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2:41 TYPO! the F# m chord ought to be labelled as "ii", not "vi" thanks to the commenter who pointed it out!
The small variation of the 4 chord in the major key really can stir up some feelings. It's almost like a traditional songwriting technique to pluck those heartstrings … resolve by means of the minor 4!
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0:00 Introduction.
1:09 Bohemian Rhapsody.
1:35 Small plagal cadence.
3:00 IV – iv – I.
4:40 Modal Interchange.
5:38 IV – iv – vi.
6:18 Mixolydian b6.
6:58 Why does it sound so great?
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9:56 Piano outro.
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The minor iv always tugs at my heartstrings. Thanks for showing off some songs that use it!
I’m taking music theory in university and your videos help me with concepts that I struggle with
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Probably just me, but I always feel that ivm-I is like the second most natural resolution at the end just after V-I.
The 4m is actually the negative harmony mirror to a 5 chord, so yes you’re right. 4m is theoretically the only chord with equivalent tension and resolution to the 1 as a 5
Yeah, and if you go IV, IVm, I then you can’t miss. Like A, Am, E….
You’re by far the best music teacher on youtube, and I absolutely love some others, but your content has no contender, BIG thanks for everything!
there’s a bunch of really amazing channels for this. you’d probably enjoy 8 bit music theory, even if you’re not into games. that being said ranking them would be impossible, useful for different reasons.
Also Charles Cornell
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I've always loved minor 4, and I love it when songs use a 4 and then a minor 4 in order to get that "descending" tone.
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It sounds really good as a companion to the doo-wop progression. For example, in the outro to Happiness is a Warm Gun, they vamp on the doo-wop progression for a few bars, and then it hits that iv. Another cool example is in Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny where the IV has been completely replaced by the iv.
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon uses the chords “G to Cmin” back and forth in the chorus. It sounds so epic and dramatic!
The chorus of “Beetlebum” by Blur uses the iv chord.
Also, the chorus of “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars concludes with IV-iv-I
Good examples 😊
Blackbird by The Beatles uses it everywhere, it’s gorgeous
Omggg I was just thinking that and then saw the comment hahah
📌 2:41 TYPO! the F#m chord should be labelled as “ii”, not “vi” 😅
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could you do more videos of special chords like this? the iv chord is one of my favorites chords and i wanna see more
David, another great video. I’d like to add two songs from The Great American Songbook. I’ll See You In My Dreams starts with a minor IV to a I. And one of the reasons Stardust is thought of as the greatest song of the 20th century is because it starts and ends with the minor IV to a I.
Great video as always! One of my favorite uses of the iv minor chord is in ‘Cover’ by Day6, the intro sounds like a nod to ‘Lean on Me’ by Bill Withers but they switch the IV chord for iv and it just *hits*
The example of In My Life has a beautiful example of an appoggiatura as well! Playing the B note over the D major chord on the strongest accent, then resolving it through the next notes before it goes over the Dm chord as an A note
A lifelong ear-player, this channel has penetrated my phobic skull with well-demonstrated theory. Each episode so well constructed and presented.
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That ending had my heart start to sing. Beautiful.
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soldiers by abba uses the IV>iv>I move in the chorus, on the words “you and i dont sing” and it adds such a melancholic flavor to the song that contrasts the rest of the chorus, which is upbeat and sounds somewhat hopeful and extremely beautiful to me. the song often plays a subdominant chord, and immediately follows it up with its minor counterpart (theres a II>ii in the verse) and it imparts such a unique emotional movement to the music!
ABBA definitely has plenty of songs that would serve well as examples for many of these concepts
This chord is what got me into exploring music theory. I’ve been in love with it since I was 11.
I always tend to think of this chord in the bridge of Oasis’s Don’t Go Away as well. Always loved this chord in songs.
The iv is also very similar to the V7b9 (or just Vb9), which can provide the same melancholic feel but in a dominant context. I’d love to see a video about the b9 over the V chord too but it seems fairly rare outside of jazz and Klezmer (though it shouldn’t be).
Some other examples that jump out to me of iv-I are ‘Wonderboy’ by Tenacious D and ‘Remember Me’ from Coco. And another iconic use of IV-iv-I is Nobody Does It Better.