@MisterAppleEsq
Doing this is also a great way to improve your composition skills.
@12tone
Sorry about my voice: I had a pretty rough cold when I recorded this so it sounds a bit beat up. Anyway here's some additional thoughts: 1) When I say a harmonic model is the set of rules the music was written with, that's not meant to imply any sort of conscious effort on the part of the composer. We learn these models subconsciously from a very young age, and unless you take active steps to avoid incorporating them into your work they're likely to just creep in there. This is why it's often useful to blend models in analysis: A lot of songs are written mostly in one system but with some other influences creeping in. 2) For fun, here's some possible explanations for G major chords in the key of E major, in roughly decreasing order of likeliness: Modal interchange, chromatic mediant off the root, passing chord between IImi and IIImi, new root in a direct modulation, chromatic mediant off the V chord, tritone substitution resolving to IImi, secondary-axis substitute for V chord, secondary dominant of tritone substitution of V chord, or maybe the whole thing is actually just atonal anyway. Can you think of any others? 3) I so strongly associate that 4-chord loop with Don't Stop Believin' that I didn't realize until some people started commenting on it that they actually play a slight variation on the loop (Every other time through, they play a G#mi instead of the C#mi.) so just substitute in literally any of the hundreds of other pop songs that use that exact progression. Whoops!
@sandrojovanovic3694
Every video you post is pure joy to watch, I am so thankful that there is a channel like yours on YT that helps me grow as an artist
@MrDuncanBelfast
The next time you explain what functional harmony is, as a joke, you should take the multiple times you've explained it and splice them together.
@Laurentbrn
"But just because one of us is right, doesn't mean the other one's wrong." Peace and love and music <3
@AlRoderick
Fun fact: it's impossible to be born and raised in South Detroit. The southernmost point of Detroit is the downtown business district, followed by the river, followed by Windsor Ontario Canada.
@lukostello
"Analysis isn't just trying to score all the points by putting the right labels on the things, its about exploring and explaining the fundamentally subjective experience of listening to a piece of music." dang, I'm here to make a point scoring system so I can teach robots how to appreciate music.
@glennpagemusic
I focus a lot on chords. I've probably picked apart the chords to 1000s of pop songs. This has helped me learn a lot about basic harmonic function, modulations, tonal ambiguity and things like that. I enjoy it, and I love a great chord progression. In recent years I've tried to focus more on melody to try and strengthen that muscle - that is, not to rely on harmony to move the song along. To that end, I'll try to write melodies without even thinking about the chords.
@iamiupa
This is pretty much the best sum-up you could have done. Congratulations, it's on point in everything, especially the definition of "analysis" is superb.
@MisterManDuck
You know, before I actually start watching: Thanks. Granted, I've never had a breakdown like this before, but it's people like you that actually make me think harder about my critique of music and how to maybe be a a composer who can make something worth a damn.
@mixuaquela123
If u guys want real challenge try to analyze etudes by Chopin. Ive done a few and it rly makes u think how diversely you can use chords.
@mariazamora4595
Love that you mentioned going in a deeper level. I love sounds, I like to immerse myself in sounds, to go in a deep… Deep level in feelings, understanding the story, a lot of elements. I love harmony and timing. Sometimes the sound of the instruments do not match with the sounds of the voice singer. Timing I think is very difficult, some musician have a deep understanding of music, music is within themselves, they know how to express a feeling , a story, a beautiful poem, Through music in the right time. Is magical
@Rick-qg9ju
I took guitar this year in high school and we’ve never really done much theory and now our teacher expects us to write an analysis and im so overwhelmed and confused 😓. (keep in mind my course is meant for those who have no music background)
@shaunrichardson3333
Love your videos as always. I like how you included a double slit experiment and a space invaders sketch! Can you also analyse a Coldplay song? Most of them have a simple chord structure but interesting harmonies and similarities between there own songs. Keep up the great videos!
@trextify
I have been listening to Spunky by Anika Nilles since it’s release probably, and last month in the car I was listening to it and out of no where I realized that there’s these two melodies, rather than thinking of it as one whole melody, and they’re having this intense conversation. That moment was so magical bringing tears to my eyes.
@diegoortegadod
PERFCT TIMING thank you so much 12tone I needed this for my music project at school :))))
@michaelsands442
The word for left-handed in Latin is sinister... Great content. One of my favorites for music with Lie Likes Music and Polyphonic Rick Beato and Adam Neely
@ZacharySandstrom
I would kill for an episode of Welcome to the Jungle. The breakdown has so many different tracks and all of them work together so well to build all the sinister tension. I know you would kill it and do it justice.
@glennpagemusic
I think it's not that there's more than one right answer; it's that sometimes the ambiguity IS the answer. In other words, it's usually not "Oh, this song can be interpreted as being in G major OR being in D Mixolydian." It's not even that "both answers are correct." It's usually that the truth lies between, and it's more than semantics: it's actually a fundamental part of the appeal of the music. That said, there are times when one answer or the other is demonstrably incorrect, of course.
@zoelor7923