World's FIRST ever game of Chord Progression Ping Pong | David Bennett Piano & Bryn Bliska
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- What do you get when you get two of the world's most talented music theory chord voicing geniuses and set them down at a ping pong table to volley chords back and forth? What you get is awesome collections of advanced chords that you can now use in your own chord progressions!
TH-cam sensation @DavidBennettPiano met up with artist/producer @BrynBliska while she was on tour in the UK in @jacobcollier's band. They both brought their A-game to the table and the result are three amazing Chord Sets that are now part of Chord Sequencer, the latest Player MIDI effect included in Reason+.
If you want to use these three Chord Sets, simply get Chord Sequencer and Reason (details below)!
A HUGE thank you to David and Bryn for being a part of this video. Go and check out their channels:
David: @DavidBennettPiano
Bryn: @BrynBliska
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The actual video: 🥰🤗🎶🎹
The transitions: 😎😱🤘🤘👊😵⚡🔊🤯
Underrated comment
Fr
that's why we got anxiety lolllll
bruuuuuh im dead
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love the VERY LOUD drum n bass in between the soulful chord segments
Keep the audience on their toes! 🤣🕺🏻
Almost feels like a shitpost whenever plays, lose my shit every time
Fr tho....
In fact, it almost destroyed my speakers AND ears. Not funny.
LMAO
I have little to no idea what's going on, I'm just enjoying two brilliant musicians jamming.
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Mehn these are advance chords
the beautiful thing about music is the fact that you dont need theory to make it, if someone gave you a pad with preset chords on it, itd take you probably a couple minutes to find a progression that sounds like it just "works" and for most people thats enough, but for some people just working isnt enough so youd go into theory to understand WHY it works, that way you can create what you want when you want instead of making due with what you have
And they're so polite, just makes me smile
@@silentfox8 This is false. Just like with art. You CAN take a pencil and paper and make art, sure, that's how simple it is. But to make good art requires intense study. Theory is part of that intense study
Like, sure! You don't have to study western renaissance music theory. You don't need to CALL Gm7 "Gm7". But you have to understand what notes you are playing and how those notes relate to other notes. Which ones will produce which aesthetic. Which ones will sound the best for your goals. And why. That IS theory
And without theory you simple would not be able to express your ideas without being limited. That applies to not only music but to almost any creative medium. And also to sports, languages, woodcraft and the list goes on an on
I love how they start trying to out jazz each other to the point that it looks more like droid names from star wars than actual chords
🤣
Absolutely underrated comment lmao
and voicing are kinda shit smh
this is not what they were doing at all. They were picking good chords. Don't condescend ppl just cause their knowledge is above your head. Gee oh boy a C11 Gee oh no not a sus chord. Lol grow up or learn an instrument.
@@fritzjackson4336 sometimes it's really better to not comment anything. This would've been one of those times. He wasn't condescending anyone. I personally know music theory and play many instruments and found this comment hilarious (because when you start getting to complex chords it literally looks like droid names). Chill bro
As they kept adding chords, I thought to myself "wow, this is spicy. The improv is going to be wild. How are they going to connect the changes?" But I was a little bit disappointed though as they ended up just using some. Brilliant musicians though.
Yeah :( wish the improv was longer and they tried to incorporate all the chords
Yeah, I was expecting it to be played in the sequence that each chord was selected. I feel like that would have been much more interesting.
@@IndelibleAndy Agree. I think they take the previous chords into consideration when they put down each chord. So the sequence itself is meaningful and material.
Yeah, that's what I thought as well, so it sort of becomes a sequence, and not just chords you can choose from
Yeah it's like bringing 5 synths to your gig but just end up playing Wonderwall.
I was expecting them to have to come up with their chord choices in a flash like actual ping pong, where you don’t stand there like: “Hmm, I think maybe I’ll return your serve with a backhand here… and maybe some backspin on it…” Ooh, nice, I’ll do a lob back at you…”
Agreed, imagine if people jammed like that xD
Yea this was dumb af
Why do a lob on a backspin? D:
Yeah, I was expecting them to have to come up with a chord that sounded good within a time signature, not just hmmhawing between each. Super boring.
"beautiful"
im gonna need an episode where its jacob collier vs charlie puth that would be heavenly
(or any one of the people other people suggested in the replies really.)
Let's see what we can do!
YES
I would pay to see this
@@ReasonStudios Hell yeah!!
I can somehow guess what Puth is gonna be doing! So maybe try Jacob Collier with Jesus Molina.
The BbMaj9-dim7-Am7 progression at 4:35 is wild because I was hearing the chords in my head right before you played them thinking "oh this would fit nicely" and then that's the chord you played 👀
I had the same experience. I think that's because there's an implied 2-5-1 (Gm -> C7b9 -> F) that makes this so familiar. (Or alternatively, the beginning of a 2-5-3-6; a D7 would sound right at home next.)
My thinking as well, as my ear is very used to the Vince Guaraldi - O Tannenbaum which has the same chords.
same here, but my ear expected a Gmaj9 after the Am7
Same here! I was shouting like a madman in my kitchen every time I got it right 😅
Same thought, but when I heard that BbMaj9 my brain immediately referenced to plastic love. The chord progression at the outro uses the same root progression
Major respect to Reason for making some cool content and getting cool people involved, everybody within this space should be taking notes!
I like that they compliment each other at every chord exchange
Yeah. Very lovely. Particularly the lady,she is very generous with her compliments. The guy too by the way. They fit each other.
I applaud this video because as a musician of over 45 years experience and Mastery of several different instruments I can tell all you young folks out there that this is the way the greatest music in the world was written. Maybe it wasn't two keyboard players facing each other over a ping pong table but you certainly had Paul McCartney and John Lennon throwing chords and ideas back and forth at each other as well as many other great songwriting Duos like gambling Huff and a bunch of other great names.
Wooo gamble and huff ,hall and oats Kats like that definitely bounced ideas off each other
@@dwaynemusik yep there were lots of great songwriting Duos and trios as well!
jimmy jam terry lewis!
@@dr.strawberry5773 Yep!
Lennon and McCartney faced off in the finals at Wimbledon 8 years in a row. It was a ridiculous run, at the time. Of course, Jagger and Richards have been doing it for hundreds of years since.
Brilliant. Love David Bennett’s tutorials on music theory. Learnt a lot from him. Top bloke.
His channel is SUCH a great resource, we love it.
Cheers!
Please do more Chord Progression Ping Pong for many other genres🙏🏿. This has a ton of potential as a series and it's extremely educational!
this was wonderful, very cool to see some back-and-forth music creation that showcases collaboration. i think a lot of us get stuck in our solo production silos and just want more and more automation, complex features, etc.
that is because most of us know very little music thoery so we try to compensate instead of learning.
@@Jaed_Marauder Never were truer words said
@@Jaed_Marauder what do you mean?
Unfortunately a lot of younger musicians won't realize this but the truth is that the technology is fantastic as a tool but it's used as a crutch nobody just picks up their instrument and plays and writes from the heart anymore. Because it's too easy to have everything digitized in the Box.
@@Jaed_Marauder exactly because the computer has made it easy to press a button and get a sound or tap out a basic rhythm and sound like an actual drummer. It's too bad because what should be happening is that you learn the art of music and Theory first and then use the tools to make the music better. Now it just seems like people are using the technology to create the music for them which is why most of today's stuff has no soul
I've always played table tennis like this. I thought this was how people ordinarily do it.
Cool. Now do this with people like Domi, Aydin Esen, Jonah Nilsson, Anomalie, Cory Henry, Tigran Hamasyan, Louis Cole, Jesus Molina etc.
🤪That would be cool too, and I bet they do this just not always on camera on a production set. But hey, I clicked on this because of the people in it, not because of the sponsor or the thumbnail.
Absolutely!!!
You’re crazy 😂 but so right
Herbie
Jesus vs Cory 😩
Love this idea. Would be great if in future episodes you could break things down a little bit more for people new to music theory. Not asking to slow the process down, maybe just to keep the chords on screen when they jam instead of cutting back and forward and also maybe to then explain a bit more in depth about why certain things work. Really love the idea and just subbed to see what comes in the future.
Please!
Both of you are very calm and calming to watch. This was peaceful.
i fell absolutely in love with bryn’s playing when i saw jacob’s most recent tour, she’s so killer this is fantastic
She is simply the best!
I was kind of expecting something else. This felt like a regular jam session where no one could lose.
Here’s how I believe would’ve made this “game” a bit more interesting. The server: serves the first chord. This becomes the root tone. We make it simple and start with triads. As the server serves the chord, he/she yells the genre that needs to be played. The receiver has 2 beats to play a progression chord that compliments the “incoming” chord. As the game progresses you add color to the chords and the beat/rhythm gets faster. Although the receiver has 2 beats, as tempo gets faster you get less time to return the chord.
Chords may not be repeated until 4 “hits” so to speak (makes it more interesting).
A spike would be a run up or a run down..
I don’t know something like that would’ve interested me more.
Don’t get me wrong, the chords played here are nice, but it just got boring after round 2.
Really great concept, but maybe tone down the EPIC ULTIMATE INTENSITY music between the rounds, music's s'posed to be a fun thing, not a duel. Just a suggestion, no malice behind it, really liked the show itself watching them work together, you should highlight that 👌
I love this. Reason gives us so many unique ways of "playing" music - it's great to see this idea of playfulness taken a step further
This is fantastic. It’s a great way to learn and be entertained & I actually like their light commentary about the progressions - it provides context for someone learning 🤓 🎹
They're so amazingly fluent in music theory, I love it and I wish I were, too
This was amazing and made my day. Absolutely loved round 2!
And the winner was DbMaj7#11 😁😁
That A7b9 chord in the second round that David played was gorgeous!
Just music theory, it was just the 5 in a minor II-V-I, not to say that music theory cannot be gorgeous
Them: "Lovely! Gorgeous!!"
Me: " wtf is going on here?! It sounds amazing"
"Chord packs" have met their match. Looks like a great creative tool!
bryn did the opening guitar play when we went to the Jacob show few months back，brilliant and kind，great to see her here as well！
This is amazing. I would've watched a 30 minute or longer version of this the whole way through. A very unique idea that I think should catch on across this part of the music scene.
this video threw me so many emotions each time they dropped another chord this was so fun to watch
John Horton Conway (may he count to infinity in peace) created the Game of life, the first zero player game. You have successfully created what might be the first zero-game game - a game without any aspects of a game.
TH-cam recommended this, not sure why. I didn't mean to come here and hate. I thought I'd see some interesting game. I did not. That's why my criticism.
This is really F-ing cool. Would totally watch a whole series of this. Would love the jamming to be a bit longer tho!
E#-ing cool u mean?
@@Jonas0Wahl nope, I clearly meant susAoverG9minor#-ing
Have always loved reason and always will be grateful for the world they opened up to me. I still use it as my primary daw and since opening up to hardware synths the modular nature fits in perfectly without me having to shell out on Eurorack... For now 😂
But this is an absolute lifesaver during my current season of writers block ^^
When she hit the Gm7, I finally felt the ping pong of the game.
This video was phenomenal, the vibes when the two were playing were immaculate
YESSSS!!! Finally some production value. Great video, great people, great production value. please go back to this.
That was way more fun and clever than I expected although I've already appreciated Bryn and David a lot before that. 🤘
thanks so much!
I love the arrangement of the notes when she improvised in the last round! Sounds like angels
Actually the last round was my favorite, even those chord progressions sounds like the most calming rainy day ever
This is the best friendly competition I have ever seen in all of my years!
That would be a great musician sport haha looking forward to a no commentary version of this game❤️
You mean a speed chess version, instead of a ping pong version... this would be fun.
Really gets better when they're just playing chords
I always find it fascinating hearing musicians talk about music, despite not understanding any of it
Very impressive fluency when discussing chords. You two really know your theory!
Bryn's playing is so tasteful, and it's nice that she plays different styles tastefully. Some jazz musicians I know can only play jazz.
This is extra dope because there are changes in here I would never think of doing. Em7b5 > A7b9 > E7#11 > Dmaj7 from the minor key is nuts
Just stop thinking about chord progressions and start doing random ones and think about their feel instead
@@tomdone8575 do NOT start doing random chord progressions, except focus on voice leading and counterpoint rather than pulling a bunch of chords out of thin air and expecting them to work like in the video
@@travo6805 it doesn't work instantly but with some time you try to hear what is missing or doesn't fit and you change your random chord to something else
wow they are both so good!
I like how they throw a completely out of context almost menacing chord at each other and say "ohhhh nice, some variety" 😂
Reason (specially Reason Rack) has been the single most impactful thing to happen to my music creation process since the creation of DAWs. Because of the tools inside Reason my music output has grown has exponentially. It’s like having 10000 instruments, with 1000s of samples and loops along with the utilities and players to bring ideas to light FAST. Best value in the pro audio music /software space in my opinion.
*ULTRA INTENSE DRUM&BASS TRANSITION* “So I was thinking we could try out some chill chords in the RnB or NeoSoul space”
Such an interesting concept. Creation on the fly! Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love watching people speak in code and then somehow it sounds beautiful lmao
This is the dorkiest, geekiest thing I have ever watched and I am ALL FOR IT! Love this idea!
these 2 go very well together geez
I think I speak for most people in saying that we'd love to hear a bit more of the jamming on the chords!
Love the mmhms and ohhhs after every chord played
This is the nerdiest most wonderful thing I've seen in a long time. So excited!!
Yeah let's start "simple" with just "singer-songwriter chords" 😂
For real Chord Sequencer is so perfect for me, I've been using it to teach me more interesting chord progressions and coming up with out of the box bridge sections in my music.
Imagine playing this game with Jacob Collier
Bro keep this alive, notable musician's from all around could jump in on an episode. That would be sureal
This is like watch some pro playing chess when you have no idea about what its happening 😂😭
can't relate
I see so much potential on this
show
Great video, thank you for showing the music world there are geniuses other than Jacob when it comes to chords
I am excited to try a super simplified version of this ping pong game with my intermediate students when we get back to the school year.
I'm going to go with the "Hitting the like button on something I'm not quite aware of what it is", I dont think we've done that before
David Bennett. Reason bringing out the big guns. Next we need Jake Lizzio vs Adam Neely.
That was awesome. Love this concept. More please.
I loved the 2nd round. The first 4 bars was actually a really funky progression. Sounded great.
The whole thing goes into my sampler
Now there's an idea!!!! Share the results with us!
3 Rounds Chords Ping Pong
R1. 0:45 Songwriting Chords
R2. 3:05 70s Soul Ballad Chords
R3. 6:10 Heads In Clouds
Good Arrangment🙏
Please Make A Breakdown For Solo🎹
I saw her play with Jacob Collier's band! She was super dope and inspired.
intro: BRRRRRRRRRRRR, tense sound like there is gonna be a huge fight
*lights turn on* *fight vibe intensifies*
-"hi bryn, u righ?"
enjoyed every minute of this
I got to say this was an incredibly creative video that I loved every second of and kept me intrigued all the way to the end!!! Great job!
This is how every band should start.
It's so wonderful when people know how to do this.
I cant even describe how cool this is.
This was honestly such an interesting idea!
Right? We had such a fun time putting together, so glad you liked it!
This looks like it'd be SO fun to play!! 🔥 🎹
Now these are some PRO LEVEL CHORDS
Saw this video and ended up staying up all night to study dodecaphonic series with prime number and the history of temperament and tonality
How cool was that. Great idea!
Great concept and great match but so frustrating that the jam sessions are so shorts please make them longer!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Bryn!!!!!! ❤❤❤ this just came across my recommendations! Love this!
this is so fun to watch. I'm just waiting for the next thing and it's never quite what I expected but it's satisfying and I'm just like "yeah, we vibe with this, I'll go with you here"
Nice video. Trolls don’t know a jam session when they see one. There ‘s really nothing like this, not even Unison or Scalar 2, with a workflow so intuitively straight forward especially for Reason users. I don’t understand anyone who can’t appreciate it.
Reason Studios didn't want to make a device that just makes chords with a click they made it so it can also teach help the user learn music theory.
So pleased to see David here. :)
David is the best!
@@ReasonStudios I should add that I’m now a fan of Bryn as well, thanks to this video. :)
Thanks for breaking my eardrums at the start, I really appreciate it. 🙂
Loved this
4:35 to 4:40 What's with the discrepancy between what she said and what was placed in the bubble?
Very interesting presentation! Thanks! Liked her jamming at the end!👏👏
She did the same thing earlier but caught it and called her self out on saying 7 but playing the 9
Oh ok cool. Thanks 🙏 @@CarlitoBTS
Bryn is like the Federer of chord pong.
Round 2 sounded beautiful!! Wow
Love the neo soul and jazzy stuff
I don’t really see how this is ping pong… or adversarial in any way, but, some nice vibes were produced lol
I don't know a crazy amount of theory so Im really only able to follow half of what is going on but damn does it sound good. Y'all are so cool to watch!!!!!
"just you know singer songwriter chords"
(proceeds to use literally every useful chord extension and inversion you could ever want)
hahaha RIGHT!
This was a great concept.
Wow I can't possibly imagine why no one's ever thought of this game before.
This is actually gonna make history
This is crazy. Actually this is amazing, endless modulation.
I hope you continue to add chord sets suited for synths and modern pop & dance genres. Keep expanding it!