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Take a look at my previous video on the Cadential 6/4:.
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TYPO: 0:43 is in the key of Ab, not Eb as composed. It's the same development though naturally.
" The Gospel Climb up" is a traditional chord development or turn-around discovered in all sort of blues-derived music, most especially … Gospel! In the key of C major it would be the relocation F major, to F# dim and then C over G (C/G).
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0:00 The Gospel Climb.
0:52 Bridge Over Troubled Water.
1:16 Elton John.
1:37 Blues & Ragtime.
2:27 Star Wars.
2:49 Household Guy.
3:05 Randy Newman.
3:43 Georgia On My Mind.
4:38 Super Mario.
5:50 ToneGym.
6:24 How does this chord development work?
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It’s really interesting on uncommon intervals fill specific niches. Even without singing you know exactly what type of music it is
Your chord progression videos are always my favourite
Yes, they are very inspiring.
Thank you! So glad you like them 😊
@DavidBennettPianoThank you for the high-quality work you do! As a musician, I am very grateful for it.
@DavidBennettPiano Máster, cold you do it in Spanish Music? A love your videos of progression
A chord progression video? With examples from Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, a Pixar film, a ragtime classic, and one of the most ICONIC tracks from any Mario Kart game? You get a like from me today!
I’d say the gospel climb is a great way to connect the IV to a cadential 6-4.
It is, and it’s extremely common in classical music too.
magdalena bay, a band i like that does electronic pop, released a song called Black-Eyed Susan Climb, which is a completely different style, it’s very bluesy. but in the chorus there’s a chord progression that’s super satisfying and that I was super drawn to right away, and I think it’s a gospel climb
I always want to go down (line cliches, Andalusian cadence etc). Now I have a reason to go up!
Keep it clean buddy
I’d say to try creating line cliches that go up (chromatic or diatonic). Then, experiment with notes/chords that work with the line, especially dim and aug chords.
I love a good line cliche
Haha whatta nice comment! Go go!
Going down always seems more natural to me than up lol
Okay, but that little ham at the end was sublime
It’s a great application of borrowed chords – so joyful and satisfying in its resolution!
Such a cool fucking chord progression
The emotional effect of this progression is often so uplifting. Love it!! Now I know how to play it myself. Thank you!!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
As someone trying to learn the basics of theory, the way chords function, and how to be more musical in general, these videos have been insanely useful. Thanks dude!
So glad they’ve been helpful! 😊
The SNL band plays this as the close-out music at the end of every show.
Anyone who’s watched an episode of SNL all the way till the end has also heard this progression.
Truly admire the wide scope and variety of your videos.
Thank you
Deminished, half-diminished, and augmented chords are great. They sound so dissonant on their own, but in the right context, when used tastefully, you almost don’t notice the dissonance.
I was listening to “Man in the Mirror” the other day and noticed there’s a gospel climb towards the end of the chorus – right before “If you wanna make the world a better place”. It’s more evident in the final gospel choruses. So good.
That’s just the song climbing keys in half steps. Tons of pop songs do that, but it’s not the same thing as the gospel climb
@c@cm9241 If you listen to the later choruses you clearly hear the piano climb from IV to #4dim to V. The V chord is voice differently – the Ray Charles version is a I/V, whereas in Man in the Mirror it’s v minor. But the crucial IV to #4dim movement is there.
@cm9241 it’s on the line “no message could have been any clearer”
@pymandresthank you, this is helpful. Before I saw your comment, I had to sing the chorus in my head to find the line where this happens
yes !!!
Happens in Nick Drake’s Saturday sun, though he supplements the G in the bass of C with a regular C and uses the inversion before the gospel progression.
Instantly thought of Saturday Sun, when I started watching this.
Instead of calling it I64 to V, music theory calls it a cadential 64 and notates it V64 – 53, because it’s a common enough pattern to warrant its own term.
📌TYPO: 0:43 is in the key of Ab, not Eb as written. It’s the same progression though of course.
This is a very FRIENDLY cord progression, It’s like I can feel it INSIDE ME