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@@devarshikb1449 That's what music theory is for.To make sense of what others feel instinctively, or via their own influences.Not many start off with theory and say ' Right, I'm only gonna do theory with this song '
@@devarshikb1449 Producer George Martin was a trained classical musician and I’m sure his knowledge and experience played a part in the Beatles song writing. He wasn’t called the 5th Beatle for nothing 😉
@@fretboardmaster70 True.Plus, if you are writing a song and need some direction, then you can look to theory and see the options.Which I'm sure producers do all the time.
@@StratsRUs Facts. I feel like the Beatles are that one band with the most amount of intuitive 'feel' for music in general: from their tendency to experiment with different styles and flavours of music, to them incorporating non-conventional techniques of recording and producing music, everything rings in with this idea of them having a 'feel' for all of these concepts of Musical jargon without actually knowing a thing about them.
One of my favorite key changes by George is the one in My Sweet Lord, it's a perfect use of diminished and dominant chords to go one tone up in key, it's so subtle, I just love it !
As soon as I read the title, I knew that Something and While My Guitar Gently Weeps would have been included. George Harrison truly was an amazing songwriter.
He was very good for a short period of time but no where near L & M. What songs of his would have been hits if he were not a Beatle/ex-Beatle? Few and same for Ringo. Not to take away from the really good songs he did do, but because they were Beatles/ex-Beatles they were given more credit than a lesser known artist would have if they did the same songs.
@@howie9751 John and Paul came from far more musical families than George. John and Paul picked up a lot from their parents. Ultimately your argument says that John's and Paul's music should be ignored or trashed because they were inspired and taught to some extent by their parents' example.
PIVOT!!! PIVAAT!!! But in all seriousness, George's song writing genius is massively underrated so it's fantastic to see some light being shed on this.
I get George's songs being cool.But those other guys in The Beatles should be praised too They were pretty good songwriters inventing other musical routes.
@Roy Tranter You know the obsession with the Beatles, and the music theory behind their songs is amazing, but to tell you the truth, any good musical composer uses or has used those same tools and then some, and the Beatles are not unique in that regard; so any attempt to elevate them to some kind of godly status of being different than everybody else in their songwriting prowess is just not exactly true. They just happened to capture the most popularity for various reasons, another big topic of discussion. Just because one artist is less prolific than another doesn’t necessarily diminish their intellect, just their creative output.
@@tutortle1820 I love playing it in A on guitar (so that I can actually sing it). modulates to F#. Tried It cause of their something demos during the get back sessions
I think the most brilliant part of George’s songwriting is how he can make the tense sound beautiful and vice versa. In WMGGW when he changes key from A minor to A major, it somehow sounds even more depressing even though Major is the “happy” key and minor is the “sad” key. And in Here comes the sun where plays the Dominant chord right before the lyrics, it’s such a happy sounding chord even though the tritone in a dominant chord should make it sound tense and uncomfortable.
Brilliant. Your videos are so incredibly clear. It’s a.combination of how you organize the material, the examples you choose, and the steady cadence of your speaking voice that make the topics understandable. Great job.
I agree. Interestingly the similarity between Something and While my Guitar Gently Weeps may explain me confusing the two songs in David's riddle of guess those 15 Beatles songs with samples of 2 seconds or less. One was Something and I knew it was a Harrison song but picked the wrong one. That other video was quite interesting in that the formal training of David showed how it helped him identify the songs (he's say here's an acoustic guitar, here's a synth, here's a signature drum flare and then that would help him narrow the selection of songs whereas I'd just go globally with guts, no analysis whatsoever).
Excellent and instructive video for any composer, beginner, advanced or anything in-between. I was impressed how well David broke it all down into the songs' basic components, and keeping it musical rather than academic.
@@rman52 I do not think comparing Mozart to George Harrison is particularly expedient. Undeniably, he was extraordinary! Nevertheless, something as this could be remarkable as well. Especially by considering the Beatles influences on society and music culture in general. And studying at university taught me one thing: We should appreciate all works and could learn from one another. Above all, these types of comparison are not constructive.
@@rman52 Achieving the ability to value other people’s work - unbiased by their genre? I believe that is crucial. It is a pleasure to include influences from different musical eras and genres into your own way of understanding and playing music. You should evolve a certain willingness to learn, even from “rockers” or musicians you can’t identify with.
@@melanieschonert1629 I love your name. It reminds me of Shoenberg the great composer. I think you are missing my point. I love George's music. I appreciate all genres. I just don't like the G word thrown out inappropriately. George was not a musical genius. No rocker was except Brian May. And it is in astrophysics. Not music. Peace.
I always thought the key change in that was a mistake as in the guitar solo till the end was an edit from a different take that was accidentally sped up a half step
"seems almost expected and self-evident" BAM. A big part of the beauty of the Beatles is in how much of their music feels like that. Just seems so natural and so right, so it's comfortable and likable right away. Excellent phrase, gyno.
David, I have to tell you that your videos are absolutely amazing! You clearly put a lot of work into your videos and it definitely pays off. You teach us a lot of musical concepts, but most importantly teach us their nature and how to use them. The way you present songs that use these concepts and then show what they would sound like if they used a more common concept is brilliant. Your teaching and knowledge is on Rick Beato-level. Thank you for what you do! Thank God for music!
If you think about it, the lyrics to help map pretty well to the friends theme song. The notes as well. I’d imagine it in my head as going, When I was younger, so much younger than today CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP I never needed anybody’s help in any way CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP And so on
@@jacksondavies1451 goddammit now that's all I can hear 😆 well, they're AROUND the same tempo, and definitely both in the same key (A major), so that helps a bunch.
In some songs George also plays his guitar solo in a new key, only to come back to the original key by the end of the solo. For instance, Ringo’s “Octopus’s Garden” and John’s “Free as a Bird.”
Octopus's Garden is one of my favorite Beatles songs because of that key change and how perfectly it leads into the following verse by tracing the E Major scale 10 steps downward from C# to A.
David Bennett, you are such a fantastic content creator, and I am so happy to have discovered your channel. Your videos are super informative, and interesting. And your subtle approach to humour is really wonderful. Talking about pivot chords with the Friends video in the background, that was hilarious. So many youtubers try too hard to make their content funny and entertaining. You are great at what you do!
David - please do "You Never Give Me Your Money"! The key & mode changes are amazing. Overall motion is Am - C - A, but with many odd departures. It's a microcosm & setup for the Side 2 Medley (The Long One) whose motion is similar. With "The End," the medley seems to have resolved to a bluesy-mixolydian A - but then it gives a final, "surprise" resolution to C. Well worth analyzing!
Great video, David. I sometimes feel that George Harrison's songs were grossly underrated, but I think he was an extremely talented song writer. Wow, Musiversal sounds cool, had never heard of it before.
One of the first instances where I'm totally on board with the sponsor. I just released an album with two tracks played by Musiversal's 30-piece orchestra in Prague. They're so awesome to work with!
Mr Bennett, I really like what you do on your channel. I have been watching you for a few years now and I really value your walkthroughs of song structure and showing how the music works. Few people give key modulations the attention that you do (it’s always been a mystery to me how that works). I especially like the modal videos where you show how, say, a Lydian progression would have sounded if it had been an Ionian progression. It’s fascinating. Appreciate you.
They are great songs but these 'recreations' sounded awful (i know David doesn't really have a choice, and it's not like it's his fault--his videos are excellent)
The way he did the changes are sublime..not comparación, its a natural way a genius like him only can do. Very impossible to imitate! Not even Eric or Paul can reproduce it with the same swift.
John Paul and George were so impressively talented and able to figure out new chords, use modes, change keys, switch time signatures and change tempos with the easy of breathing. Best band ever.
And most of the time they did it just by having great ears, not because they knew what they were doing. This was definitely the case for John. Maybe Paul and George knew what they were doing, but John definitely didn't.
You are the biggest help to my musical theory education and I'm so hooked on your channel. No one else on youtube Is half as good at teaching theory. Im a young writter and you have given me so many tools that all I do is write. I love the weekly upoads, please keep it up! I was wondering if you could cover Picking key and tempo in a vid. also Idk if you need ideas but a comrehensive vedeo on synthwork would be uper interesting.
Interesting and inspiring . It is very interesting when modulations that take some explanation actually allow the song to proceed very naturally and smoothly . George , not to diminish him at all , was most likely simply trying things and allowing his ear to confirm it . I think the Beatles who worked in a different era from this one actually gave themselves the time required to be musically creative . In addition , for all the talk about the conflicts , they collaborated quite wonderfully . Funny , I always thought there was something a little different right away in the opening line of this song .
That was awesome. Thanks for talking about the key signatures! I always learn a lot from your videos - you’re very good at explaining things simply and effectively. Well done!
As a songwriter from ear and taught myself guitar by watching... this explanation is in a language that I inherently understand but I don't read or write notation, yet everything makes perfect sense.
My son and I love all of David's videos but what I particularly love here is his subtle inclusion of Ross Geller shouting "Pivot" in an episode of Friends when he discusses Pivot Chords. Brilliant!
I really like that kind of modulation in While My Guitar Gently Weeps, going from minor to the parallel major. It's like the clouds lifting and the sun shining after a rainstorm
As someone who earnestly strove after the spiritual for so much of his life, it seems to me George often also went after such spiritually uplifting musical devices. I guess that's a natural connection. Less about purely how it sounds than how that sound makes me feel. Quite an interesting approach to music-making - and certainly part of the relentless experimentation that was such a unique hallmark of the Beatles' ouvre.
The medley from Abbey Road (same album as Something) also has a TON of similar modulations between C major, A minor, and A major. You Never Give Me Your Money - A minor (intro) - C major (out of college...) - C mixolydian (oh that magic feeling...) - A major (one sweet dream...) She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - A major - C major (very brief modulation in the chorus) Golden Slumbers - A minor (verse) - C major (chorus) Carry That Weight - C major - A minor (YNGMYM bridge) - C major The End - A major - C major (equal to the love...) Makes me wonder if they talked about this sort of thing on the album. These ones were all Paul songs, and he seemed to use it just like George did: modulating to A major to increase the energy and then back to C major / A minor to bring it back down (C for a peaceful feeling, A minor for a sadder one).
That is fascinating. I guess it contributes to the whole album sounding a little like a unified song cycle. HCTS is also in A - while John's big contributions, CT and IWY, are rooted on D modal - which is at least closely related to A. Octopus's Garden deviates to E but there again, that's going the other way from an A i.e a 4th down not a 4th up to the D songs. What would clash is a departure to Eb, Ab or Bb. But there isn't one. By all this logic the 'furthest out' one is Because which is based around C#m like its Beethoven inspiration.
That was awesome that you could use musiversal to create those covers of Harrison's songs. Growing up listening to the Beatles, I never realized that I loved George Harrison's songs the best. Not sure what that means.
while my guitar gently weeps is a gr8 song, but to me it got old, i prolly listened to it so many times that i dont want to listen to it anymore. Something and here comes the sun, on the other hand, never gets old to me
Incredible video David! IDK how I am just now seeing your videos, but this is of the upmost quality and clarity explaining a pretty complex subject! You got a new fan and subscriber today! Thank you!!
Elliott Smith was a genuine fan of George Harrison(his Beatles/GeoBeatles/Solo covers are numerous, and one of the things he talked about regarding the more intimate "Whats he really interested in as a musician sonically speaking" musical pov. ..but anyway, Elliott would talk about how deeply fascinated by the nature of the chords as they changed from this into that,etc.. Looking at his choosing something like "Isn't it a Pity?" & how beautiful his essentially full-track length transitional chord sequence-- the dynamics take over & you begin to recognize where the artist found his magical places in the art they were making.. Lolol, i guess the mark of the truly gifted and memorable is their ability to have an Artistic Quirk where ppl who were listening closely knew the sounds--they could see it coming & the music retained the voice of GH but still sounding fresh & unique as art.. Anyway..🥴🤪
back in the days of The Beatles musicians used modulations, key changes to keep the songs interesting, now days production and effects do that job. Note: I like today's pop music, but I really enjoy listening to the old stuff.
Tecnica De Voz, Nowadays ''Production & Effects'' do that for you, listen to Zager and Zager's In The Year 2525 it sums it up! The talented past performers ie the Old Stuff and today's modern crop of Tone Deaf Untalented women singing through their nasal and men with their balls in a vice. I'm surprised that you listen to The Beatles one day and Crap the next. Please don't take it personally
Oh yes, an american with danish ancestors. These are the worst. So please say "Shokrrrolloade" while eating swiss chokolate. Then you you know what stress is. :-)
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Love your channel. Can you help me understand the time signature of this song I composed? ua-cam.com/video/9nwT1Sf_s2E/v-deo.html
Man it's time to relax with the beatles jeez. You know there's a bunch of new music that most people like better? thumbs down get creative
@@ElmoRitter you are an idiot. But I agree, he should do a review of some of Yeasayer's music.
@@ElmoRitter there are millions of other channels... it's a free world
The Beatles' catalogue is a treasure trove for exploring and learning about so many music theory concepts and hearing them in practice.
Kinda ironic then that the Beatles were never formally trained in Music Theory.
@@devarshikb1449 That's what music theory is for.To make sense of what others feel instinctively, or via their own influences.Not many start off with theory and say ' Right, I'm only gonna do theory with this song '
@@devarshikb1449 Producer George Martin was a trained classical musician and I’m sure his knowledge and experience played a part in the Beatles song writing. He wasn’t called the 5th Beatle for nothing 😉
@@fretboardmaster70 True.Plus, if you are writing a song and need some direction, then you can look to theory and see the options.Which I'm sure producers do all the time.
@@StratsRUs Facts. I feel like the Beatles are that one band with the most amount of intuitive 'feel' for music in general: from their tendency to experiment with different styles and flavours of music, to them incorporating non-conventional techniques of recording and producing music, everything rings in with this idea of them having a 'feel' for all of these concepts of Musical jargon without actually knowing a thing about them.
One of my favorite key changes by George is the one in My Sweet Lord, it's a perfect use of diminished and dominant chords to go one tone up in key, it's so subtle, I just love it !
As soon as I read the title, I knew that Something and While My Guitar Gently Weeps would have been included. George Harrison truly was an amazing songwriter.
He was very good for a short period of time but no where near L & M. What songs of his would have been hits if he were not a Beatle/ex-Beatle? Few and same for Ringo. Not to take away from the really good songs he did do, but because they were Beatles/ex-Beatles they were given more credit than a lesser known artist would have if they did the same songs.
@@howie9751 John and Paul came from far more musical families than George. John and Paul picked up a lot from their parents. Ultimately your argument says that John's and Paul's music should be ignored or trashed because they were inspired and taught to some extent by their parents' example.
@@jeromehattkronen2305 I never said anything of the sort.
PIVOT!!! PIVAAT!!! But in all seriousness, George's song writing genius is massively underrated so it's fantastic to see some light being shed on this.
wow I wanted a george episode, thanks david for putting in the work to share the late legend's musical genius!
George is unique. He uses key changes as sort of a back door to other musical possibilities most others do not see. Thanks David-
Composers have been writing parallel key changes, and key changes by one accidental for a long, long, long time.
I get George's songs being cool.But those other guys in The Beatles should be praised too They were pretty good songwriters inventing other musical routes.
@@StratsRUs They're already praised enough. George is actually underrated.
@Roy Tranter You know the obsession with the Beatles, and the music theory behind their songs is amazing, but to tell you the truth, any good musical composer uses or has used those same tools and then some, and the Beatles are not unique in that regard; so any attempt to elevate them to some kind of godly status of being different than everybody else in their songwriting prowess is just not exactly true. They just happened to capture the most popularity for various reasons, another big topic of discussion. Just because one artist is less prolific than another doesn’t necessarily diminish their intellect, just their creative output.
@Roy Tranter Because you seem to ignore his solo career and his career with the Traveling Wilburys.
That "Something" key change is the default key change archetype for me.
Well when they're just starting to make Something, the original key was key of A
I like f minor sus 6 ii
to G7 to c minor
@@tutortle1820 I love playing it in A on guitar (so that I can actually sing it). modulates to F#.
Tried It cause of their something demos during the get back sessions
@@TharenCandi same, I played it in A when I just want to make fun of the song. I even sang the original melody in their session
I think the most brilliant part of George’s songwriting is how he can make the tense sound beautiful and vice versa. In WMGGW when he changes key from A minor to A major, it somehow sounds even more depressing even though Major is the “happy” key and minor is the “sad” key. And in Here comes the sun where plays the Dominant chord right before the lyrics, it’s such a happy sounding chord even though the tritone in a dominant chord should make it sound tense and uncomfortable.
Another great keychange by George is in "Photograph". It's a Ringo-Song, but it's co-written by George and it has very George-like keychanges.
Yeah, I love that song
..No No Song!!
Brilliant. Your videos are so incredibly clear. It’s a.combination of how you organize the material, the examples you choose, and the steady cadence of your speaking voice that make the topics understandable. Great job.
Thanks Stewart 😀
I agree. Interestingly the similarity between Something and While my Guitar Gently Weeps may explain me confusing the two songs in David's riddle of guess those 15 Beatles songs with samples of 2 seconds or less. One was Something and I knew it was a Harrison song but picked the wrong one. That other video was quite interesting in that the formal training of David showed how it helped him identify the songs (he's say here's an acoustic guitar, here's a synth, here's a signature drum flare and then that would help him narrow the selection of songs whereas I'd just go globally with guts, no analysis whatsoever).
I absolutely agree thank you for stating that.
These songs by George Harrison are so dear to me.
I am so, so happy to have found this channel. Your succinct presentation and information is astonishing. Thank you.
Thank you! That means a lot 😃
@@DavidBennettPiano You are much appreciated my friend.
Amazing how seamless these key changes are!
Once you know the secret! I have a feeling George did by instinct, without worrying about the musical technicalities.
Another wonderful video like so many others that could have been titled “How the Beatles were pure genius and far away the best pop group of all time”
It's nice to hear George getting some individual praise, though, since he was rather overshadowed and a bit late to the songwriting game
Best music theory channel in the game
Excellent and instructive video for any composer, beginner, advanced or anything in-between. I was impressed how well David broke it all down into the songs' basic components, and keeping it musical rather than academic.
These are genius! Never actually realised it, they sounded just quite interesting and nevertheless pretty smooth.
Genius? No. Mozart writing a symphony at 8 was genius. Using relative keys, mixing modes. Year one in a college music program.
@@rman52 I do not think comparing Mozart to George Harrison is particularly expedient. Undeniably, he was extraordinary! Nevertheless, something as this could be remarkable as well. Especially by considering the Beatles influences on society and music culture in general. And studying at university taught me one thing: We should appreciate all works and could learn from one another. Above all, these types of comparison are not constructive.
@@melanieschonert1629 If you're university taught you that rockers are musical geniuses, you should ask for your money back.
@@rman52 Achieving the ability to value other people’s work - unbiased by their genre? I believe that is crucial. It is a pleasure to include influences from different musical eras and genres into your own way of understanding and playing music. You should evolve a certain willingness to learn, even from “rockers” or musicians you can’t identify with.
@@melanieschonert1629 I love your name. It reminds me of Shoenberg the great composer. I think you are missing my point. I love George's music. I appreciate all genres. I just don't like the G word thrown out inappropriately. George was not a musical genius. No rocker was except Brian May. And it is in astrophysics. Not music. Peace.
My favorite Beatles key change: And I Love Her. So natural and subtle, seems almost expected and self-evident.
It is beautiful
I always thought the key change in that was a mistake as in the guitar solo till the end was an edit from a different take that was accidentally sped up a half step
"seems almost expected and self-evident" BAM. A big part of the beauty of the Beatles is in how much of their music feels like that. Just seems so natural and so right, so it's comfortable and likable right away.
Excellent phrase, gyno.
I've just talk about the Harrison's songs and the changes key yesterday ! Thank you for this video !
David, I have to tell you that your videos are absolutely amazing! You clearly put a lot of work into your videos and it definitely pays off. You teach us a lot of musical concepts, but most importantly teach us their nature and how to use them. The way you present songs that use these concepts and then show what they would sound like if they used a more common concept is brilliant. Your teaching and knowledge is on Rick Beato-level. Thank you for what you do!
Thank God for music!
As much as I like Rick, I think David is far more thorough and efficient with his analysis of each topic and more articulate.
The chord changes on You Like Me Too Much are incredible. One of my favorite Beatles songs from their early days.
Crafted and simplistically executed, as all of George’s contribution’s. This reminds me of our harmony and theory classes all those years ago.
Let's be honest, David Bennett is OG.
8:24 ahhhhhhhhhhh this Friends reference got me rolling LOLOLOL 😆😆😆😆😆😆
If you think about it, the lyrics to help map pretty well to the friends theme song. The notes as well. I’d imagine it in my head as going,
When I was younger, so much younger than today
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
I never needed anybody’s help in any way
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
And so on
@@jacksondavies1451 goddammit now that's all I can hear 😆 well, they're AROUND the same tempo, and definitely both in the same key (A major), so that helps a bunch.
Just shows how ahead of their time they were,or maybe a wizard sent the Beatles that Help song on a flying flaming pie from the future.
It subverted my expectations.
Very cool. I clapped.
I clapped when I saw it!
Very cool.
Thank you so much David. Your videos are so informative and allow me to learn a lot!
In some songs George also plays his guitar solo in a new key, only to come back to the original key by the end of the solo. For instance, Ringo’s “Octopus’s Garden” and John’s “Free as a Bird.”
Octopus's Garden is one of my favorite Beatles songs because of that key change and how perfectly it leads into the following verse by tracing the E Major scale 10 steps downward from C# to A.
'And I love her' has one too a semitone up.
Or Leave A Light On, although that's written by Nowels/Shipley.
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David Bennett, you are such a fantastic content creator, and I am so happy to have discovered your channel. Your videos are super informative, and interesting. And your subtle approach to humour is really wonderful. Talking about pivot chords with the Friends video in the background, that was hilarious. So many youtubers try too hard to make their content funny and entertaining. You are great at what you do!
David - please do "You Never Give Me Your Money"! The key & mode changes are amazing. Overall motion is Am - C - A, but with many odd departures. It's a microcosm & setup for the Side 2 Medley (The Long One) whose motion is similar. With "The End," the medley seems to have resolved to a bluesy-mixolydian A - but then it gives a final, "surprise" resolution to C. Well worth analyzing!
Great video, David. I sometimes feel that George Harrison's songs were grossly underrated, but I think he was an extremely talented song writer. Wow, Musiversal sounds cool, had never heard of it before.
One of the first instances where I'm totally on board with the sponsor. I just released an album with two tracks played by Musiversal's 30-piece orchestra in Prague. They're so awesome to work with!
Very nice!
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Where did you release it
I've been writing songs since 1985 and I've been learning a lot of valuable stuffs, thanks to your outstanding videos, Dave.
Love Georges modulations.
Always musical and serving the song .
Mr Bennett, I really like what you do on your channel. I have been watching you for a few years now and I really value your walkthroughs of song structure and showing how the music works. Few people give key modulations the attention that you do (it’s always been a mystery to me how that works). I especially like the modal videos where you show how, say, a Lydian progression would have sounded if it had been an Ionian progression. It’s fascinating. Appreciate you.
Wanna give a second thumbs up for the inclusion of "PIVOT!"
Really interesting, and those recreations were well done and a good advert for your sponsor Musiversal!
They are great songs but these 'recreations' sounded awful (i know David doesn't really have a choice, and it's not like it's his fault--his videos are excellent)
@@SandalwoodBros I disagree. Especially the singing was pretty good, I thought.
The way he did the changes are sublime..not comparación, its a natural way a genius like him only can do. Very impossible to imitate! Not even Eric or Paul can reproduce it with the same swift.
Pivot! Pivot!! Awesome dude. Great info and well organized.
Excellent insight once more, thank you. I note the recreations in the examples. Very impressive.
John Paul and George were so impressively talented and able to figure out new chords, use modes, change keys, switch time signatures and change tempos with the easy of breathing. Best band ever.
And most of the time they did it just by having great ears, not because they knew what they were doing. This was definitely the case for John. Maybe Paul and George knew what they were doing, but John definitely didn't.
@@bendagostino2217 Agreed. John was very intuitive and explorative.
Today is Ringo's birthday
Yep!
Happy birthday Bongo!
Peace & love to everyone
I HEARED HE SHIDDED AND FARDED
They say it's your birthday. Well it's my birthday too yeah.
They say it's your birthday. Happy birthday to you!
You are the biggest help to my musical theory education and I'm so hooked on your channel. No one else on youtube Is half as good at teaching theory. Im a young writter and you have given me so many tools that all I do is write. I love the weekly upoads, please keep it up!
I was wondering if you could cover Picking key and tempo in a vid. also Idk if you need ideas but a comrehensive vedeo on synthwork would be uper interesting.
Favorite educational content on UA-cam right now. And I watch quite a bit.
I sincerely love these videos. Thank you for breaking music down like this.
Excellent video!!! Thank you 🙏
2:30 - Another interesting part of "Something" is the ending--it changes key twice! (C -> A -> C)
Its Ringo's birthday. Can't wait for the video about his songs.
All both of them. 😅
@@awilliams4018 don’t forget the shared credit in “What Goes On” 😆
Oof
@@ManuelGonzalez-pz6zq You mean the whole five words he wrote for that? 😅
Octopus`s Garden is easily my favourite Beatles song, and definitely their most underrated
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Oct 18th, 2081: David Bennett releases the last of his Beatles music analysis videos. I'm betting it will take him that long to get through them all 😁
and then starts doing the solo careers analysis!!
@@camiloflores1592 Maybe not Paul's solo/Wings career. 😉
@@awilliams4018 some of Paul’s best work was his solo work. Though there is a lot of Wings that can be skipped I can agree on that.
Interesting and inspiring . It is very interesting when modulations that take some explanation actually allow the song to proceed very naturally and smoothly . George , not to diminish him at all , was most likely simply trying things and allowing his ear to confirm it . I think the Beatles who worked in a different era from this one actually gave themselves the time required to be musically creative . In addition , for all the talk about the conflicts , they collaborated quite wonderfully . Funny , I always thought there was something a little different right away in the opening line of this song .
My favourite Beetle and a exceptional musician. I really enjoy these Beetles episodes on your channel. Terrific work mate, thank you 🙏
That was awesome. Thanks for talking about the key signatures! I always learn a lot from your videos - you’re very good at explaining things simply and effectively. Well done!
Excellent, David, thank you.
As a songwriter from ear and taught myself guitar by watching... this explanation is in a language that I inherently understand but I don't read or write notation, yet everything makes perfect sense.
I. Am. In. Love. With. Your. Voice. And. Content. It is literally so relaxing!
My son and I love all of David's videos but what I particularly love here is his subtle inclusion of Ross Geller shouting "Pivot" in an episode of Friends when he discusses Pivot Chords. Brilliant!
Key change in "Real Love" in solo is amazing
Love how these songs don’t just use the 1, 4, 5 and 6 chords!
The lost art of using original chord progressions!
Naughty chords make every progression better
That's what Dylan said. He called the Beatles chords outrageous.
They only had 1 or 2 in I-vi-IV-V.
I love you dude. Great video!
I really like that kind of modulation in While My Guitar Gently Weeps, going from minor to the parallel major. It's like the clouds lifting and the sun shining after a rainstorm
As someone who earnestly strove after the spiritual for so much of his life, it seems to me George often also went after such spiritually uplifting musical devices. I guess that's a natural connection. Less about purely how it sounds than how that sound makes me feel. Quite an interesting approach to music-making - and certainly part of the relentless experimentation that was such a unique hallmark of the Beatles' ouvre.
Peace and love everybody
✌😎✌
Excellent presentation. Well done!
The medley from Abbey Road (same album as Something) also has a TON of similar modulations between C major, A minor, and A major.
You Never Give Me Your Money
- A minor (intro)
- C major (out of college...)
- C mixolydian (oh that magic feeling...)
- A major (one sweet dream...)
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
- A major
- C major (very brief modulation in the chorus)
Golden Slumbers
- A minor (verse)
- C major (chorus)
Carry That Weight
- C major
- A minor (YNGMYM bridge)
- C major
The End
- A major
- C major (equal to the love...)
Makes me wonder if they talked about this sort of thing on the album. These ones were all Paul songs, and he seemed to use it just like George did: modulating to A major to increase the energy and then back to C major / A minor to bring it back down (C for a peaceful feeling, A minor for a sadder one).
That is fascinating. I guess it contributes to the whole album sounding a little like a unified song cycle. HCTS is also in A - while John's big contributions, CT and IWY, are rooted on D modal - which is at least closely related to A. Octopus's Garden deviates to E but there again, that's going the other way from an A i.e a 4th down not a 4th up to the D songs. What would clash is a departure to Eb, Ab or Bb. But there isn't one. By all this logic the 'furthest out' one is Because which is based around C#m like its Beethoven inspiration.
Nice video, David. Thak you. Well explained as always. By the way, that was beautiful harp music under the Musiversal section at the end.
Love George's music talent the life he lived is shown in his music with beautiful lyrics and Milotic guitar
(The spirit of) George Harrison: "Oh, so that's what I did...cool."
*In his nasal scouse accent*
Thanks again David.
This video really felt like a lesson in practical uses for keychanges. I learnt a lot!
That was awesome that you could use musiversal to create those covers of Harrison's songs. Growing up listening to the Beatles, I never realized that I loved George Harrison's songs the best. Not sure what that means.
This is a great topic and a fantastic analysis! Love this music and enjoy your insight. Thanks, sir!
The Harmony Wheel is an excellent resource for determining pivot chords. Most of my favorite songs have some form of modulation in them.
I just discovered this channel, I have never subscribed and looked through older videos faster
Thanks man, your lessons are always really interesting
It's a an unbelievable miracle of the tunes that the Beatles created when they couldn't read music. They were Truly Talented !
This just continues to show how genius of a songwriter George was
So very underrated, but if you know, you know 😉.
I always learn so much from you. Thanks! 💕
Thanks 😀
Wonderful video. I love the way you very concisely sprinkled music theory into this presentation of some musical masterpieces.
Brilliant. Can’t wait to employ those techniques
PIVOT!!
Great friends reference. George would be proud.
You are so good with words, David! And a crystal clear way of explaining things!
Brilliant work as usual, David. And loved the Friends reference!
george harrison is my favorite beatle and one of my favorite guitarists his songs are great
What's your favourite Harrison Beatles song? For me it's between While My Guitar Gently Weeps, It's All Too Much or Something
while my guitar gently weeps is a gr8 song, but to me it got old, i prolly listened to it so many times that i dont want to listen to it anymore. Something and here comes the sun, on the other hand, never gets old to me
Long long long
I Want To Tell You. Great vocal melody, and Paul’s piano part is killer.
Taxman
Here Comes The Sun
Very well done, thanks.
Incredible video David! IDK how I am just now seeing your videos, but this is of the upmost quality and clarity explaining a pretty complex subject! You got a new fan and subscriber today! Thank you!!
big THANKS
Nice work!
Elliott Smith was a genuine fan of George Harrison(his Beatles/GeoBeatles/Solo covers are numerous, and one of the things he talked about regarding the more intimate "Whats he really interested in as a musician sonically speaking" musical pov.
..but anyway, Elliott would talk about how deeply fascinated by the nature of the chords as they changed from this into that,etc..
Looking at his choosing something like "Isn't it a Pity?" & how beautiful his essentially full-track length transitional chord sequence-- the dynamics take over & you begin to recognize where the artist found his magical places in the art they were making..
Lolol, i guess the mark of the truly gifted and memorable is their ability to have an Artistic Quirk where ppl who were listening closely knew the sounds--they could see it coming & the music retained the voice of GH but still sounding fresh & unique as art..
Anyway..🥴🤪
Very good analysis.
Recently found your channel and now binging
Yeah! New video!
I really love this video ☺️thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks 😃😃
Amazing video that proves George Harrison was a brilliantly gifted composer, differently from what many McLennon-focused people think.
Great video as always! Especially about George Harrison, who is my favourite Beatle.
This is brilliant
if i needed someone just sounds genius
George “borrowed” the riff from The Byrds’ “The Bells Of Rhymeney”.
back in the days of The Beatles musicians used modulations, key changes to keep the songs interesting, now days production and effects do that job. Note: I like today's pop music, but I really enjoy listening to the old stuff.
I still listen to many 1960s music. The death of Lennon made me very 😔.
Tecnica De Voz, Nowadays ''Production & Effects'' do that for you, listen to Zager and Zager's In The Year 2525 it sums it up! The talented past performers ie the Old Stuff and today's modern crop of Tone Deaf Untalented women singing through their nasal and men with their balls in a vice. I'm surprised that you listen to The Beatles one day and Crap the next. Please don't take it personally
this comment is... not accurate
"musicians used modulations, key changes to keep the songs interesting, now days production and effects do that job"
Are you nuts?
Pop music today is a joke, completely copy and pasted soulless "music"
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Always great to hear Swiss German and not Standard German. Very relaxing.
Oh yes, an american with danish ancestors. These are the worst. So please say "Shokrrrolloade" while eating swiss chokolate. Then you you know what stress is. :-)
Swiss German is not a language. It's a throat disease. (I like the swiss,...but honestly...)
@@klauskruger6187 A German with a sense of humour is the best.
@@klauskruger6187 I confess, you made me smile.