minor II-V-I to create a V(phr)-V(alt)-Im
HOW YOU PASSING UP ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE PUN "PHRYGID"
This is all totally over my head, but this is still my favourite channel
I love this guy, I've learned so much since watching him
Adam Neely, 8 Bit Music and 12tone have such a wealth of knowledge, It's crazy.
A year ago - for the entire summer - I had Mahalia's "Come Sunday" on repeat. A friend played it for me in his car driving me from Manhattan to some lake in NJ. And, even though, I'm not religious, Mahalia just hit me so hard. The dynamics of her voice...! And that humming at the end. Hits deep. (I'm just discovering you, Adam, and I love your channel. Hope you start gigging again soon, sir.)
"COLTRANE" had an album titled "OLE". I wonder if "COLETRANE" would have an album titled "OL"?
More likely "OLEE". 😜
Wish this guy was my music teacher back in HS. Everytime he talks, it penetrates my brain in a way that i can understand. Thank you.
That bit about the whole tone scale saved my ass on my AP Theory summer work
Thanks
It's impossible to measure the amount of joy and inspiration I get from your channel - thanks :-)
The chords done at 6:14 are straight out of Hyperlight Drifter soundtrack!
Ah, I hear it! Disasterpeace the wizard
Hi Adam - I've followed you for years, and love your content.
I have a puzzle for you, or anyone else:
Look at the modes of C, and the major scales they are derived from.
Mode Major Scale
C Ionian C
C dorian Bb
C Phryg Ab
C lydian G
C mixo F
C aeolian Eb
C locrian Db
So starting with the Ab, the major scales associated with the modes of C are:
Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, and G
That's Ab major. So in any key, say B, go down a major 3rd and that major scale (G) " spells" out the major scales associated with the modes of B, i.e.
Mode Major Scale
B Ion B
B dor A
B phryg G
B lyd F#
B mixo E
B aeol D
B loc C
The enharmonic equivalences can be confusing, and this
example shows why. Ab is related to E (not Fb - that way leads to madness - Fb, Gb, Abb etc). So the modes of Ab are expressed or "spelled" by E major.
Mode Major scale
Ab Ion G# ( the enharmonic equivalences are confusing but, if I said G# major, you'd automatically change if to Ab - yes?)
Ab dor F# (yeah Gb technically, or is it?)
Ab phrg E
Ab lyd D# ( Eb really)
Ab mixo C# (Db)
Ab aeol B
Ab loc A
Anyhow, has anyone noticed this relationship before now? Either way I'd love to know what you think about it.
0:58 adam's so jazzy, even his maj7s have 9s in them :^)
This is a Masterclass in building a career as a professional musician. I am in awe. Thanks, Adam!
I'm not sure if this is gonna happen but I've been reading the Mark Levine Jazz Piano book and I came across the idea of subbing phrygian chords for dominants, I would love if you did a video explaining modal chords and functions/examples of them that would be super interesting
I don't understand anything this man is saying, but damn I really love to watch your videos.
Can find the reference for that "I wish I was back in my time" thing.
10:18 almost there Neely-san, almost there. Never fear the 3rd. It is yours, for us to hear.
Thanks for Come Sunday - Mahalia Jackson, deep soul dive was felt
2:42 Thats Jump by Van Halen! Hahah, I knew I'd heard it somewhere else
HAHAHAH I JUST HEARED AND SEARCHED FOR THIS COMMENT
there is more musical demonstration than usual in this video and I'm HERE FOR IT
Well… Blues -> Rock -> (Hard Rock) -> Metal.
But Metal has integrated so many things from so many genres at this point. It itself is a multi-genre at this point…
I was going to say [Symphonic Metal disliked that] but you put it a little more elegantly.
Well, the forefather is really blues and also "Folkmusic".Can really feel the Folk influence in Old Metal song like from Dio,Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple,Bands who are today not considered Metal anymore.The thing is,Metal music began to emerge in the 70s,and alot of the music in that time had like a "folk" vibe, you know what im sayin?
@Andy Young and then punk
@@poke-champ4256 Dio is always metal.
Metal is more Baroque than Rock.
Hey Adam - wow, what a great vid! Loved hainesh0ag's question about and your explanation and wild explanation of the irrational time signature, 8/5. It was a mind blower. Thank you!
I'm off to listen to Lush Life and Come Sunday now.
Oh!! This is who Kurt Elling was talking about! ...shame about that dropped drumstick.
Mahalia Jackson - also divine.
I always find myself having to be at my piano while and after watching, thanks for all the inspiration 👍
Question for your next Q&A! Could you talk about your music career goals you had in mind when starting the college and how it was developing through the years till this day?
Great work, by the way, love your channel! Peace.
As a metalhead and classical music lover, I never understood this desperation of other metalheads to see themselves as descendants of classical music in any way. I guess it gives them some feeling of legitimacy? I never saw any connection between the two.
No connection at all. Maybe they think metal is complex and so is classical music.
Not to classical, but baroque definitely. I have played bass in a string quintet and for a metal band and they are nearly identical. The sonic role's are filled the same way to. There is the bass foundation, 2 mid range parts. The only difference sonically is the singer's. Typically there were now singers in the baroque, but if we turn to power metal the singers fill the space of a quintet's volin player.
Also check out the video where rob scallon used midi on a pipe organ. He used a metal band and it pretty much sounds like Bach.
Jacob Brinson It's almost like a lot of rock bands have two guitar parts. I guess the Strokes is baroque then.
@@irokosalei5133 to be fair Julian studied classical music composition at college. It influenced the way he wrote and distributed multiple parts across the instruments and how they interacted
There's multiple popular metal musicians who learn classical music first and study it, which they use in their own music.
Adam. I really like your channel. I find the topics interesting and oftentimes very insightful. I was therefore a bit surprised about your opinion concerning the banjo. Not that I think your opinion about the unlikely return to popularity of the instrument is unfounded, but more surprising was what seemed a dismissal of the instrument itself. I personally feel the banjo, in the right musical hands, can add sparkle and even melancholy to a tune. And Americana music-and the banjo and its technique-are an important part of a rich and important legacy that is foundational to many genres in our country’s rich musical history. Thanks for the time and information you offer.
"L̶i̶s̶a̶Maggie and Marge in a car during the opening sequence" 1:10
Thanks for pointing that out
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4:16 man, that's a nice and chill chord progression
the slash chords always messed me up (started learning piano) because I was thinking the reverse and it always sounded weird.. C over E I initially thought it meant play a C note "over" an E chord.. thank you for clearing that up
I read them like C with E in the bass. C/E.
Nice profile picture man :)
That's ok, I read them as "play both chords at the same time"...
you are insanely good, editing, responses, musician, artistry holy crap
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I'm a patreon and I didn't find the Sungazer charts, where are they ?
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I see you just uploaded them, you have our eternal gratitude.
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your “my time, my time, my time...” over whole tone scales made me so happy
Please do a bit on Indian Classical Music, it would be awesome, breaking it down and giving it more exposure
Yeah, and also how the genre Minimalism took so so much of Indian classical music and spun it into a new thing. Philip Glass and Steve Reich are some of the best composers I've ever listened to.
Thank you for making these great videos. I have been playing the Hammond B3 for many years and I never really got the hang of jazz music. You are an excellent teacher.
I've said this before and I'll say it again, I can't be the only one who think that Slash Chords are chords that only Slash plays haha. But this definitely gave me much more insight on the theory than I could ever imagine!
Thanks for this video. Elder stuff. Great explanation of the whole tone scale. Great explanation of slash chords, I thought I probably understood it but I wasn't really sure. After listening to your explanation, I think I basically had it. It's a chord plus a bass note, however that's a performance note so it might actually be something else that happens to be performed in the same way.
I know you think the direct lineage of metal is more from blues and folk traditions than from 18th or 19th century art music; and I think you're entirely correct on that. But I also think that when metalheads say that, they're either thinking of neo-classical metal specifically, or else they're using 'classical' in an extra-loose sense where it includes baroque. I think I hear lots of links between baroque and blues and folk music and thence right through to metal.
So I'll try to give you a good question or two for next time:
First one is short, is there a definite order to inversions? Like first inversion, second inversion, exactly what does that mean? I understand the concept of inverted chords I'm just not sure what the cycle would be.
Second one is more of an essay question. It's an old trope that when you get into a good music school the only worry is you'll lose your soul. It's more complicated but I think there is something to it. I don't dislike jazz, in some cases it is just so good - but I'm a little uneasy with it. Because it's this sort of tunnel thing, that only people who have worked on listening to it appreciate. The more I appreciate it, the further I have gotten from the mainstream, the less likely they are to understand what I like? Is that how it works or have I missed something? It seems like at some point 'advanced musicians' risk coming to a point where their musical perception is so sophisticated there is no longer any audience for their compositions outside of other musicians, is this something you think about or try to counteract in any way when composing?
"I don't wish that chord upon anybody"
A few seconds earlier:
*Plays that chord*
I love the way that a whole tone scale suddenly pops up in the Bacharach arrangement on his song "Alfie" (Specifically the Cilla Black version). That whole recording is a masterpiece of tight arranging. From quiet, reflective sadness, up to epic emotion, and down again in 2 1/2 minutes. Just breathtaking.
6:48 This cadence actually made me flinch a bit in how smooth it was 😅
I knew the answer to exactly one of those questions and I feel like a real pro for it. It's a tiny victory but I'll take it. So often I as a musician I feel uncertain - as though I don't know what I'm doing. A lot of the time that feeling is warranted so the instances where it's not are things to be celebrated.
the background when adam plays the piano is the painting in the background when he is talking, except very dark
0:41 Miles Baker uses this scale with exceptional effect in his writing for Rings Of Saturn. In his video explaining the song Inadequate he even explains some in depth stuff
Watching Adam play a guitar instead of a bass has got to be one of the most cursed things I've seen in a while
Bela Fleck, Tony Trishka, Noam Pikelny, and Jens Kruger are just some of the ~incredible~ players out there today pushing boundaries and genre-hopping on the banjo. Look up some videos, their performances are jaw-droppingly good. The banjo is more relevant today than ever!!
American Primitive played on banjo should definitely become a thing again a la George Stavis' fantastic album Labyrinths (or Sandy Bull's banjo pieces). As a matter of fact, Gwenifer Raymond (who is an incredible player in the mold of Fahey-esque American Primitivism) has a few banjo tunes that are just as fantastic as her acoustic guitar tunes.
Great Q&A Adam. Beyond using slash chords to describe inversions of triadic/functional harmony (C/E), they are very effective in describing modal harmony and chord voicings. They can also be extended to describe polytonality.
Slash chords expand notation when the limits of triadic/functional harmony can describe complex harmonic configurations only as a paradox: D/C as a C major13#11 without the 3rd - when the 3rd is precisely what defines the chord as major. Fascinating topic!
For your next Q&A:
Hey!
I was actually wondering, as any deflated musician watching amazing musicians as yourself, Jacob Collier, etc....to what extent can skill and the ability to develop a good ear be developed?
Like is it possible to get from struggling at maintaining a 4/4 rhythm, to Jacob Collier, or should we forget about unrealistic expectations like that?
Thanks!
I'm an old school theory guy who LOVES Adam's videos because I always learn something. After going nowhere in jazz and avant rock music, I've had a second life playing bass in country and Americana styles and it hurts me to see him shade on the banjo. As long as there are shaded porches and cool late afternoon breezes in the summer time, there will be a place for the banjo.
14:26 "Will you come to China?" Aged like milk
Congratulations on the hard work you put into your videos... you are really dedicated and I can feel it through everything you explain. Wish you the best in your life and career
An electric bass player I work with a lot pulls out a black dress sock when he wants an "acoustic bass" tone and we usually say something like, "Oh shit, Forest is bustin' out the sock!"
Whoa, this is the best Q+A you've ever done.
You’re close to hitting 1M subs fam 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Re: playing with advanced musicians.....Back in high school, having a few opportunities to play with very advanced musicians was unbelievably inspiring. Definitely never pass up a chance to play along with more advanced people. You learn so much so fast.
lovecraft quote for the win, it's on my start screen lol
(13:00) 8|5, so 8 notes per a measure and each being a fifth-note. Considering the second number just tells you what the note is being used, you can just go with 8|4 and it should work fine. Unless you do want to mix a 5|5 with a 4|4, into the same time frame, as Adam showed.
Can we just acknowledge how Adam is a really underrated pianist and is actually very competent at it despite it being a secondary instrument to him?
One of the better q&a segments
Jesus for a second i thought he was holding the keyboard and playing it like that
I just wanna say 4:16 to 4:28 was absolutely beautiful
I can't believe I saw Adam Neely quote Lovecraft 20sec into a video
I can die in peace.
I knew that quote from the thing that should not be by Metallica, but I do know they were inspired by Lovecraft
@@justanotherbro9794 yeah it's a letter by letter quote from Call of Cthulhu
This video made me so happy. Thanks, Adam!
Hey Adam,
Do you ever just jam, or play without a plan or a song in mind?
Based upon the way it is written on the staff, The chord at 6:31 is Cm7(add9) / Ab - This is because the slash chord never implies the root of the chord as the bass note, and you can add the root as a double-bass with a slash chord. This is because of the fact that the lowest bass voice can be thought of as a contra-bass part which technically belongs on a separate stave.
Slash Chords remind me a lot of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. It feels nice; I wish we had more of them.
Beast From The Weast reminds me of studio ghibli movie soundtracks! :^)
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6:15 What about G#sus4add9 over B# (=C)? Kinda dominant G#11, but no b7, just 3rd in the bass. No?
I paused the video to try to figure it out and I came up with that too! I dunno why Adam didn't look at it that way considering he just talked about slash chords.
to play slash chords on a classical guitar while playing jazz standards (ex My Foolish Heart or I Fall In Love Too Easily) is the greatest thing I have ever done so thanks for discussing both of those in this video
Do you have any footage of you playing guitar with vocalists for jazz?
The chords mentioned at the 6:20 with the Cmin7b6b9 sounds absolutely beautiful, it’s actually a particular sound of chord I’ve been looking to find out more about, that sort of airy melancholy tonality to it. If possible on your next Q&A maybe explain why this chord sounds like that and also some more examples? Or any particular artists that use this kind of chord vocabulary? Thanks for the videos!
Wayne Shorter claimed Jaco was a banjo player on bass
Banjos are a thing here and there in black metal, weirdly enough. The song "Myr," by Taake, has a banjo solo that's pretty fun, and the one(ish)-man-band Panopticon has a lot of Americana and Bluegrass along with sort of raw atmospheric American-style black metal.