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@Kris-Wolverine-Matthews
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever done a video on the "Zelda" chords, using the flat 7 and flat 6? Or just exploring the genius of Koji Kondo in his Zelda, Mario, Nintendo compositions? Thanks for all the great content!
@HeelBJC
Жыл бұрын
I haven't seen a vst sponsor a youtube video before. I have way too many pianos already, but if this trend continues my wallet will be unhappy.
@A_Voice_In_The_Ocean
Жыл бұрын
well done good soul, nice shirt! god bless.
@klaxoncow
Жыл бұрын
Another song that uses this chord progression is the one you're improvising at the end of the video. Hope that helps.
@wyattstevens8574
Жыл бұрын
The Carpenters use this following extended progression at the end of Goodbye To Love: (when FX have basically multiplied Karen's voice into 4-part harmony) All chords except the last two (D7 lasts for 3 beats, played on beats 1 and 3, and G7 only lasts for one beat) last for 2: C CM C7 F Fm D7 G7 In an Aimee Nolte video about 3 years ago, the Nolte kids helped her identify such songs for multiple progressions!
@adrianholovaty
Жыл бұрын
“Something” also has the classic Am - Am(maj7) - Am7 - D7 walkdown, over the lyric “I don’t want to leave her now.” Similarly a satisfying chromatic walkdown.
@Cheeseburgerman23
Жыл бұрын
I call it the “stairway” progression from the Zeppelin boys. Also in “ain’t no mountain” from Marvin Gaye at the start.
@liro6
Жыл бұрын
Also I me mine has it
@dugl
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, this one also satisfying to play on guitar
@stephenmcg4299
Жыл бұрын
You can keep walking that down, can’t you. Nice on guitar starting at the 5th fret. Am - Am add 7 - Am7 - D - Dm - Am - B7 - E. A in the bass most of the way and the line cliche (A G# G F# F E D# E) on the 4th string. Sounds familiar?
@spongebabe27
Жыл бұрын
I always thought it was a D9. That's how I've been playing it at least and will continue to do so, think it sounds a lot better :D
@TheJohtunnBandit
Жыл бұрын
I have ADHD and I've spent years trying to learn more music theory and getting frustrated by everything being either too basic or too technical, and you have struck just the right balance for me lately and I am very grateful! I'm finally getting songs actually written completely and actually published and it is a wonderful feeling. I've been doing homework by writing a song in whatever chord progression you cover in these videos and it is fun and helpful.
@gabe_s_videos
Жыл бұрын
I'm also an aspiring songwriter with ADHD and this sounds like a great exercise!
@Lotschi
Жыл бұрын
This is so cool! I also try to write music and for me aswell those videos are great inspiration and make me progress. Where can I find you music?
@pensivepenguin3000
2 ай бұрын
Why do people with ADHD constantly feel the need to announce that they have ADHD?
@kyteillingworth
4 күн бұрын
@@pensivepenguin3000because society has lots of obstacles for people with ADHD and when people find solutions to overcome these obstacles it makes them happy and sharing things with people is a fundamental part of the human experience
@samtotheg
Күн бұрын
lol i understand this stuff but the adhd makes it hard to do any fucking thing for me lololol
@jeff__w
Жыл бұрын
The onscreen graphics showing the chords and the piano keys are always superb-they make your explanations crystal clear!
@robertYTB78g
Жыл бұрын
And for me, much easier to play along with :)
@adb012
Жыл бұрын
Kokomo (Beach Boys) has a very interesting variation of this extended chord progression. Instead of doing: C Cmaj7 C7 F Fm C, it goes C Cmaj7 Gm7 F Fm C Note that both the C7 and the Gm (or Gm7) have the B♭ note to create the same half-tone descending effect. Not only that, but the whole verse is: C Cmaj7 Gm7 F Fm C D7 G7 and back to C in the next verse. That creates the half-tone descending sequence C B B♭ A A♭ G G♭ F and E, but in addition, G7 C (which is the perfect cadence due to the B C notes sequence) also has the D C notes sequence which, although it is a full tone instead of half, closed the loop back to C where it started.
@wyattstevens8574
Жыл бұрын
So does Hooked On a Feeling! (Only thing: I think it uses a C7/Bb instead of Gm7) Also the outro of "Goodbye to Love" (C CM C7 F Fm C/G D7 G7)
@zschokks5583
Жыл бұрын
I was searching for someone who thought of Kokomo as well when hearing this chord progression and luckily you delivered the whole theory in bonus ;-)
@adb012
Жыл бұрын
@@zschokks5583 ... Believe it or not, I don't know anything about music theory other than what I learned in this channel.
@23DDP
Жыл бұрын
Lol I kept humming kokomo through the video, then went looking to see who else was thinking it 😂
@psndsh
5 ай бұрын
There's this popular song called "Hidhhda hidhhdai" in Nepal by the band '1974 AD' and it uses the same progression starting from D. When I listened to Something for the first time, it sounded so familiar but I couldn't point out why. It makes sense now
@mattgrac
Жыл бұрын
The piece with a similar descending chord progression that precedes them all is the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Aram Khachaturian’s Spartacus ballet from 1954. It should be noted that Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (which clearly follows the Adagio progression) preceded Something by two years.
@bdbdthatsallfolks
Жыл бұрын
One of the best of the chord progression series. Wish this kind of explanation was around 40 years ago!
@keithlillis7962
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree. We would have needed paid for lessons to learn this. KZitem is an amazing resource for learning music.
@rabbitinnh
Жыл бұрын
I'm a self-taught guitar player who learned completely by ear without even knowing scales. It's just in the last couple of years that I've learned to understand modes to some degree. I absolutely love these videos. Even when I've written songs, it's all been by ear, sometimes by picking the notes of different chords out on the strings and frets without even knowing what they are.. Knowing a little bit of theory is really a gift. Thank you.
@learnasongwithjon
Жыл бұрын
If you need help or looking to learn songs like "Something", visit my channel! Request any song or lesson and I'll make a video on it.
@tkharmer3045
Жыл бұрын
Same! I’m enjoying theory as I’m getting older but had no idea when I was first learning!
@JJ_TheGreat
Жыл бұрын
Wow, you are a better man than me... I am tone deaf - I would not be able to distinguish between the various pitches. I would definitely not be able to learn by ear. I am a visual learner. So my problem is being able to know what I am playing.
@Gorf_Denroh
Жыл бұрын
This should be shown in every copyright lawsuit where chord progressions are at the heart of the case. It clearly demonstrates that progressions, even unique ones, are ubiquitous and part of the public domain.
@BlessYourHeart254
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree-at this point, there is no new thing under the sun when it comes to chord progressions 😎
@f1gridlock
Жыл бұрын
@@BlessYourHeart254I hear a lot of people say this but there are actually more possible combinations than there are stars in the sky. Of course if you only have a 3 or 4 chord sequence that's not the case but if you look at 8 or 12 bar sequences it's easily possible to come up with truly unique sequences. For example Mitski's 'Washing Machine Heart' has a 12 bar sequence that really is unique.
@justie1220
Жыл бұрын
My favorite use of this progression is in the exogenesis symphony by muse. Very melancholy but also very powerful.
@michaeldonaghey
Жыл бұрын
Chord progressions can not be copyrighted.
@carolmurphy4627
4 ай бұрын
I agree, you can't copyright a chord progression, it's ludicrous.
@rexringschott
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant job with the chord animations and the explanations. Wonderful editing well done.
@TimothyReeves
Жыл бұрын
I must really like that chord progression because Something, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace), Kiss Me, It Ain't Over Til It's Over, and Can't Take My Eyes Off You are among my favorite pop songs. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head was a favorite when I was a kid.
@Samfhire
Жыл бұрын
“Everybody’s talking at me” by Harry Nielsen has almost this. It goes to Dm instead of F (which also has that A from the chromatic line) and it also does the “Kiss me” thing of teasing by going between the Cmaj7 and C7. Another cool thing about “Something” is that later, in the chorus, it has an ascending chromatic line.
@trymoto
Жыл бұрын
I've been playing this progression in variant of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (C Cmaj7 C7 F Fm C D Dm C) - and i think that this is one of the most beautiful progressions out there. You get a constant descending feel and resolution is so perfect. This take got me thinking about it as just a member of a huge family. Thanks for great research that went into this video.
@RitosM
Жыл бұрын
Literally the first song I thought of! It's truly a beautiful song isn't it.
@depstein3847
8 ай бұрын
Very similar chords to To Make You Feel My Love
@krcprc
Жыл бұрын
Natural continuation would probably be an 8-chord loop with C Cmaj7 C7 F Fm C D7 G7, it continues with that chromatic descend and nicely resolves back.
@TrippyFood
Жыл бұрын
Doesn't "United States of Eurasia" by muse use that chord progression?
@justie1220
Жыл бұрын
Yes. I was just thinking about this.
@derick-smith
2 ай бұрын
I didn't realize how much I personally underappreciated McCartney's contribution on bass with this song. You make me love music that I already love, even more. Thank you for that!
@SpicyAir
Жыл бұрын
Something and Can’t Keep My Eyes Off Of You are two of my all time favorite songs. I also really like Kiss Me. I think I just discovered the key to my musical taste. Pun very much intended.
@tommyhaynes9157
Жыл бұрын
George had asked Paul to keep the bass simple on Something . Fortunately Macca didn't comply . That bass part is just about my favorite of Paul's. Particularly during the solo . The first part of George's solo is a bit sparse ( sparse and perfect) and the busy bass perfectly fills in the space Harrison is leaving . Just because it's your song doesn't mean you know how the other band members should treat it
@isaiahneilguitaristofficia549
Жыл бұрын
Paul’s Bass is incredible on that song, glad he didn’t take George’s request and keep the bass part simple, it would have made the song BORING, and Ringo’s fills and no hi hat during the verse’s are perfect…
@zarzee8925
Жыл бұрын
Paul himself probably could have taken that advice a time or two lol
@michaelhalpert5518
Жыл бұрын
I disagree. If a band mate showed me a song they wrote and I thought I could improve it I would give him the suggestion but if he didn’t want it I would back off and do it his way because he wrote it not me. If I had a song idea I was excited about I wouldn’t want someone changing into something else. It’s about band mates respecting each other. You won’t always like each others songs but you compromise. It’d be different maybe if the band were all coming up with the song together. Kinda like the song get back where there sitting around and just start writing the song.
@hw343434
Жыл бұрын
Who cares? The song inspired the bassline not the other way around. The song is epic with or without Bass. Ringo’s drum part is amazing as well; when a songwriter writes a gem like Harrison did, any and all band members will be inspired. That’s all that happened there thanks to George
@exxekhan
5 ай бұрын
Sinatra's MyWay has a brilliant variant. D-Dmaj7-D7-B7-Em7-A7-D. The B7 continues the chromatic descent AND acts as a secondary dominant to the next chord, Em7, which acts as the first chord in a ii-V-I turnaround back to the tonic.
@mikew6840
3 ай бұрын
Credit to the composer Jacques Revaux 👌
@tomgio1
Жыл бұрын
Am only halfway through, so apologies if someone already said this. The progression sounds like the online game Candy Crush, which I haven’t played in several years, but for some reason jumped out at me. For those more musically inclined, would like to hear if this makes sense. Much appreciated.
@marclevitt3832
Жыл бұрын
I was just figuring out Al Green’s “Tired of Being Alone” right before seeing your (as always, amazing) video. His song features not only the Something line cliché in C, but also the same progression in D, where it stays on that later, changing key. I guess Al wasn’t really alone at all… he was in good company!
@zachary963
Жыл бұрын
My favorite example of a line cliche - and imo the only one that doesn’t instantly old fashioned - is from Rush’s song 2112, during the Discovery section.
@ivyssauro123
Жыл бұрын
nice One!
@andlowrider
Жыл бұрын
"Last Night on Earth" by Green Day comes to mind when I hear this progression. Beautiful song and I never knew it was the same progression as Something.
@jaush2
Жыл бұрын
I'm not 100% on the chords themselves, but Last Night on Earth actually goes the other way. The fifth note of the chord steps up a semitone each chord, rather than down a semitone like in this progression. So it's a similar effect going on (the line cliche, as he calls it), but it's the opposite direction. Such a beautiful progression
@King4taday
Жыл бұрын
Yeah Last Night On Earth is a great example of a line cliche where you play on the augmented chord: tonic, augmented tonic, 6th, 7th - IV chord, IV minor chord - tonic. Similarities to this
@JJ_TheGreat
Жыл бұрын
@@King4tadayYep, and he just released a video featuring that chord progression!
@King4taday
Жыл бұрын
@@JJ_TheGreat ha just watched it earlier!
@danielroberts395
Жыл бұрын
I have a suggestion. You have done many excellent and insightful videos on harmony with your chord progression videos and with duration/time with your time signature videos, not to mention your genre videos with the classical influences on pop music. May I suggest that you do some videos focusing on melody, especially melodic devices such as sequence, motif, fragmentation, augmentation, diminution, appociatura, passing and auxiliary notes, and suspension in melodies in the. Modern pop/rock genre. There is lots of resources to do with “classical” and jazz but not much on the pop and rock genres. Your insight would be most insightful, inspiring and educational. Thank you and keep up the excellent work.
@TheeSlickShady_Dave_K
Жыл бұрын
At first i did Not understand the words this man spoke Now after watching at least 50 of David's videos, It is making sense to me 😊 Thank you for the way you make these videos Good Sir 🎩 You are a Legend and a True Gift to music as a whole 🏆 Ty
@claystrider
Ай бұрын
Awesome! I believe THAT is what this platform is truly for. Cheers!
@pinkraven4402
Жыл бұрын
"Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay is particularly interesting in this case because as far as I know the bass note under the C7 chord changes within the repetitions of the progression
@phatato
Жыл бұрын
I always actually thought the move to the D chord after these four chords was the coolest thing he did as well as his moving to the A major for the bridge which is awesome.
@merte.2047
7 ай бұрын
Lana del Rey uses this chord progression in the pre-chorus of the song "tomorrow never came", but instead of going straight from Fm to C, she takes a detour, going Fm-Em-Am-Dm-G-C, ending with the classic ii-V-I. I highly recommend giving it listen!
@HikariKrome
Жыл бұрын
I - IM7 - I7 - IV The I7 (borrowed from the mixolydian mode) can also be labelled as V7/IV, as it functions as a secondary dominant of IV. Also it can be viewed as a line cliche because the progression implies a descending melodic line 1-7-b7-6.
@JosephJamesMashups
Жыл бұрын
I love this chord progression so much! My favorite example of it is in the bridge of Surface Pressure from Encanto (with the addition of the iv chord)
@envymashups
Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, dos oruguitas: 🐛🐛 🍆🍑
@lucasargandona4658
Жыл бұрын
Coldplay has a ton of "step down" chord progressions
@santiagopellegrini8605
Жыл бұрын
Telephone Line by ELO and Can't take my eyes out off you by Frankie Vialli, other examples
@seandoe3768
Жыл бұрын
It's a different rhythm, but Paul Simon's "Kodachrome" begins like this as well.
@novafox6495
Жыл бұрын
@ 5:27 I knew it reminded me of a certain song but I couldn't point my finger on it till you play this one. For some odd reason, all these songs sound quite sad to me as if something is coming to an end and maybe the progression is built up that way. Ironically it's in the Major key. Probably the last closing song a band or artists performs. In any case, besides the educational value, it's not a sound that is inspiring to me. I know it's subjective and I try to stay away from abstract terms when coming to these sorts of conclusions but It's interesting to me how we all have the ears that appear the same, but we all hear aspects of one of the things that make up a song differently, almost in a similar way we see things with our own eyes or perceive a thought or message differently depending on who receives it and and how they process it based on their biases, experience and understanding.
@penfold7800
Жыл бұрын
Music goes way beyond that though, as the harmonics syncronise with natural biorythms in your brain AND your body physics AND whatever is in your suroundings too.
@novafox6495
Жыл бұрын
@@penfold7800 I get the point you're trying to make but things like those are frowned upon by academics. I don't consider myself an intellectual based on my pursuits., because I have desire to study these concepts beyond the basic surface level stuff, but I do find cymatics and it's relation to be music interesting, as well as a few other things that should probably be a left at a coffee table discussion at best. I do believe there's a very good reason why someone like me I finds a song like Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair, a lot more inspiring and puts me a good mood despite it's sad song, it has a farewell sort of sound. Now I'm fully aware that someone else can hear the exact same song and think it sounds stupid and aren't compelled by it, a totally different reaction. I think it's for reasons that can't be explained in a textbook... But going back to my last point in my OP. I had a hippy teacher in school, and she often carried a her guitar with her and played these songs for us and it was more of a group activity rather than a performance, I remember the songs having the same quality as "Scarborough Fair", so that's probably why I have an affinity to that sound. I'd imagine its the same for others who react the same way to the songs with the 'Something' progression.
@envymashups
Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, dos oruguitas: 🐛🐛 🍆🍑
@sylvain3243
Жыл бұрын
A well-known song in the French-speaking world that uses that very same progression is "Sensualité" (1993) by Belgian singer Axelle Red.
@Kevhuman
Жыл бұрын
Couple more classic examples. "Gentle on my mind" by John Hartford and (in minor) "nobody's home" by Pink Floyd. Also Pilates Dream" from Jesus Christ superstar
@borisblvd5354
Жыл бұрын
If you're a big fan of the 7th chord, Todd Rundgren would be an excellent songwriter to check out. His 70's classic "Hello It's me" is loaded with 7th chords, as well as many others. At Indiana Univiersity he explains his discovery & use of 7th chords..kzitem.info/news/bejne/rax94KCueoR_p2k
@andrewjwilliamson
Жыл бұрын
Radiohead also does the same thing in Planet Telex as in Kiss Me. The same chords too. It's really interesting how one chord progression can work in two completely different styles of music.
@acv.critter4811
Жыл бұрын
How about a similar line cliche ascending instead of descending? i.e. I - I aug - I6 - some secondary dominant. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again comes to mind
@PetterLyngeng
10 ай бұрын
The Kokomo by The Beach Boys uses this chord progression in the verse, followed by a minor 4, then 1, then 2 - 5 - 1.
@郭育霖-e3h
Жыл бұрын
The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin has that Something feel too. Love this video so much. Thank you.❤
@Turtle152
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Jimmy Page used the Something progression at the beginning of the song in response to Harrison complaining that Zeppelin never did ballads.
@Al59redux
Жыл бұрын
Cuban artist Silvio Rodríguez has also a wonderful song that uses this progression: La era está pariendo un corazón (The times are giving birth to a heart).
@GuilhermeSrfn
Жыл бұрын
Also when David talked about the line cliché, I remembered Silvio's "Ojalá".
@wolfrayet25music_official
Жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about songs that use the *Neapolitan 6th* chord?
@xoxb2
Жыл бұрын
Show me the way by Peter Frampton does something a bit similar, but it replaces the I7 with a regular vi, making a descending scale rather than chromatic run. It then goes chromatic after that with different chords, and then does something I don't understand with a C. D Dmaj7 Bm Bb C.
@neroignatiusrosewater
Жыл бұрын
I was looking for someone to mention Show me the way.
@saulini1656
Жыл бұрын
The rain song’s intro by Led Zeppelin purposely uses the same chords from something
@yohaanmaster
Жыл бұрын
fuck u - Francis Forever also uses this, and I never realised that it was such a well known chord progression until this video
@isaiahneilguitaristofficia549
Жыл бұрын
I think Eric Clapton, The Dominoes, Bell Bottom Blues …uses the Major, Major 7, Dominant 7, in the key of A…
@TXRXL.
Жыл бұрын
A very strange observation here, but I remember the first instance I heard this chord progression being in the good old Candy Crush theme. The game may be crappy but I will always feel nostalgic for it’s soundtrack.
@PurpleRisingLive
Жыл бұрын
Another great video - thanks! The first song that came into my mind using a variation of this chord progression is "Home sweet home" by Motley Crue. It's C - Cmaj7 - C7 - F, but the bass is moving from C to B, then to Bb and back to C again.
@larryblumerjr
Жыл бұрын
This is the song I immediately recognized as well.
@jasyynnoe8392
Жыл бұрын
I've always seen the 2nd chord analyzed as Em/B
@PurpleRisingLive
Жыл бұрын
@@jasyynnoe8392 The notes are the same of course, but in this special chord progression with the bass moving downwards Cmaj7 over B makes more sense to me. Abbrechen Antworten
@caldadextra2063
Жыл бұрын
Dude…this is the Candy Crush chord progression
@faiyaazmuhtasim6990
6 ай бұрын
I can't unhear it now
@tracyditchfield628
Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind" as recorded by Glen Campbell. That chord progression is C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 and then to Dm Dm^7 Dm7 G7. It's a strongly leading line cliche with a sweet sound. Love your explanations, BTW!
@gregpepper6053
Жыл бұрын
“Waste” from Phish also uses this chord progression. D->Dmaj7->D7->G->Gm->D
@RugbyLeaguePassport
Жыл бұрын
Would you include “Alicia Bridges - I love the night life” or “beach boys - Kokomo”
@drewseisler6256
Жыл бұрын
Bell Bottom Blues by Eric Clapton uses this progression in the second half of the chorus
@tomdg13
Жыл бұрын
Elton John's "Your Song" has a similar progression - In the "I hope you don't mind" section. It's in the minor key, skips the major 7th chord, and the movement is in the bass - Bm-Bm/A-Bm6/G#-GMaj7 (the G in the bass turning the Bm into a GMaj7). Another classic line cliche I suppose. That must be used elsewhere too?
@gtrdoc911
Жыл бұрын
Strawberry Fields has E, Emaj7, E7 but then it goes to F#m. John always liked to throw things in from left field.
@fraseringram5375
Жыл бұрын
My personal favourite eurovision song from this year "Tell me more" - TuralTuranX uses this progression with the IV iv I, with D, Dmaj7, D7, G, Gmin, D, A
@gamefanm1900
Жыл бұрын
^ The comment I was looking for! :D That was one of my favourites as well from this year! Color of your life from Poland 2016 also uses "line cliché" in the verse with C, Cmaj7, C7, A7 and then Dm, F+, F
@douglaso6428
Жыл бұрын
I know very little music theory, but I've loved music all my life and I am able to follow enough of what you teach that I can understand the basic concepts. I want to thank you for that. I also appreciate your gracious attitude. Keep up the great work and maybe in future you'll offer some beginner lessons to those of us who never learned theory! Many thanks... Doug
@MsJeffreyF
Жыл бұрын
What about Something In The Way by Nirvana?
@woodchuk1
Жыл бұрын
The song “Us” by country rock band Poco uses a D-Dmaj7-D7-G--Gm sequence tuned down a half step to Db, thus continuing the chromatic walk down.
@psbretones
Жыл бұрын
Praying for Time, by George Michael, uses it with an expresive, particular change in the resolution.
@Lagmire
Жыл бұрын
I guess Bell Bottom Blues was too obvious an example lol
@johnmaxson808
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, do you wanna see me crawl across the floor for you?
@avedic
Жыл бұрын
This was a great one! Idea for a new video you ask? How about: Songs with "line cliches that ASCEND"? And aren't necessarily limited to staying on one chord, as you touched on in this video. Your analysis of harmony is THE reason I love this channel so much. :)
@An2oine
Жыл бұрын
Does the Rain Song by Led Z use this?
@123jkjk123
Жыл бұрын
I think so, with line cliche in bass (at least on guitar part)
@neilpatterson1615
Жыл бұрын
Deliberately so
@leopardrecords2371
Жыл бұрын
Candy Crush
@kaislemenda
Жыл бұрын
thanks so so much for using my Bob Dylan cover - that surprised me on a surreal level to hear ~ -Kai
@draster541
Жыл бұрын
Excellent Tutorial. Learning so much from your teaching.
@TheCosmicFluke
11 ай бұрын
The Rain Song Led Zeppelin George told one of the members (I think it might have been John Bonham but not sure) that their music was good but they couldn't write ballads, The Rain Song was their reply. Thanks for making such great instructional videos and for choosing interesting sponsors! I just found them today and am binging.
@davidg5629
6 күн бұрын
Bell Bottom Blues uses this move too. A-AMaj7-A7. Thanks for these progression videos. It is helping this blues guy, stuck in the 1-4-5. And the 70s.
@mr.k905
2 күн бұрын
This progression is like some kind of inversion of “Isolation” by Lennon. 😉 Rain Song by Led Zep has the same 4 chord relations in the beginning.
@penfold7800
Жыл бұрын
In the Adele song 'Feel My Love' it sounds like that song takes it further; After running down the cliche to the next dominant chord (C to F in this example) The chord progression of the song then continues with another cliche run down from the half-resolve F back to the C.. (Im calling the F in Something as a Half-resolve cos its half way through the scale from C to C).
@counterplayremix6214
Жыл бұрын
Make You Feel My Love is the third time Dylan used the progression! Transposed into C: Simple Twist of Fate: C - C/B - C/Bb - F - Fm (referenced by David) You Changed My Life: C - C/B - C/Bb - F - Fm6 Make You Feel My Love: C - G/B - Gm/Bb - F/A - Fm/Ab (and as you observe, continues the cliche as far as it can go, much like the clingy narrator of Dylan's rendition who won't give up)
@michaeleaster1815
Жыл бұрын
I never realized it but I think the piano theme (such as it is) to Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home" uses this progression
@DoubleDguitar
Жыл бұрын
Came back down here to say that, if nobody’s else had. Good call.
@Groteskfull
Жыл бұрын
When he started playing in the beginning of the video, this was the first song that came to my mind.
@thepostapocalyptictrio4762
Жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan I want you ( goes to 5th) Flying Burrito brother- Hot burrito #1( goes to 5th) Many others
@farinho4098
Жыл бұрын
Hi David, I think the IV-iii-ii-I progression would be worth exploring, personally this one gives me the most nostalgic vibe. Cheers!
@billr3142
Жыл бұрын
Likewise I-ii-iii-IV eg Juliet by The Four Pennies
@patrickrichardson2518
Жыл бұрын
Kokomo from the Beach Boys is pretty darn close - I actually just got into this progression a couple weeks back when I heard Rod Stewart's "I was only Joking" on Sirius and thought "man, that sounds like Kokomo..." Kokomo goes from I to IM7 but instead of I7 moves to a vm7. (EDIT: At first I just figured this was borrowed from Cm, but after hearing David explain the C7 as a secondary dominant, I think the Gm7 is a secondary supertonic, like ii7/IV.) Similar notes - C E G Bb vs G Bb D F - and then they continue with the IV, ivm, and then they keep moving right on down one semitone at a time with I, V7/V, V7, and finally I. So if you're in C it walks down from C, B, Bb, A, Ab, G, F#, F, and then E.
@grazgrain
Ай бұрын
I wrote a song very similar to this: at the beginning the chords are C G Fmaj7 Fm7 but at the end it switches to C C7 Fmaj7 Fm7. It has a very fast tempo.
@vanlevy8049
9 ай бұрын
Also the second part of the lesson is the Am...Am maj7...Am7.....D9 Same chromatic movement that is so appealling then the Bridge A...Am....A7 D....G.... A More appealling chromatic movements
@emdr664
Жыл бұрын
Just watching to check if there's beatles or radiohead example
@panosmosproductions3230
10 ай бұрын
The original version of the main theme from Banjo Kazooie doesn’t have line cliché. But Hugo Junstrand does put some line cliché in his version of it after the first 2 chords. It begins on the 1 chord, goes to the 4 chord, and then when it hits the 5 chord for a buildup, then there’s line cliché. In this case it goes G major (G being the fifth chord in C major which is the key this song is in), G augmented, G 6, then G 7 before then going back to the tonic. Come to think of it, line cliché likely comes in very useful for building tension, kinda like slowly going up the first slope on a roller coaster.
@woodchuk1
Жыл бұрын
I thought of another song that uses this same chord progression…”It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over” by Lenny Kravitz. The same key as “Us” by Poco, in Db, and using the same Db--Dbmaj7--Db7--Gb--Gbmin chord progression.
@sarahfaust783
9 ай бұрын
Also approximately found in ‘Mellow My Mind’ by Neil Young (1975) and ‘The Rain Song’ by Led Zep (1973) !!!
@elibrainstorm5961
2 ай бұрын
Just for a small correction. The rendition or Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head is in E major, not D major. Maybe it wasn't edited right or something, but yea it's E
@qillerdaemon9331
Жыл бұрын
Paul also used it in Maybe I'm Amazed ("maybe I'm amazed, and maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me..."), and John used it earlier in Strawberry Fields ("let me take you down, cuz I'm going to...").
@dalwand
Жыл бұрын
@DavidBennettPiano A suggestion/idea: There's also a type of "one-note-song" of which I only know one (succesful) example while I write this: "witch doctor" of "The Staat". Its in the yearly top 2000 of all time of The Netherlands. I don't really know how to describe this type of music, perhaps "drone-music"? Anyway, keep it in mind - it might be something you can use.
@DuvalVoice
5 ай бұрын
Frankie Valli's well-known hit "I can't take my eyes off you" uses this characteristic progression. The song is from 1967, two years before the release of the Beatles' song. I guess that in 4:22 (continuation of the progression with IVm) this great song was in your subconscious ;-)
@jamesdignanmusic2765
Жыл бұрын
"Can't take My Eyes Off Of You" extends the downward run further by going to the II7 before resolving to the V. Another song to use the progression is BJ Thomas's "Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song".
@10acious_D
Жыл бұрын
When you brought up the minor 4 chord, I immediately thought of "Make You Feel My Love" by Bob Dylan.
@ht9896886
Жыл бұрын
uh, actually I7 means Cmaj7, not C7. "I7" means a diatonic chord, in C major key, I7 means Cmaj7. in C minor key, I7 means Cm7. and the 7 means figured bass. if you want to mark C7 chord in C major key, use "I7♭". we can't use the logic of modern music chord symbol to write Roman numeral analysis😅
@hepphepps8356
Жыл бұрын
Most of George Harrison’s most prolific songs are from a few years right before and after 1970. They were all made by him noodling about the arch-typical «D-shape» Chord on the guitar(sometimes with Capo). Characterised by the typical 5th-root-3rd voicing as starting point. In Somethings case, the top note is saved for the bridge. Usually a riff/hoook, main melody and chord progression of the verse are all derived from it. Something, Here Comes the sun, Isn’t it a pity, All things must pass, Give me Love, even the bridge he helped Clapton write for «Bridge/Badge» has that central open Major guitar voicing derived from the «D-shape» featuring prominently. Just an observation. Try it for yourself;-) Just fantastic how a guy could derive so much material from such a simple thing!
@josellorensamico2920
7 ай бұрын
Dear David, could you find examples of songs that use the progression of the beginning of George Harrison's "While my guitar gently weeps"? Thank you!
@davebowman6497
Жыл бұрын
[Before done vieweing]. Turning around at the maj7 and going back always sounds very Radiohead'ish to me. There's can be an uncomforting air of anxiety in it. Eg there's a similar progression in Planet telex in the chorus ("Everything is ... broken") - but I'm not sure it's the exact same "trick". And the intro itself is similar but instead going up-up-down-down which isn't quite as "angs-ridden" but more powerful rock/pop, in part also because of the perfect drums there. And again something similar in the verse. Maybe my all favorite Radiohead song..
@ric8248
Жыл бұрын
Another interesting chord progression with a similar line cliche is I - III - vi - I7 like in You Never Give Me Your Money and Friends Will Be Friends by Queen. Or maybe you can try videos about songs with a unique intro that is the same as the outro like Dear Prudence, The Masterplan, or Subterranean Homesick Alien by Radiohead. Or songs that never look back, like Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Stairway To Heaven. &c.
@andrewu8525
8 күн бұрын
I know this is old but I would love if you had a Spotify playlist associated with each video featuring all the examples. I want to hear all these songs play out so badly.
@vanlevy8049
9 ай бұрын
Song Written by George Harriiosn NOT Pail MCCartney Great Lesson!! - But You did not mention "Tonicization" name
@gettingkilt
Жыл бұрын
A progression I would love you discuss is I - I7 - IV - iv. Looped it's Lucy in the Sky or Nobody Does it Better, but if you add a turnaround it's My Way or Saints Go Marching In or Sloop John B or a hundred others.
@qianluoma7005
7 ай бұрын
BRO LEFT THE C7 there unsovled made my whole day uncomfortable 11:03
@ashleys2144
Жыл бұрын
Same progression but in minor key - This Masquerade - Leon Russell, but more commonly George Benson - though my favourite version is Pat Metheny and Friends. Also Save Me - The Cruel Sea
@sirB0nes
Жыл бұрын
Listening to that snippet of "Give me Love" by George Harrison really reminded me of "I Want You" by Bob Dylan (not to be confused with the similarly-named Beatles song). Does that use a similar chord progression?
@Groteskfull
Жыл бұрын
My first thought of was of that Mötley Crüe song, then I just realized "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" from Phil Collins has this progression too.
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