TH-cam comments are supposed to be cesspools of endless hate and ignorance but you guys seriously leave the nicest comments, and filled with awesome info
Signals Music Studio Yo bro, you're the absolute best theory video maker on TH-cam. Do you think you could devote a video to dissonant black metal/paganistic/nordic metal techniques?
question- can you do a 'how to write progressive metal' vid? if you could throw in devin townsend project stuff as well that'd be cool, just for fun, but that's not necessary
we once came up with something kinda like this. it was a repeat chorus. we ended the first time through as we started, on the root (min), but began the next bar with the maj, went through the rest of the chorus progression, and ended on the root. very effective. KEvron
An example I can remember of a "Reverse Picardy" is the end of the chorus in Madeleine Peyroux's version of "Between the Bars" : the chorus ends in major but then a little phrase is added in minor to launch back into the next verse !
You have such a pleasant voice and you're also able to talk without having to cut every 2 seconds. This is - combined with your very practical approach to music theory - what sets you apart from many other channels. Some of them are just unwatchable. Thanks for the good work.
I'm not a guitarist, but I get a lot out of these lessons because you explain how and why to use the things you're teaching, and your explanations are simple and down-to -earth. There are a few great music teachers on TH-cam, and you're one of the top 3 IMO.
Theres a lot I like about your videos, but the best part is that you always have a wide variety of examples. It's so helpful to seeing the versatility of a musical idea like this.
You are a master teacher and you put a lot of thought into your videos. You have earned the positive attention you are getting. Here's a tip: "Michelle" by The Beatles. It starts with the typical minor and chromatic descending line (F minor with descending F, E, E♭, D) then it goes to D♭maj7 chord then C, you expect an Fm next, but you get F major. It's a really nice example of a couple of things.
Great video, Jake! My wife, a former classical violinist, used to always point out Picardy 3rds when we were listening to stuff. Once I grasped the concept, I pointed out to her the final note of Tony Iommi’s solo at the very end of the track NIB. Also, a couple of years ago (pre-lockdown) we had a guitarist in our covers band who would often end songs with the Picardy 3rd lol
Your theory explanations are so concise and useful. Former classical pianist here and your videos are so practical and make theory much more accessible than most videos I've found. Thanks!
I am totally addicted to this channel... perfect for music theory nuts like myself. Jake could teach 4 voice counterpoint and we would still understand everything I think!
4:28 The use of the Csus chord to me is almost brighter than going to the major. The F, adds another level of uplifting emotion, which points back down to the E, allowing everything to settle back down to home
It is incredibly satisfying to be able to put a name and some decent understanding behind all these musical concepts that I could sometimes feel in a song but never even knew was being catalogued as a specific event in music theory... insane how many times this has come up since I started watching this channel, haha.
hey , i am from india .. i find your channel very useful to increase my musical knowledge ...before finding your channel , i was stuck in just 12 maj and 12 minor scales ...thanks for sharing your precious knowledge ..thanks sir 🙏
How come this dude has only 90K subs? This videos are ingenious. One by one leave you in awe for how good the material is. It's interesting and well explained. You just get so addicted to how he reveals the secrets of music you hear every day. Such a phenomenal teacher and briliant musician!
Have you guys noticed that Jake's like-to-dislike ratio is way higher than anyone out there? Currently 637 to 1; that's incredible! What a testimony to how gifted of a teacher he is.
I just discovered your channel, I love it. I found it today and I have watched 12 videos and learned so many tricks. I’ve been playing and writing for more than 20 years and there have been many many times I have lacked inspiration and I’ve recently been in one of those ruts. Thank you for inspiring me to play again.
Under The Bridge by RHCP is a good example. that nice final (major) chord! and finally Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part IX) is what I consider the most beautiful Picardy Third, ending a haunting and sad tribute to Syd Barrett with that comforting G major chord which gives you somehow hope...
A fitting tribute to Syd, as he used the Picardy third in several places, most notably in Jugband Blues, which was Syd's last contribution to Pink Floyd and also the only song on A Saucerful of Secrets which Gilmour had no part in.
This works even better when combined with the concepts mentioned in your video about "GOD Chords" and epic changes. Move to the major chord of the tonic and then to the major chord of the tritone. Sounds pretty cool and ethereal.
I'm getting a kick out of this, since one of my band's last song ended in a major key but stopped on the minor root, a reverse picardy third, of sorts.
Never knew this was called the Picardy third! Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Two Tribes" does this: the main chord sequence is in D minor, but the final chord of the sequence is a D major chord, before it changes back to D minor and starts the sequence again. It stands out more in the instrumental versions/ passages of the song. Ulrich Schnauss does the reverse in "Never Be The Same": most of the song is in major, and the harmonies really emphasise that the tonic chord is a major. Then in the middle of the song, just as we're expecting that tonic major again, he introduces the minor instead, and holds on that chord for a section of the song. Because it's so harmonically rich and it contrasts with what the listener was expecting, it's an *especially* minor sounding chord. I don't know if there's a term for that reverse Picardy substitution?
"While my guitar gently weeps" is another example, but he used it for the entire second part of the music. The first is in Am and the second begins after a progression over E to A.
The contrast between the word “misery” and the Picardy 3rd spoken about here in dt a nightmare to remember is so beautiful, also, I can’t be the only one who just started singing along to the next part of the song? IN PEACEFUL SEDATION I LAY HALF AWAKE
hey, im a music producer but, i've done it without music theory. but because i want to make video game music etc i decided to learn theory and your videos are a great help. thanks alot
Great explanation and nicely selected examples; I really enjoyed watching this video. It's worth noting though that the final resolution of a tune in a minor key to a major I chord was used in a number of pieces by J. S. Bach himself, including the Csus4 - C - Csus2 - C sequence... :)
Great insight! Until now I thought Picardy 3rd was a thing of the past and would have expected in medieval/neo-medieval music and nowhere else... Thumbs up!
As a piano player you stumple accross these quite early when playing around with chords, so at first I thought "oh, that lame old trick". But you really made it shine and showed me new aspects of it here. Thank you for that, I guess I will play around with it again.
This has always been one my my favorite ways of writing, without even knowing what I was doing before watching your video. Sounds very melancholic. Thanks for explaining!
Wow I have done this before without even knowing what I was doing. Chorus goes from C to Em, then some other stuff, then into the bridge which is much more happy and energetic C then E MAJOR!
That's interesting, I never thought about this as a picardy third. I always treated it as a chromatic mediant (or secondary dominant if the third chord is Am). But I guess this works as well. EDIT: Actually, now I realized that it probably depends on what the tonic is. If the piece is in C, then I would definitely consider E major as a chromatic mediant. At least from what I know the picardy third always refers to the tonic chord.
Being able to name this concept was my unexpected joker in my entrance exam to music university :) Thank you so much! (The thumbnail was the key to remember its name :D)
I think one of the best uses of a Picardy third that I've ever heard in modern music is in "Choke" by I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME. It gives the chorus so much impact.
Picardy thirds have a special place in my heart! of course I just love the way they sound, but they were the first bit of "advanced" theory I ever learned. in 5th grade orchestra class (my first year of being in orchestra), our orchestra teacher told us about them, and I immediately asked if there was a name for reverse Picardy thirds. he said that he didn't think there was, so the class suggested I use them so they could be named after me
YES! The BEST band ever! Seeing them live next week on their 50th anniversary tour! Just earlier today I was thinking about how Roundabout ends with a minor scale resolving to E major and it confused me. Now you explained in later, thank you :)
Jamfjr I saw them in early 2010. I had meet and greet passes which meant I had first choice at seating and the opportunity to shake their hand after. So, I showed up really early while Howe was warming up, by himself on classical guitar. It was myself, Howe, and the bartender for 20 minutes while he riffed. After the amazing show, I shook his and Chris Squire's hands. It was amazing. Very sad that we lost the fish, one of the greatest bass players of all time.
One of my favorite uses of the Picardy Third is in Ola Gjeilo's Sanctus. The entire song set in minor and with a massive buildup and release into a major resolution just fit perfectly.
Another great example of the Picardy Third is Crawling by Linkin Park. It's in C# minor, but then in the chorus that tonic chord becomes Major. Many other Linkin Park songs use this method, usually in the chorus, changing the tonic chord to Major instead of the typical minor chord.
Just found your channel and wanted to say thank you. I already know most of the theory, and have actually done a lot of it in practice (piano/keyboards and occasionally recorder and tin whistle), but I didn't know many of these things had names :) Speaking of the picardy third (I knew the concept, but again didn't know that it had a name), I play a lot of praise and worship music in Church, and I think in some songs it is grossly overdone, doing it at the end of every verse. I can live with doing it occasionally at the end of the last verse, but not always, not even in every song. It loses its appeal very quickly.
I just discovered your channel -- I've got to spend some time watching your videos. I'm trying to be more diligent about playing guitar, and part of that is working on writing songs. I remember a friend of mine many years ago using Squeeze's "Is That Love?" as an example of the Picardy Third, and now here I find it discussed on TH-cam after all these years!
The soundtrack to the end of Avengers Infinity War, called Porch, does this really well IMO (SPOILERS if you haven't seen it yet xD) In the end, the villain basically won, and the movie ends with him smiling in victory. Instead of ending the song in the typical minor tonic, it uses the Picardy third instead- and it creates kind of a dissonance in the end. When I heard that final major chord in the theater, I was legit surprised, and its pretty haunting 😂 Edit: I just realized that its actually the same key as the intro example xD
I know it's (probably) not a picardy third but the transition from A to Am in Metallica's Low Man's Lyric kind of reminds me of this musical idea but just in the oposite direction and it sounds amazing.
It's an interesting technique, for sure. Alice In Chains does this at the very end of Down In A Hole. Unfortunately, for me it always took me out of the song ending it that way. It was like "yeah, all that stuff you just felt before, it didn't really happen, here's a puppy licking your face to wake you from what was just a dream". I think I prefer when it is used in transition or to add some height to a passage. Dropping it at the end of a section or song seems to me to kill the impact of the preceding bit.
The song 'Ophelia' has mostly major chords except for the turn around. There is a term for this, secondary dominants basically it has a major where there's supposed to be a minor but it always resolves to the tonic, or to a 4th? Forgot what it's called. Great tool for breaking the rules. You can also think of this as a descending 5ths sequence that uses dominant 7th chords on every chord instead of triads.
Thanks for this lesson. Much needed! Always wondered if my music theory went for a toss the moment I saw a Maj1 chord appear in a minor key progression
Love your videos, Jake. I don't think I made a comment before but I'm a subscriber now and I love your approach and positive attitude. Cheers from Atlantic Canada.
Steve Vai used this in the movie Crossroads. When Ralph Machio is playing against the Devil's guitarist, (which is actually played by Vai), after the big classical piece, when he does the ascending run, he ends the lick on a major third.
“bring it right back down” reminded me of this scale song from music class as a kid in 2nd or 3rd grade. at the time didn’t know it was a minor and ended a major. it ended with said above sentence. can’t remember the whole thing. “play the music something something then you bring it right back down”
Awesome dissection! Thank you for sharing this :) I've heard the Picardy Third many times before, but now I know what it is called and more options on how to use it.
My first exposure to it was Rush's "Hemispheres", which has so much harmonic interest going on in it already, but that last chord was just as powerful as the first chord.
It is also very effectively used at the end of the Hytale trailer music. Recommend everyone to take a look at it! And yes, the Skyrim trailer music also uses it beautifully!
The Unforgiven by Metallica does something similar to this, but not sure what it's called. The first four chords are Am C G Em, then Am C G E, and resolving back to the Am.
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TH-cam comments are supposed to be cesspools of endless hate and ignorance but you guys seriously leave the nicest comments, and filled with awesome info
Signals Music Studio Yo bro, you're the absolute best theory video maker on TH-cam.
Do you think you could devote a video to dissonant black metal/paganistic/nordic metal techniques?
THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!
question-
can you do a 'how to write progressive metal' vid?
if you could throw in devin townsend project stuff as well that'd be cool, just for fun, but that's not necessary
we once came up with something kinda like this. it was a repeat chorus. we ended the first time through as we started, on the root (min), but began the next bar with the maj, went through the rest of the chorus progression, and ended on the root. very effective.
KEvron
An example I can remember of a "Reverse Picardy" is the end of the chorus in Madeleine Peyroux's version of "Between the Bars" : the chorus ends in major but then a little phrase is added in minor to launch back into the next verse !
You have such a pleasant voice and you're also able to talk without having to cut every 2 seconds. This is - combined with your very practical approach to music theory - what sets you apart from many other channels. Some of them are just unwatchable. Thanks for the good work.
Another fantastic example of this is the final chord of “And I love her” by the Beatles
1:51 This is also known as the "To Be Continued" meme music xD
Lol exactly what I thought.
Or jojo's endinh
Easily one of the best guitar/music theory YT channels! Awesome stuff, brother 🤟
1:51 Ermaghad! So good.
I'm not a guitarist, but I get a lot out of these lessons because you explain how and why to use the things you're teaching, and your explanations are simple and down-to -earth.
There are a few great music teachers on TH-cam, and you're one of the top 3 IMO.
5:32 to the end is one of the best pieces of advice I have heard for a guitarist on the fence about learning music theory.
Theres a lot I like about your videos, but the best part is that you always have a wide variety of examples. It's so helpful to seeing the versatility of a musical idea like this.
You are a master teacher and you put a lot of thought into your videos. You have earned the positive attention you are getting. Here's a tip: "Michelle" by The Beatles. It starts with the typical minor and chromatic descending line (F minor with descending F, E, E♭, D) then it goes to D♭maj7 chord then C, you expect an Fm next, but you get F major. It's a really nice example of a couple of things.
Great video, Jake! My wife, a former classical violinist, used to always point out Picardy 3rds when we were listening to stuff. Once I grasped the concept, I pointed out to her the final note of Tony Iommi’s solo at the very end of the track NIB.
Also, a couple of years ago (pre-lockdown) we had a guitarist in our covers band who would often end songs with the Picardy 3rd lol
Your theory explanations are so concise and useful. Former classical pianist here and your videos are so practical and make theory much more accessible than most videos I've found. Thanks!
You’re one of the best teachers on here man, simple, straight to the point, not jumping from idea to idea. You connect the dots so easily. Thank you
I am totally addicted to this channel... perfect for music theory nuts like myself. Jake could teach 4 voice counterpoint and we would still understand everything I think!
4:28 The use of the Csus chord to me is almost brighter than going to the major. The F, adds another level of uplifting emotion, which points back down to the E, allowing everything to settle back down to home
It is incredibly satisfying to be able to put a name and some decent understanding behind all these musical concepts that I could sometimes feel in a song but never even knew was being catalogued as a specific event in music theory... insane how many times this has come up since I started watching this channel, haha.
Make it so, major 1.
hey , i am from india .. i find your channel very useful to increase my musical knowledge ...before finding your channel , i was stuck in just 12 maj and 12 minor scales ...thanks for sharing your precious knowledge ..thanks sir 🙏
How come this dude has only 90K subs? This videos are ingenious. One by one leave you in awe for how good the material is. It's interesting and well explained. You just get so addicted to how he reveals the secrets of music you hear every day. Such a phenomenal teacher and briliant musician!
I expect the next lesson to be on the Fraksian fourth.
The what?
Rikerian 4th to be technical. Looking forward to the La Forgey 5th lesson
How about the 7 of 9 seventh?
The D Troyian 9th has to be the sexiest resolution chord by far.
Have you guys noticed that Jake's like-to-dislike ratio is way higher than anyone out there? Currently 637 to 1; that's incredible! What a testimony to how gifted of a teacher he is.
currently 6.2K to 30. He's Amazing
Anything under 1% is exceptional
Wow,thanks for all the free tab lessons to illustrate your points.Always wanted to learn the ending to Roundabout
Hey man, great content here. You've earned a new subscriber!
Didn't expect you here
I just discovered your channel, I love it. I found it today and I have watched 12 videos and learned so many tricks. I’ve been playing and writing for more than 20 years and there have been many many times I have lacked inspiration and I’ve recently been in one of those ruts. Thank you for inspiring me to play again.
I always appreciate the visual aid that you add on the side of your videos.
Under The Bridge by RHCP is a good example. that nice final (major) chord! and finally Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part IX) is what I consider the most beautiful Picardy Third, ending a haunting and sad tribute to Syd Barrett with that comforting G major chord which gives you somehow hope...
A fitting tribute to Syd, as he used the Picardy third in several places, most notably in Jugband Blues, which was Syd's last contribution to Pink Floyd and also the only song on A Saucerful of Secrets which Gilmour had no part in.
What a concept.. Learning theory through observation and actual examples, not just random information.
This works even better when combined with the concepts mentioned in your video about "GOD Chords" and epic changes.
Move to the major chord of the tonic and then to the major chord of the tritone. Sounds pretty cool and ethereal.
I'm getting a kick out of this, since one of my band's last song ended in a major key but stopped on the minor root, a reverse picardy third, of sorts.
Wow thats a downer hehehe
a picardy flat third?
(+Renzo) I think they mean Picardy 6th. The relative minor.
Never knew this was called the Picardy third! Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Two Tribes" does this: the main chord sequence is in D minor, but the final chord of the sequence is a D major chord, before it changes back to D minor and starts the sequence again. It stands out more in the instrumental versions/ passages of the song.
Ulrich Schnauss does the reverse in "Never Be The Same": most of the song is in major, and the harmonies really emphasise that the tonic chord is a major. Then in the middle of the song, just as we're expecting that tonic major again, he introduces the minor instead, and holds on that chord for a section of the song. Because it's so harmonically rich and it contrasts with what the listener was expecting, it's an *especially* minor sounding chord. I don't know if there's a term for that reverse Picardy substitution?
This guy knows his stuff.
"While my guitar gently weeps" is another example, but he used it for the entire second part of the music. The first is in Am and the second begins after a progression over E to A.
Love your chord tricks, they're pure gold, also for pianists!
The contrast between the word “misery” and the Picardy 3rd spoken about here in dt a nightmare to remember is so beautiful, also, I can’t be the only one who just started singing along to the next part of the song? IN PEACEFUL SEDATION I LAY HALF AWAKE
hey, im a music producer but, i've done it without music theory. but because i want to make video game music etc i decided to learn theory and your videos are a great help. thanks alot
this is one of my favorite things to end my improv sessions with...never knew it had a name. thanks Jake. still love and look forward to your content.
Thanks for sticking around!!!
Great explanation and nicely selected examples; I really enjoyed watching this video. It's worth noting though that the final resolution of a tune in a minor key to a major I chord was used in a number of pieces by J. S. Bach himself, including the Csus4 - C - Csus2 - C sequence... :)
Bolero of Fire, Serenade of Water, Nocturne of Shadow, Requiem of Spirit
great video! may i suggest taking it a step further and using a maj7 in place of the major
Your explanation is always brilliant. They help me a lot. Thank you! And congratulations for your vast knowledge of music and composition.
Great insight! Until now I thought Picardy 3rd was a thing of the past and would have expected in medieval/neo-medieval music and nowhere else... Thumbs up!
Another good example is Lionell Richie - Hello;
It's great finally understanding what's going on in some of our favorite pieces! Thanks!
You can hear that A minor feels like home
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Remember what you get when you drop a piano down a mineshaft? Yeah, it's like that.
As a piano player you stumple accross these quite early when playing around with chords, so at first I thought "oh, that lame old trick". But you really made it shine and showed me new aspects of it here. Thank you for that, I guess I will play around with it again.
This has always been one my my favorite ways of writing, without even knowing what I was doing before watching your video. Sounds very melancholic. Thanks for explaining!
Your channel is pure gold
Best music channel on youtube
Can't stop watching this vid because of that Crazy song!
YESSSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Wow I have done this before without even knowing what I was doing. Chorus goes from C to Em, then some other stuff, then into the bridge which is much more happy and energetic C then E MAJOR!
That's interesting, I never thought about this as a picardy third. I always treated it as a chromatic mediant (or secondary dominant if the third chord is Am). But I guess this works as well.
EDIT: Actually, now I realized that it probably depends on what the tonic is. If the piece is in C, then I would definitely consider E major as a chromatic mediant. At least from what I know the picardy third always refers to the tonic chord.
You just know all the things. What a great resource you are.
I have been following you for a while and by far the most interesting and easy learning chanel for any level of player ! keep rocking man
Exceptional and so pleasant, clear, with so much passion as usual ! Thank you so much.
Being able to name this concept was my unexpected joker in my entrance exam to music university :) Thank you so much! (The thumbnail was the key to remember its name :D)
Excellent lesson! "Softer landing " ..perfect.
I think one of the best uses of a Picardy third that I've ever heard in modern music is in "Choke" by I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME. It gives the chorus so much impact.
Picardy thirds have a special place in my heart! of course I just love the way they sound, but they were the first bit of "advanced" theory I ever learned. in 5th grade orchestra class (my first year of being in orchestra), our orchestra teacher told us about them, and I immediately asked if there was a name for reverse Picardy thirds. he said that he didn't think there was, so the class suggested I use them so they could be named after me
Another example is I wish i could hide away, by creedence. Amazing song
Little Black Submarines by Black Keys. It is a beautiful example for this
After I was done editing this video I was ranting with a musician friend who brought up this same song as an example, it's great!
Jake your one of my Favourite teachers.You are great
Thank you so much.
YES! The BEST band ever! Seeing them live next week on their 50th anniversary tour! Just earlier today I was thinking about how Roundabout ends with a minor scale resolving to E major and it confused me. Now you explained in later, thank you :)
Jamfjr I saw them in early 2010. I had meet and greet passes which meant I had first choice at seating and the opportunity to shake their hand after. So, I showed up really early while Howe was warming up, by himself on classical guitar. It was myself, Howe, and the bartender for 20 minutes while he riffed. After the amazing show, I shook his and Chris Squire's hands. It was amazing. Very sad that we lost the fish, one of the greatest bass players of all time.
bigcabba Wow that's cool! Yes, I will sadly be missing Chris during this concert. His playing will inspire forever!
Piccardy third are the most amazing trick I've ever heard. They literally changed my entire life in HS music theory lol
I understand almost nothing. But listening to you is amazing on it's own, you're so skilled.
The old jazz standard 'All The Things You Are' uses a Picardy ii-V in the bridge (F#m7b5 > B7b9 > Emaj7)
One of my favorite uses of the Picardy Third is in Ola Gjeilo's Sanctus. The entire song set in minor and with a massive buildup and release into a major resolution just fit perfectly.
I had never heard of this. But you explained it very well. Can't wait to find a way to work it into my own music. Thanks
The little song at the beginning is now stuck in my head.
Best video thumbnail of all time. This picture got stuck in my head since I heard about them, and you finally made it reality.
oh, and the video's great, of course! Was very impressed by your singing in the intro, you should do more of it! :)
Truly great teacher.
ah, the wanted dead or alive part really solidified it for me!
Another great example of the Picardy Third is Crawling by Linkin Park. It's in C# minor, but then in the chorus that tonic chord becomes Major. Many other Linkin Park songs use this method, usually in the chorus, changing the tonic chord to Major instead of the typical minor chord.
Nothing really important, I just want to say thank you, dude, you are doing such great content and you are really cool as a narattor!
Just found your channel and wanted to say thank you. I already know most of the theory, and have actually done a lot of it in practice (piano/keyboards and occasionally recorder and tin whistle), but I didn't know many of these things had names :)
Speaking of the picardy third (I knew the concept, but again didn't know that it had a name), I play a lot of praise and worship music in Church, and I think in some songs it is grossly overdone, doing it at the end of every verse. I can live with doing it occasionally at the end of the last verse, but not always, not even in every song. It loses its appeal very quickly.
I just discovered your channel -- I've got to spend some time watching your videos. I'm trying to be more diligent about playing guitar, and part of that is working on writing songs. I remember a friend of mine many years ago using Squeeze's "Is That Love?" as an example of the Picardy Third, and now here I find it discussed on TH-cam after all these years!
Your videos are so interesting and helpful. You're a godsend.
Another informative video Jake. Love your channel. Can't wait to hear your album.
Jeff Beck's wonderful delivery of "Greensleeves" ends with a perfect Picardy third.
The soundtrack to the end of Avengers Infinity War, called Porch, does this really well IMO (SPOILERS if you haven't seen it yet xD)
In the end, the villain basically won, and the movie ends with him smiling in victory. Instead of ending the song in the typical minor tonic, it uses the Picardy third instead- and it creates kind of a dissonance in the end. When I heard that final major chord in the theater, I was legit surprised, and its pretty haunting 😂
Edit: I just realized that its actually the same key as the intro example xD
One of the best guitar/music theory channels!
I know it's (probably) not a picardy third but the transition from A to Am in Metallica's Low Man's Lyric kind of reminds me of this musical idea but just in the oposite direction and it sounds amazing.
Zouzou's gorgeous est parti comme il était venu has my favorite example of it.
It's an interesting technique, for sure. Alice In Chains does this at the very end of Down In A Hole. Unfortunately, for me it always took me out of the song ending it that way. It was like "yeah, all that stuff you just felt before, it didn't really happen, here's a puppy licking your face to wake you from what was just a dream". I think I prefer when it is used in transition or to add some height to a passage. Dropping it at the end of a section or song seems to me to kill the impact of the preceding bit.
Just stumbled on your pages the other day and subscribed. Good decision. Your videos are great and I'm learning lots.
The song 'Ophelia' has mostly major chords except for the turn around. There is a term for this, secondary dominants basically it has a major where there's supposed to be a minor but it always resolves to the tonic, or to a 4th? Forgot what it's called. Great tool for breaking the rules. You can also think of this as a descending 5ths sequence that uses dominant 7th chords on every chord instead of triads.
I've heard this many times but didn't know there was a name for it. Thanks for educating and inspiring me! I'm gonna go write a song...
Thanks for this lesson. Much needed! Always wondered if my music theory went for a toss the moment I saw a Maj1 chord appear in a minor key progression
Love your videos, Jake. I don't think I made a comment before but I'm a subscriber now and I love your approach and positive attitude. Cheers from Atlantic Canada.
Steve Vai used this in the movie Crossroads. When Ralph Machio is playing against the Devil's guitarist, (which is actually played by Vai), after the big classical piece, when he does the ascending run, he ends the lick on a major third.
“bring it right back down”
reminded me of this scale song from music class as a kid in 2nd or 3rd grade. at the time didn’t know it was a minor and ended a major. it ended with said above sentence.
can’t remember the whole thing. “play the music something something then you bring it right back down”
Awesome dissection! Thank you for sharing this :) I've heard the Picardy Third many times before, but now I know what it is called and more options on how to use it.
I love having this tool in my arsenal!! Thank you!
My first exposure to it was Rush's "Hemispheres", which has so much harmonic interest going on in it already, but that last chord was just as powerful as the first chord.
Rather I should say, my first exposure where I was able to identify it as such.
Really put well together vid man. Love the included tabs and visual aids (of mentioned pieces). I'm addicted to ending songs on major 7ths...
Thank you for this; I'd first noticed this in the works of J.S. Bach when I was a kid, but never knew it had a name!
It is also very effectively used at the end of the Hytale trailer music. Recommend everyone to take a look at it! And yes, the Skyrim trailer music also uses it beautifully!
You are a very good teacher! I learned a lot from your videos! Cheers from brazil!
Queen used this skill in Don't stop me now since there is a dm and a d7 chord in the song :D thank you for this great video
Thank you , You're inspiring me.
The Unforgiven by Metallica does something similar to this, but not sure what it's called. The first four chords are Am C G Em, then Am C G E, and resolving back to the Am.
Thank so much for put an DT song