You can thank the great Peter Jones who played keyboards on this track as a hired session player. Even though Graeham Goble wrote this song. It was Peter who gave this song it’s cool Jazz sensibility. A very respected Jazz pianist and arranger in Melbourne Australia at the time.
Your videos contain fascinating information and great music. Thanks Chris, I truly appreciate your hard work and allowing all of us to hear and appreciate it! Well, apart from Tussk 😉 Thankfully Dulcima will sort things out now.
Actually you are now only 1 subscriber away from 260. Great song, performance, and thank you so much for the information behind the performance Chris!!! Bman
UA-cam is hard to understand with subscriber counts and getting people to subscribe. You play very well and should have way more than 230. I see people who can't play getting thousands of subs and I don't understand it. But I just play piano and sing, I don't have a clue as to editing and algorithm stuff!!!
Well shit... JUST missed the premiere, BUT! I are here now 😺👍 The 70s, huh? I was a kid in the 70s. I don't know what... 2-5-blah-blah-blah or whatever flat means I don't even know how to read music, but I like hearing You play. I KNOW that song. What is it? Is it called Reminising or are You Reminising? I'm being serious. No-matter, keep playing piano man and I shall keep listening 😺👍(BTW, every time I hear a piano piece I think of You my friend)
Hey Chris, if you were a teenager when Reminiscing was released in '78, well so was I, but I have to say that you look way younger than I do now!! This is a great song to play on keyboards, I used to play it a lot in the 1980s on the old piano that my parents had. Like you I played by chords. I found a great book titled something like "4400 chords for guitar" and learned all of the fancy jazz chords from that. In Reminiscing I used vanilla Gm9 instead of Gm9(maj7) for "I can hardly wait", I never picked up on that nuance until I heard you just now, had to go back to the original LRB version to check. Otherwise was pretty much identical -- great minds think alike haha. Anyway, many thanks for uploading, certainly brought back a lot of adolescent memories!! Please take care and stay safe.
Thanks, DJ!!!!! This is such a great song! 4400 chords for guitar??? Sounds like a very cool book!!! And the minor Major 7 is a highly unusual chord in rock. I probably would have missed it if not for James Bond! Take care and stay safe (and happy!!!)
@@TheRichNewnes It was quite a while ago for me as far as my internet history. I run an open mic page on Facebook and I subscribe to way too many debunkers, and musicians...
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Well, I don't know if this is the same video you saw, but Adam talks about it here ua-cam.com/video/epqYft12nV4/v-deo.html&ab_channel=AdamNeely
@@TheRichNewnes Yeah, I did see this one. I'm not sure if there was another one that also talks about it. But,... This is definitely one of the videos that gave me the idea to call it the "nostalgia note." Thanks. It's possible that the video that I first saw this in had some song that was owned by Universal Music group and they did a copyright strike and it disappeared. I don't remember the whole video being about a Celine Dion song (although, as I said, I have seen this video.) But I am more confident that it was Adam Neely, now! Thanks!!!
First off, Chris… I love what you’ve done here. It’s very expansive, especially the part about the nostalgia note. I play this on guitar and the progression matches precisely to what you are clarifying for us all. The one thing I’d disagree on is that to even suggest this is your typical “pop” tune does nobody any good, even if it’s said tongue-in-Cheek. It is one of the most miraculous progressive songs, created by one of the most profound bands to ever tour the world in the late half of the 20th Century! Also, to neglect the mention of the fabulous harmonies, sung with an amazing blend is a BIG mistake. I can’t go to anyone but The Beach Boys to find anything better from that period. Alas, I think those were things that slipped your mind when bringing us an accurate vision of this incredible harmonic wonder. Great job, Chris! …g
Thanks, George!!!! When I made this video, I was just interested in the harmonic progression, and I got some stuff wrong. (Check the pinned comment, Matt corrected me.) I think it would be interesting for a vocalist to make a video on the amazing vocal harmonies in this song. I am not qualified to make that video! This song is too amazing for any one video to be "comprehensive."
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Thanks, Chris… I hope you didn’t take my comments too to heart. I just reread them and I’m ashamed of myself. You have my deepest respect for even tackling this tune! When such masterpieces come around, once every blue moon, I love to analyze them. I am a big fan of jazz mannerisms in rock and pop music. This one fits the bill to the tee. Again, kudos to taking the time to acknowledge this one, and for sharing your excellent findings with the rest of us! …g
@@georgelang7023 No problem, George. Glad people watch the video! I admit I freaked out a little at the concept of demonstrating the vocal harmonies! I'm much too lazy to do multitracking these days and I think there's like 6 voices in parts of this... 🤣
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Thanks, Chris… Passion can easily get the best of us in this Wild-Wild-Western technology. There are not too many out here who can even understand what you said in the video, much less criticize it correctly. I appreciate your understanding of my obvious, over-anxious passion! …g
New subscriber. I heard this song recently and tried humming along and guessing the changes.. boy do I have some work to do. I need to get serious about ear training. Thank you so much for laying out the changes along with insightful analysis! When working on harmonically interesting or challenging tunes, do you write out the changes or can you hear your way through them? I’d be interested in hearing about your process! J7G
Thanks for watching the video!!! I usually write out the changes because I have a lousy memory and I'm easily distracted. My process usually involves learning a song, working on 3 or 4 different songs, suddenly remembering I was working on the first song, learning it again and writing it down! I wish I could hear the chords perfectly on the first listen, but I really need a few times to get the song in my head. To a certain extent, I like to hear exactly what the form of the song is before I even start to write it down. It helps when improvising to see a well constructed "map" of the changes and form. Not sure if I've answered your question, let me know if I haven't. Subbed to your channel. You got an Adam Neely playlist and an Aimee Nolte playlist, so I'm pretty sure that if you start putting out content, I'm going to like it!
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel I love songs with harmonically rich changes. I’ve been working on capturing the feel and stylistic elements of pop tunes from the 70s. I sometimes find myself battling with overdoing the jazz harmony super imposition in pop tunes. I had it hammered in my head to always use fully defined chord forms (3rds and 7ths) and only if melody dictates, sus4ths.. this is a weakness I’m working on along with fully embracing slash chords. The songs from the 70s provide a vast library of tunes to analyze, reharmonize, and just enjoy. Would love to see your analysis on Steely Dans Haitian Divorce! Keep the videos coming! J7G
One follow up question if I may.. do you have any recommendations on reharmonization books/methods? I’m always interested in learning what other players use / reference in their arrangements. . .
@@Guit7Jazz I've been studying and playing jazz for about 45 years, so part of it is a lifetime of study, but one of the best books for understanding jazz is Mark Levine's "The Jazz Piano Book." Mostly just listening to players you like and transcribing their music will help. If you transcribe the chords that Earl Hines or Teddy Wilson used and compare them to what Chick Corea might play on the same song, you can start to build your own style/voice as a jazz musician. I don't know if this advice helps, but just play everything you can and listen to everything you can. Reharmonization specific books may exist, but anything I learned was in the course of music college and listening. Guitarist named Linc Chamberlin is a pretty amazing jazz guitarist, and this is a link to a song by him on his son's UA-cam channel. He has passed away, but his son may be able to give you some info. His son is an amazing saxophonist. ua-cam.com/video/oBbZiySxso0/v-deo.html
@@Guit7Jazz I've been studying and playing jazz for about 45 years, so part of it is a lifetime of study, but one of the best books for understanding jazz is Mark Levine's "The Jazz Piano Book." Mostly just listening to players you like and transcribing their music will help. If you transcribe the chords that Earl Hines or Teddy Wilson used and compare them to what Chick Corea might play on the same song, you can start to build your own style/voice as a jazz musician. I don't know if this advice helps, but just play everything you can and listen to everything you can. Reharmonization specific books may exist, but anything I learned was in the course of music college and listening. Guitarist named Linc Chamberlin is a pretty amazing jazz guitarist, and this is a link to a song by him on his son's UA-cam channel. He has passed away, but his son may be able to give you some info. His son is an amazing saxophonist. ua-cam.com/video/oBbZiySxso0/v-deo.html
Thank you for the feedback. I usually do videos where I play more, talk less but this one (with all the talking) is the best performing video on my channel. Thank you especially for letting me know that you don't want to see my face. That is very kind!
5:30 it's a Gmin11 (flat 3, flat 7). High vocal is on the 11.
I think you are correct. I probably did a jazz reharmonization with the G minor Major 7 and convinced myself it was correct!
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel No problem. I appreciate you doing this video. I'm a bass player but I LOVE great chord changes.
I was thinking the same thing. A Gm11. 6 part harmony…in a soft rock song. Even the Carpenters didn’t do more than 5 parts. Love it!
You can thank the great Peter Jones who played keyboards on this track as a hired session player. Even though Graeham Goble wrote this song. It was Peter who gave this song it’s cool Jazz sensibility. A very respected Jazz pianist and arranger in Melbourne Australia at the time.
Thanks for the info!!!
Love the song, and appreciate it even more when someone of your knowledge & talent explains it so well. Bravo & thank you!
Thanks, David!!!!
Great analysis of one of my favourite tunes. Thank you.
Thanks for listening!!!!
One man , thousand talents !!!
Thanks!!!
Very dynamic song. Beautiful as well.
Thanks for listening!!!!
Just randomly re-heard this song and was blown away with the chord progressions. Thanks for breaking it down for everyone.
Excellent! Thanks so much!
Thank you!!!!
Great job Chris...it's nice to see your face. Hope all is well.
Thank you, Mike!!!! Good to hear from you!!!
250 down! Congratulations
Thought I would never get there. I was at 235 when you were under 1K.
I see a... Corn Hole in the comments! lol
Your videos contain fascinating information and great music.
Thanks Chris, I truly appreciate your hard work and allowing all of us to hear and appreciate it!
Well, apart from Tussk 😉
Thankfully Dulcima will sort things out now.
Ooops, and congrats on the 250+!!!
@@carledwards9477 Thanks for listening, Carl!!!!!
Wonderful video! I appreciated the walkthrough the harmony.
Thank you, Eric!!!!!
B"H
This is a great song with a great vibe. I totally dig this. May G-d bless you and your family always and forever.
Thanks, SFM!!!!
250 already!! 👍 It must be year 2050!
Yay!!! 2050!!! This means I'm 89 years old!!!! Where are the flying cars????? 🤣
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Congratulations!! Flying cars are here: ua-cam.com/video/NXhGX09UTVo/v-deo.html
@@primonomeultimonome Thanks for that!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Flying car with a *nineteen* fifties six-cylinder engine: ua-cam.com/video/COWmTz0vNyI/v-deo.html
@@Sableagle Thanks, cool video!
Nice! 🥰
Thank you!!!!
Actually you are now only 1 subscriber away from 260. Great song, performance, and thank you so much for the information behind the performance Chris!!!
Bman
Thanks for listening!!!!!!
Wonderful video. Haven't heard this song in a long time, but man, I do remember it. Subscribed.
Thanks for listening!!!! Going to check out your guitar channel!
Glad to see you went past the big 250 and are now at 676. Well done. I’m stuck on 230 odd haha. Great explanation of the chord changes. Thanks 😌🎶🎹
UA-cam is hard to understand with subscriber counts and getting people to subscribe. You play very well and should have way more than 230. I see people who can't play getting thousands of subs and I don't understand it. But I just play piano and sing, I don't have a clue as to editing and algorithm stuff!!!
Well shit... JUST missed the premiere, BUT! I are here now 😺👍 The 70s, huh? I was a kid in the 70s. I don't know what... 2-5-blah-blah-blah or whatever flat means I don't even know how to read music, but I like hearing You play. I KNOW that song. What is it? Is it called Reminising or are You Reminising? I'm being serious. No-matter, keep playing piano man and I shall keep listening 😺👍(BTW, every time I hear a piano piece I think of You my friend)
Thanks @2AHD Cat !!!!!
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel 😺
Very nicely done!
Thank you, Joseph!!!!
Hey Chris, if you were a teenager when Reminiscing was released in '78, well so was I, but I have to say that you look way younger than I do now!!
This is a great song to play on keyboards, I used to play it a lot in the 1980s on the old piano that my parents had. Like you I played by chords. I found a great book titled something like "4400 chords for guitar" and learned all of the fancy jazz chords from that. In Reminiscing I used vanilla Gm9 instead of Gm9(maj7) for "I can hardly wait", I never picked up on that nuance until I heard you just now, had to go back to the original LRB version to check. Otherwise was pretty much identical -- great minds think alike haha. Anyway, many thanks for uploading, certainly brought back a lot of adolescent memories!! Please take care and stay safe.
Thanks, DJ!!!!! This is such a great song! 4400 chords for guitar??? Sounds like a very cool book!!! And the minor Major 7 is a highly unusual chord in rock. I probably would have missed it if not for James Bond! Take care and stay safe (and happy!!!)
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Thanks, for listening, Georg!!!!!
@7:24 I believe it was Adam Neely. I saw that video as well. Congrats on the 250. Long overdue.
I think you're right. I went to his channel and tried to find it, but he has way too many videos and I couldn't remember the title....
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Maybe check your history. I'll check mine also. I know it wasn't that long ago that I saw it.
@@TheRichNewnes It was quite a while ago for me as far as my internet history. I run an open mic page on Facebook and I subscribe to way too many debunkers, and musicians...
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Well, I don't know if this is the same video you saw, but Adam talks about it here ua-cam.com/video/epqYft12nV4/v-deo.html&ab_channel=AdamNeely
@@TheRichNewnes Yeah, I did see this one. I'm not sure if there was another one that also talks about it. But,... This is definitely one of the videos that gave me the idea to call it the "nostalgia note." Thanks. It's possible that the video that I first saw this in had some song that was owned by Universal Music group and they did a copyright strike and it disappeared. I don't remember the whole video being about a Celine Dion song (although, as I said, I have seen this video.) But I am more confident that it was Adam Neely, now! Thanks!!!
First off, Chris… I love what you’ve done here. It’s very expansive, especially the part about the nostalgia note. I play this on guitar and the progression matches precisely to what you are clarifying for us all. The one thing I’d disagree on is that to even suggest this is your typical “pop” tune does nobody any good, even if it’s said tongue-in-Cheek. It is one of the most miraculous progressive songs, created by one of the most profound bands to ever tour the world in the late half of the 20th Century! Also, to neglect the mention of the fabulous harmonies, sung with an amazing blend is a BIG mistake. I can’t go to anyone but The Beach Boys to find anything better from that period. Alas, I think those were things that slipped your mind when bringing us an accurate vision of this incredible harmonic wonder. Great job, Chris! …g
Thanks, George!!!! When I made this video, I was just interested in the harmonic progression, and I got some stuff wrong. (Check the pinned comment, Matt corrected me.) I think it would be interesting for a vocalist to make a video on the amazing vocal harmonies in this song. I am not qualified to make that video! This song is too amazing for any one video to be "comprehensive."
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Thanks, Chris… I hope you didn’t take my comments too to heart. I just reread them and I’m ashamed of myself. You have my deepest respect for even tackling this tune! When such masterpieces come around, once every blue moon, I love to analyze them. I am a big fan of jazz mannerisms in rock and pop music. This one fits the bill to the tee. Again, kudos to taking the time to acknowledge this one, and for sharing your excellent findings with the rest of us! …g
@@georgelang7023 No problem, George. Glad people watch the video! I admit I freaked out a little at the concept of demonstrating the vocal harmonies! I'm much too lazy to do multitracking these days and I think there's like 6 voices in parts of this... 🤣
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel Thanks, Chris… Passion can easily get the best of us in this Wild-Wild-Western technology. There are not too many out here who can even understand what you said in the video, much less criticize it correctly. I appreciate your understanding of my obvious, over-anxious passion! …g
Great channel and music my friend 🎶🎶🎶
Thank you again, Antonio!!!!!
Great channel and music my friend 🎶
Thank you, Hierrito!!!!!
246 big like. Best of best 😊❤
New subscriber. I heard this song recently and tried humming along and guessing the changes.. boy do I have some work to do. I need to get serious about ear training. Thank you so much for laying out the changes along with insightful analysis! When working on harmonically interesting or challenging tunes, do you write out the changes or can you hear your way through them? I’d be interested in hearing about your process!
J7G
Thanks for watching the video!!! I usually write out the changes because I have a lousy memory and I'm easily distracted. My process usually involves learning a song, working on 3 or 4 different songs, suddenly remembering I was working on the first song, learning it again and writing it down! I wish I could hear the chords perfectly on the first listen, but I really need a few times to get the song in my head. To a certain extent, I like to hear exactly what the form of the song is before I even start to write it down. It helps when improvising to see a well constructed "map" of the changes and form. Not sure if I've answered your question, let me know if I haven't.
Subbed to your channel. You got an Adam Neely playlist and an Aimee Nolte playlist, so I'm pretty sure that if you start putting out content, I'm going to like it!
@@chrisdurhammusicchannel I love songs with harmonically rich changes. I’ve been working on capturing the feel and stylistic elements of pop tunes from the 70s. I sometimes find myself battling with overdoing the jazz harmony super imposition in pop tunes. I had it hammered in my head to always use fully defined chord forms (3rds and 7ths) and only if melody dictates, sus4ths.. this is a weakness I’m working on along with fully embracing slash chords. The songs from the 70s provide a vast library of tunes to analyze, reharmonize, and just enjoy. Would love to see your analysis on Steely Dans Haitian Divorce! Keep the videos coming!
J7G
One follow up question if I may.. do you have any recommendations on reharmonization books/methods? I’m always interested in learning what other players use / reference in their arrangements. . .
@@Guit7Jazz I've been studying and playing jazz for about 45 years, so part of it is a lifetime of study, but one of the best books for understanding jazz is Mark Levine's "The Jazz Piano Book." Mostly just listening to players you like and transcribing their music will help. If you transcribe the chords that Earl Hines or Teddy Wilson used and compare them to what Chick Corea might play on the same song, you can start to build your own style/voice as a jazz musician. I don't know if this advice helps, but just play everything you can and listen to everything you can. Reharmonization specific books may exist, but anything I learned was in the course of music college and listening. Guitarist named Linc Chamberlin is a pretty amazing jazz guitarist, and this is a link to a song by him on his son's UA-cam channel. He has passed away, but his son may be able to give you some info. His son is an amazing saxophonist. ua-cam.com/video/oBbZiySxso0/v-deo.html
@@Guit7Jazz I've been studying and playing jazz for about 45 years, so part of it is a lifetime of study, but one of the best books for understanding jazz is Mark Levine's "The Jazz Piano Book." Mostly just listening to players you like and transcribing their music will help. If you transcribe the chords that Earl Hines or Teddy Wilson used and compare them to what Chick Corea might play on the same song, you can start to build your own style/voice as a jazz musician. I don't know if this advice helps, but just play everything you can and listen to everything you can. Reharmonization specific books may exist, but anything I learned was in the course of music college and listening. Guitarist named Linc Chamberlin is a pretty amazing jazz guitarist, and this is a link to a song by him on his son's UA-cam channel. He has passed away, but his son may be able to give you some info. His son is an amazing saxophonist. ua-cam.com/video/oBbZiySxso0/v-deo.html
281!
Thank you, kind soul!!! And thanks for listening!!!!
I wish I'd started what you do sixty years ago...
Never too late!!!! Thanks for listening!!!!
Dont show your face, show your fingers on the keys.. Less talking pls.
Thank you for the feedback. I usually do videos where I play more, talk less but this one (with all the talking) is the best performing video on my channel. Thank you especially for letting me know that you don't want to see my face. That is very kind!
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