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Relative pitch is an ability that any artist can learn and it allows you to determine the chord progression of a song just by ear! Today we'll take a look at some of the most likely chords you'll come across in small essential songs and how to identify them just by ear!
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0:00 Introduction.
0:38 i.
1:53 v.
3:08 V.
4:19 iv.
5:32 IV.
6:28 bVI.
7:17 Roman characters in Minor key.
8:19 bvi.
9:31 Timbro.
10:21 ii( dim).
12:30 ii.
13:13 II.
14:21 bVII.
15:28 bIII.
17:00 bII.
18:18 bV.
19:17 biii.
20:21 I.
22:00 TEST TIME.
27:00 Patreon.
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Rare intervals I’d love to see in a future sequel to this video is the bVIIm, especially found in Glass Onion by The Beatles and Love Street by The Doors! Another one is the VIm found in I Heard It Through The Grapevine and Come Together
Good idea! Another good example is “Hey You” by Pink Floyd 😊
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Brilliant video! as usual, well done and thankyou! Some common themes amongst the chord progression and even your scale videos have been contrasting darkness and brightness, and functional harmony. Is it possible if you could do a video or two on Axis Theory and Negative Harmony?
Your videos being music education to so many people who wouldn’t have it otherwise
Thank you! 😁
…can barely keep up. Coming back 2 it. Thanx so much.@@DavidBennettPiano
While IV may not be as common as V, it is common in Doric contexts. I mention this because you brought up Dorian in another context. bII may be borrowed just do avoid a diminished chord, so in Hocus Pocus by Focus when Thijs goes up the scale towards the end of each “verse”, he always does bII. In terms of functional harmonics, I remember that we used to use the term “parallel tonic”, in major it’d be vi and in minor bIII, which is why bIII feels like home in a minor setting, it’s the parallel tonic. (it’s in the “same but opposite” position in the circle of fifths). Lastly, Picardy third, in my ears, a recent use of the Picardy third (and the IV chord as the song seems to flirt with Dorian a lot), is Australia’s 2023 Eurovision entry “Promise” by Voyager. The last 3 chords are bVI – bVII – I, so an æolian cadence ending on a Picardy third.
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Ill need to rewatch these videos a few times, but they’re exactly what I need right now to play at the next level. You’re helping make higher level music accessible for the masses and I commend you for it.
I completely agree
Fantastic video. I’d forgotten so much of this with the written notation. It still confused me sometimes, I definitely need to keep brushing up. 💜 (Timbro, your logo damn near gave me a headache 😂 oof)
Trying to guess which song you’re going to use as an example is a hell of a lot of fun, and I’m… scarily good at it.
This might be my favorite video of yours yet. And it just reinforces what a treasure you are for the world’s understanding of music moving forward. No snobbiness, no prizing of lofty concepts over crowd-pleasing pop devices. You just break everything down into such relatable pieces that it makes me enjoy thinking about music theory. Now I’ll finally be able to hear a piece of music in a film and go – that sounds spooky, they’re [maybe] going from the minor tonic to the minor six chord! Thank you 🙏
EDIT after being humbled by the quiz at the end: I still have a lot of work to do but am grateful for the examples to study 😅
the Muse example of a major II after a bVI is also an example of a secondary dominant use of major II, because the major II leads immediately to a major V (which is the primary dominant of the minor i chord in this song). I would rather see an example where there is a vamp of i-II , but can’t think of any pop song using that right now. It just begs the i-II-V resolution 😉
Your set of videos on chords, scales, keys, inversions, slash chords and examples of how each is used is a tremendously informative and accessible information resource! I find them both entertaining and informative, and always point my students towards them when they ask questions on these topics! Thank you for your hard work, David!
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These videos are amazing man… You literally taught me music theory in the most simple way – all these years 👍🏿💙
Much respect to you. I enjoy your teachings. Thank you for the sharing of your knowledge.
Good job man! Just to point out that you are referring to the “natural” minor scale. If it was the ditonical : the 2nd and 7th are diminished and the 3rd is a augmented cord . For instance on A minor the III is an augmented C – E – G# (used in Mozart Requiem intro) which is actually rare in classical music
Yours videos are gems, always !
You are one of the best teachers. So glad I found you.
Thank you!
Wonderful videos ❤
(Is difficult for me read THIS mode of transcription chords)
I’m surprised you don’t mention that the bvi in the minor key is a chromatic mediant, and quite distant from the minor key. The Imperial march is a great example. But it also occurs in the refrain of Bowie’s “The man who sold the world”, which seems to be in D minor, and e.g. at the words “the man who sold the…” Bb minor occurs—-the bvi!
David, I truly appreciate your videos, both educational and entertaining. Keep it up.
This was incredibly helpful. Heartfelt thank you!! 🙌🏼
Got all of them except the last one but I was close. I’m surprised I did better on the minor chord quiz than the major chord quiz but I think my ear has just sharpened from your major chord video! Also, I love the popular examples you use to help internalize these chord progressions 😄