Suspensions & Extensions with Coldplay -Better Pop Chords, Better Pop Melodies

#coldplay #songwriter #musictheory
Easy pop chord progressions get a lift from suspensions. Soaring melodies use chord extensions as wings. Viva la Vida, and The Scientist from Coldplay are excellent examples. Plus... I try my hand at this pop songwriter hack as well.
00:00 intro
01:44 quick review of suspensions & extensions
03:16 Viva la Vida chord suspensions
04:19 melodic extensions
05:04 prepared dissonance
07:22 chorus
08:08 The Scientist
09:12 melodic motif
11:03 Original progression & melody
13:34 melody tricks
15:24 conclusions
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[@o.g.tommye7580]

Thank you for the analysis of this theory and that music piece is very beautiful.

[@ImpliedMusic]

thank you!

[@DKane2012]

Awesome, as always. Thank you so much!

[@levizraelit5557]

Great to see an analysis of contemporary popular music. Even a repeated melodic pattern over diatonic chords can form various suspensions that make the music interesting!

[@cfibanez]

Alchemical satisfaction.... Wonderful! Thanks again!

[@ModernUsage]

Great lesson. The piano in your original piece reminds me of "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane (a great song, so take that as a compliment).

[@ImpliedMusic]

ha! good call. i do take that as a compliment.

[@rogerfrankham3890]

Digging the original tune!

[@user-np4hw4vn1j]

At times you're going a little too fast for me, but mostly I get it. One powerful idea explained... And now I'm going to be looking for it. Love that tune at the end.

[@WinItReigns]

I Loved how you present the meaning of the bands naming. It makes so much sense, at least intuitively.
Great Won Chris😊

[@ImpliedMusic]

yeah, that's just my hallucination of the name, but it's a persuasive argument...

[@kenvives]

I love this kind of analysis. Very inspiring. In interviews Chris Martin says he doesn’t know any music theory. I can’t imagine having that much intuition.

[@lighterwaves5659]

🔥🔥🔥

[@MsPatriciaB]

Love it!

[@ImpliedMusic]

Thanks!!

[@CarlosMartinez-gr1rp]

∆

[@ImpliedMusic]

Thank you!

[@Gardener7]

Sounds great! Maybe Coldplay will hire you to be their new songwriter! 😊

[@alowl450]

Music is essentially the treatment of dissonance.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

What I learned is that pop music is the lowest common denominator. 😂

[@ImpliedMusic]

😆maybe, but it's more about the numerator.