How To Write Lush 1980's Chords
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Paatreon: / elianadangelo
In this video I cover how to write lush chords straight out of the 1980's. I cover things like clustering chord voices and using chord suspensions to create a lush harmonic soundscape. This sound is good for mostly styles of music from Pop to R&B, Funk, Soul, Synthwave, Citypop and more!
00:00 Intro
00:37 Basic Triads
00:53 Chord Suspensions
01:53 Chord Extensions
02:30 Chord Voice Cluster
03:48 Suspended Dominant Chords
05:23 Basic V-I Cadence
05:53 Basic V-I Cadence w/ Dominant 13sus
07:34 Outro
Something about this actually makes it feel like a VHS tape of a lesson recorded in the 80s
It's that static background noise. Really pretty on the ears actually .
The zoom ins
Reading Rainbow moment!
I feel like it's the calm energy 🩷
The girl have that vibe haha it’s so cool
The video being exactly 8:08 long is a nice touch.
I saw what you did there!
It means 80s forever
The Roland TR-808 is a legendary drum machine from the 80's...
Boooommmmmm
Never realized how important the major 2nd interval was to 80’s harmony, wild
The best 'one weird trick' I've come across in the last few years. Never really touched in but now it's all over everything I do.
Love the smooth jazz sensibility of this. There’s lots of jazzy progressions in 80’s pop which is probably why I love it so much. Also Japanese city pop is some of the most amazing 70’s and 80’s music out there.
amen
Japanese city pop? Please give me some artist and band names! I feel like this can be what I completely loose myself in for a while...
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The 80s while moving away from jazz still used a lot of harmony heavily influenced by it. Really cool breakdown! You're a good teacher!
I appreciate that your keyboard diagram has all the notes labeled. As someone who is always a bit slow to recognize notes on a keyboard just by looking at them, it helped considerably to follow along with what you were saying
What sounds the Most 80s is the synth itself. It’s beautiful
I need to know the sound of that plugin. It sounds super 80s
@@TomAnderson7 DX7 piano with delay, chorus, and reverb; you can use Kontakt, Dexed, FM8, and probably more for that.
DX7 Rhodes.
@@Jason75913 None of my chorus’s or delay sound like that
@@TomAnderson7 admittedly, I'm guessing by the sounds I hear through my phone 😋
But that's a DX7 e.piano preset with effects for sure.
The humor is so out of left field sometimes and I’m HERE for it. Love your vibe and your teaching method, super easy to follow. “Sussy bussy” sound lmaooo call me a subby
You can be her true, her number one simp.
I'm a working guitarist / producer / sound engineer and have decided it would be beneficial to actually take a look at composition on piano to help take another step in theory understanding.
I've also been listening to tons of city pop over the summer.
So I loved this video. I'm going to learn some city pop tunes on the keyboard!
What exactly is city pop?
@@supernothing77 I got to admit I don't know 100%. I only discovered what I think is city pop this year. To me it's specifically Japanese, with a Japanese vocalist. The genre style is this kind of smooth funky 80s sound you can hear in the video. Search for City Pop Playlist and you'll get some examples!
@@supernothing77 It's basically a jazzy sounding pop song. Best example would probably be Plastic Love with Mariya Takeuchi.
@@ahguitar1 thank you!
@@musictheory1403 thanks!
Thanks for this! The cluster notes…and moving one of them down an octave is such a lightbulb moment. So many rich chords and new progressions available 😊
Especially with this electric (or fm) piano sound, it does remind me of music by Luther Vandros, Al Jarreau or Michael McDonald. Those are well known 80s artists. 😊
Luther Vandross is such a gigachad, can never get too much of his music.
@@ElianaDAngelo did you say gigachad?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 hilarious
@@neonpop80 yes. I know he got all the staceys.
Sergio Mendez , Christopher Cross, Toto... Debbie Gibson was also amazing cause she could compose her own songs
@@ElianaDAngelo never too much.
I want to listen to you speak about music all day. You are absolutely hypnotizing and incredibly interesting. Super rad.
Been following this channel for 3 years now and really appreciate your hard work.
Honestly eyes are more open and inspired some amazing sounding progressions .. Thank you so much ,.. I needed that today
love the 80s music
The music in the beginning is extremely typical for Japanese 80s pop incl. the new wave of inspired artists. It's the obligatory use of dim chords that gives it away.
But playing these chords on an old Rhodes or piano, you get a feeling of lounge, 70s disco, smooth jazz or easy listening like Burt Bacharach. It all comes from artists well versed in jazz most definitely.
Diving into these genres can inspire a more natural and creative approach when trying to make good 80s pop.
David Foster is a go-to listen from then. He was almost involved in everything.
Really great video. Straight to the point and filled with gems of info
Thank you, love this and the production value you bring to your lessons. I can actually follow along with enough piano lessons behind me. Thanks again!
This really couldn't possibly be more clear, thank you so much for sharing!
Excellent! Always such good and timely information delivered in a clear and direct way. Thank you!
Thank you, Eliana. Subscribed on the strength of the funk in your demo.
Thanks Eliana for sharing your knowledge!
You effortlessly explained a very complex idea in the beginning of the video. You have a real talent for teaching.
I absolutely loved this tutorial. Those beautiful lush chords. I would never have thought of putting notes so closely together. A very valuable lesson. Thanks Eliana.❤
I just wanna say your stuff is some of the best content on youtube i have seen for music related things and mixing and mindset behind it with no bullshit and straight forward without worrying about offending anyone. I love it. I want more of it! Easiest sub of my life.
Love you Eliana, i found your channel a few weeks back and it's been really useful.
hey this is so helpful to me -- the way you discuss it and demo it and visualize it-- just really got through to me, and I can be sorta dense about this stuff. Thanks!
Thank you ! I have been looking for something like this for ages
Glad to have you back, those chords were awesome!!!
The vibes you have are ✨immaculate✨
This was incredible. Enjoyed watching you explain how to do awesome 80s music.
Nice walkthrough on the use of these chords. Thanks for putting this video together.
❤❤ing my first eliana video - Thank you for all the voicing inspiration! Can’t wait to play around with it tonight!
very smooth and clear explanation, Merci
This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing!!
Absolutely fabulous track. Superb. Great to see you again - thanks.
Thank you! I always wanna make my chords a bit more chill/hazy. That's just the style of music i like to play and this certainly helps ❤️
Lovely! Gonna have fun with these progressions!
You are awesome! I am so happy I have found this channel! 🥰 I still live in the 80's, musically speaking, so it is nice to meet people like you‼️
Greetings from Japan
omg 3 years later and your music is still even amazing-er!!!! SO proud of you!!!!! :)
Back at it with another awesome video! I learn something new every time thanks 🙏
You are what I've been looking for, for so long. Thank you for this, my keytar is happy
wow this is gold with a platinum delivery!
I love your videos! always well put together!
Awesome! Love the simple explanation. Super helpful
What a great tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing all these tips with us!!!
Great tutorial! Thank you!!!
this is so cool ! thanks for explaining everything on a technical level.
Great explainer! I caught a few new ideas in here, especially about the sus chord inversions and moving that bass note around.
So amazing! this just perfection.
Really like this video. Learning all those interesting possibilities in music. Also revision is good too. Really well explained. Thanx Eliana.
Love this, very dreamy sound choice
I love your presentation so much!
this is one of the best youtube tutorials i’ve ever seen
Wow! Super educational and easily understandable! Thanks for the lesson!
Thanks for this video! Cool chords!
Beautiful Chords, going to spend some time working on these. thank you.
Love this lesson!
Will be coming back to learn these wonderful chords 🎉 Thanks for sharing ❤
This is the fantastic for the guitar as well. Nice job.
Wow. This was a totally awesome tutorial! Definitely going to check out your other stuff!
Amazing video, thank you for it
A really wonderful exploration! I learned so much. Thank-you :)
I liked, subscribed and have shared!! Girl... I'm loving this! THANK YOU!!!!❤❤
Great video, thanks! This will help me greatly in my quest for the ultimate 80’s chord, love your style!
hey welcome back ! your videos are the best .... keep posting
Awesome tutorial!
At first I didn't think this would interest me but when I saw the key roll and what you were doing, just playing around, I was hooked. Subbed and grateful.
Those chords were lush AF in all the right ways. Nice playing too. Thank you for making this easy to understand.
This video definitely gave me some ideas for some chords to try out on my next track. Thanks for the breakdown, and damn that example track in the beginning is some funky freshness
Great video, happened on it by chance. I'm a guitarist who mainly played metal but I've always loved that 80s sound and synthpop and funk and such are things I'd love to write and this video really helped. Keyboards are a bit alien to me so this was good, the visual keyboard on the bottom was a great help. I was a little confused at first but once you showed stretching out the chord so you had those whole tone notes with various notes above and below it made a lot more sense. Thanks again.
Very helpful- great way to present and explain. 🤘
This is really helpful and well explained. Thank you!
Love your sound! Those min9 and 7#5 chords are delicious, and you nailed the squidgy staccato moving bassline. Look forward to hearing the finished track soon!
You're a naturally very funny person, but also very clear and articulate! Enjoyed the heck out of this.
So glad to come across your channel!!!
Welcome back! THIS SLAPS!!!
this is the best video explaining this topic i've come across! thank you so much :D
The suspended voicing one octave below is incredible, thank you SO much for sharing! Very interested in the more advanced theory concepts you mention too :)
You're a legitimately great teacher.
Indeed sounds very 80s! Very inspiring
You are my go-to yt Channel to learn how to get that great 80's sound ❤️
Nicely done and much appreciated, glad I came across ur channel
Instant subscribe! Wish there was more tutorials like this. Thanks for the great video!
Love it! Great video! Beautiful!
got a smile for entire day. thank you
thanks for everything you doing!!!!!
very clearly explained!
Very helpful! Will use this in my new project! Normally i would just reuse progressions from other songs but this is much more better
I loved this
Hi Eliana, I just discovered your channel, GREAT! Your explanations are crystal clear! I'm back to electronic music after 20 years being on stage with live bands/musicians, so I'm refreshing a lot and finding out a lot of new inventions 🙂
She knows her stuff!
This is super helpful thanks!!!!!!
This is really cool. Definitely going to try some of those. Thanks!
really nice video, i enjoyed it a lot
The way you introduce the subject is very clever !
More of thissss ❤❤ thanks you Eliii!
Thanks for sharing, great tutorial - especially love that dom13sus voicing trick! :)
This was extremely helpful, thank you!!!
I just discovered that this entire channel is great.
Your lessons are so great!! Been looking to get into keyboards more and you break this down in a really simple and easy to understand way. Subbed, thank you!!
Also when you gonna break out that Telecaster behind you 👀