I’ve always loved chromatic mediant harmony and it was a great revelation when I learned about Neo-Riemannian theory. An exercise I do with my students (and that I do myself) is to choose a starting point on the Tonnetz and follow various paths from chord to chord - which is essentially what you did in this video. Learning chromatic mediant harmony is liberating but it also reminds us of all kinds of common-tone relationships that exist in traditional functional harmony. Because these harmonies are, on one hand, unmoored, and on the other, the most familiar and stable harmonies - simple triads - they make the familiar strange and the strange familiar. In order to preserve that effect, added extensions can’t create dominants - no tritones. And that’s what you did with your beautiful minor chords with extensions. They’re especially evocative - like distant bells full of dark portent. As always, thank you you for continuing to open doors and windows. Cheers!
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
that's the heart of the matter!
@nenharma82
2 ай бұрын
I really love that you experimented with potential applications of this with strings and also electronic music. Thanks a lot!
@ghfdt368
4 ай бұрын
Hey Chris loved the video and little exploration of chromatic mediants! One topic I'd love for you to cover are chord progressions and ideas used a lot in the 80's as I personally think a lot or artists and bands used really beautiful wide,rich chords and harmony with major and minor 9, 11, 6ths chords aswell as add 9,sus 2, sus 4 and inversions. Tips and hints on how to make our own and get that beautiful rich 80's atmosphere would be awesome,Thanks 🙂
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
that's a GREAT idea
@harryleblanc4939
4 ай бұрын
I've been hugely influenced by neo-reimannian theory ever since I read the book "Hollywood Harmonies." I'm interested in bringing these kinds of epic changes into a more pop setting. You do hear a few examples in pop music (e.g., in Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke", the chord change for "you can feel it all over." That sixth, which diatonically would normally be minor, is unexpectedly major, which brings a bright ray of sunshine into the chorus.) Exciting stuff!
@lmrock
4 ай бұрын
The melody is like a painting, and its frame is like the chord progression and canvass that you paint over with color-tones. Re-harming a song is like re-framing a painting.😊
@netuno60
4 ай бұрын
Great video. The sound of these chromatic mediants is indeed evocative or climatic.
@drew4b
4 ай бұрын
always appreciate your insight Chris, thanks for continually posting great videos like this over the years.
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
thanks drew!
@bassocanario
4 ай бұрын
Just stumbled onto your channel. Great presentation here: clear, concise explanations. Thank you, looking forward to checking out more of your material !
@ericmiller74
4 ай бұрын
Great! I was looking for a way to make non boring progressions and this fit the bill.
@billhasty5197
4 ай бұрын
Pure Platinum. Thanks Again.
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
You bet!
@markbelcher1777
4 ай бұрын
Would ❤ a better understanding of NEO-RIEMANNIAN theory via your beautiful, calming style
@wae2kwick4u
4 ай бұрын
More creative provocations ...Many thanks once again for all the excellent & well thought-out work !
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
Thank you too!
@lighterwaves5659
4 ай бұрын
Your voicings are the secret sauce...🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
it's true that well voiced versions of these chords make a huge difference. my golden rule is i move each voice AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. the rule of "parsimony."
@lighterwaves5659
4 ай бұрын
@@ImpliedMusic and you use shapes that counter each other...showing your voicings is priceless 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
@lozoz
4 ай бұрын
this is wonderful, thank you!
@kleve6572
4 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@noalias317
4 ай бұрын
Chris, you are such a pleasant and sympathetic explainer. Always very interesting topics and information. Super well presented. Best regards from Switzerland.
@PatternMusic
4 ай бұрын
I am working with a Eurorack modular sequencer "Tetrachords" by Cycle Instruments. It is a chord and arpeggio sequencer. And it has a feature called "pivot modulation" that uses this technique. Your video provides valuable background to help me understand it.
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
excellent
@vonanderssonnoisesystem
4 ай бұрын
Great stuff, very inspiring. Thank you! I’m a big fan of Radiohead and their various side projects. They often use ideas like these to create epic chord progressions.
@EnkiAndInanna
4 ай бұрын
Great work again, i compose meditation and hypnosis music and sounds and struggle with making pieces long enough and also stay low information or movements. Is there a trick to elongating ideas without being repetitive?
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
I like the idea of “accumulating” gradually longer phrases..
@jimrogers7425
4 ай бұрын
I would love a link to the poster at the beginning of this video… visuals are always helpful. Great video! Cheers!
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
There’s quite a few images of the tonnetz on the web. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonnetz
@petegreenfield8366
4 ай бұрын
Wonderful. Am off to try that now.
@jvsonyt
4 ай бұрын
Awesome
@DarkSideofSynth
4 ай бұрын
Just splendid
@mikebrodhead
4 ай бұрын
I just got back from The Art Of Noise exhibit at SF MOMA. If memory serves, you’re a Bay Area person, yes? If so, I recommend checking it out.
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
Excellent. Will do.
@uffevonlauterbach
4 ай бұрын
This was pretty cool. Your videos are really informative. Do you happen to have your own compositions that you've completed?
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
So many. Implied Music on Spotify, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, and film and tv
@uffevonlauterbach
4 ай бұрын
@@ImpliedMusic Thanks! I'll go take a listen. 🙂
@libertatus
4 ай бұрын
Cool stuff! Notation please.
@nickthane
4 ай бұрын
The first example is Thanos's theme from Avengers Endgame, isn't it?
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
Maybe. This hack fuels the epic theme factory for sure
@rhettohlerking2446
4 ай бұрын
If there’s chromatic mediants, is there such a thing as chromatic sub dominants? Or chromatic dominants? There may be an obvious answer but I’m just curious as to why chromatic mediants stand out
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
Perfect consonances, 4ths, 5ths, octaves, unison, don’t yield those juicy common tones. There’s much more to say, but try it and it will be clear
@gianni1646
4 ай бұрын
I’ve seen the chart you’ve posted on this video somewhere before. What is it called and is there a download available? Thanks. Love the tutorial, Gianni❤
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
Called the Tonnetz. There’s a wiki article that has that chart in it. Interesting stuff
@indradhanush5444
2 ай бұрын
Sir ..thankyou for this video I want to learn composition .. Iam from India Plz guide me sir 🙏
@erock.steady
4 ай бұрын
outer worlds - that's yours? noice
@ImpliedMusic
4 ай бұрын
Don’t know that
@LeeGee
4 ай бұрын
Great to hear the different genre settings Towards the end you mentioned some names and showed an esoteric-looking chart....? A web of intervals?
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