I m an Indian. And 18 yrs old and has a passion of creating music. So i just watch your videos for information on song writings and you never disappoint. I have got only acoustic guitar and also i learn guitar by myself and channels like your. One day i will be a great musician.😇
Also the medieval Hurdy-gurdy. Armenian Duduks and other Middle Eastern instruments and musical traditions also use drones. There are probably a ton left out of this one video.
I left out a few important things, but did include them in the description so do check :) ALSO at 12:58, I'm missing some Sharp signs to build the proper triads :(
It is easy for me to compose a great melody/theme over a pedal tone (e.g. A minor or some other mode). But I find it very difficult to connect this melody/theme (a loop/sequence) to another bass pedal tone and find the right mode/scale for that movement. Any advice on that? :) Thank you!
Jake, you are an incredible musician and an excellent teacher. I've learned probably 90% of what I know about music from your channel. I wanted to say thank you for all the knowledge you've given and keep on giving us!
and it quiet simple to get it. Juste raise the 4th on your classic harmonic minor scale and boom, hungarian minor scale! Those 2 are pretty cool to improvise over gypsy jazz.
Jake, it’s gotten to a point that all I need to see is the title of your video and I know I’m going to love it. Again. I haven’t even watched it yet but I know it’s gonna be awesome. Drones!! Yes!!
This is the definitely one of the most solid music channels out there... Consistent high quality work, great creativity, pedagogy, and beautiful music theory put to practice. Thanks Jake
At 75 my brain cannot absorb as well compared to when I was 25. But over the years I have fumbled and stumbled over the connectivity of exactly what you have laid out here so clearly. This video is a years work for me. Thank for this homework!!
If anyone's interested that riff he's playing around 19 minutes in is "Fearless" by Pink Floyd. I thought that song was in open G tuning. Have I been wrong all this time?
@@phloog If I was Rick I would have known the tuning and been able to accurately predict the chord progression within the first two strings being strummed. Alas, I am not Rick.
For you metal heads out there, the intro riff to Hangar 18 is (mostly) hanging on a drone open D string (although strumming it everytime) while ascending chromatically underneath. Very cool stuff!
You give the most beneficial and practical uses of music theory of any other guitar channel on here. I had to learn all this theory years ago but it took several more years to put it together because of the way it was taught to me. You explain it a way thats just awesome, and I’m sure it’s benefiting countless amounts of new guitarists.
I'm amazed how deep you went with this, from a history in western music, to ways guitarists might already be familiar with it, to bass and melody examples and then exercises. Thank you for designing such awesome lessons!
Your use of examples from pop/rock is an excellent way to get the point across. Lots of info packed into a small space. Good stuff. You definitely deserve to cross the 500K threshold.
As a bagpiper I'm intimately familiar with drones. I also work in a shop that uses lots of humming machines and any time one of them is running, I find myself humming tunes over the drone of the machine. Great way to brainstorm tunes!
My wife & I visited Goa in 2018 and 2019. Listening to some live "trad" Goan music was jaw dropping, because - as you say, Jake - the single note drone gave the musicians a totally blank canvas to work with. The improvisations could, and did, go on for sometimes over an hour. Back home, I discovered the Byzantine scale and that works a treat over a bass drone.
I've often thought I couldn't write or compose music, but thanks to your videos, I'm starting to feel more confident in approaching expressing myself musically, and I can't thank you enough. Still a lot to go to feel more confident, but for once I feel like I'm not totally lost in how to connect theory with practice.
It's good to see you covering up this topic. After my Western classical guitar, I'm now pursuing Bachalor of music in Hindustani classical. So, to see you talk about this was really interesting as I'm getting exactly what you're saying. Cool! 🤘🏿
@@SignalsMusicStudio So far, I've learn that, hindustani classical is poor in theory. Western is very much rich in theory and if there's only one option to choose between the two, I'd suggest to go for Western classical. Only because, it helps you fine answers to all your WHYs, HOWs, WHATs etc theoretically. Now, while singing ragas, every person sings differently and with different style only keeping the main tune. In western, whatever is written in the notation, everyone will play or sing it exactly the same as it is written. The notation system (Bhatkhande's notation system as they call it) in Hindustani classical is just like anglicized solfège. And there's nothing like syncopation, no measures, no dynamics etc. For instance, if you hear someone singing a raga and you're noting it down, exactly how he sang with every dynamic, like Piano, forte, crescrescendo you name, the next time, that person will sing totally different only keeping the main melody in line. And that's not wrong, it's just the way it is. In Hindustani, it's more like improvisation while singing/playing. Just like, when you use slash on staff notation with some keys on top to indicate that, the musician is free to improvise. So even the notation are just for the melody. But the distance between two notes(example syncopation) and all these are just improvisation stuffs. I mean, there's nothing like note division, like in western (semibreve, ninim, crotchet etc.) I don't know, if you'll understand my poor explanation. But yeah, all I mean to say is, it's poor in theory. However, practically, both Western classical and Indian classical have their own difficulty and beauty. But practical, that's different topic again.
@@JAAHUNGHAAM Great explanation! I've noticed that in general the Western world is very intellectual based, but the eastern world is far more experiential based. We both need to learn more from each other.
avant-garde metal band "Kayo Dot" has a song called "Gemini becoming the Tripod" which incorporates a violin and vocal drone throughout the center piece of the song. :)
Probably won’t see this, but your videos are my favorite teaching style. Very comprehensive. I will always check if you have a video on a new topic I am learning. Great examples, both existing songs and then new music you make on the spot to demonstrate the concept. Thanks for your hard work.
This lesson was great. I make psychedelic music and have started experimenting with drones now. I find using a delay pedal and setting the feedback to 100 then playing notes off the rhythmic pulses it creates works really well. Also, using the volume knob on the guitar can create these swells that goes great with the drone effect.
I've had a really hard time finding long lasting motivation to keep doing one thing over the past years and your videos have finally made me able to continue making music for more than just a few weeks. Thank you for that!
I found this channel a few weeks ago and it has already helped my songwriting . Your the only person on TH-cam that I have found who approaches music education with the composer and artist in mind . Great work . What a tremendous resource for music creation .
Droning was a big "ah-ha!" moment for me. I got in a bad habit of playing up and down a string instead of across the strings. Naturally, I quickly ran out of ideas and got a bit unmotivated. Then one day I decided to learn the bassline to 46&2 from Tool. That unlocked the open string/7th fret octave combo for me. I quickly learned that I could just play an open A as a drone, and play pretty much any A scale on the D string and cool things would happen. This later turned into dyads on the D and G strings under the pedaled A and for the first time I felt like I could be musical.
Hearing Led Zep with and without that note just made me realize the magic of this, nice. Thank you for this awesome video, I always appreciate your enthusiasm with music.
Great video. Covers a lot of ground in a relatively short time but doesn't skip on the essential underlying ideas and never descends into arcane theorizing.
Hi Jake, I've only been following your videos for a few months now, but you have changed my perspection on some elements of how I approach writing/composing as well as recording my music. Thanks so much, not only for this video, but for many of your others that have helped guide me.
My man, you have a way of bringing forward ideas that I may have intuitively known and used, but the way you explain them make them clear usable tools for exploration. Cheers to you brotha
There's a very eerie high pedal tone in Genesis' Supper's ready, the high A that rings constantly during the final part of the song, with Hacket soloing and Gabriel singing over it.
thank you , you just helped me figure out part of the reason why this little song idea I have been playing around with sounds so good.....I love the synchronicity of the algorithm. l
Thanks for the lesson! This reminds of how much pedal point bass playing I've borrowed off of James Jamerson and how often he bounces to the pedal points for his transitions and licks. Also, as a banjo student, there is literally a drone 5th string that is open G to pick between any chords if played in open G tuning. The reason you get that fast bluegrass picking is because the efficient use of drone/ pedal strings integrated in banjo rolls.
I liked the intro.....You are taking us on a journey of note, grasshopper, and although I am not yet ready to leave the temple, my enlightenment levels have been raised significantly.
I’ve noticed a lot of other guitar channels throw a lot of hate/shade your way.. tbh I’m not sure why? I think you make excellent concise videos that are clear, to the point, and very helpful.. keep up the great work 👏🏼
I love the examples you used in this one. Tomorrow Never Knows, Pepper, Us and Them. I never really thought to categorize those songs under the drone category since so much else is happening on top but that's very useful for me.
*Pedal Tone* The pedal tone is so called because the practice first originated with the organ. It also was known as organ point. It is merely the sustaining of a tone while the other voices move through a succession of harmonies. It is most often the tonic of the various scales as Jake points out. Sometimes the dominant is used. Jake's demo at 16:44 is stellar. Jake is a strong player too. His note selections are excellent.
Brian Eno added a drone to Djivan Gasparyan's duduk simple melody and made something incredible. In general, simple high melody over a low drone really does something.
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that smash the like buton was so smooth, that for the first time in my life i smashed it!!!!
I have NO IDEA why this channel doesn't have more subs. I see SOOO MANY people mention it in the /r/musictheory subreddit. This channel is one of my goto sources for quality material that is free of a lot of the usual "TH-cam nonsense". I'm sure I speak for all of your subs Jake, when I say we TRULY appreciate everything you do!
A Ritchie Blackmore lead technique 18:35 he does in "Burn" only using the G string. Jake I always learn something from every video you make. Your ability to fluidly express yourself accurately and succinctly is your superpower. You rock.
okay I really love how you used two clips of women for examples of the sitar. That's a small detail but it's something I don't see most of the time on youtube so thank you!
A guitarist that does a lot of pedal tones and drones is Bob Mould. Although his music is rarely ambient at all he has a tendency to hold out notes a lot, especially the E-B and G-D on the two highest strings. It can be hard to recognize at first but you'll hear it in everything from his hardcore punk stuff with Hüsker Dü through his alternative rock band Sugar to his modern solo work.
I am scratch guitar player and some how run across this video. Amazing very interestting topic, presented in a professional way and very informative. Thank you very much chief. Cheers from Indonesia.
I think BHS's "Pepper" works because of repetition. Once you feel the groove of it, then it starts to work musically and the variations and breaks through the song become points of interest before returning to the chorus. I like it a lot, it's a unique song of that era.
Here a long time Viewer from India !!! Before I haven't listened that much of Indian Classical music !!! But for may be 3 and half year I am listening some classical Music ... Man it's really amazing to listen 😌😌😌
Classic examples that come to mind are Blackbird with the droning G and the intro to Thunderstruck. Also, when I was learning modes, droning the root was the only way I could get out of me trying to resolve to the ionian or aeolian in my chord progressions. Great stuff Jake, as always!
Also of note would be organ music. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in F major (BWV 540) begins a two part canon over a held F in the bass pedal board and then a held bottom C. So much fun to play when you get the registration right and the low drone starts to shake the organ 😁
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I m an Indian. And 18 yrs old and has a passion of creating music. So i just watch your videos for information on song writings and you never disappoint. I have got only acoustic guitar and also i learn guitar by myself and channels like your. One day i will be a great musician.😇
Keep playing!
The one cultural reference you missed was celtic (example: bagpipes).
I tried to explain this omission in the description, still, it should have made an appearance but I couldn't find a way to edit it in
Bagpipes are not Keltic. Found everywhere in the world from cultures much older than Kelts
Also the medieval Hurdy-gurdy. Armenian Duduks and other Middle Eastern instruments and musical traditions also use drones. There are probably a ton left out of this one video.
@@HazeMotes Absolutely true
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You are a major wind-bag!
I left out a few important things, but did include them in the description so do check :) ALSO at 12:58, I'm missing some Sharp signs to build the proper triads :(
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Thank you! Big hug from Serbia!
It is easy for me to compose a great melody/theme over a pedal tone (e.g. A minor or some other mode). But I find it very difficult to connect this melody/theme (a loop/sequence) to another bass pedal tone and find the right mode/scale for that movement. Any advice on that? :) Thank you!
Jake, you are an incredible musician and an excellent teacher. I've learned probably 90% of what I know about music from your channel. I wanted to say thank you for all the knowledge you've given and keep on giving us!
Agreed. Jake truly is an excellent teacher. Jake throws out no b.s. His love for music and for others to learn the love of music comes through.
"You have a deep desire to smash that like button" I am already so in
"im already so in" huh, that's what she said 😏
14 people didn't want to learn music theory
@@nabhchandra_ I only know "Are you in yer?"
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How did he make the like button light up just as he said that? Pure magic!
Never thought I'd see the day where Jake mentions Sunn o)))
Today I learned that there is such a thing as a Hungarian Minor scale. Thank you Signals Music Studio.
and it quiet simple to get it. Juste raise the 4th on your classic harmonic minor scale and boom, hungarian minor scale!
Those 2 are pretty cool to improvise over gypsy jazz.
Jake, it’s gotten to a point that all I need to see is the title of your video and I know I’m going to love it. Again. I haven’t even watched it yet but I know it’s gonna be awesome. Drones!! Yes!!
I've gotten to a point where i only need to see that a video was made by Jake and i know i'm already going to love it.
I'm just impressed how you can play a song and speak at the same time!
next level skills
Your videos keep getting better man
thank you, I honestly think this is the best lesson I've made yet!
"Beatles..." "Trips..." "Influence..." mhmm yes I hear what you're saying
I was waiting until sunn 0))) was mentioned. That band took the droning and ran with it
Me too 😂
As soon as he said drone metal I knew sunn o))) was going to be mentioned 😂
Had to check them out..... WOW! Why hadn’t I heard of these guys earlier? 🤘❤️
This is the definitely one of the most solid music channels out there... Consistent high quality work, great creativity, pedagogy, and beautiful music theory put to practice. Thanks Jake
At 75 my brain cannot absorb as well compared to when I was 25. But over the years I have fumbled and stumbled over the connectivity of exactly what you have laid out here so clearly. This video is a years work for me. Thank for this homework!!
If anyone's interested that riff he's playing around 19 minutes in is "Fearless" by Pink Floyd. I thought that song was in open G tuning. Have I been wrong all this time?
Not sure how it was recorded, but I'm very lazy about retuning my guitar so I always just played it in G :P
@@SignalsMusicStudio I completely understand that. I'll try to get Gilmour on the phone so we can solve the mystery.
I knew that sounded familiar. Thanks for solving the riddle for me. It would have bugged me all day.
@@happiness1772 Is that you, Rick Beato? ;)
@@phloog If I was Rick I would have known the tuning and been able to accurately predict the chord progression within the first two strings being strummed. Alas, I am not Rick.
For you metal heads out there, the intro riff to Hangar 18 is (mostly) hanging on a drone open D string (although strumming it everytime) while ascending chromatically underneath. Very cool stuff!
Sorry Jake, I zoned out...I mean droned out during this video muhaha
I knew you were here somewhere.
That intro was so good!
Iv been playing and studying about 20 years properly and every time there’s always something new to learn if you fully apply yourself.
Jake drops video, I drop everything
my sophomore year just ended, gonna chill and watch a signals vid to celebrate the end of a horrific school year.
congratulations bro!!! High school sucks :(
junior year is always more fun than soph
@@SignalsMusicStudio can confirm as a junior
@@hermesbandofficial8551 Can confirm as a graduating senior that junior year is the best one under these conditions.
@@SignalsMusicStudio 10 months have passed. you were wrong. you were so, so wrong.
Try some La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine, Godspeed You Black Emperor...
...all the drones you can eat!
Post rock and shoegaze have made my favorite drone. Flying saucer attack is phenomenonal droning shoegaze
Great video. Some parts I knew, but other parts I was unfamiliar with. The illustrations were great, both visually and harmonically.
You give the most beneficial and practical uses of music theory of any other guitar channel on here. I had to learn all this theory years ago but it took several more years to put it together because of the way it was taught to me. You explain it a way thats just awesome, and I’m sure it’s benefiting countless amounts of new guitarists.
3:00 John Cale has been doing a lot of drone music. Velvet Underground's "Venus in furs" is an early example.
Their albums with John Cale laid the groundwork from which post-rock is derived.
The debut single of TVU is Loop by John Cale. That is drone, plain and simple. I really like Lamonte Young too, he made drone in 1958.
I'm amazed how deep you went with this, from a history in western music, to ways guitarists might already be familiar with it, to bass and melody examples and then exercises. Thank you for designing such awesome lessons!
Your use of examples from pop/rock is an excellent way to get the point across. Lots of info packed into a small space. Good stuff. You definitely deserve to cross the 500K threshold.
You can play happy and melodic over drones too. It's how you style the scale. Taxim's are solos over drones as an intro to songs. Hendrix did it often
Finally! You’ve explained this with enough substance that it clicks, thank you
As a bagpiper I'm intimately familiar with drones. I also work in a shop that uses lots of humming machines and any time one of them is running, I find myself humming tunes over the drone of the machine. Great way to brainstorm tunes!
My wife & I visited Goa in 2018 and 2019. Listening to some live "trad" Goan music was jaw dropping, because - as you say, Jake - the single note drone gave the musicians a totally blank canvas to work with. The improvisations could, and did, go on for sometimes over an hour. Back home, I discovered the Byzantine scale and that works a treat over a bass drone.
I've often thought I couldn't write or compose music, but thanks to your videos, I'm starting to feel more confident in approaching expressing myself musically, and I can't thank you enough. Still a lot to go to feel more confident, but for once I feel like I'm not totally lost in how to connect theory with practice.
Another fantastic lesson! The low tempo progression at 13:43 is like candy to my ears. Thanks, Jake!
That chords vs. static bass example after 10:00-> has that "going for the final boss in a video game" feeling!
The dance song sounds unintentionally like Hans Zimmer's An Ideal of Hope.
Eyyyy, nice to see you here. I've been watching a good amount of your content lately.
Yoooo whut up!
It's good to see you covering up this topic. After my Western classical guitar, I'm now pursuing Bachalor of music in Hindustani classical. So, to see you talk about this was really interesting as I'm getting exactly what you're saying. Cool! 🤘🏿
The TH-cam space needs more western explanations for Indian music - maybe when you finish your degrees you can make some videos to help teach me!
@@SignalsMusicStudio So far, I've learn that, hindustani classical is poor in theory. Western is very much rich in theory and if there's only one option to choose between the two, I'd suggest to go for Western classical. Only because, it helps you fine answers to all your WHYs, HOWs, WHATs etc theoretically.
Now, while singing ragas, every person sings differently and with different style only keeping the main tune. In western, whatever is written in the notation, everyone will play or sing it exactly the same as it is written. The
notation system (Bhatkhande's notation system as they call it) in Hindustani classical is just like anglicized solfège. And there's nothing like syncopation, no measures, no dynamics etc. For instance, if you hear someone singing a raga and you're noting it down, exactly how he sang with every dynamic, like Piano, forte, crescrescendo you name, the next time, that person will sing totally different only keeping the main melody in line. And that's not wrong, it's just the way it is. In Hindustani, it's more like improvisation while singing/playing. Just like, when you use slash on staff notation with some keys on top to indicate that, the musician is free to improvise. So even the notation are just for the melody. But the distance between two notes(example syncopation) and all these are just improvisation stuffs. I mean, there's nothing like note division, like in western (semibreve, ninim, crotchet etc.) I don't know, if you'll understand my poor explanation. But yeah, all I mean to say is, it's poor in theory. However, practically, both Western classical and Indian classical have their own difficulty and beauty. But practical, that's different topic again.
@@JAAHUNGHAAM Great explanation! I've noticed that in general the Western world is very intellectual based, but the eastern world is far more experiential based. We both need to learn more from each other.
@@peejay1981 agreed
This video just drones on and on... in the best possible way. Drones are one of the musical techniques which can most reliably give me the chills.
Dude what a fun lesson. Made me want to go home and play guitar and write something and that improv at the end was awesome.
thx bro!
avant-garde metal band "Kayo Dot" has a song called "Gemini becoming the Tripod" which incorporates a violin and vocal drone throughout the center piece of the song. :)
Probably won’t see this, but your videos are my favorite teaching style. Very comprehensive. I will always check if you have a video on a new topic I am learning. Great examples, both existing songs and then new music you make on the spot to demonstrate the concept. Thanks for your hard work.
I’ve learned more from you than any other guitar teacher on the internet. Really good stuff. Thank you.
This lesson was great. I make psychedelic music and have started experimenting with drones now. I find using a delay pedal and setting the feedback to 100 then playing notes off the rhythmic pulses it creates works really well. Also, using the volume knob on the guitar can create these swells that goes great with the drone effect.
I've had a really hard time finding long lasting motivation to keep doing one thing over the past years and your videos have finally made me able to continue making music for more than just a few weeks. Thank you for that!
Thanks, Jake! You are Fearless in your teaching. Great lesson, as always.
Your example of chords over an A drone sounds like early Genesis. YOU CRACKED THE CODE.
You share one of the most exciting contents on the whole of TH-cam, no matter I don't even own a guitar. Thank you very much!
Thanks for the knowledge! What you do is one of the most beautiful things in mankind.
I found this channel a few weeks ago and it has already helped my songwriting . Your the only person on TH-cam that I have found who approaches music education with the composer and artist in mind . Great work . What a tremendous resource for music creation .
Droning was a big "ah-ha!" moment for me. I got in a bad habit of playing up and down a string instead of across the strings. Naturally, I quickly ran out of ideas and got a bit unmotivated. Then one day I decided to learn the bassline to 46&2 from Tool. That unlocked the open string/7th fret octave combo for me. I quickly learned that I could just play an open A as a drone, and play pretty much any A scale on the D string and cool things would happen. This later turned into dyads on the D and G strings under the pedaled A and for the first time I felt like I could be musical.
next step is to walk the bass
Hearing Led Zep with and without that note just made me realize the magic of this, nice. Thank you for this awesome video, I always appreciate your enthusiasm with music.
You are the most diversified tutor with utter clarity and purpose with no fluff on the internet. I really enjoy your tutelage.
Great video. Covers a lot of ground in a relatively short time but doesn't skip on the essential underlying ideas and never descends into arcane theorizing.
This is giving me ideas for my own music. Thank you, Jake.
I am constantly amazed at the way you come up with great tunes just by employing very practical methods.
I can also think of LCD Soundsystem's All My Friends being kinda like this. The entire thing has only one piano chord behind it... for 7 minutes!
He is so so good when he explains things.
Thanks a lot.
That D to Bbmaj7 is in King Crimson's " I talk to the wind." (Up a step) I love that chord change. Nice wardrobe in this one Jake!
Hi Jake, I've only been following your videos for a few months now, but you have changed my perspection on some elements of how I approach writing/composing as well as recording my music. Thanks so much, not only for this video, but for many of your others that have helped guide me.
You should explore some Shoegaze type guitar music, that could be rly interesting
Seconding this, I would love to see Jake dive more into effects and interesting ways to write with them.
My man, you have a way of bringing forward ideas that I may have intuitively known and used, but the way you explain them make them clear usable tools for exploration. Cheers to you brotha
Kula Shaker - Govinda..... The whole K album has Indian influences. Another great video. Thanks.
There's a very eerie high pedal tone in Genesis' Supper's ready, the high A that rings constantly during the final part of the song, with Hacket soloing and Gabriel singing over it.
That Pedal Point lick you played sounded like "Fearless" by Pink Floyd.
well fucking done
Your videos just keep getting better, and better!
thank you , you just helped me figure out part of the reason why this little song idea I have been playing around with sounds so good.....I love the synchronicity of the algorithm.
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Thanks for the lesson! This reminds of how much pedal point bass playing I've borrowed off of James Jamerson and how often he bounces to the pedal points for his transitions and licks. Also, as a banjo student, there is literally a drone 5th string that is open G to pick between any chords if played in open G tuning. The reason you get that fast bluegrass picking is because the efficient use of drone/ pedal strings integrated in banjo rolls.
I liked the intro.....You are taking us on a journey of note, grasshopper, and although I am not yet ready to leave the temple, my enlightenment levels have been raised significantly.
I couldn't resist smashing that like button before the lesson started
An amazing job of explaining a very complicated subject! Opened my horizons!
I have no word to express how much I like your lesson about drones and pedals - Your musical examples at the end are so beautiful . Thank you Jake.
I’ve noticed a lot of other guitar channels throw a lot of hate/shade your way.. tbh I’m not sure why? I think you make excellent concise videos that are clear, to the point, and very helpful.. keep up the great work 👏🏼
6 scales 1 drone!!! Holy crap man!!! That’s epic stuff!!!
I love the examples you used in this one. Tomorrow Never Knows, Pepper, Us and Them. I never really thought to categorize those songs under the drone category since so much else is happening on top but that's very useful for me.
*Pedal Tone*
The pedal tone is so called because the practice first originated with the organ. It also was known as organ point.
It is merely the sustaining of a tone while the other voices move through a succession of harmonies. It is most often the tonic of the various scales as Jake points out. Sometimes the dominant is used.
Jake's demo at 16:44 is stellar. Jake is a strong player too. His note selections are excellent.
Brian Eno added a drone to Djivan Gasparyan's duduk simple melody and made something incredible.
In general, simple high melody over a low drone really does something.
that smash the like buton was so smooth, that for the first time in my life i smashed it!!!!
The section at 12:30 on building chords around one single note common to all of them was so insightful. I learned something. Thanking you kindly!🙏
How about Sonic Youth’s album Daydream Nation? The Sword often pedals on the open B (de-tuned E) string to great effect.
Great video and really good examples demonstrating the (pedal) point 😎
The other examples I planned on using were Thunderstruck and Fugue in D Minor, but I figured the concept was already clear at that point.
I have NO IDEA why this channel doesn't have more subs. I see SOOO MANY people mention it in the /r/musictheory subreddit. This channel is one of my goto sources for quality material that is free of a lot of the usual "TH-cam nonsense". I'm sure I speak for all of your subs Jake, when I say we TRULY appreciate everything you do!
A Ritchie Blackmore lead technique 18:35 he does in "Burn" only using the G string. Jake I always learn something from every video you make. Your ability to fluidly express yourself accurately and succinctly is your superpower. You rock.
okay I really love how you used two clips of women for examples of the sitar. That's a small detail but it's something I don't see most of the time on youtube so thank you!
A guitarist that does a lot of pedal tones and drones is Bob Mould. Although his music is rarely ambient at all he has a tendency to hold out notes a lot, especially the E-B and G-D on the two highest strings. It can be hard to recognize at first but you'll hear it in everything from his hardcore punk stuff with Hüsker Dü through his alternative rock band Sugar to his modern solo work.
I am scratch guitar player and some how run across this video. Amazing very interestting topic, presented in a professional way and very informative. Thank you very much chief. Cheers from Indonesia.
that solo in the end is soooo soooo good, idk what to say
I need to start following this channel in a more serious way. Content, creativity, these are the way forward.
Insanely helpful video. One of the best educational music channels on here. This is not just some rote analysis of concepts. This is inspiring.
Jake, I f*cking love all you video intros, they are always funny and original how you get that ideas haha
I think BHS's "Pepper" works because of repetition. Once you feel the groove of it, then it starts to work musically and the variations and breaks through the song become points of interest before returning to the chorus. I like it a lot, it's a unique song of that era.
Lazy eye by the silver sun pickups is a great example of a pedal tone and drone. The low E string rings out the entire song 🎵
Still the absolute goddamned best music theory channel on TH-cam. You've expanded my theory and playing beyond anybody else. 😊
Here a long time Viewer from India !!!
Before I haven't listened that much of Indian Classical music !!!
But for may be 3 and half year I am listening some classical Music ...
Man it's really amazing to listen
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When you break into fearless during your explanation of pedal point, my subscription was justified :)
That intro was the best one yet, you continue to blow me away with your content
8:19 "Pretty cool, right?" Indeed. I've been waiting for this moment for all my life. Oh, lord.
Classic examples that come to mind are Blackbird with the droning G and the intro to Thunderstruck.
Also, when I was learning modes, droning the root was the only way I could get out of me trying to resolve to the ionian or aeolian in my chord progressions.
Great stuff Jake, as always!
Also of note would be organ music. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in F major (BWV 540) begins a two part canon over a held F in the bass pedal board and then a held bottom C. So much fun to play when you get the registration right and the low drone starts to shake the organ 😁
One of your bests, Jake. You have opened so many creative doors for me.
this channel just gets better and better. Upnext, harsh noise tutorial
This video helped solve a songwriting problem that I've had for a bit! Thanks Jake!