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7:18173K views · 2d ago · 7:18
The Beatles rarely stuck to just major and minor chords and one of the other chord types that they made regular use of is the sixth chord! The sixth chord can often be forgotten about but The Beatles often used them across their songs and to great effect!
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14:39159K views · 10d ago · 14:39
Most music, be it pop, rock, classical, jazz, will break down neatly into sets of 4 bars. But although 4 bar units of music is often treated as a default, it is far from the only options and playing with other lengths of loop, like 5 bar, can be a great way to add interest and originality to your music!
Topics: Queen · The Beatles · Radiohead · Guns 'N' Roses · 4/4 vs. 2/4 time · Rhythm Of The Night
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14:3564K views · 12d ago · 14:35
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8:26118K views · 20d ago · 8:26
Queen certainly wrote some weird and wonderful songs that became unlikely pop hits, and one of their weirdest is Bicycle Race. Key changes, meter changes and of course the world's first bicycle bell solo, are only some of the moments making Bicycle Race a unique song!
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11:05166K views · 24d ago · 11:05
Maybe I'm Amazed is perhaps my favourite Paul McCartney solo track. But despite adoring it for decades, I've only recently learned how to play it and realised the beautiful complexity and originality hidden in plain sight in this song! So today I want to share with you what makes this song so amazing!
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6:28424K views · 27d ago · 6:28
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11:5093K views · 1mo ago · 11:50
Queen had a real knack of writing songs that bottled feelings, and a perfect example is We Are The Champions. This song literally sounds like a victory! There is a story being told not just in the lyrics of this song but in the music too.
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4:33687K views · 1mo ago · 4:33
Olivia Dean has been accused of copying the Bill Wither's song "Just The Two Of Us". So let's take a closer look at why Dean's song "I've Seen It" has led to a lawsuit being filed! SOURCES
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1:4817K views · 1mo ago · 1:48
Rhodes piano's are the iconic electric pianos that were used on so many classic tracks, particularly in the 1970s.
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8:3361K views · 1mo ago · 8:33
Songs that use ii-V-I chord progressions Stevie Wonder speaks the language of jazz harmony. His chord progression transport us around the key and beyond using the harmonic engine of 2-5-1 chord progressions.
Topics: ii - V - I chord progressions · Knock Me Off My Feet · Another Star · Don’t You Worry ‘bout A Thing
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10:1980K views · 1mo ago · 10:19
Songs that use the Whole Tone scale Most Stevie Wonder songs are pretty complex but I think that Stevie’s jazz fusion Contusion has to be the single most complex song he ever made. From not only a harmonic perspective but also a metric perspective this track really lives up to its name!
Topics: Contusion · Odd time signatures · 3/8 is Compound Time · Polyrhythm · Mixing time signatures · Maniac guitarist!
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16:25210K views · 1mo ago · 16:25
Musicians have wondered for five decades how this Fm7 chord can work so well in "Sir Duke". Well today, I'm going to explain not only how Stevie Wonder makes this chord work, but also how he used it in another classic song, "Golden Lady".
Topics: Sir Duke · ♭v7 chord · Golden Lady · Voice leading · Fm7 isn't fully chromatic · E♯m7 vs. Fm7
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16:58422K views · 2mo ago · 16:58
Order your Rhodes MK8/80AE now Rhodes piano's are the iconic electric pianos that were used on so many classic tracks, particularly in the 1970s. So today I'm going to perform some of these classic Rhodes parts and then we'll learn how the Rhodes brand was resurrected in Leeds, England.
Topics: Get Back · The Beatles · Riders On The Storm · Stevie Wonder · Steely Dan · I'm Not In Love
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1:415K views · 2mo ago · 1:41
Answer Me is from my new album UNDER AN EMPTY SKY. Apple Music and more Mixed by Bob Symth Video shot by Laura Mitchell All music and lyrics composed by David Bennett
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18:15261K views · 2mo ago · 18:15
By its very nature, blues harmony does not fit into either the major scale or minor. The blues sound comes from the friction we get between those two scales, and this chord progression of I bIII IV captures that sound perfectly. If a style of music has grown out of the blues then you'll most likely find this chord progression in it!
Topics: I bIII IV · Lynyrd Skynyrd · The Beatles · Jimi Hendrix · my album! · T.Rex
3:5624K views · 2mo ago · 3:56
Guests: Answer Me, Miles Goodall
Answer Me is from my new album UNDER AN EMPTY SKY. Apple Music and more Mixed by Bob Symth Video shot by Laura Mitchell LYRICS Light in the dark, Anyone can see it, Are you gonna pull it apart? Find what you will, Nobody knows, Give it just a moment, All accountability goes, Dust on the wind,
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10:07459K views · 2mo ago · 10:07
It's the same old chords but in a new order! IV I vi V seems to be the new go-to chord progression for pop music. Rather than the classic I V vi IV figuration of these chords, known as the Axis progression, this new order has been at the core of many of the biggest pop songs over the last 15 years!
Topics: IV I vi V · Examples · Fast Car · Panic At The Disco · Muse · CommonTime Pathways
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