Pink Floyd's Iconic Chord - let's analyse it!

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  • Опубликовано: 28 окт 2024

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  • @tjmac6191
    @tjmac6191 4 года назад +62

    It’s the Existential Crisis chord.

  • @carpballet
    @carpballet 2 года назад +46

    It’s a psychedelics chord. And when you’re “there” it’s just beautiful how it opens a new way to see.

  • @59sharmanalin
    @59sharmanalin 3 года назад +71

    David Gilmour is a genius!!

    • @batphink2655
      @batphink2655 2 года назад +3

      Yes he is and why so few here haven't also given you more thumbls up likes...I've no idea :)

    • @variascoisas8777
      @variascoisas8777 2 года назад +3

      For Me ,He is the best guitarist !

    • @Beizeiten78
      @Beizeiten78 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely, but even he (and Roger) have said it was just completely by accident and dumb luck that (intro) chord came out.

  • @judsonwright
    @judsonwright 3 года назад +68

    I just say these are the most perfect 4 notes ever played on guitar. But it is all about context and you summed it up for me!

  • @scottmatznick3140
    @scottmatznick3140 2 года назад +9

    I could hear it in my head before I clicked, and I thought "I really hope he just opens right with that chord"
    You did, it was incredibly satisfying, and I thank you for doing so.

  • @lefthandluke8923
    @lefthandluke8923 2 года назад +8

    Something that we pick up on the subconscious level but (even musicians) have trouble describing. Beautifully articulated. Thank you!

  • @gabrielpetric5707
    @gabrielpetric5707 4 года назад +39

    This is not Am-biEnt, this is Gm-biEnt guitar! Excellent explanation, Antoine!

  • @RedGodofWar
    @RedGodofWar 2 года назад +3

    Thank you. That was an excellent, heartfelt examination of the chord. I just watched part of Pulse (how many times now?) and am in awe of Gilmore. I was a practice 8-hour a day shredder back in the day, but even then, Gilmore was one of my favorite guitarists. Shredding days are behind and I am more interested in theory and composition and musicality not just technicality. Your enthusiasm is contagious and I appreciate how you appreciate the brilliance of this piece.

  • @vw3610
    @vw3610 4 года назад +25

    Foreboding. Ethereal. Gorgeous.

  • @batphink2655
    @batphink2655 2 года назад +5

    This song is possibly ther gretest prog rock song ever written. Like millins of others I want this played at my funeral because people think I'm a lifelong dreamer and have accomplished very little(mostly due to health).Thanks for you amazing vids Antoine you're an amazing player yourself!

  • @davemish4163
    @davemish4163 2 года назад +8

    I would describe that chord as "unsettling." It definitely resembles Syd's state of mind.

  • @douglaschristine8387
    @douglaschristine8387 10 месяцев назад

    Hello Antoine, came back to play some David Gilmore chords and discovered this video also, thank you 🙏. Have a wonderful Christmas my friend.

  • @michaelmendillo7513
    @michaelmendillo7513 7 месяцев назад

    Glad I stoped by Bro,, you made me a subscriber ! Like the way you teach and explain everything,,, 😎✌️🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @gretasstolendreams2154
    @gretasstolendreams2154 2 года назад +5

    It’s just the perfect sequences of notes for thinking about what happened to Syd. It’s a bit haunting, a bit sad, bittersweet and can’t help but linger.

    • @coastercraziness
      @coastercraziness Год назад

      That’s what I love so much about it. The context makes the chord that much more emotional as well as more striking

  • @Pauler23
    @Pauler23 4 года назад +4

    Thanks Antoine, you really analysed that perfectly and made it interesting and informative. I enjoyed it and learned some useful theory too, great stuff!

  • @jimjames8660
    @jimjames8660 2 года назад +6

    don't overthink it....it's like you are walking down a foggy nighttime street alone and you softly , wistfully whistle those 4 notes.....loneliness, regret, lament.....calling out to someone no longer there.
    Those notes perfectly describe the band's feelings about Syd.....

  • @jeffreygrantsr4525
    @jeffreygrantsr4525 4 года назад +3

    Really good interpretation Antoine, and very thorough.

  • @ryebread7224
    @ryebread7224 2 года назад +2

    It's the coolest chord one can play! Love that chord!

  • @louka1332
    @louka1332 4 года назад +2

    very great video about a very great chord full of tension

  • @ThePedalboardOrchestra
    @ThePedalboardOrchestra 4 года назад +5

    Hey, I enjoyed this lesson very much, Antoine. (Despite just scratching on the surface of music/harmonic theory)
    My association with this chord:
    If Stanley Kubrick would have known this in 1968, he would have used it for "2001: A Space Odyssey"; just when the scene switches from earth to spaceship ;-)
    But I love the Strauss waltz too :-))

    • @lapelcelery42
      @lapelcelery42 2 года назад +1

      Unlikely that he would have had the option. The Floyd turned him down when he asked to use Atom Heart Mother in A Clockwork Orange because (according to Roger Waters) he wanted license to use it however and whenever he wanted in the film, but hadn't decided exactly yet. He was denied because they, like he, exercised intense control over their work.

  • @thedocisin3204
    @thedocisin3204 2 года назад +1

    I personally have a crush on the B7 chord. Just love to hear it. Although anything PF is just pure genius.

  • @jefffuhr2393
    @jefffuhr2393 2 года назад

    I could listen to the first 28 sec of this video all day! The remaining 10+ min is pretty good too.

  • @softpillow9596
    @softpillow9596 4 года назад +2

    Great Pink Floyd tutorial!

  • @cfibanez
    @cfibanez 4 года назад +3

    This is very nice, thanks! This type of analysis helps to explain why great songs are so amazing to our ears. Though I suspect Gilmour and Co. came up with this intuitively, while fooling around over a Gm drone.

    • @trevormatthews6005
      @trevormatthews6005 2 года назад +1

      I watched an interview with David and that pretty much sums up what happened he said they they were throwing ideas to get some inspiration these 4 notes fell out of the guitar

  • @braedondurfee7056
    @braedondurfee7056 2 года назад

    I love a minor root chord with a Lydian chord stacked starting on its 3rd :) Lydian bringing the brightness. Great video

  • @ericstoecker2096
    @ericstoecker2096 2 года назад

    Dude your tone is gorgeous!!

  • @garethevans2650
    @garethevans2650 2 года назад

    1980 played bass for Face on gtr and Benbow kbds on this. Still get chills

  • @eightballsidepocket9467
    @eightballsidepocket9467 2 года назад +7

    Interesting, I never thought of these 4 notes as a chord, more like an uncomfortable warning of things to come…and they come!

  • @homeskillet64
    @homeskillet64 2 года назад

    Great explanation Antoine. Thank you!

  • @SilverParatrooper
    @SilverParatrooper 4 года назад +3

    I felt that passage was to build some tension and mystery to resolve it with the big Dorian push (I didn’t know this until I watched the video so I’m not that smart on theory really)

  • @classicraceruk1337
    @classicraceruk1337 2 года назад +2

    Why I play those 4 notes or even listen to them my stomach churns as you know something is about to blow you away… The next part does not disappoint.

  • @danielgray8053
    @danielgray8053 3 года назад +1

    so if you don't want to think in terms of modes, you can also interpret this as being in G melodic minor. For those who dont know, the G melodic minor has a raised 6th and 7th degree, which makes the 4 chord major(C) and also makes the 5 chord major(D). Remember, if it was just regular G minor, the 4 and 5 chords would be minor. Just another way to think about it.

  • @59sharmanalin
    @59sharmanalin 3 года назад +1

    Gm is tonality in Aeolian mode, Gm6 is a dorian chord, so there is a switch to lesser darker sound

  • @hg7240
    @hg7240 4 года назад +1

    Sweeeetness , and just enough to work on. cheers

  • @coreymihailiuk5189
    @coreymihailiuk5189 2 года назад

    A great break down of this song.

  • @gramursowanfaborden5820
    @gramursowanfaborden5820 2 года назад +1

    when i first heard that chord, it was like i was born at that moment.

  • @paulteller3734
    @paulteller3734 2 года назад

    Haunting - atmospheric

  • @johanneshock3508
    @johanneshock3508 4 года назад

    thank you Antoine, like your explanation so much !

  • @donotwantahandle1111
    @donotwantahandle1111 2 года назад +1

    I would describe it as 'uncertain tension' that that is resolved via the C to F to G#m.

  • @smokingblues5067
    @smokingblues5067 2 года назад

    Pink Floyd ... lovely

  • @robertclarkguitar
    @robertclarkguitar 4 года назад +1

    Excellent job!!!!

  • @terryandrews7271
    @terryandrews7271 2 года назад

    He's a musical angel, His stuff isn't really heavy it's light Bright light.☮☮☮

  • @Apexjuha
    @Apexjuha 2 года назад +1

    ”Haunting”

  • @ouodo
    @ouodo 3 года назад

    The next part of this some is interesting too, since it adds F# into the mix. I would love to hear what is going on in theory for the verse/chorus

  • @jeremyacton4569
    @jeremyacton4569 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for these insights. I would appreciate more insights into David Gilmour's work, and similar insights about other guitarists too.

  • @ezerlab1
    @ezerlab1 2 года назад +2

    Gilmouresque chord if you like it.

  • @whatarefriends4
    @whatarefriends4 2 года назад

    That is a beautiful clean tone Fender?

  • @Spinz99
    @Spinz99 2 года назад

    Opening Gmin13 (no 5th) on a tasty open string guitar voicing.

  • @FuzzyJohn
    @FuzzyJohn 2 года назад

    Greatness!

  • @realwinchester7134
    @realwinchester7134 2 года назад +1

    G min does have a E in the ascending G minor melodic scale,or?

  • @nebpublic
    @nebpublic 4 года назад

    Superb explanation, Antoine. BTW Your sound is superb. What effects/settings are you using?

  • @AIainMConnachie
    @AIainMConnachie Год назад +1

    Descriptions for that chord
    “Unresolved”
    Or
    “BeethovenIan”

  • @whatarefriends4
    @whatarefriends4 2 года назад

    Oh yeah this guy is also a genius talking about the whole matter

  • @deathoftheendless001
    @deathoftheendless001 2 года назад

    6:46 opeth chord in my time of need

  • @TheHesseJames
    @TheHesseJames 2 года назад

    When I first heard this chord some 40 years ago I hated it. I hated the sound, I hated the voicing, I hated the overall feeling. I called it the sound of a “Strandkapelle” (German). Now, 40 years later, I love it.

  • @bluesmaster9896
    @bluesmaster9896 2 года назад +1

    Gilmour said he mis fretted .He was noodling in A originally

  • @robertclarkguitar
    @robertclarkguitar 4 года назад

    Yes!!!!! I do this often. Hahahaha I love that chord !!

  • @mathewhale3581
    @mathewhale3581 2 года назад

    Spectral

  • @eraldylli
    @eraldylli 4 года назад +4

    Hate to be THAT guy, but it's "Shine on, you crazy diamond", not "Shine on you, crazy diamond".
    Anyways, another great video! Yours is a fantastic channel.

  • @RobertMurphy-wm3ge
    @RobertMurphy-wm3ge Год назад

    G Dorian

  • @hafer88
    @hafer88 2 года назад

    🌿🍒🌿

  • @FrozenFactoryMusic
    @FrozenFactoryMusic 2 года назад +1

    Just another reason to lose yourself in their huge soundscape. Like many others, may just go lose myself there now!

  • @esparka
    @esparka 2 года назад +5

    Not to diminish this chord in any way, but, J.S. Bach literally composed 100's of chord moments which, imho, are unparalleled, by anyone... The volume of his works is stunning.

    • @Michael-mm3fm
      @Michael-mm3fm 2 года назад +1

      We’re talking Gilmour here. Not Bach. Not doubting you but…it’s not relevant.

    • @johningham1880
      @johningham1880 2 года назад +1

      Don’t worry, you will not diminish it. (Not without a D flat anyway)

    • @esparka
      @esparka 2 года назад +1

      @@Michael-mm3fm
      Bach becomes relevant when a phrase such as, “best chord of all time” is uttered.

    • @joep7210
      @joep7210 2 года назад

      @@esparka who said best of all time. the video is titled with "iconic"

  • @maskof
    @maskof 4 года назад +1

    Forensic evidence in a court of law that proves that Shine on you Crazy Diamond was the killer. 😀

  • @thedudeabides3058
    @thedudeabides3058 2 года назад +1

    4 notes and the truth

  • @RandyBakkelund
    @RandyBakkelund 4 года назад

    Excellent! I didn't know about this voicing. Taking notes on this one :) Does this chord have a name?

    • @AntoineMichaudGuitar
      @AntoineMichaudGuitar  4 года назад +1

      Gm7add13/Bb would be its name :-)

    • @RandyBakkelund
      @RandyBakkelund 4 года назад

      @@AntoineMichaudGuitar awesome, thanks for that!

    • @sadman5916
      @sadman5916 4 года назад +1

      @@AntoineMichaudGuitar It would just be Gm6. Not '/Bb' becuase the root of the chord is still the lowest. The notes just voiced in a strange order on the guitar.

    • @AntoineMichaudGuitar
      @AntoineMichaudGuitar  4 года назад +2

      @Sad Man You are very right about the bass note, I missed that, thanks!

    • @giovannianzalone9991
      @giovannianzalone9991 3 года назад

      I think it’s a Gm7(6)Bb

  • @onurji4311
    @onurji4311 Год назад

    For a beginner you explain waaaay too fast. Waaaay too fast.

  • @robertodangelo5137
    @robertodangelo5137 2 года назад +1

    Too much delay.

    • @robertodangelo5137
      @robertodangelo5137 Год назад

      @kev butterworth i was talking about the delay, not reverb.

  • @Mo_Taser
    @Mo_Taser 2 года назад

    Is this a joke? Not even close. The best chord of all time opens A Hard Day's Night.