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It's almost considered given that a song will fix at the end, implying it will move back to the tonic chord to offer us that sense of completion and finality. However a song doesn't have to fix at the end and by not doing so it can produce a bittersweet sense of incompletion or yearning.
5:15 the roman numeral above Ebm must be "bvi", not iv. Sorry for any confusion and thanks to the commenter who brought it to my attention.
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0:00 Resolving to the tonic.
0:30 end on the V chord.
2:13 end on the IV chord.
4:06 We Are The Champions.
5:13 Live and Let Die.
6:03 HDpiano.
6:44 end on the vi chord.
7:53 end on the iii chord.
9:19 the most unsettled ending ever …
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No Radiohead example??😱😱
David has kept this video unresolved by not using a Radiohead example.
Truly a man of his word
😂😂@@avijatsinharoy8944
He really has left us high and dry.
What, 12 different beatles/Paul McCartney examples isn’t enough for you?
@@avijatsinharoy8944 ha – nice one 🎉
9:41 that was funny. Almost as if the song hit the record scratch!
The conductor had to swat a bee with the baton at the very end.
5:45
Live and let die is such a good song. But it might be the least James Bond sounding James Bond song of them all. 😂
that’s probably what makes it an iconic James Bond theme
“Mother Nature’s Son” by The Beatles ends on the tonic but with the dominant seventh added, which doesn’t sound quite resolved.
Yeah, I love that resolution. Gives it a little bluesy feel.
reminds me of the ending of chopin’s prelude op. 28 no. 23, although that one is arguably resolved to the relative minor in the next prelude
I always liked the ending of Good Day Sunshine. It sort of end on a modulated V chord
That ending is what makes the song really worthy
“Seven Days In Sunny June” by Jamiroquai, but it’s interesting how in resolves into “Electric Mistress” in the album.
I love writing songs that end in VI Major, instead of minor. 😊
We call it “the Lamb transition” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tax7ZlWyYvA
I never thought of the sustained chord at the end of We Are the Champions making it “more” resolved. If anything, a sustained chord ADDS to the incompleteness, because sustaining a chord by itself is something that is typically resolved by going to the unsustained counterpart.
I agree and would add that it also increases the “ear worm” effect so that the song stays in the head for longer after listening (Or this may just be me…).
Best example of a non-resolving song ending is “Pull Me Under” By Dream Theater. The only way I can describe it is “It just sort of stops”
Before I knew this was intentional, I always thought the mp3 had bugged or something. It’s the most abrupt ending to the song
“Dialog” from Chicago V.
one of my favorite examples, though very obscure, is Lemon Demon’s “Amnesia Was Her Name”, which ends on an extended iii chord
This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us/Sparks, ends on the VIIth chord. Firth of Fifth/Genesis ends on a suspended VIIth. In The Ballad of Lucy Jordan the vocal ends unresolved.
Lucky from OK Computer is just amazing…
The chord progression in E minor, flirting mith major dominant seventh’s, ending on that C7 to the delicate B7. Must listen, one of THE best by Radiohead
Oh that’s a great example! I should have included it!
@@DavidBennettPiano David your videos are amazing, and all the examples are great! Glad we agree on Lucky, just love it.
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My favorite example of this is “Once a Day” by Mac Miller, which is the last track on the album “Circles.” The last note of the song is very discordant, but, if you let the album loop, you’ll realize that the first note of the first song, the title track, is actually the resolution to the last—making for a perfect loop!
“For No One” by The Beatles if my favorite example. It ends on the V chord in an unusual way: two iterations of decreasing tension: First heard is the G9 chord, then “resolving” to the “less tense” chord of G7. Isn’t that a sort of resolution? In a way, but it never resolves back to the expected C chord. The ambiguity and feeling of being left up in the air is a cadence I’ve always thought was a perfect fit to the lyrics.
📌 5:15 TYPO the roman numeral above Ebm should be “bvi”, not iv. Sorry for any confusion and thanks to the commenter who brought it to my attention.
What about songs that end with the iv chord?
As a musician, I have never heard that Charles Ives piece before… Although at first I was excited to hear the unresovled ending, it left me with such a pit in my stomach… Well played Ives. Well played.
I think you meant, Well composed, Ives 🤣
SOOO many IV chord endings in songs
On the 4th beat of a bar:
“Freeze Frame” J. Geils Band; “Sothern Cross” CSN; “Who Can It Be Now” Men at Work; “Faithfully” Journey; “Stay (I Missed You)” Lisa Loeb; “All Star” Smash Mouth; “Rock of Ages” Def Leppard; “You Learn” Alanis Morissette; “Drops of Jupiter” Train; “All of the Stars” Ed Sheeran; “Lotus” REM; “Blinding Lights” The Weeknd
On the 3rd beat of a bar:
“School’s Out” Alice Cooper; “Overkill” Men at Work; “Just Like Heaven” The Cure; “Home Sweet Home” Motley Crue; “Wicked Game” Chris Issak
On the 2nd beat of a bar
“Mother” Pink Floyd; “Whip It” Devo; “Beds Are Burning” Midnight Oil; “Cannonball” The Breeders
On the 1st beat of a bar
“This Time” Bryan Adams; “Private Idaho” B-52s
Nearly as many V chord endings
“Sir Duke” Stevie Wonder; “You Shook Me All Night Long” ACDC; “Another One Bites the Dust” Queen; “Middle of the Road” The Pretenders; “99 Luftballons” Nena; “Mr. Jones” Counting Crows; “Sweet Emotion” (outro) Aerosmith; “Synchronicity II” (outro) The Police; “Dream On” Aerosmith; “Moving in Stereo” The Cars; “Possession” Sarah McLachlan
vi/bVI chord endings
“Handy Man” James Taylor; “Don’t Get Me Wrong” The Pretenders; “Scar Tissue” Red Hot Chili Peppers; “Just What I Needed” The Cars; “You, Me & the Bourgeoisie” The Submarines
iii/bIII chord endings
“Nobody Home” Pink Floyd; “One (is the loneliest number)” Three Dog Night; “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” Culture Club
ii chord endings:
“Piece of My Heart” Big Brother & Holding Company; “Because” The Beatles (iidim7)
bVII chord endings (see reply to zalditoes633 post)
Yaay! Before I even clicked on this video title, “And Your Bird Can Sing” came to mind. Such an underrated masterpiece!
Je Te Laisseri Des Mots is one of my favorite songs that do this exact thing. It’s truly a wonderfully unique finally that leaves the end of the song up for a kind of speculation.
A great example (from an amazing song) is “Long, Long Time,” written by Gary White and performed by Linda Ronstadt. The brief instrumental ending is very unresolved, which matches the theme of the song.