Hey Rick. Just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate your videos. You and Ixi here have really motivated me to become more knowledgeable in the field of music theory
Rick is awesome. Genuinicity in a time of egos. He's like a living flat 6th with a smile of the tonic and gin.lol. Much respect to you both and thank you for your works.
The Cure's Fascination Street is one of my favorite examples of the flat VI, and there's a moment in the intro when the guitar lands on that major 7th that is so eerie. The entire song is essentially based around the three chord loop of i-VI-v with all kinds of effective and spooky layering of instrumental parts on top of that, including a Dorian raised sixth (jazz note?) on top of the tonic chord that sends chills up my spine. Also Oasis's Champagne Supernova uses the VI-VII-I to great effect.
"Epic" is such a silly song so it's astonishing just how much beauty is hidden in the composition and how it all culminates in that haunting piano outro. "It's it! What is it? ... It's it!" 😂
Epic isn't silly in total. It's oddly profound, while being ... what it is. I didn't get it at the time, but FNM clicks now and that song has it's place
I just discovered your channel. Love it. I just play drums but I am trying to learn how to write music. This is one of the best you tube channels out there. I like all the music you highlight.
Thank you for inserting the chord name text while playing the chord. It helps a lot to see it in print. Great job, I always look forward to your videos.
YOOOO! Tdep shout-out! Option Paralysis is one of my major high school sweethearts of an album. Tdep does a lot of NIN worshipping so it makes sense you'd mention them in some capacity
I remember listening to Epic the first time when I was a kid, completely unaware of music theory, and I only thought: „OMG! This is so beautiful! THIS… IS… THE… CHORD!!“
I recall sitting in my bedroom as a teenager practicing, trying to figure this chord out while listening to The Fragile on repeat. Over and over. Song after song.
I don't wanna sound like a nerd but I usually use the b3 and b6 chords as secondary dominants. My favorite way to use them tho are in more ambient songs because they pull away from the root but are very settled so it's basically free color. b6 has been my favorite chord since I started playing music and I'm glad someone else loves it as much as I do
If you like this chord.....you'll LOVE a lot of Silverchair's later work. In particular the song Tuna in the Brine. That chord is all through that song. Very weird cool song. Also, Daniel Johns uses it a lot in his other band The Dissociatives. In particular the songs Horror with Eyeballs(in the chorus) and the song Sleep Well Tonight. If you only know Silverchair from their first album, or that song Tomorrow, get ready to have your mind blown.... They were/are far and away the single most underrated band I can think of from the last 30 years. That good.
Thanks! I used to have an antique Martin folk-style acoustic guitar, and I would sit in front of the stereo for hours with it, playing through Alice in Chains' *_Jar of Flies_* CD. 'I Stay Away' was one of my favorites! tavi.
i love that piano part you played from schism!! i actually discovered it from a orchestra cover of schism where this guy is playing that part on the piano as well.
in Tool's Pushit there's also that part: "I'm slipping back into the gap again, I'm alive when you're touching me". When he says I'M ALIVE it goes to the bIV and my heart breaks everytime.
Also this is the first channel I think I've followed after one video, but look at this song list and the explanations! Bands like tool, radiohead, opeth, nine inch nails.. have always created my favorite kind of atmosphere with their music. I could only discern that it had something to do with it being unpredictable and dramatic, whereas you can hum along with a pop song you've never even heard before because of its predictability. Geekin out
I see what you did there! Thank you for subbing, I think you'll like some of the other videos I make. Mostly full song analysis videos (and mostly NIN...but starting to branch out!)
I have no idea what you're talking about but this is the first time i felt like i could. Think it was the colors and numbers. Well put together video with you talking about something and it playing in the background. I can see why you're a good teacher of this. That cord is like existence. It has positive and negative all at the same time.
My favorite artists all covered in this video, summing exactly why they’re great. Dissolved girl would have been another great track to throw in the mix. But always great none the less!
ohhhhh Teardrop! looking forward to that analysis! great vid btw. now I'm in love with the flat 6. had no idea so many of my favorite songs featured it.
I know pretty much nothing about notes and chords but this might be the key to why I'm so obsessed with these particular songs :D I used to love that Seal's song as a kid so this chord definitely works on me!
Now I understand why so many Dillinger Escape Plan songs sound so *mrghpf* (the emotion I associate with bVI). Nice to see Faith No More around here! I always enjoyed Roddy’s contributions 😊 Woodpecker from Mars 👌
Great seeing you on Vika's stream earlier today! Circling back to The Mars Volta ~ THE song that got me hooked on them (Cicatriz ESP) has the "bVI bVII i" progression as its chorus Two honorable mentions: "Ocean Billy" by Umphrey's McGee "Under my Umbrella" by Incubus
Hi Ixi. I just watched The Batman. Most of its soundtrack is based on "Something in the way" from Nirvana. The entire movie is relying on the flat 6th. Love your work!! Keep it up!!
Thank you! I have some synaesthesia too. My color for the minor 7th chord is really different than yours but the letter "C" is yellow to me so I feel you :)
This is one of my favorites too :). I love how it's used in Jeff Buckley's Dream Brother in chorus, where he sings very deep lyrics. It's just treasure for me
It's..... Evolving. Seriously great great production on this video. I love the aural aids to the concepts you're explaining. Really well done! I'm gonna give that poor guy Rick (and every guitar I have ever wanted) one of those views you were talking about.
The live "pushit" version on Salival is different from the studio version, and one of the parts that ALWAYS make me tear up and gives me goosebumps is that part of the bridge/breakdown where Adam is soloing. It's dynamically overwhelming because the song has been building for so long, and that payoff is amazing. Thanks for the explaining in my detail why that is!
I've watched quite a few of your NON vids, but when I saw the Dillinger Escape Plan album in the thumbnail, I clicked on this video SO fast. Dillinger is heavy and crazy but they have many moments like "Widower". They're one of my favorite bands/groups of all time. If you haven't seen it, check out NIN w/ Dillinger performing "Wish".
I just hear mentioned some of my most beloved song and now all makes sense. It's hard to overstate how much videos like this make my day... I can never stop loving hearing these Trentslations. ^-^ Thank you forever so much.
Thank you so much for your work! Your videos give answers to my torturing music questions, that bothered me quite some time. Why do I love this song so much... or why is this my favourite chord in that specific NIN song. You even go: "Aaawwwhhh, it's so beautiful!" when my favourite parts come, it's like you're in my head :D. I have been looking for ways to understand what I love in music for some time now, but what you are doing is exeptional. As I said, thank you for that! You're the best!
I've got the bassline when we play Skyfall, and could never really figure out why a chord progression as simple as Cm-G#-Fm was so ear-tickling for me. Now that you've illustrated it, it puts Adele (briefly) into the same pocket as Massive Attack, nin & Tool. I haven't looked yet to see if you've done any Portishead analyses, but I wouldn't be surprised by them having some tasty chord selections.
No analysis videos of Portishead per se but I did a listening party on my Patreon for Dummy! If I remember correctly a lot of their chord progressions are chromatic "line clichés". Very spy movie!
Ixi... I may be wrong but I think I have an absolutely heartwarming / heart breaking example of a b6 in James Horner's incredible score to The Land Before Time. When Littlefoot hatches (the scene is on TH-cam but at least one video has had the pitch shifted so I'm not sure of the original key but there is a lovely playful trilling woodwind melody, a low horn steadily climbs up the major scale from the 3rd up to the tonic but instead of resolving to the tonic it lingers on the IV chord. The melody simply alternates between the tonic and leading tone anchoring us to where it eventually resolves but in the meantime creating some gorgeous beguiling harmony with a bVI to a bV (or #IV??) then to the tonic. Or at least that's what my ear thinks is happening. Sorry for the spoilers. Please do listen to it. It's magical.
that explains your love of Nine Inch Nails... this video is very entertaining, you do love this chord ! yes the bVI seems to be the chord of mystery, that's how i will call it from now on... (i call regular VI the chord of hope, by the way... if someone need that, i forgot what i call the others, I is obviously the home chord)
Hi, I did not know your channel but this video popped out in my home and you immediately enchanted me, a person who talks with so much love about music and something that can sound as silly and simple as her favorite chord ( which happens to be mine too) but with such a passion that made me smile sincerely. Greetings from Italy :)
Thanks so much for this amazing video. I’m still a complete noob but managed to play Teardrop, one of my favorite songs ever and one that can literally move me to tears
Thanks for the shout out :)
You're welcome Rick! I've watched your Seal video twice already, one of your best. My dad and I love your "what makes this song great" series!
Hey Rick. Just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate your videos. You and Ixi here have really motivated me to become more knowledgeable in the field of music theory
Rick is awesome. Genuinicity in a time of egos. He's like a living flat 6th with a smile of the tonic and gin.lol.
Much respect to you both and thank you for your works.
Me: I'm cool definitely not a nerd. Also me: watches 15 min. video of a woman explaining why 6th chord flat is special. Thanks Ixi for sharing this.
I love your vids music teacher
Isn't she hot.
@@jonathanhamlin2979 I don't think that's relevant to the discussion nor appropriate.
@@rodrigotellom It's very appropriate. She's a beautiful woman who loves music and 9" nails. How can you go wrong.
I don't even play instruments, I just like the sound of pianos and she seems to review music I like
I might be sadder
I saw Jar of Flies in the thumbnail and instantly clicked!
Trent flinging that mic to the ground never gets old.
truth!
That piano ending of Epic always broke my heart
no wonder that bass note in the live version of Pushit always breaks my heart so good 🖤
The Cure's Fascination Street is one of my favorite examples of the flat VI, and there's a moment in the intro when the guitar lands on that major 7th that is so eerie. The entire song is essentially based around the three chord loop of i-VI-v with all kinds of effective and spooky layering of instrumental parts on top of that, including a Dorian raised sixth (jazz note?) on top of the tonic chord that sends chills up my spine. Also Oasis's Champagne Supernova uses the VI-VII-I to great effect.
lullaby is also entirely built around the i-bVI change
The note makes my forehead crinkle, in the same way it does when you bite into something delicious, and your brain goes “oof”
"Epic" is such a silly song so it's astonishing just how much beauty is hidden in the composition and how it all culminates in that haunting piano outro.
"It's it! What is it? ... It's it!" 😂
Is he really saying "it's it" lol
FNM is on a whole different level of musical genius.
I clicked on the video because of that album cover, not diasapointed
Epic isn't silly in total. It's oddly profound, while being ... what it is. I didn't get it at the time, but FNM clicks now and that song has it's place
I just discovered your channel. Love it. I just play drums but I am trying to learn how to write music. This is one of the best you tube channels out there. I like all the music you highlight.
Thank you for inserting the chord name text while playing the chord.
It helps a lot to see it in print.
Great job, I always look forward to your videos.
multi-part video seriea
about ONE chord
only ixi, man. only this crazy gal
omg so THATS THE CHORD I've always loved it but never knew what it was!!!!!
A video on Massive Attack's teardrop!? YES!
An upcoming video about Teardrop.....yesssssss.
YOOOO! Tdep shout-out! Option Paralysis is one of my major high school sweethearts of an album. Tdep does a lot of NIN worshipping so it makes sense you'd mention them in some capacity
LOL that thumbnail! Half of those are my favorite albums
I remember listening to Epic the first time when I was a kid, completely unaware of music theory, and I only thought: „OMG! This is so beautiful! THIS… IS… THE… CHORD!!“
Thanks ♡
I recall sitting in my bedroom as a teenager practicing, trying to figure this chord out while listening to The Fragile on repeat. Over and over. Song after song.
I don't wanna sound like a nerd but I usually use the b3 and b6 chords as secondary dominants. My favorite way to use them tho are in more ambient songs because they pull away from the root but are very settled so it's basically free color. b6 has been my favorite chord since I started playing music and I'm glad someone else loves it as much as I do
I really enjoy this channel. I was blessed with a piano recently and trying to play these songs is a lot more fun than practicing hanon exercises.
You had me at 4:18
Funny thing is I love all those songs and never would have guess that chord connection until you pointed it out
Yes! I love me a major 7th!!
If you like this chord.....you'll LOVE a lot of Silverchair's later work.
In particular the song Tuna in the Brine. That chord is all through that song. Very weird cool song.
Also, Daniel Johns uses it a lot in his other band The Dissociatives.
In particular the songs Horror with Eyeballs(in the chorus) and the song Sleep Well Tonight. If you only know Silverchair from their first album, or that song Tomorrow, get ready to have your mind blown....
They were/are far and away the single most underrated band I can think of from the last 30 years. That good.
Love Silverchair
Thanks! I used to have an antique Martin folk-style acoustic guitar, and I would sit in front of the stereo for hours with it, playing through Alice in Chains' *_Jar of Flies_* CD. 'I Stay Away' was one of my favorites! tavi.
Lady on YT: Hey this chord is cool
Me: I’ll bite
Ixi: *goes on to dissect a bunch of my favorite songs ever*
Me: 🤯
i love that piano part you played from schism!! i actually discovered it from a orchestra cover of schism where this guy is playing that part on the piano as well.
That's the sound of the early 90s
This is so entertaining, I could listen to it for hours, especially when you choose really good songs (for my taste). Thank you.
God im so happy u included dillinger in this. That song is so underrtaed and it kicks so much ass
No goldfish were killed in the making of this video. Thank you, iXi. I'm looking forward to part two next.
That piano schism was lovely , can't wait for teardrop video. much love ! 👋
The end of perfect drug is one of my favorites. Part of me wishes that the "without you everything falls apart" part, was it's own song.
I'm so glad the TH-cam algorithm gods have lead me here. Nice job on Leaving Hope.
in Tool's Pushit there's also that part: "I'm slipping back into the gap again, I'm alive when you're touching me". When he says I'M ALIVE it goes to the bIV and my heart breaks everytime.
3:06 Something I Can Never Have 🖤. This video is putting into words Something I Have But Can't Explain
Also this is the first channel I think I've followed after one video, but look at this song list and the explanations! Bands like tool, radiohead, opeth, nine inch nails.. have always created my favorite kind of atmosphere with their music. I could only discern that it had something to do with it being unpredictable and dramatic, whereas you can hum along with a pop song you've never even heard before because of its predictability. Geekin out
I see what you did there! Thank you for subbing, I think you'll like some of the other videos I make. Mostly full song analysis videos (and mostly NIN...but starting to branch out!)
This. Was. Amazing.
Leaving Hope is my second favourite piece of music.
Now I have some theory behind it.
Thanks ixi for your precious insight. ❤
I have no idea what you're talking about but this is the first time i felt like i could. Think it was the colors and numbers.
Well put together video with you talking about something and it playing in the background. I can see why you're a good teacher of this.
That cord is like existence. It has positive and negative all at the same time.
Yes, you get it!
@@iximusic Sweet and sour cord.
When you played that part from tool it made me cry
Hilarious the similarities in musical taste.
This channel is such a blessing! I love nerding out on this stuff.
So many beautiful things happening in one video
My favorite artists all covered in this video, summing exactly why they’re great. Dissolved girl would have been another great track to throw in the mix. But always great none the less!
I love that track too!
Not much to add to the conversation. Just wanted to say I love your channel so much.
ohhhhh Teardrop! looking forward to that analysis! great vid btw. now I'm in love with the flat 6. had no idea so many of my favorite songs featured it.
Another convert!
b6 chords function is ultimate pleasure.
The magic of how music and psychology dance through the cosmos like a planet and her satellite. 🖤
I know pretty much nothing about notes and chords but this might be the key to why I'm so obsessed with these particular songs :D I used to love that Seal's song as a kid so this chord definitely works on me!
bVI gang! ... for all the dopamine hits.
"he needs more views" made me laugh. subscribed right after that.
dude, fucking "kiss from a rose" is a straight banger. Shit will make you cry and ready to go to battle lol
Tryo to listening "and love you shall find" it'd from final fantasy 14. Love this piece, and the bVI !
Angel Dust, so good!
Loving the hand gesturing over the chord examples :D
Now I understand why so many Dillinger Escape Plan songs sound so *mrghpf* (the emotion I associate with bVI). Nice to see Faith No More around here! I always enjoyed Roddy’s contributions 😊 Woodpecker from Mars 👌
Thanks for scratching this itch! All the songs you featured are some of my favorites of all time...it was like listening to one of my own playlists
I was waiting for Tool. Now to go and use surprise flat 6 chords in my music! Been having writer's block lately so this was extremely inspirational.
Ha, I hadn't realized that Epic uses the Mario Cadence but it makes so much sense.
Great seeing you on Vika's stream earlier today!
Circling back to The Mars Volta ~ THE song that got me hooked on them (Cicatriz ESP) has the "bVI bVII i" progression as its chorus
Two honorable mentions:
"Ocean Billy" by Umphrey's McGee
"Under my Umbrella" by Incubus
I can’t recognise one note form the other, but after this explanation I think I will love your favorite note too🤣
magical properties 🌙🌌
Looking forward to the teardrop video
Hi Ixi. I just watched The Batman. Most of its soundtrack is based on "Something in the way" from Nirvana. The entire movie is relying on the flat 6th. Love your work!! Keep it up!!
an entire video on Teardrop?! am gonna cry and cannot wait
Love your work! C#m7 is pretty sublime... and as a person with synesthesia, it's the color of spicy mustard.
Thank you! I have some synaesthesia too. My color for the minor 7th chord is really different than yours but the letter "C" is yellow to me so I feel you :)
This is one of my favorites too :). I love how it's used in Jeff Buckley's Dream Brother in chorus, where he sings very deep lyrics. It's just treasure for me
:: adds to playlist ::
you make me want to play more music, instead of going to bed. Thanks for another Epic video!
It brings tears to my eyes
Ixi, Thank youfor all your amazing breakdowns. I learn so much because you use music we love. Thank you!!!!
It's..... Evolving.
Seriously great great production on this video. I love the aural aids to the concepts you're explaining.
Really well done!
I'm gonna give that poor guy Rick (and every guitar I have ever wanted) one of those views you were talking about.
I learned more in this video than I did in all my music theory classes. Thank you ixi
The live "pushit" version on Salival is different from the studio version, and one of the parts that ALWAYS make me tear up and gives me goosebumps is that part of the bridge/breakdown where Adam is soloing. It's dynamically overwhelming because the song has been building for so long, and that payoff is amazing. Thanks for the explaining in my detail why that is!
I've watched quite a few of your NON vids, but when I saw the Dillinger Escape Plan album in the thumbnail, I clicked on this video SO fast.
Dillinger is heavy and crazy but they have many moments like "Widower". They're one of my favorite bands/groups of all time. If you haven't seen it, check out NIN w/ Dillinger performing "Wish".
I like the editing in this, your best video yet and I can't wait for the rest of the series!
Thank you! Time consuming but I had so much fun making it!
@@iximusic I agree, this was very fun! I didn't realize this was also my favorite chord!
I just hear mentioned some of my most beloved song and now all makes sense. It's hard to overstate how much videos like this make my day... I can never stop loving hearing these Trentslations. ^-^ Thank you forever so much.
You have such great music taste :)
Excellent ixi!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for your work! Your videos give answers to my torturing music questions, that bothered me quite some time. Why do I love this song so much... or why is this my favourite chord in that specific NIN song. You even go: "Aaawwwhhh, it's so beautiful!" when my favourite parts come, it's like you're in my head :D. I have been looking for ways to understand what I love in music for some time now, but what you are doing is exeptional. As I said, thank you for that! You're the best!
I've got the bassline when we play Skyfall, and could never really figure out why a chord progression as simple as Cm-G#-Fm was so ear-tickling for me. Now that you've illustrated it, it puts Adele (briefly) into the same pocket as Massive Attack, nin & Tool.
I haven't looked yet to see if you've done any Portishead analyses, but I wouldn't be surprised by them having some tasty chord selections.
No analysis videos of Portishead per se but I did a listening party on my Patreon for Dummy! If I remember correctly a lot of their chord progressions are chromatic "line clichés". Very spy movie!
Ixi... I may be wrong but I think I have an absolutely heartwarming / heart breaking example of a b6 in James Horner's incredible score to The Land Before Time. When Littlefoot hatches (the scene is on TH-cam but at least one video has had the pitch shifted so I'm not sure of the original key but there is a lovely playful trilling woodwind melody, a low horn steadily climbs up the major scale from the 3rd up to the tonic but instead of resolving to the tonic it lingers on the IV chord. The melody simply alternates between the tonic and leading tone anchoring us to where it eventually resolves but in the meantime creating some gorgeous beguiling harmony with a bVI to a bV (or #IV??) then to the tonic. Or at least that's what my ear thinks is happening.
Sorry for the spoilers. Please do listen to it. It's magical.
I would just love to watch that movie again. Thank you for the reminder!!
More gold, ixi. Thanks. I’m now like 100% sure we would’ve been best friends in high school. Thanks for the great content as always.
Your videos are fantastic. Can't wait till the next one.
Thank you so much! :)
The wincing montage! Hahaha! Ixi you are the best! This video is fascinating.
😂
Shovels and Rope do a great cover of Epic.
Your passion is infectious keep up the great work.
that explains your love of Nine Inch Nails... this video is very entertaining, you do love this chord ! yes the bVI seems to be the chord of mystery, that's how i will call it from now on... (i call regular VI the chord of hope, by the way... if someone need that, i forgot what i call the others, I is obviously the home chord)
Ugh OF COURSE that definitive chord in pushit (live) is the flat 6. You win!
🏆
I always drop a tear when i heard a NIN's song.
Thanks for empowering me to draft off of your skills to teach me to play some treasured music, particularly Leaving Hope and Beside You In Time.
This video is really well made. The audio supporting your examples when explaining tension and resolution were perfectly timed. Good editing!
One of my favourite "flat 6" songs is Foy Vance - Ziggy Looked Me In The Eye.
Sooo powerful
Very nice
Awesome video teacher
Hi, I did not know your channel but this video popped out in my home and you immediately enchanted me, a person who talks with so much love about music and something that can sound as silly and simple as her favorite chord ( which happens to be mine too) but with such a passion that made me smile sincerely. Greetings from Italy :)
Mezzanine on thumbnail : O I love you : )
Thank you for another great video! From Russia with love! You’re the best!🥰
Just subbed. Hearing Liz Fraser in teardrop is quite a ride. Have you listened to any stuff from the cocteau twins ?
oh wow hell yes, this is brilliantly done! i need to watch it a few times i think.
Thanks so much for this amazing video. I’m still a complete noob but managed to play Teardrop, one of my favorite songs ever and one that can literally move me to tears
So well explained! Have another sub. :D
Thank you! :)
Its not my first video I see from you but always...your musical taste is just excellent! Your talent as well.