I put my guitar down and read and learned theory in a couple months. It's not hard like one would think. Of course if you dont know it it can be intimidating. Just learn it.
@@gandalf8216wait until you realize that in classical music analysis, there are no sus chords, just unresolved tensions. And that all sus2 chords in popular music are also sus4 chords on the 5. (Csus2 is the same as Gsus4).
Before there was Metal, there was Beethoven. Listen to the Second Movement of the Seventh Symphony, hear its divinity. Then stop to realize he never heard it played. He was stone deaf when he composed it. The man was made of fire.
Metal and Classical hold a lot of crossovers. If it were laid out in a Vin Diagram, Metal and Classical would overlay to an area labelled "Heavy". A lot of my metalhead friends also enjoy many of the classical masters.
It's nice to see how respectful you are, and that you are genuinely interested in classical music! Most just dismiss it as boring, or old. Thank you for enjoying this masterwork! 😁
SO METAL ofc. when I was just a teenager my late father had all these classical music..I remember this and the paganini cd being the only two I listen to from time to time also the funeral lacrimosa I loved that one. I only liked Rock at that time so that really tells a lot. in time though I also began to appreciate even the peaceful classical pieces
I’ll never get bored to say how much relation there is between classical music and metal/blues rock. And the fact that you’re actually able to recognize some symphonic accords is a clear proof of that imho. Respect!
Technically the Neapolitan of C is D-flat rather than C#. D-flat-F-A-flat(-C-flat 7th optional) is easier to spell than C# E# G# (B). Also it typically resoves to the dominant G (making it a good setup chord - put a bit of variety into the II-V7-I progreassion), so D-flat rises to D, F stays put, A-flat falls to G (or optionally stays put to make a diminished 7th) and C-flat stays put but changes enharmonically to B. Caution: avoid using D as the bass, or this resolution becomes an unstable 6-4 chord. Which is actually fine if you plan to resolve to D major, the top two notes falling a semitone and the F staying put for D minor or rising to F# for D major). These augmented 6th chords are also a great resource for modulating. For instance the Italian 6th in C-(major or minor) is A-flat, C, E-flat F# (the interval A-flat to F is a major 6th, so raising it to F# makes an augmented 6th, which is enharmonically the same as an A-flat 7th chord, which is the dominant of D-flat. So you can use it as a setup for the Neapolitan or change keys and go with D-flat. The German 6th is even more powerful (A-flat-C-D-F#), with a double dissonance. BTW, everyone always plays the first movement, but the 3rd and 4th run together are really sublime. You get the Fate motif in the horns ff, which then reappears pp in the plucked strings, with a long, huge crescendo from C minor to the ff burst of sunlight in C major that starts the 4th movement. I've often thought that the Beatles took their inspiration from this for the crescendo in A Day in Your Life (Sgt. Pepper Album).
If you’re a metal head I’ll recommend you Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata(third movement) and Appassionata Sonata(third movement). He was definitely the metal head of his time, 200 years ago.
I like how you point out the "re-development" in the coda. That is something Beethoven was very much known for....essentially using the coda as a second development section.
big advantage of orchestra is the insane dynamics and layering of sounds. little oboe+triangle, then blow you out of your chair with the whole shebang. compressors prohibited.
BEETHOVEN has ALWAYS been my NUMBER ONE. My JAZZHEAD DAD💔& CLASSICAL NUT(lost him not long ago) was the reason l took up piano at 5. And since l couldn’t cart that everywhere, l took up guitar. I did all my grades on piano. The guitar was a different ‘beast’😆! And l didn’t take that up until l was 14!! Since l mainly listened to jazz guitarists, it wasn’t until my big brother introduced me to HENDRIX & RORY GALLAGHER! Best thing that happened to me. 👊🏾😉 l still play piano, & thanks to my big bro, rock guitar. 😄. But it left me with being a damm perfectionist 😝 - & a wide range of appreciation for almost ALL MUSIC. I consider myself SOOO LUCKY!! Shredding is different again!! Yet another technique to sweat over!! 🎸🎹👊🏾😜
Aside from this piece, I really dig the dichotomy of your house. Here we have Shred, a master of evil, and his lair that is colored in the diabolical colors of… spring time yellow? House plants? A picture of the sun rising over water? I suppose even when one embodies the very essence of evil one needs to balance themselves with an essence of positivity, purity even. *evil chuckle*
Well the strength of this Symphony is that it is not just known for the iconic moments like the opening movement, but stays extremely strong and emotion-packed throughout. I think its Finale Allegro is really where the seams come together to form the full "story-arch" of the Symphony, which is ultimately "per aspera ad astra" kind of thing - the Fate is mastered through 30 minutes of storm and strife, and the final minutes open [to freely quote the conductor and eloquent writer Nicolaus Harnoncourt] as if to an enormous balcony of light - we are not hiding behind the door anymore but walk outside to take part in Life, and witness where its flow will lead us. Although the first movement here has been transposed to Metal by several bands or artists (AT VANCE comes to mind), I would be happy with the WHOLE of LvB's 5th being covered by some enterprising Metal band. :) Beyond powerful, and there is plenty of such power, heroism and darker sides to be discovered in Classical music. The "Fate Symphony" is just an emblem for it all. In all times, people had that part in them that craved for heaviness, strife and glorious resolution - and the Classics/Romantics provided for it. That they did not have electricity does not change a lot - 100 piece orchestra at full capacity is like a steamroller. If the music demands, it can be frankly scary - in the best way! Metalheads take heed!
I think symphony 9th is a masterpiece I love it And I have to say thanks to you shred. I've learned all the things that I Know about music from . It really workout for me thank you man .
10:56 Hahaha, not even you can cope with your humor. That's just fantastic. I can imagine the heck of a job these videos require, but I'd easily watch them every week. Great stuff right there. Keep them coming!
good morning! i love the fact that you really truly research things. i never seen you before but i have been telling many new reviewerd about the knock at the door, as my violin instructor back when i was in college had told me about that, and all my years, literally almost everyone i ever met had no idea. i always enjoy letting people know that. but you clearly did your research! i highly respect you!! i also liked your sesne of humor about "who's there" lol.
actaully you remind me so much of a great friend of mine i had back in college. he was in a hard core/heavy metal and other heavy rock based type music 3 piece band. . he wrote stons, was a lyricist. good at writing. and i was in the orchestra, and he too loved the classical music. and seeemed to have good knowlege.
Thank heavens for a musician who understands the construct of music to review the greatest symphony ever written in the western world. You are a trained musician, classically trained, that is obvious. BTW...... Beethoven was walking with the German philosopher/play write/poet Johannes Wolfgang von Goethe.... he asked Beethoven what he meant by the 4 opening notes that the whole world knows.... Beethoven's reply? "Thus fate knocks at the door" - which is where we get the term 'fate' for this symphony
I love classical music, to have modern day composers in metal music such as Malmsteen and Stump is so cool. I'm talking neoclassical metal, Blackmore was more blues, but still had a classical vibe.
Much more accurate to say his third symphony led from the classical era into the romantic...but really Beethoven is the best mix of both and should be his own era.
whats your favorite classical work? mine are the nutcracker ballet by Tchaikovsky, the Beethoven symphonies, carmen by bizet, & the ring cycle by wagner.
Dunno about most metal, but it's difficult to beat Berlioz when it comes to eeeevil. Dude manages to sound eeeevil even when he's going for light & fluffy. But if you want him at his most wicked, try La Damnation de Faust.
My goodness! I love you lol! Thank you for speaking ultra-intelligently about the music! Thanks for reminding me about the Italian 6th lol from my college and grad school music theory days. Definitely rusty! And thanks for being intelligent ALL the way through the video, not just for a second or two. Going to definitely check out your info posted! Subscribed, too!
I want to commend you on the video you selected for this project. The setting Beethoven chose was 108 beats per minute - although it is so fast, and more difficult to play, it's a fact tht some people people have theorized for centuries about why Beethoven might have mis-marked his own symphony. BTW - the concept of 'fate knocking on the door' came very long after Beethoven was dead. The 5th has been drastically romanticized...but it's awesome. Thanks again for posting, Shred.
Didn't the Allied armies, on D-Day, use the first notes of Beethoven's 5th as a signal that the landings at Normandy were successful? The da-da-da-dum is also the letter V in Morse code; that letter indicated VICTORY. Classical music saved my ass from flunking out of college! Never knew I could get rescued from ignominy by Music Appreciation courses! Oh, I also took Bowling, Child Psychology, and basic Spanish to get that GPA up, Up, UP!
You know your music. I enjoyed the explanations you gave on the different parts and forms of the music. I'm sure you know Bach's Toccata and Fugue in Dm. Have you heard the version by Sinfonity? Fifteen electric guitars and nothing else. It is amazing. Some faces you'll recognize. Once again, great job.
Just subscribed...I think I found my favorite reactor :^) Would like to hear/see a reaction to Mahler's 2nd. The raw emotion...especially with Dudamel conducting!
Beethoven’s third is pretty dramatic too , when performed right. As tempestuous as the fifth is and I love the fifth, I find the third even more exhilarating.
I heard this for the first time back in the 70s when I was so into Kiss. Then this guy you may of heard of called Yngwie J Malmsteen ripped this out fast as lightning and I was sold on classical music forever. So having Shred go back over this is fantastic and yes the F is for fuck.
Nice to see this overview from someone who knows their music theory and history. I’ve always wondered who decided one augmented sixth chord was French, one Italian, and one German. (Did you study music as an undergrad? It really sounds like it.) Also a nice choice of an excellent performance from an interesting conductor and one of the world’s best orchestras. Of course this is just the first movement, but it’s the most familiar by far, has a lot going on to talk about, and is a fantastic example of sonata-allegro form as you point out very nicely.
I do love your break down it is most interesting, i hadn't realised that composer's took different styles from countries and music and mixed them in with their own styles 🤔....
It was Metal before Metal. You should do the other movements too. The transition from movements 3 to 4 (SPOILERS - and back to 3 again) will blow your mind! P.S. Don't they call them Freedom Horns now? : - )
Good catch on the transition "there and back again" between the 3rd and 4th movements. Less seriously, I bet some Metallers were intrigued to know there is also place for horns outside of Metal. :))
you call it an augemented 6th chord, but beethoven would have seen it as D7 resolving to G, V to I, Dominant to Tonic. In classical music we don't necessarily read our Chords from the Bottom up. (It used to be more commonly read that way back in barouqe times with basso continuo). Greetings from a beginning classical composer ^^
This is a towering work of genius. Nothing approaches it. But do listen to the second CD of Nightwish's Human :||: Nature album.. it is a ravishingly beautiful piece composed by Tuomas Holopainen.
Shred, I really, really appreciate your summary of the Symphony...but I'm afraid a number of your assertions are incorrect. However....THANK YOU for sharing this piece with your subscribers!!!!
Great video but it wasn't actually Beethoven himself that said the motif is like fate knocking at the door. It was actually Beethoven's secretary and biographer, Anton Schindler who said this. Whether or not Beethoven actually said that about the motif is unknown, but it does make sense.
The Fifth was used in a lot of pieces and inspired many artists. Even in the days of disco, when there were some classical pieces put to a new tempo came one of the greatest versions yet..... A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy. Many of the original composers would have faired well had their music been created in the disco era. Ya, just Rock Me Amadeus on the dance floor. 😁 Anyway, loved the review, take care and stay safe ❤️ 🙏.
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I love your knowledge sweet Shred, a beautiful piece for your listening pleasure:
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"Stay evil my friends" ... needs a second half sentence: *_... and practice your laugh!_*
Your music theory knowledge makes me want to weep into my pentatonic
You know you're sad when you resolve the suspended chord to a minor chord
it isnt that deep
I put my guitar down and read and learned theory in a couple months. It's not hard like one would think. Of course if you dont know it it can be intimidating. Just learn it.
It makes my phrygian dominant scale get hard!
@@gandalf8216wait until you realize that in classical music analysis, there are no sus chords, just unresolved tensions. And that all sus2 chords in popular music are also sus4 chords on the 5. (Csus2 is the same as Gsus4).
Before there was Metal, there was Beethoven. Listen to the Second Movement of the Seventh Symphony, hear its divinity. Then stop to realize he never heard it played. He was stone deaf when he composed it. The man was made of fire.
Metal and Classical hold a lot of crossovers. If it were laid out in a Vin Diagram, Metal and Classical would overlay to an area labelled "Heavy". A lot of my metalhead friends also enjoy many of the classical masters.
I believe it's called a Van Halogram
@@andthebeatgoeson69 No, No, it's a Vore Diazepam.
@@princepsangelusmors Vag Diaphragm?
BS. Metal derived from so called classical music, stupid. BTW: Beethoven is not classical, he is romantic.
@@whitex4652 Your mum's romantic.
Music: my passion. Sarcastic humor, evil, & guys with long hair: mighty damn fun. Of course, I love Shred... what else would I do?
It's nice to see how respectful you are, and that you are genuinely interested in classical music!
Most just dismiss it as boring, or old. Thank you for enjoying this masterwork!
😁
Why would anybody not be respectful to van Beethoven ?
Beethoven is tough to beat. Across all genres of music from the dawn of man until today he stands as GOAT.
Wagner and Mahler would like a word...
SO METAL ofc.
when I was just a teenager my late father had all these classical music..I remember this and the paganini cd being the only two I listen to from time to time also the funeral lacrimosa I loved that one. I only liked Rock at that time so that really tells a lot. in time though I also began to appreciate even the peaceful classical pieces
I’ll never get bored to say how much relation there is between classical music and metal/blues rock. And the fact that you’re actually able to recognize some symphonic accords is a clear proof of that imho. Respect!
Technically the Neapolitan of C is D-flat rather than C#. D-flat-F-A-flat(-C-flat 7th optional) is easier to spell than C# E# G# (B). Also it typically resoves to the dominant G (making it a good setup chord - put a bit of variety into the II-V7-I progreassion), so D-flat rises to D, F stays put, A-flat falls to G (or optionally stays put to make a diminished 7th) and C-flat stays put but changes enharmonically to B. Caution: avoid using D as the bass, or this resolution becomes an unstable 6-4 chord. Which is actually fine if you plan to resolve to D major, the top two notes falling a semitone and the F staying put for D minor or rising to F# for D major).
These augmented 6th chords are also a great resource for modulating. For instance the Italian 6th in C-(major or minor) is A-flat, C, E-flat F# (the interval A-flat to F is a major 6th, so raising it to F# makes an augmented 6th, which is enharmonically the same as an A-flat 7th chord, which is the dominant of D-flat. So you can use it as a setup for the Neapolitan or change keys and go with D-flat. The German 6th is even more powerful (A-flat-C-D-F#), with a double dissonance.
BTW, everyone always plays the first movement, but the 3rd and 4th run together are really sublime. You get the Fate motif in the horns ff, which then reappears pp in the plucked strings, with a long, huge crescendo from C minor to the ff burst of sunlight in C major that starts the 4th movement. I've often thought that the Beatles took their inspiration from this for the crescendo in A Day in Your Life (Sgt. Pepper Album).
Dude, I love your commentary on this piece. Hearing a metal head talk about my main man Beethoven is so cool. Thanks so much!
If you’re a metal head I’ll recommend you Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata(third movement) and Appassionata Sonata(third movement). He was definitely the metal head of his time, 200 years ago.
And Vivaldi la follia
I like how you point out the "re-development" in the coda. That is something Beethoven was very much known for....essentially using the coda as a second development section.
Your music theory knowledge is 🤯
Diminished chords? Half-steps? Harmonic tension? If that's not metal I don't know what it is... 🤘🏻
big advantage of orchestra is the insane dynamics and layering of sounds. little oboe+triangle, then blow you out of your chair with the whole shebang.
compressors prohibited.
Excellent! Thanks Scott i used to listen to this or Mozarts Requiem as i was falling asleep in high school to make sure I was scary the next day.
You had me at “fate knocking at the door.” Still the best symphony ever.
BEETHOVEN has ALWAYS been my NUMBER ONE. My JAZZHEAD DAD💔& CLASSICAL NUT(lost him not long ago) was the reason l took up piano at 5. And since l couldn’t cart that everywhere, l took up guitar. I did all my grades on piano. The guitar was a different ‘beast’😆! And l didn’t take that up until l was 14!! Since l mainly listened to jazz guitarists, it wasn’t until my big brother introduced me to HENDRIX & RORY GALLAGHER! Best thing that happened to me. 👊🏾😉 l still play piano, & thanks to my big bro, rock guitar. 😄. But it left me with being a damm perfectionist 😝 - & a wide range of appreciation for almost ALL MUSIC. I consider myself SOOO LUCKY!! Shredding is different again!! Yet another technique to sweat over!! 🎸🎹👊🏾😜
Aside from this piece, I really dig the dichotomy of your house. Here we have Shred, a master of evil, and his lair that is colored in the diabolical colors of… spring time yellow? House plants? A picture of the sun rising over water? I suppose even when one embodies the very essence of evil one needs to balance themselves with an essence of positivity, purity even. *evil chuckle*
I'm a fan of a lot of classical, but this is the first time Beethoven has really clicked for me. So thanks for that.
I'm an old metal head from way back and I've always loved music from antiquity.
Antiquity?
Antiquity? It’s only a little over 200 years ago. That’s hardly antiquity. It’s a relatively short time ago, as far as human existence is concerned.
You would need to work it into a heavy breakdown to really know how brutal this piece is.
Very metal. Not the masterpiece that 9 was, obviously. But still among the finest pieces of music written by mortals.
5 I itself is better than the entirety of 9
@@jacobbaker5442 You smoke what?
@@michaeldenny6851 you're mom muahaha
@@jacobbaker5442 ok
Love these kind of videos shred...muhahahah
Well the strength of this Symphony is that it is not just known for the iconic moments like the opening movement, but stays extremely strong and emotion-packed throughout. I think its Finale Allegro is really where the seams come together to form the full "story-arch" of the Symphony, which is ultimately "per aspera ad astra" kind of thing - the Fate is mastered through 30 minutes of storm and strife, and the final minutes open [to freely quote the conductor and eloquent writer Nicolaus Harnoncourt] as if to an enormous balcony of light - we are not hiding behind the door anymore but walk outside to take part in Life, and witness where its flow will lead us.
Although the first movement here has been transposed to Metal by several bands or artists (AT VANCE comes to mind), I would be happy with the WHOLE of LvB's 5th being covered by some enterprising Metal band. :) Beyond powerful, and there is plenty of such power, heroism and darker sides to be discovered in Classical music. The "Fate Symphony" is just an emblem for it all.
In all times, people had that part in them that craved for heaviness, strife and glorious resolution - and the Classics/Romantics provided for it. That they did not have electricity does not change a lot - 100 piece orchestra at full capacity is like a steamroller. If the music demands, it can be frankly scary - in the best way! Metalheads take heed!
I think symphony 9th is a masterpiece
I love it
And I have to say thanks to you shred. I've learned all the things that I Know about music from . It really workout for me thank you man .
10:56 Hahaha, not even you can cope with your humor. That's just fantastic.
I can imagine the heck of a job these videos require, but I'd easily watch them every week. Great stuff right there. Keep them coming!
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good morning! i love the fact that you really truly research things. i never seen you before but i have been telling many new reviewerd about the knock at the door, as my violin instructor back when i was in college had told me about that, and all my years, literally almost everyone i ever met had no idea. i always enjoy letting people know that. but you clearly did your research! i highly respect you!! i also liked your sesne of humor about "who's there" lol.
to furtgher what i said. i really like your knowledge, you are very well versed in highly intelligent.
actaully you remind me so much of a great friend of mine i had back in college. he was in a hard core/heavy metal and other heavy rock based type music 3 piece band. . he wrote stons, was a lyricist. good at writing. and i was in the orchestra, and he too loved the classical music. and seeemed to have good knowlege.
You are a very learned musician. Good for you.
Crazy how much classical music has in common with metal! Got to love music!
Thank heavens for a musician who understands the construct of music to review the greatest symphony ever written in the western world. You are a trained musician, classically trained, that is obvious.
BTW...... Beethoven was walking with the German philosopher/play write/poet Johannes Wolfgang von Goethe.... he asked Beethoven what he meant by the 4 opening notes that the whole world knows.... Beethoven's reply? "Thus fate knocks at the door" - which is where we get the term 'fate' for this symphony
Some serious songwriting badassery.
Devil's trill next shred 😈 🤘
When I consider koyunbaba as a metal piece also asurias leyenda, so yes 5th symphony is definitely the most metal piece that has ever existed.
I am slowly but surely learning music theory. Thank you shred.
Overwhelming stuff bro
Keep it up
It’s brilliant work of art. This never gets old
Bring us more Beethoven ALMIGHTY SHRED!!!❤❤🤘❤🤘
Really appreciated the large belch after listening to the 1rst mvt. Classical music, classy metalhead.
Metalhead listens to Les Sauvages by Rameau next?
Great vid. Pls more classical analysis👍
I love classical music, to have modern day composers in metal music such as Malmsteen and Stump is so cool. I'm talking neoclassical metal, Blackmore was more blues, but still had a classical vibe.
Love your analysis!
The deep purple connection yes now I get it Beatles also used classical influences ❤
Much more accurate to say his third symphony led from the classical era into the romantic...but really Beethoven is the best mix of both and should be his own era.
You’re killing it on the theory.
whats your favorite classical work? mine are the nutcracker ballet by Tchaikovsky, the Beethoven symphonies, carmen by bizet, & the ring cycle by wagner.
Dunno about most metal, but it's difficult to beat Berlioz when it comes to eeeevil. Dude manages to sound eeeevil even when he's going for light & fluffy. But if you want him at his most wicked, try La Damnation de Faust.
Truth. \m/
My goodness! I love you lol! Thank you for speaking ultra-intelligently about the music! Thanks for reminding me about the Italian 6th lol from my college and grad school music theory days. Definitely rusty! And thanks for being intelligent ALL the way through the video, not just for a second or two. Going to definitely check out your info posted! Subscribed, too!
Shred, i really want to listen to classical music with you and we just make feel faces to each other all along!
Imo this is the most beautiful piece of music ever composed.
I want to commend you on the video you selected for this project. The setting Beethoven chose was 108 beats per minute - although it is so fast, and more difficult to play, it's a fact tht some people people have theorized for centuries about why Beethoven might have mis-marked his own symphony. BTW - the concept of 'fate knocking on the door' came very long after Beethoven was dead. The 5th has been drastically romanticized...but it's awesome. Thanks again for posting, Shred.
Didn't the Allied armies, on D-Day, use the first notes of Beethoven's 5th as a signal that the landings at Normandy were successful? The da-da-da-dum is also the letter V in Morse code; that letter indicated VICTORY. Classical music saved my ass from flunking out of college! Never knew I could get rescued from ignominy by Music Appreciation courses! Oh, I also took Bowling, Child Psychology, and basic Spanish to get that GPA up, Up, UP!
I'd love to go to the opera with you 🤘❤
I think it’s amazing that you can tell his deafness getting worse overtime due to the music getting louder in oomph power
I love your metaphor of fate knocking!
Its Beethoven, 200 Years and still no one comes close to him. THX
You know your music. I enjoyed the explanations you gave on the different parts and forms of the music. I'm sure you know Bach's Toccata and Fugue in Dm. Have you heard the version by Sinfonity? Fifteen electric guitars and nothing else. It is amazing. Some faces you'll recognize. Once again, great job.
Beethoven - GOAT of composers. All time.
- Knock knock
- who’s there?
- fate
- fate who?
- Fatehoven
😄😂👍👏🤘🤘🤘🤘❣
Why is it that metalheads know so much about music? I've experienced this phenomenon many times before, and for many years.
“ Beethoven’s Fifth…is the most sublime noise that ever penetrated into the ear of man”
E M Forster.
Cheekflubbering 😂
Great analysis, Shred!
Damn he's good , he should start a band or something.
Just subscribed...I think I found my favorite reactor :^) Would like to hear/see a reaction to Mahler's 2nd. The raw emotion...especially with Dudamel conducting!
Beethoven’s third is pretty dramatic too , when performed right. As tempestuous as the fifth is and I love the fifth, I find the third even more exhilarating.
There is some real anger and passion and fury you can feel in the final few sections
I heard this for the first time back in the 70s when I was so into Kiss. Then this guy you may of heard of called Yngwie J Malmsteen ripped this out fast as lightning and I was sold on classical music forever. So having Shred go back over this is fantastic and yes the F is for fuck.
And your reference to Vanilla Ice! LOL! Love Vanilla Ice :) But probably Beethoven a little more lol.
I just love Beethoven! The guy composed so many brutal pieces! XD
Nice to see this overview from someone who knows their music theory and history. I’ve always wondered who decided one augmented sixth chord was French, one Italian, and one German. (Did you study music as an undergrad? It really sounds like it.) Also a nice choice of an excellent performance from an interesting conductor and one of the world’s best orchestras.
Of course this is just the first movement, but it’s the most familiar by far, has a lot going on to talk about, and is a fantastic example of sonata-allegro form as you point out very nicely.
Wonderful!!! Could you please do “Also sprach Zarathustra”, by Strauss? That’s the best 60 seconds of music ever!
I think you mean 60 minutes. (Well not that long exactly, but a lot closer than 60 seconds.)
When I grow up I wanna be as badass as Shred.
I do love your break down it is most interesting, i hadn't realised that composer's took different styles from countries and music and mixed them in with their own styles 🤔....
The incongruity of a hearty belch while analyzing Beethoven's 5th elicited an unexpected guffaw on my part.
I love classical and metal and these crossovers are so cool :)
It was Metal before Metal. You should do the other movements too. The transition from movements 3 to 4 (SPOILERS - and back to 3 again) will blow your mind!
P.S. Don't they call them Freedom Horns now? : - )
Good catch on the transition "there and back again" between the 3rd and 4th movements. Less seriously, I bet some Metallers were intrigued to know there is also place for horns outside of Metal. :))
This dude knows what he's talking about. Cool 👍🤘
More videos like this with Classical Music, please!
you call it an augemented 6th chord, but beethoven would have seen it as D7 resolving to G, V to I, Dominant to Tonic. In classical music we don't necessarily read our Chords from the Bottom up. (It used to be more commonly read that way back in barouqe times with basso continuo). Greetings from a beginning classical composer ^^
Great job!
I'm a jazz guy, but you know it's cool when classical rocks!
You can't stop this masterpiece all the time, please! Please just listen?
Classical and metal go hand-in-hand
Richie Blackmore actually did say he got smoke on the water from this and thought if Bach was alive he'd owe him a lot of money.
Amazing. This channel owns
More!
BTW it wasn't Beethoven who called the motif Fate knocking. It was his pupil.
Really enjoyed it bro
You are genius. Put words to my thoughts
This is a towering work of genius. Nothing approaches it. But do listen to the second CD of Nightwish's Human :||: Nature album.. it is a ravishingly beautiful piece composed by Tuomas Holopainen.
Shred, I really, really appreciate your summary of the Symphony...but I'm afraid a number of your assertions are incorrect. However....THANK YOU for sharing this piece with your subscribers!!!!
The most innovative symphony with which Beethoven amazed the audience was the 3rd symphony.
Superb and knowlegeable.
"cheek blubber" BEGONE WITH HIM!
You should totally check out Francis Poulenc's organ concerto. Its epic and EVIL
LuuudeVig rolling in the ludes
Great video but it wasn't actually Beethoven himself that said the motif is like fate knocking at the door. It was actually Beethoven's secretary and biographer, Anton Schindler who said this. Whether or not Beethoven actually said that about the motif is unknown, but it does make sense.
The Fifth was used in a lot of pieces and inspired many artists. Even in the days of disco, when there were some classical pieces put to a new tempo came one of the greatest versions yet..... A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy. Many of the original composers would have faired well had their music been created in the disco era. Ya, just Rock Me Amadeus on the dance floor. 😁 Anyway, loved the review, take care and stay safe ❤️ 🙏.