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The opposite of the thing you asked, but I'm pretty sure it was subsequently used for Gypsy in my Mind by Never Dull, and I think you'd get a kick out of the bass line. Then that song was sped up and used for the Sad Cat Dance meme, which you need not worry about.
I am fairly certain that Gypsy Woman is the root of this sample tree. If she got it recorded live with her or if she recorded it for her song... Well I gotta watch some documentaries for that.
Thats what I wanted to say aswell- in a way a bad starting point to start ear-training because of the overtones you can be hearing things that are not played.
as a South African, I can say that South Africans LOVE deep house & this is just one of those classic that have ingrained into me since birth, so I personally love this vid a lot more than usual. thanks for the nostalgia Charles.
As a fellow South African, when this song came out I only knew Adult Contemporary and then a brief stint of Euro techno, (2 Unlimited) and whatever Dr Alban is. Then I became a bit of a rock/alternative snob until much later when I became more open-minded about different music.
As a novice musician of 30+ years I love this channel. The enthusiasm is contagious and I love the breakdowns of tunes of all types. Music theory is beautiful. Thank you Charles for this awesome channel, much love brother
Love this. I used that same inner arpeggio method you use in my ear training classes as well. I find it much much easier with chamber ensembles where the voices all sound different than with keyboard instruments though. You are great at this! One thing: At 7:33 you say the bass note stays the same but it actually steps down from an E to an Eb (which is what you play and say).
I feel this somehow works on other instruments too. I did something like this on the guitar back in the day when sheet music wasn't easy to come by and a bunch of us worked together first catching the extremes and then the middle notes, good times
They don’t make club music like this anymore - Crystal Waters absolutely iconic! Would love a series on samples in house/hip-hop music. They really knew how to sample back then. (eg Deee-Lite sampling Herbie Hancocks Bring Down the Birds)
love the exaggerated example of "hearing" the arpeggio of the chord, I always think about it that way and it's really hard to explain to non-musicians or people who just have less experience picking out chords!
There's a great video called "Crystal Waters Gypsy Woman: Is This The Best House Riff Ever Written?" by the channel BtheLick that explains how the Korg M1 organ sampler creates really full chords because each key plays multiple tones. I don't think I can link the video, but it's a great breakdown of exactly why it's hard to pin down the chords. I'm impressed by anyone that can disentangle the chords like you did.
A lot of electronic dance music back then was made with samplers or keyboards that had built in chords, so musicians would hunt around for interesting chord regressions very similarly to how they would look for interesting samples, even if they weren't directly sampling a record
Without getting all music theoryish, I think the chord progression is so mesmerizing because it plays wirh expectations. It kinda starts off just sounding like a typical upbeat house progression but then it has those two bars that have this bluesy minor key thing that gives it the emotionality appropriate for a song about a homeless woman. The chords don't usually go this hard in dance music
This always reminded me of the music of the first stage of streets of rage 2... I'd be fascinated to see Charles do a react of that banger of a soundtrack!
Just the comment I was looking for. Heard the slick back song for the first time today and knew it sounded mostly familiar. Took me a hot minute to figure out what game I was thinking of though.
2:50 I discovered this two years ago and I've tried to describe it to other music students, but this is the first time I've ever heard anybody besides my self explicitly talking about it! It's so cool and weird the first time you try it!
I figured this out too when learning chords, but when chords got complicated I started doubting myself with this method because it often sounds just a little bit off from the original (especially with weird voicings) and I couldn’t figure out how exactly😂 it only worked for me up to ninth chords usually
Hmm that's interesting. To make sure I'm understanding right, are you saying that when you focus on each note individually, it sounds different than when you just listen to the whole chord?@@ivansyw
@@georgehiggins1320yeah I get the notes mostly but for example i might hear them an octave higher or lower, or if there’s an octave I will miss one of the notes so I mess up the voicing. Sometimes its because the timbre makes it sound different than when I play it on piano, Or else it could be overtone that I think are in there.
I love how you've evolved the "music to a meme" bit that you used to do into an educational thing! The enthusiasm for slick chord progressions is so infectious!
The chord progressions are somewhat reminiscent those found in the songs/music track in the Nintendo 64 game, "Bomberman Hero," and some certain 80-90's J-pop songs.
4:34 this the exact same thing I do when I remake a sample from scratch on FL Studio. Once it is accomplished, you feel like you can remake any smaple with any chords! Well, that's how I feel at least. Also the way you explain how finding the right notes in chords work, and going off the arpeggio way makes it waaay more easy to work with chords in samples. I didn't even know about arpeggio until now! I thank you🙇♂️🙏🙌
Yeah. I was born in Chicago and I was 25 back in '91, dancin at the clubs when Gypsy Woman was popular. Now at 57 years old, I will not be trying the Jubi-Slide but I'll gladly play the song on the Organ. 😁
Disclosure are a great modern-day example of this kind of jazz-infused house music, would be keen to see you break down the chord sequences in some of their songs too!
@@hanoord9412 Well all their songs have some form of jazz chords in them, but January springs to mind for me as the chords are front and centre in that one
Was waiting for someone to mention that the sample used in all the Tik Tok videos is actually from Why You Wanna which in turn sampled Gypsy Woman. Why You Wanna is pitched up in the same way.
I love how you don't just show us the chords but use it as a teachable moment... how to hear the chords. Also B3's drawbars allow for multiple octaves per note which may explain 2 F's etc.
Probably an example of one of the things I personally think you do best at TH-cam. An analysis of something fun and interesting with an extremely practically useful lesson in musicianship. Great work!
while not the initial reason I clicked on this video, I LOVE that you included that educational section/tips, especially as a music student who struggles greatly with aural sections in tests, I appreciate this greatly! Thanks so much
Thank you for this! These "chord dissection" skills are something I've had to develop organically over years of practice. Getting it delivered in a bite-size 15 minutes or less format with a fun example to train on is absolutely invaluable to the community. Keep the good content coming, Charles!
I love the excitement when Charles discovers something new in songs we've heard throughout our lives. Then teaches us lessons in music theory in an applied way. That's why I enjoy this channel.
I've never taken any music education classes apart from non linear TH-cam videos, though I've been making music as a hobby for nearly a decade now. I naturally started to figure out chords using the arpeggiated method and it was neat learning that it's a valid technique used to identify chords!
Personally, my trick for figuring out chords is to listen for the quality of the chord, then listen for the lowest note, and then go through all the inversions and modifications until i find what sounds right
I'm an amateur musician with no training, and I always struggle with figuring out complex chords be ear. I've been going at it all wrong ... starting with a known sound (eg minor 7th or diminished) and then altering it. But appregiating them makes so much more sense. Thanks for this video!
Charles your passion for music shows and when I have lunch break or preps, I enjoy learning new things even though I don't know much of music theory or notation, its still nice. Keep up the great work! Excelente!
I'm a sinker songwriter guitarist, but I love piano & keys/synth and this is definitely one of my favorite channels. I love your enthusiasm and energy and how excited you get about music. It's so much fun and so inspiring. As i have developed my chord melody skills and rhythmic diversity, I have grown to appreciate the voicings of music and how cadence plays such a vital role in bringing the music to life and giving it a unique movement, mood, and energy... so your vision truly inspires me!!! Thank you, my friend. Someday, when I actually have everything else accomplished that I have ambitiously planned on doing, I'm going to buy your course and teach myself piano. Until that day, I have a lot of fun work to do to the best of my ability. Blessings
TI used that melody in the background in “Why you wanna go” the range of these chords is crazy❤ love this video I’m going to show this to my sons that are teaching themselves how to play piano and they love the slick back song and dance lol😂
I really appreciate how you used this opportunity to do something different than other harmony/chord videos and teach this ear-training skill. I only wish you'd explained something about the vocal melody.
Seems I've been using that arpeggio trick my entire life, I just assumed every musician also utilized it. It's been my go-to for figuring out any chord progression I wanted to recreate since I was a child.
Great early 90s old school house organ. Still gets me 32 years down the road. And that brings me to Davina's "Don't You Want it". Gotta have to listen to this. Now. Bye.
I'm glad you dug back into who originally made that song. It seems so easy for everyone to hear something and just remix it without giving credit where its due. And while some may think that if an asteroid hit this planet, it won't matter.... I believe it's still worth good practice.
Thanks man. I had this chord progression written down slightly incorrect for years. I just had C7 instead of C7b9 which sounds way cooler, and I had Bbmaj7 instead of just regular Bb. Both slight variations sound true to the original. Even more fun to play now. Thanks again from New Zealand.
@@idliketobeagummybear Try Black Box (Italo house), C & C Music Factory, Hithouse, Hi Tek 3/Ya Kid K (Spin that Wheel was also really big), Robin S (similar to Crystal Waters style), Inner City
Yeah Slickback is such an earworm, and the rhythm is a part of that. Some people probably won't be able to separate, mentally, the individual notes of a complex chord... but other people will be surprised that they can.
Nice video and good job going back to the original source of the sample. Also, I agree with you about detecting chords as an arpeggio. This is similar to a "broken chord" (sequential notes) as opposed to a "blocked chord" (simultaneous notes).
What a great video. Really enjoyed how you break down the chord progressions:) If possible, please also include the notes of the progression. At least for me, this does help following all voicings in a visually easier way. But again, such a great video. Really don't know anyone who can explain such stuff with such a passion and so easily :)
Just enjoyed an evening of watching this video and your Jacob Collier one. Your excitement is infectious, and I shared your joyful laughter. Thank you, and thanks for sharing the mental arpeggiation method.
I'm very surprised that a musical creator didn't immediately recognise the tune, especially as he's an adult and would have been around the time this song was popular.
I hope you analyze the "Herald of Darkness" music video, at least for the spectacle, form Alan Wake II. It's the craziest piece of videogame media from this year. It has metal, jazz, blues, broadway singing and dancing, all sorts of things.
I love this kind of video. Never had someone explain all this to me that neatly. I'm a little into music theory but it's hard to figure out a lot of stuff for oneself even through tutorials. But this kind of video has a lot of value for learning
i felt really proud of myself when i heard the last chord and recognized that characteristic 7b9 chord and turned out i was right, i dont have perfect pitch or musically educated so i didnt know what chord was specifically 😂
For people without an ear like this, it must appear like magic..like, "where did you take those notes from. You're clearly leaving out the part where you googled the sheet music..." for me it's like: exactly how I listen to and replay the music on the piano ❤
Gypsy Woman is forever engraved in my mind, I was only 3 years old but my mom played the LIFE out of that joint. Fair to say it's my first favorite song to my memory lol!
I find it so funny to remind myself that you started accompanying memes and now your channel is this. What a way you've come, and such a smart business move. Love these videos, keep it up!
Hi Charles. You are doing something that the traditional music schools failed to do nowadays. So keep it going exactly like this. You are a theory Decomplexer.
That chord at 2:20 instantly registered as the intro to the album 'Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness' by The Smashing Pumpkins. The arpeggiated section after that only reinforced this idea. Turns out, same chord - different key.
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I’m actually confident it’s gypsy woman by Crystal Waters. I’m very familiar with this song on piano.
It is made by the keyboard player ‘Neal Conway’ for Crystal Waters back in the 90’s.
The opposite of the thing you asked, but I'm pretty sure it was subsequently used for Gypsy in my Mind by Never Dull, and I think you'd get a kick out of the bass line. Then that song was sped up and used for the Sad Cat Dance meme, which you need not worry about.
I am fairly certain that Gypsy Woman is the root of this sample tree. If she got it recorded live with her or if she recorded it for her song... Well I gotta watch some documentaries for that.
Nope, a jazz keyboardist wrote the chords specifically for this tune, cant remember his name though.
Gypsy Woman is one of the best old school tunes!!
everything that samples it is fire . Pinkpantheress
Makes me feel so old hearing my childhood tunes as 'old school' 😢
Fucking lmao “old school”
@@Kylo27 Everything becomes old, and in the context of music 30+ years ago seems enough to be considered old school
@@Kylo27all forms of edm and adjecent genre are so young that calling it old school makes sense
90s piano house is a goldmine for organically complex, carefree, head-bopping tunes, it was a good time to be around
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS. It was a magical era of music for me. Forever a part of me.
Started in the 80s in Chicago
Music was FUN!
Do you have any specific song in mind?
Inner City - Good Life 1988
That organ voicing.. the overtones are so strong, they are pretty much notes.
Thats what I wanted to say aswell- in a way a bad starting point to start ear-training because of the overtones you can be hearing things that are not played.
I wondered why I was hearing something he wasn't playing.
That’s the thing that makes this so awesome!!
So _that's_ what I was hearing!!! 😂
Those overtones don't seem especially strong to me, and I'm usually pretty sensitive to those
as a South African, I can say that South Africans LOVE deep house & this is just one of those classic that have ingrained into me since birth, so I personally love this vid a lot more than usual. thanks for the nostalgia Charles.
As another South African, I concur. Classic track. I never sat down and worked out the chords because I was too busy grooving!
@zayneupton1043 😂we both were, but at some point, I became a little special & self-studied music.
As a fellow South African, when this song came out I only knew Adult Contemporary and then a brief stint of Euro techno, (2 Unlimited) and whatever Dr Alban is. Then I became a bit of a rock/alternative snob until much later when I became more open-minded about different music.
Yes obviously.
As yet another fellow South African, the fusion vibes in this house tune has always reminded me of summer Jozi 😊
All My Fellas has an amazing chord progression too and a crazy riff
was thinking this !
YES
The original producer also made a video on it :)
the melody comes from a song they got permission to use they did not make the melody
@@r0y41ty Didnt know that. They still produced the track tho.
As a novice musician of 30+ years I love this channel. The enthusiasm is contagious and I love the breakdowns of tunes of all types. Music theory is beautiful.
Thank you Charles for this awesome channel, much love brother
music theory is harmonic chaos
Yeah he’s amazing
Love this. I used that same inner arpeggio method you use in my ear training classes as well. I find it much much easier with chamber ensembles where the voices all sound different than with keyboard instruments though. You are great at this!
One thing: At 7:33 you say the bass note stays the same but it actually steps down from an E to an Eb (which is what you play and say).
I heard "we hear our bass note. And our top note stays the same." As separate statements but 🤷♂️
@@64156ful He clearly says "stay" though
Wait, u teach music? 😅😅😅😅 Wow
Love this! I kind of do that too and thought it was a cop out. Now I feel validated 😅
@@creativemindplaysame. Kenji Lopez-Alt also teaches music??
Charles explaining mental arpeggiation.
Man, you just finally explained what I've been doing all my life 😮 This was unreal!
Follow-up: this is the EXACT process I use 😳 No way...
I’ve never heard of this before…now I want to learn how to do this.
@@cubic-h6041 It's insanely hard to describe, but Charles gives it a good attempt. It takes practice, and I'm certainly not as good as him at it.
I feel this somehow works on other instruments too. I did something like this on the guitar back in the day when sheet music wasn't easy to come by and a bunch of us worked together first catching the extremes and then the middle notes, good times
they usually call it Chord Spelling
They don’t make club music like this anymore - Crystal Waters absolutely iconic! Would love a series on samples in house/hip-hop music. They really knew how to sample back then. (eg Deee-Lite sampling Herbie Hancocks Bring Down the Birds)
I've seen a video breaking down the samples in that song and it's pretty sick. The way the samples are layered and combined works so well.
love the exaggerated example of "hearing" the arpeggio of the chord, I always think about it that way and it's really hard to explain to non-musicians or people who just have less experience picking out chords!
Using the trend for some incredible basics, I love how you teach using what the kids wanna see
There's a great video called "Crystal Waters Gypsy Woman: Is This The Best House Riff Ever Written?" by the channel BtheLick that explains how the Korg M1 organ sampler creates really full chords because each key plays multiple tones. I don't think I can link the video, but it's a great breakdown of exactly why it's hard to pin down the chords. I'm impressed by anyone that can disentangle the chords like you did.
It’s literally gypsy woman! One of the best tracks of the 90s for sure!
A lot of electronic dance music back then was made with samplers or keyboards that had built in chords, so musicians would hunt around for interesting chord regressions very similarly to how they would look for interesting samples, even if they weren't directly sampling a record
Without getting all music theoryish, I think the chord progression is so mesmerizing because it plays wirh expectations. It kinda starts off just sounding like a typical upbeat house progression but then it has those two bars that have this bluesy minor key thing that gives it the emotionality appropriate for a song about a homeless woman. The chords don't usually go this hard in dance music
You'll like jazz
I'm LOVING the educational cutaways like at 2:56. Great video as always Charles!
I’ve been thinking exactly the same!
This always reminded me of the music of the first stage of streets of rage 2... I'd be fascinated to see Charles do a react of that banger of a soundtrack!
Got your wish!
Sega Mega Drive 2 days. Classic 👌🏽
Thank you for this comment
Just the comment I was looking for. Heard the slick back song for the first time today and knew it sounded mostly familiar. Took me a hot minute to figure out what game I was thinking of though.
Dude you are a legend. This comment got him to discover the world of classic vg groovy osts and Yuzo Koshiro!!
2:50 I discovered this two years ago and I've tried to describe it to other music students, but this is the first time I've ever heard anybody besides my self explicitly talking about it! It's so cool and weird the first time you try it!
It's like fast fourier transformation but for musicians
I figured this out too when learning chords, but when chords got complicated I started doubting myself with this method because it often sounds just a little bit off from the original (especially with weird voicings) and I couldn’t figure out how exactly😂 it only worked for me up to ninth chords usually
Hmm that's interesting. To make sure I'm understanding right, are you saying that when you focus on each note individually, it sounds different than when you just listen to the whole chord?@@ivansyw
Haha, it sure seems like it. I'd be really interested to learn about the psychology and physics that makes this phenomenon work!@@sungvin
@@georgehiggins1320yeah I get the notes mostly but for example i might hear them an octave higher or lower, or if there’s an octave I will miss one of the notes so I mess up the voicing. Sometimes its because the timbre makes it sound different than when I play it on piano, Or else it could be overtone that I think are in there.
I love how you've evolved the "music to a meme" bit that you used to do into an educational thing! The enthusiasm for slick chord progressions is so infectious!
Memes invites and gets us to learn...
The chord progressions are somewhat reminiscent those found in the songs/music track in the Nintendo 64 game, "Bomberman Hero," and some certain 80-90's J-pop songs.
4:34 this the exact same thing I do when I remake a sample from scratch on FL Studio. Once it is accomplished, you feel like you can remake any smaple with any chords! Well, that's how I feel at least. Also the way you explain how finding the right notes in chords work, and going off the arpeggio way makes it waaay more easy to work with chords in samples. I didn't even know about arpeggio until now! I thank you🙇♂️🙏🙌
I’ve loved that Gypsy Woman chord progression since I was a kid!
The arpeggio chord trick was instantly helpful! That’s amazing
Yeah. I was born in Chicago and I was 25 back in '91, dancin at the clubs when Gypsy Woman was popular. Now at 57 years old, I will not be trying the Jubi-Slide but I'll gladly play the song on the Organ. 😁
Disclosure are a great modern-day example of this kind of jazz-infused house music, would be keen to see you break down the chord sequences in some of their songs too!
I second this! Disclosure for sure! Idk if it’s applicable but maybe Kaytranada too?
Kaytranada is elite, his influences are def more RnB than jazz I'd say
Which songs besides when a fire starts to burn?
@@hanoord9412 Well all their songs have some form of jazz chords in them, but January springs to mind for me as the chords are front and centre in that one
There are plenty of young producers with a jazz influence that are worth a watch and a listen! Quickly Quickly, Medasin, Sam Gellatry to name a few.
T.I.'s Why You Wanna samples Gypsy Woman too. One of the sickest samples for sure. And Lakim from Soulection crushed the remix.
Was waiting for someone to mention that the sample used in all the Tik Tok videos is actually from Why You Wanna which in turn sampled Gypsy Woman. Why You Wanna is pitched up in the same way.
"Arpegiating the chords" is something I've been doing for y-e-a-r-s while making my instrumental covers!
Important note for watchers: the dance is called the Jubislide
I love how you don't just show us the chords but use it as a teachable moment... how to hear the chords. Also B3's drawbars allow for multiple octaves per note which may explain 2 F's etc.
Probably an example of one of the things I personally think you do best at TH-cam. An analysis of something fun and interesting with an extremely practically useful lesson in musicianship. Great work!
while not the initial reason I clicked on this video, I LOVE that you included that educational section/tips, especially as a music student who struggles greatly with aural sections in tests, I appreciate this greatly! Thanks so much
Thank you for this! These "chord dissection" skills are something I've had to develop organically over years of practice. Getting it delivered in a bite-size 15 minutes or less format with a fun example to train on is absolutely invaluable to the community. Keep the good content coming, Charles!
Kim Wayans did an incredible rendition of this classic...full vibes!!
I love the excitement when Charles discovers something new in songs we've heard throughout our lives. Then teaches us lessons in music theory in an applied way. That's why I enjoy this channel.
I've never taken any music education classes apart from non linear TH-cam videos, though I've been making music as a hobby for nearly a decade now. I naturally started to figure out chords using the arpeggiated method and it was neat learning that it's a valid technique used to identify chords!
for the impatient ones: 10:04 played out, 10:28 the chords
😂
thank god
Fr 🙏🏿🙏🏿😂
Lazy
Personally, my trick for figuring out chords is to listen for the quality of the chord, then listen for the lowest note, and then go through all the inversions and modifications until i find what sounds right
I'm an amateur musician with no training, and I always struggle with figuring out complex chords be ear. I've been going at it all wrong ... starting with a known sound (eg minor 7th or diminished) and then altering it. But appregiating them makes so much more sense. Thanks for this video!
Theres alot of good jazz chord progressions in some deep house songs. Thats the stuff I always gravitate to.
I have been waiting for this!! One of my favorite progressions.
Charles your passion for music shows and when I have lunch break or preps, I enjoy learning new things even though I don't know much of music theory or notation, its still nice. Keep up the great work! Excelente!
as someone who's always been a fan of the original song, it's fun to hear it get new life with things like this
Shredded over it for 4 hours straight the other night and it was the best.
I'm a sinker songwriter guitarist, but I love piano & keys/synth and this is definitely one of my favorite channels. I love your enthusiasm and energy and how excited you get about music. It's so much fun and so inspiring. As i have developed my chord melody skills and rhythmic diversity, I have grown to appreciate the voicings of music and how cadence plays such a vital role in bringing the music to life and giving it a unique movement, mood, and energy... so your vision truly inspires me!!!
Thank you, my friend.
Someday, when I actually have everything else accomplished that I have ambitiously planned on doing, I'm going to buy your course and teach myself piano.
Until that day, I have a lot of fun work to do to the best of my ability.
Blessings
That song is an absolute classic, I can't believe this is the first time you heard it!
I absolutely loved the teaching nugget of how you’re hearing what is being played. I always wondered how you’re able to do this!
TI used that melody in the background in “Why you wanna go” the range of these chords is crazy❤ love this video I’m going to show this to my sons that are teaching themselves how to play piano and they love the slick back song and dance lol😂
It's so fun to watch him work it out. It's better than if he figured it out beforehand and just told us what it was
this channel is all I need: Discovering, learning and acknowledging
I really appreciate how you used this opportunity to do something different than other harmony/chord videos and teach this ear-training skill. I only wish you'd explained something about the vocal melody.
I am so glad I wasn't the only one mesmerized by these chords. I keep hearing it everywhere and love it!
Seems I've been using that arpeggio trick my entire life, I just assumed every musician also utilized it. It's been my go-to for figuring out any chord progression I wanted to recreate since I was a child.
I regularly listen to Gypsy Woman. Classic and iconic.
I was already wondering when your video about it would be released, cool chord progression
Great early 90s old school house organ. Still gets me 32 years down the road.
And that brings me to Davina's "Don't You Want it". Gotta have to listen to this. Now. Bye.
I'm glad you dug back into who originally made that song. It seems so easy for everyone to hear something and just remix it without giving credit where its due. And while some may think that if an asteroid hit this planet, it won't matter.... I believe it's still worth good practice.
It DEFINED 90s club sounds. So cute to see the young kids only discover it out
wow you guys didn't know the sample already ??? hmm....it's a damn classic
I can't believe I didn't place it either. I knew I recognized it. But, I probably hadn't heard the whole song in 25 years.
Thanks man. I had this chord progression written down slightly incorrect for years.
I just had C7 instead of C7b9 which sounds way cooler, and I had Bbmaj7 instead of just regular Bb.
Both slight variations sound true to the original.
Even more fun to play now.
Thanks again from New Zealand.
You seem like a cool dude
The irony that they use house music for this song about a homeless person.
Nothing better than 90's house music.
90’s House is iconic and unmatched, tbh.
do you have any recs similar to this ? interested to hear more !
@@idliketobeagummybear Try Black Box (Italo house), C & C Music Factory, Hithouse, Hi Tek 3/Ya Kid K (Spin that Wheel was also really big), Robin S (similar to Crystal Waters style), Inner City
@@cooldebt Saved the best for last. Inner City's "Good Life" and "Big Fun" have a very similar sound.
Really cool to have this seemingly simple song be given the respect and breakdown
Yeah Slickback is such an earworm, and the rhythm is a part of that. Some people probably won't be able to separate, mentally, the individual notes of a complex chord... but other people will be surprised that they can.
Nice video and good job going back to the original source of the sample. Also, I agree with you about detecting chords as an arpeggio. This is similar to a "broken chord" (sequential notes) as opposed to a "blocked chord" (simultaneous notes).
What a great video. Really enjoyed how you break down the chord progressions:)
If possible, please also include the notes of the progression. At least for me, this does help following all voicings in a visually easier way.
But again, such a great video. Really don't know anyone who can explain such stuff with such a passion and so easily :)
Just enjoyed an evening of watching this video and your Jacob Collier one. Your excitement is infectious, and I shared your joyful laughter. Thank you, and thanks for sharing the mental arpeggiation method.
Gypsy Woman is the only song ive ever learned to play on a keybord.
This chord progression hooked me the first time I heard it. What a banger
Chamber Of Reflection next !?!?!?!?
I'm very surprised that a musical creator didn't immediately recognise the tune, especially as he's an adult and would have been around the time this song was popular.
Back in 1991 when music was actually interesting, even house trance.
The entire time I was watching this I couldn't think of anything else other than "you're watching a master at work".
Slickback does have dreamy chords! 💚
wait ur the sup loopy grandma guy
@@nxyuuthats what im sayin
There it is!
I used to love dancing to that song back in the day!
He’s just a pimp, and he wants you to call him Slickback
No no, he's called "a pimp called Slickback"
I’ve been playing a lot during my career but this guy has helped me a lot in terms of ear training and harmony, puts my brain in work mode. 🧠🎻
I hope you analyze the "Herald of Darkness" music video, at least for the spectacle, form Alan Wake II. It's the craziest piece of videogame media from this year. It has metal, jazz, blues, broadway singing and dancing, all sorts of things.
I remember this! That third chord is really jarring, but works somehow.
nonsense + nonsense = cool I guess
🎶 _Daa daa deee, daa da daaa_ 🎶 is gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the week now.
charles you have beautiful mind dude. your passion makes me see more beauty in this sad world. thank you
I actually learned to play this song because I knew what I was doing. Have loved this groove most off my life.
Taking me back to the classic house music days.
I love this kind of video. Never had someone explain all this to me that neatly. I'm a little into music theory but it's hard to figure out a lot of stuff for oneself even through tutorials. But this kind of video has a lot of value for learning
i felt really proud of myself when i heard the last chord and recognized that characteristic 7b9 chord and turned out i was right, i dont have perfect pitch or musically educated so i didnt know what chord was specifically 😂
For people without an ear like this, it must appear like magic..like, "where did you take those notes from. You're clearly leaving out the part where you googled the sheet music..." for me it's like: exactly how I listen to and replay the music on the piano ❤
The Crystal Waters song was and still is my JAM. I used to be rocking in the back of my moms Astrovan and then Escort lol
“Back door” ii-V in the first time bar. Super cool! Been listening to this track for decades and never noticed that! 😮
Loved the mental process to find the chords, great video!
Gypsy Woman is forever engraved in my mind, I was only 3 years old but my mom played the LIFE out of that joint. Fair to say it's my first favorite song to my memory lol!
I find it so funny to remind myself that you started accompanying memes and now your channel is this. What a way you've come, and such a smart business move. Love these videos, keep it up!
I remember banging those chords on my keyboard at home 32 years ago to that song. Good times
Hi Charles. You are doing something that the traditional music schools failed to do nowadays. So keep it going exactly like this. You are a theory Decomplexer.
I've been trying to find this chord progressions for years. THANK YOU 🙏
That chord at 2:20 instantly registered as the intro to the album 'Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness' by The Smashing Pumpkins. The arpeggiated section after that only reinforced this idea. Turns out, same chord - different key.
I love the pure joy and passion you show as you talk about this. it’s really awesome
Early House music chord progressions are so timeless, so much great harmony and syncopation.
Can't believe you put the Confused Nazaré meme, it got me crackin so hard. Cheers from Brazil! Amazing video as always