How to Write Dreamy Songs Like Tame Impala
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Ever wondered why Kevin Parker's songs sound so unique, regardless of how they're played? This video explores what songwriting techniques and chord progressions he employs to achieve elite psychedelic rock and dream pop.
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fantastic! WISH U THE BEST
i didn’t understand any of the music talk but those chords are amazing
great video dude
that Cmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dmaj7 progression though.
Really enjoyed the song at the end!
excellent work dude! I'd love for you to cover Khruangbin
Thanks! A lot of harmonic similarities between them and Tame if I remember correctly. It may be worth giving them another listen.
came to rip off my fav band, left with a working knowledge of maj7 chords. GG!!
Thanks! I think I could go my whole life just playing maj7 chords if I had to.
Same here 😝😝
its just kevin composing
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@@funkwy431its just Kevin don’t everything😂😂😂 he plays every instrument and he produces and mix’s his songs
Wild Nothing Nocturne album
Great rec, totally grew up on that album.
Nice video man, really nicely explained 👍
Thank you, I try my best!
Hey how about a video on the Holy Drug Couple? Great video btw
This sounds so good it sounds like dungen when the second guitar comes up after the synth interlude, super awesome job I loved it!!
Never thought of it like that but you’re totally right! :)
really good video!! came to this looking for production tips, but i was pleasantly surprised by some music theory! keep it up man!
kazki That was the thought behind making it; everyone always talks about his production but he is a great songwriter as well!
Nice work! Keep it up
Radiohead, the Smiths, any indie guitar stuff that sneak out of the diatonic would be cool and loved the multi instrumental outro btw
so he does the classic, very popular 1 to 4 (C - F). adding a harmonic 7. Nothing too crazy here.
Great video! Just learned (well, technically knew it but not used) that sweet sweet shape for M7 chords rooted on D string and it gave soo much new ideas and possibilities
I think you'll like Ms. Crumby by The Audition, the intro uses this very shape with some hint of Emajor as well....
What!!! That was absolutely wavy 👌
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that was cool! Im a big fan of major 7s and it was super interesting to learn about flattening the 3 and 7 second chord to make it maj7. He does that 1 4 switch as well in the song expectation. rapidly going between Cmaj7 and Fmaj7. Also a less known track that uses major 7 brilliantly is Lansing by Vinyl Williams. please check it out!
Expectation is such a great example! Such a gem...
reading this was like reading chinese
RicmuBeats the numbers were using like 1 and 4 are referring to the Nashville number system! So if you’re in a key of C, your 1 chord is c major. The 4 chord is also major. So the video is explaining how if you drop the normal notes for the 3 and 7 chord, you can play all major 7 chords. It helps to know the Nashville stuff.
@@findtheothers thanks!
Thanks bro, Lansing from William Vinyl is sooo goood, thanks. Generally i'm really picky with songs, but this one really got me.
Simply epic
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are my fingers supposed to be capable of spreading that far apart?? I cannot do that
Holy shit, u went crazy at the end so good man
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Great tutorial! Keep it up ❤️
Flat six maj7 chords going to the fifth dominant7 in a major context is also a nice trick ;)
Totallyyyy
nice!
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Her’s!!, peach pit, gus Dapperton, the Maria’s, the cure!!!, the smiths, so many! You’re great!!
Wow The Smiths is a tempting idea... One of my all-time fav bands
Omgomg I've never seen another her's fan 😳. I love them soosoo much !!
You should do chord styles from the slow rush 😍😍
Well the chord styles are quite similar on that album. Take for instance Tomorrow's Dust, which is a loop on bVIImaj7 Imaj7 progression.
Yonatan Farhi oh are you referring to the 1st major chord in the key? And then the flat seventh ?
So if I was in the key of c then the bvii maj7 chord would be bflat maj7 right
@@JohnSmith-jb2wc You got it!
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Greetings from Brazil! Great job! You should do one video exploring Arctic Monkeys. They use some pretty odd chord progessions
Totally! A lot of bands that supposedly just play "power chords" actually have a lot going for them in terms of harmony.
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otraitel :)
Great video on Kevins obsession with major 7th chords. One little thing that I noticed: Unless I'm mistaken, the "flat 7 major 7th chord" isn't a thing. Wouldn't a maj7 with a b7 just be a dominant 7th chord with cadential function? I don't see how this chord connects with your example from 'the less I know the better' as they were all min/maj 7 chords. I thought maybe you were talking about altering the scale, but the I chord in the song uses the D#. Other than that great video, thanks for making it!
You're confusion is understandable, those are a lot of sevens! "Flat 7 major 7" is not referring to the a major 7 chord with a flatted seven, but a major 7 chord built from the flatted seventh of whatever key you're in (this is why we write it like this: bVIImaj7 - the Roman numeral indicates the chord place relative to the key you're in and the maj7 refers to the quality of the chord you've built from that note). Thus in "The Less I Know The Better", which is in the key of E, we'll get this chord by taking the seventh note, D#, taking it down a half step to D, and then building from that a major seven chord (Dmaj7 - bVIImaj7). This is the third chord of the chorus bit a played in the video. Thanks for the question! I always appreciate the opportunity to further clarify things :)
@@tonton_bkg I see now, I was missing the part about it being a roman numeral "bVIImaj7" chord and not a scale degree. Thanks for the clarification!
This is really great thank you. Query though, if using flat 7th and flat 3rds, is it then technically not 'in key'?
Very correct! That’s what makes them special. Although they’re not completely unrelated. I discuss this topic in depth in my video on The Bee Gees: th-cam.com/video/IOW1h0c2Ut0/w-d-xo.html
@@tonton_bkg Hey Yonatan, thanks so much for the reply. This is what always confuses me a bit. I have never bothered too much with keys. I recently started using flat minor 7ths which seem to work too. For instance in C# the change from G major to Bmin 7 sounds pretty cool to me.
Added the Bee Gees vid to my 'watch later'.
I thought you were going to say, "Many attribute this to his heavy use of ...drugs."
ur bob dylan
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra would be really cool!
I've just been getting into them, anything in particular you'd like to know about?
@@tonton_bkg Their whole album Multi-Love is really really cool! Some songs that really capture my ear are Can't Keep Checking My Phone and The World Is Crowded
Thanks man!
agreed!!!
@@tonton_bkg I'm not sure if you did the video on them or not, as this is my first video of yours I've seen, but I'd love to know how they got that guitar tone on the Hunnybee solo.
I could hear the vocals even though they werent there
The power of iconic chord progressions!
Hello, i love the song you made at the end, did you put this music on spotify, soundcloud or anything ?? I just need to listen to it like i realy fckin love it.
I’m currently in the works of making an album and wanted to go with a psychedelic vibe and this helped a lot! Thank you!
Glad to help :D
Did you finish your album
Can you review bands like Paper Kites, Last Lynx, The Wombats
Are you using D maj scale for the kewboard and guitar solos?
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Harry copied this in the writing of his new album used alotbof maj 7 chords
He mispronounced alt-j but it's ok I'm just here to learn.
mild high club would be sick!
Ooh I know that band! I heard this song Countdown by them.... from an album called Sketches of (something) East
@@atharvachoudhary6974 yess, great song! that's a mild high club - king gizzard and the lizard wizard collaboration. I recommend you the album "skiptracing" by them.
Thanks for this video!
Could you analyze Johnny marr please?
bro this is so helpful
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How did you get that guitar tone?
Mainly using fuzz, delay, and phaser effects
BORNS IF YOU STILL MAKE THESE
please please please please please do puma blue.
Can you tell us what pedals you are running through on your last bit?
What guitar are you using in this video? It looks sick.
excelent video i came looking for silver and i found gold greetings from mexico
A “flat 7 major 7” is called a dominant 7.
Way above my skill level.
good info cheers my guy
Awesome bro
Those are borrowed chords right from parallel modes?
What guitar pedals and effects were you using for that solo at the end Yonatan Farhi ?
How breathe like tame impala
But what the hell are you talking about??
just wanna say that there are much easier ways to play major seven chords off the e string on guitar than the way you did it. the stretch isn’t necessary.
yeah!!! make some gizzy $ongs :)
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great stuff man
DO BEACH HOUSE!!!
You’re the man, thank you
nice little nod to Keith Emerson in that synth bit.
Nice job man!
I hate that ride sound the drummer is using as a crash lol
Tesseract pls
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FIRE!!!!!!
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Great video man
Thanks :)
Mild high club!
Lets start a band haha
Didn't actually think I'd learn this much, great explanation and awesome jam session at the end! You got my sub
Thanks, thanks, and thank you!
Nice video man....and super sound....can u tell me please which fuzz are you using? Thank you very much😊🙏🙏🙏
Believe it or not it's all GarageBand
Amazing video, but damn my wrist hurts lol
Probably means you’re getting better :)
what you made at the end was sick!!!!
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Bro, these videos are REALLY amazing, please do mild high club!
Great job breaking this down! Would love to hear your thoughts on the Smashing Pumpkins unique sound and "feel".
Good idea!
Exceeeeellent video thank you. Didn’t spend too much time on beginner stuff but enough to help beginners. Excellent example at the end. Fantastic to see a flat 3 major 7 working, and the video didn’t take all day to watch. Don’t stop dude, make a million videos.
Heartwarming comment
more chords and music theory and songwriting! homeshake chord video would be cool :) great videos
You killed it Yonatan!
Aww thanks!
Yo how did you get that phased drum sound at the end? You killed it!
Just threw a flanger effect on it in the mix lol
Or literally phaser like you said
Never commented on a video before but just had to for this one! Thank you for breaking down maj7 chords helps a lot 🤙
Brilliant! Loved the original tune you guys are playing at the end.
lol thanks
So awesome, thank you!!! Could you look into Still Woozy??? It might be kinda similar to Tame Impala since Still Woozy makes dream poppy stuff but im not sure
yesss id love an episode on his music
Lmao your guitar alert just gained a sub, that was hilarious and appreciated
Can u explain in a video the progression sound of Blonde Redhead?
Really cool video, but wouldn't it be easier to play the octave of the 7th on guitar, if your trying to get a maj7 off the low E string. That pinky stretch is crazy my hands don't wanna do that.
You're totally right. I went by instincts on that one and - considering I have really flexible hand due to being an upright bass player - went with the pinky stretch.
What a surprise to have Madden on there! She is awesome!
She’s the best
Wow, this was so helpful! Tame Impala is one of my favorites too, and now I have even more of an appreciation for Kevin Parker. Very cool track at the end!
you even use the font that Kevin uses!
Wal Glezar attention to detail my man
Yo where can I find this font??
major Lonerism vibes from the example jam, loved this video. feeling inspired to write a psychedelic rock song now...
My thoughts exactly
awesome video!! thanks!
U r a genius brother. Thanks a lot, 🙏
Sharada Prasad You’re far too kind :)