I'm not a big fan of pop music, but from a production standpoint this song is really impressive. It's hard to make the bass sound that loud and full without the mix being total mud. It still feels like there's plenty of "space" in this mix.
the mix on this is fucking incredible. and the mix on the SNL live performance was incredible as well. maybe they were playing into the same VST or amps that they mic'd but its phenomenal
I'm a classical musician and fan, but still appreciate jazz and music, i'm also an f1 fan and I know Charles is one too because he commented on the f1 channel a couple times
@@jwaj The study of the relationship between music and cultures and how they affect, inform, and influence one another. You go to school for it. There are very few undergrad programs at universities and more masters programs. You must first be a musician to get into any of the programs. We focus heavily on observer-participant research.
I don't see the point of your comment but congrats we need more ethnomusicologists and musicologists with knowledge in social sciences, the world would be better 😎
@@madhavraghu did you started a teombone joke but didn't finish it? Back in high school music teacher made joke of each others instrument and one of them went along those lines. XD
I am not educated in music (but I used to be a classical musician but that's not important) and that bassline isn't very difficult to pick up. I'd be disappointed if Charles couldn't pick it up first time - it's very basic.
@@Gamez4eveR LOL love your username my guy. And yeah maybe it's not difficult for you or more experienced musicians, but for some such as myself I believe that's quite a skill, and I wish to obtain that kind of ear with more practise
I really appreciate your mentality to shed the whole, "I'm a jazz musician I shouldn't like pop music, because it's garbage no substance." As a jazz school grad, I went through my college life looking around at the people around me shaming pop music..while I kept saying, "It's just different than what you're currently studying. It's complexity and real meaning just isn't based in it's 4 chord progression. Could be lyricism, could be groove, could be production, could even be a little tag or hook that you can't get out of your head.. It's meant to make people feel good, not break the bounds of harmonic language at every moment." Long comment short, I appreciate you and the work/art you do.
As our Lord and Savior said, "The more chords you know, the more courage it takes to not play them." - Jacob Collier (Obviously context matters though lol)
wow jason, there needs to be more level headed and genuine people like you out there. thanks for your contribution to making the world a little bit better :)
What's up with the trend of highly educated musicians trying to "pay their respects" to pop music? Adam Neely does it all the time, even David Bruce, a Contemporary Classical composer, did it. Realising that Jazz - or what have you - isn't the only music does not have to entail glorifying other music that perhaps isn't that interesting in the first place. A "recovering Jazz elitist" should probably check out things like Contemporary Classical music and Art Rock, and perhaps look to a different musical culture like Arabic or Chinese. While there is truly a craft to making pop music, this fascination with it is in my opinion unwarranted. To me it seems like a somewhat dishonest and overly apologetic appeasement towards musical laymen who cannot stand the fact that other people might enjoy more complex music than they do. A chef does not have to apologise for being an "elitist" if they tell us that McDonalds is culinarily uninteresting but addictively tasty. Remember that.
Not sure if it's intentional but that is what's happened! I actually found this channel via the non-meme content. Took me a while to warm to the meme stuff!
Redoxoful it is rather simple. I used to be mystified that my teacher could do this years ago when I was learning at first but the longer you play instruments, the better you understand your instrument, and the more you really listen the easier it becomes. :)
I love dua lipa’s music I appreciate that her tracks have a summery vibe without fully leaning in to the stereotypical summer sound- The problem is when the radio won’t stop playing the damn song every 5 minutes
Happen till like the middle party of the note, I think he accidentally picked a pretty dang good sequence of notes. Course you could do work to make it make more sense, but I actually think it has good potential
It's difficult to play truly random stuff with "no purpose" if you have practiced this stuff a lot. Also, a good musician can make pretty much anything sound good.
The reason styles like this often use chords that clash is because they’re throwing back to older house and jungle, where people used keyboards with ‘Chord Memory’, you’d hold a chord down and save it, then it would just transpose the chord to whichever key you pressed. It paid no regard to key though, it just moved the same intervals up and down to whatever root note you pressed.
Finally someone said some thing about house legacy. Those 2 chords FOR ME are actually references. And one of them is Maceo Plex’s “For your love” (Stevie Wonder sample) anyway. Those chords and the cadence of those, the producer most likely winked to older house heads!
As someone who is learning self teaching themselves music theory, your breakdowns recently have been clarifying. It's definitely because you're applying it in real time and with prevalent music! Thank you! Truly!
@@aixide Honestly wikipedia, I think that watching a video about music and then using wikipedia to understand whatever didn't make sense is useful. If you don't understand something you're better off moving to a different page on wikipedia and then working your way through them. So if you don't understand dorian scales for example you could google it. Then you can learn about modes and if you don't understand them you could move back to scales. If there is something you completely don't understand you could google youtube videos as things are often explained far more simply. As soon as you get a rough idea of how something works you can head back to wikipedia. You'll find yourself moving from idea to idea really quickly. The only disadvantage of this system is that you don't get musical examples of the concept.
@@aixide there are many awsome channels like 8bit theory 12 tone Rick beato and Adam neely you might want to check them out! And if you do check them outstart with 8bit theory he has a playlist of videos where he is explaining the basics in short vids!
I don’t particularly like modern music but I love Dua. She has some great songs and as a bass player, I appreciate the instruments role in her songs especially this one. It got me moving in the 1st 5 seconds. Amazing song!
Charles, as if it’s common knowledge: the 4 of this E minor 11 chord could clash but since its just a passing tone it’s ok Also Charles: *does a 2 min explanation of relative minor*
I think everyone loves the fact that Charles just expresses however he wants without worrying too much. This is why he's such a great RUclipsr and even teacher. His way of being is just amazing, and how he explains music theory is just outstanding!!!
I don’t know music theory but I love that bridge when the melody of the chorus doesn’t change but the Chords progression take another turn, it so Good and I wish I knew what’s happening there.
@@abiyyuharahap overplayed. usually pop song getting old very fast, so while people still play the song because they just recently heard it, you already move on from the song and "forced" to heard it again, and again, and making you hate the song.
Love the focus on music theory in these videos - it’s why I watch. Thanks for using pop songs for education! Breaking them down for how they’re written and why they’re written that way is great content for aspiring songwriters and producers.
As a recovering Lindy Hop dance elitist, I love watching other recovering art elitists share their journeys 😂 love these videos just as much as the rants!
This comment section is amazing, it’s a mixture of musicians of all levels and people who don’t know anything about music, it’s really amazing to see. Also if you have no clue about music, please keep watching music theory. It’s a lot of information to take in but it can really be fun once you start to understand it!
This song sounds so much like the supporting music that they’d play behind the jump cuts of scenes from coming attractions they’d show before a movie... in the 90’s.
I think this is the first time I've seen an "OK Boomer" comment be the minority. Or even have 0 likes. I don't know who exactly I'm proud of, but I'm proud of some party involved here.
@@realizacjadzwieku-kacperda8137 it's definitely NOT a basic skill, and it requires quite a lot of practice to get the chords in the same key. People with perfect pitch will have it much easier to get the key right tho
@@deathtrap5556 I mean...ear training is a pretty introductory thing they teach you in music school. Being able to determine the color of a chord (with all the extensions and all that) is a skill to be sure, but lots and lots of people have done the work to master it, and with some styles of music, it’s absolutely necessary
@@MostLikelyMortal ear training doesn't help with charlie puth is doing. While it is indeed part of one of the basics taught, for people who don't have a knack for it have a difficult time getting it right. Charlie Puth's perfect pitch means he doesn't even have to press any other key get every single note correct. To get to his level of musical ear through only learning requires lot of practice and is generally not focused on.
Damn. Homeboy came off so humble in the intro and within 10 mins demonstrates a boat load of deep and instant knowledge of music theory. Love this 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
When you began to talk about the relative minor, I considered skipping ahead, as I already understand the fundamentals of music theory. But your ability to explain even the simplest of musical concepts in a way that is still engaging and exciting is the best I've seen, probably ever. You're a legend, Charles. now talk about vulfpeck
Okay I love all your comments about this song but you didn’t say anything or get to the disco part where it drops and it’s like 20 seconds and a feel good awesome disco style part.
Once you realize Pop has its purpose, it’s not a far leap to then getting the intentional simplicity/ opportunity forgone in the repetitious lack of a classical bridge
As a "jazz elitist" myself, I wholeheartedly agree. Maybe repeated views of a certain Polish teenage girl covering the tune with her bass helped me a bit to realize how good it is. ruclips.net/video/XdBR-SrP6uU/видео.html
BRO LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOUVE SAID ABOUT THIS SONG IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. So stoked you did this song. From “not liking pop music” to breaking down the song I agree with it all
Switched on Pop is a podcast that is also from “recovering jazz elitists” who break down pop. If anyone in the comments wants more of this listen to it!
@@seanmarciniak744 The thing is once you actually show up in the music industry you realize you're never gonna be anywhere near the best, and genuinely there is no such thing. My dad is a studio tech in Nashville and he quit "being a guitar player" when he realized there are homeless people on the street there who could kick anyone's ass at [insert any instrument here]. Music is just about being siked by what everyone around you is doing, and throwing your own voice in there sometimes
I love this attitude of loving music theory, but still appreciating pop music. I also love listening for more complex instruments and ideas behind the vocal-focused blur!
Will Smith (Seeing the sky): “Ah haha! Ah that’s hot! That’s haught!” Charles (Hearing the lick): “Oooh.. That’s nice! Ah, yeah yeah yeah! That’s nice!”
I love how anytime he ever gives the tiniest thing that he would do different, or that is negative he immediately follows with "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT ITS FINE GREAT LOVE IT AMAZING FOR WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO"
based on what I've heard starting 3:45, I request a smooth jazz cover of Don't Start Now - playing those progressions like that on the piano just sounds so good!
So funny how in the last video when he said he was going to be complementing a pop song I thought exactly about this bad boy. The baaaasssss though, the intro just already does it for me!! 😭
I like your channel because I grew up playing the piano without any real instruction and just got an ear for it. I can play almost anything I hear on the spot but I have no idea about 9ths and 10ths and whatnot. But now I can follow along and match my instincts to terminology at my leisure thanks to you. Thanks man.
I'm sure you've said this in many of your other videos, but it's so comforting to hear a Jazz musician say that it's ok to enjoy an otherwise well crafted song just even if it fits more in the "mainstream pop" genre. Even though I'm not much of a musician, I too have been inherently dismissive of mainstream pop music for a number of years, even if sometimes it's just fun. Always work towards the person you want to be, even though it's hard--good luck friend and thanks for the great video!
As a “play by ear” musician, I learn more about music theory from these videos than I did in my college music theory class (that I got a D in) - keep making them!
The qualitative measurement of pop music is watching people become euphoric and joyful on a dance floor, or in their car, or at a party. Remembering a lover, or a summer. That’s the success measurement - joy - there are no theory requirements.
As a sort of recovering jazz elitist myself, this actually opened my eyes into mainstream music more and made me actually listen to these songs you've reviewed so far! Thanks dude!
I love how in the same video, he’ll casually touch on which upper extensions work melodically over which 7th chords or chord functions, but then feel the need to take the time to break down a rudimentary concept like relative minors 😅 In earnest though, I’m absolutely loving this series. I’ve been getting into so much more pop music in the past year or so, because there’s value in a lot of it if you take the time to listen out for it. They’re earworms for a reason. And I find it really educational listening to someone with a much more developed ear (and theoretical knowledge) than I have dissect such tunes to find what makes them work (or not work).
Literally as he was explaining relative major and minor, I was internally screaming because I actually understood what he was talking about before he explained what they were!!!
Honestly love the direction you are taking, in the same way a lot of mainstream music has become repetitive, there is so much talent within there for awesome licks and simply producing feel good music. Seems as though people with expert level music knowledge are so quick to dismiss that music purely for being mainstream so well done to you mate, a role model for others
yo, charles if im being honest you are the single best music teacher ive ever had. i learn more in 40 minutes of binge watching you about theory than i did in my 9 years in music theory and band at school. really shows how '"devoted" our education system is to helping us achieve our goals. every time you explain a piece of theory it just sticks permanently for me. you down over complicate things and you explain how you are building your chords and it just helps so much. thanks man i appreciate you and ur a fucking beast.
@@CharlesCornellStudios Hi! I'd love a video critiquing clips of small gigs in bars and such, especially big band style, or those with a soloist and a few rhythm insruments, i.e. sax, bass, trapset etc.
Thanks for your explanation of the "minor 3rd thing," Charles. It explains why my feeble transcriptions of songs I'm trying to learn are often different (by three half-steps) than the chords others seem to be hearing. I'm an old dog learning a new trick (playing guitar with my paws) and you're helping me A LOT!
Your music theory videos always feel really diverse, in that someone who knows nothing about music can grasp parts, and someone who's well versed in music theory can learn something too. Love these videos from you, super interesting
This is the kind of channel i want to start, besides the fact that im no where near this knowledgeable yet, but I'm glad you make these videos. Explaining what goes on in any song is what people need to know about music, not just lyrics. Thank You for these videos!!
@12:02 This is a dance track trick with dynamics. When the listener gets into the rhythm of the track through most of the song, when the break loses the beat, it still goes on in the head of the listener. You can see it on the dance floor, especially if the song has the kicks going, the dancers will still be moving right along to the tune and seemlessly groove right when the rest of the song syncs back in after the break is over. Mr. Cornell you should consider doing a video on dynamics because it is a very simple concept and it is ubiquitous in popular music but most people won’t know about it.
Yeah, but not everyone is so talented to follow the beat. That's why you'll see dancers suddenly draw in, they're not sure of the beat and don't want to stick out as not following. When "the rest of the song syncs back in," it really kicks in, just to make sure to catch the flailers. Is that what you mean by dynamics?
Piano nerd boy says music nerd stuff for 14 minutes. What should we say music nerd stuff about next??
Charles Cornell
YOU LIKE JAZZ!!! 😏🤣
Do AJR!!!!!!
Piano nerd boy is good teacher
Led Zeplin
either something by Conan Gray or Soran!
Charles: *kindly explains relative minors for 3 minutes*
Also Charles: "It lands on the 9th of this Em11 chord but the 4 could clash with the 1 chord"
Lol
I hit that the second I read this
Oop, just commented almost the exact same thing before seeing this
This is the comment I wish I had written.
Never thought I’d see LegalEagle in the comment section of a Charles Cornell vid
My sister's 17, call that a relative minor
*AGE IS JUST A NUMBER*
@@equaius893 kind of uncalled for
You deserve an award
Jason Cathcart if you come to the UK she’s A major
lol
I laughed out loud when you said “recovering jazz elitist”
I wonder if he knows Howard Moon?
as a recovering internet metal nerd... I understand elitism and youre doing great.
In proper pronunciation the _"recovering"_ is silent.
He was a heroin addict
I'm not a big fan of pop music, but from a production standpoint this song is really impressive. It's hard to make the bass sound that loud and full without the mix being total mud. It still feels like there's plenty of "space" in this mix.
A lot of work went into that bass sound. 9 of the 140+ tracks were devoted to layering that bass.
the mix on this is fucking incredible. and the mix on the SNL live performance was incredible as well. maybe they were playing into the same VST or amps that they mic'd but its phenomenal
Dua lipa and her team really did a great job on Future Nostalgia.
@@stickird915 it's 1 multitrack ;) with about 100 tracks in it. www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-dua-lipa-dont-start-now
Check out their tiny-desk home concert!
I am a meme fan but actually like those kinds of videos that you are making recently. Very educative, do more of those !
I'm a meme fan too. But thanks for being cool with different types of content!
Charles Cornell keep doing these videos. I don’t have money for music school and you’re a way cooler teacher than anyone I’ve ever had
@Victor Seraya yo stop spamming your terrible half cooked content in the comment section of a good video
I'm a classical musician and fan, but still appreciate jazz and music, i'm also an f1 fan and I know Charles is one too because he commented on the f1 channel a couple times
Ahh. Your a meme fan. Name every meme :)
Honestly with a bass line that good, the rest of the song barely even matters. You got the song there.
Very true
Slap like now
A good bass line is my favorite thing in a song
@@pianoraves hello slappers
I dig the harmony and rhythm too. Just leave out the singer
Awe thanks for the shout! Just for that I'm going to buy 20 sets of Raycon earbuds.
My hero
Wow, Christopher Bill and Charles Cornell in the same comment thread. Two of my heroes. You guys are both making this rock a better place.
Looks like 'the 1975' guy
HAHAHAHA
As an ethnomusicologist, even I admit this song is a damn bop
What is that and how would you become one
@@jwaj The study of the relationship between music and cultures and how they affect, inform, and influence one another. You go to school for it. There are very few undergrad programs at universities and more masters programs. You must first be a musician to get into any of the programs. We focus heavily on observer-participant research.
@@SpaceMountain Cool 😎
@Catarina Vergueiro Barely. We primarily focused on Batucada for Brazil in my program. I didn't specialize in it though.
I don't see the point of your comment but congrats we need more ethnomusicologists and musicologists with knowledge in social sciences, the world would be better 😎
I'm just waiting to hear you play that trombone that's been sitting in the corner for the last few vids
lmao gotta learn how to first
@@CharlesCornellStudios can't wait!
@@CharlesCornellStudios all you gotta do is learn the positions though right?
@@madhavraghu did you started a teombone joke but didn't finish it?
Back in high school music teacher made joke of each others instrument and one of them went along those lines. XD
Ahahaha
Bro your ear is impeccable. The way you just picked up the bassline on the keys got me gassed 🔥🔥🔥
Lol could he teach us how to edit like we know how to play by ear THANKS 😂🙏
I am not educated in music (but I used to be a classical musician but that's not important) and that bassline isn't very difficult to pick up. I'd be disappointed if Charles couldn't pick it up first time - it's very basic.
Cool thing about that though is the more you do it, the better you get! you could definitely do it with a little time practicing!
@@katiec-g3793 you ok?
@@Gamez4eveR LOL love your username my guy. And yeah maybe it's not difficult for you or more experienced musicians, but for some such as myself I believe that's quite a skill, and I wish to obtain that kind of ear with more practise
this whole video is what i feel like when i explain to my cousins how to play marry had a little lamb on the piano
As soon as Charles starts to explain relative minor for 2 minutes.
me: thank god, I'm still somewhat a musician.
He started talking about this as soon as I read your comment
I really appreciate your mentality to shed the whole, "I'm a jazz musician I shouldn't like pop music, because it's garbage no substance." As a jazz school grad, I went through my college life looking around at the people around me shaming pop music..while I kept saying, "It's just different than what you're currently studying. It's complexity and real meaning just isn't based in it's 4 chord progression. Could be lyricism, could be groove, could be production, could even be a little tag or hook that you can't get out of your head.. It's meant to make people feel good, not break the bounds of harmonic language at every moment." Long comment short, I appreciate you and the work/art you do.
@lola holic Dream Theater, jazz and classical music? Nice, same here lol
As our Lord and Savior said,
"The more chords you know, the more courage it takes to not play them."
- Jacob Collier
(Obviously context matters though lol)
Well said!
wow jason, there needs to be more level headed and genuine people like you out there. thanks for your contribution to making the world a little bit better :)
What's up with the trend of highly educated musicians trying to "pay their respects" to pop music? Adam Neely does it all the time, even David Bruce, a Contemporary Classical composer, did it. Realising that Jazz - or what have you - isn't the only music does not have to entail glorifying other music that perhaps isn't that interesting in the first place. A "recovering Jazz elitist" should probably check out things like Contemporary Classical music and Art Rock, and perhaps look to a different musical culture like Arabic or Chinese. While there is truly a craft to making pop music, this fascination with it is in my opinion unwarranted. To me it seems like a somewhat dishonest and overly apologetic appeasement towards musical laymen who cannot stand the fact that other people might enjoy more complex music than they do.
A chef does not have to apologise for being an "elitist" if they tell us that McDonalds is culinarily uninteresting but addictively tasty. Remember that.
Charles has been building an audience with memes so he could secretly change to teaching music theory 😂
Love all of these videos
Not sure if it's intentional but that is what's happened! I actually found this channel via the non-meme content. Took me a while to warm to the meme stuff!
Sort of like Doja Cat's career
Fully okay with that! He's great at it
I've noticed it too men🤣 But it's not bad after all, he's like your close friend teaching you to solve a hard calculus equation😂
Yeah I loved how he just mid video decided to explain what a relative major and minor was
Charles: *goes into heavy detail about the theory of the song*
Me, a dumbass: hmmm yes yes I have no idea what he’s talking about.
Imagine me that I don't speak english
These types of warm chords do something magical to me. They always have ever since I was a child. Beautiful.
I love how Charles can replay these songs by ear.
I mean, it is simple but it is just cool to me.
I love it too!! He is so awesome!!
you’re saying it’s simple but it’s not it’s really not
@Victor Seraya Stop Spamming
Redoxoful it is rather simple. I used to be mystified that my teacher could do this years ago when I was learning at first but the longer you play instruments, the better you understand your instrument, and the more you really listen the easier it becomes. :)
>its simple
I love dua lipa’s music I appreciate that her tracks have a summery vibe without fully leaning in to the stereotypical summer sound-
The problem is when the radio won’t stop playing the damn song every 5 minutes
When he says,"Ya know?" I'm just here like,"Yeah, definitely, sure" not even knowing what hes saying anymore😂😂
Recovering jazz elitist, what a title to give yourself Charles 😂😂
@Victor Seraya stop spamming
That title sounds a bit ... elitist 😉😆
Everyone: ShE aNd HeR vOiCe Are sO pReTtY
Music dude on the internet: Dang this bassline slaps, can we mute the vocals real quick?
EmberDrops he isn’t lying tho 👁 👄 👁
I am both
The bassline is the only part I like.
That bass line is why I even listen to this song
I’m crying 😂😂😂😂😂
Charles: *tells us about Christopher and how they went to college together*
Me: O NO... There's two of them...
“This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them!”
8:24
Charles: *plays random notes* doesn’t make any sense
Me (a classical singer): sounds like a contemporary art song
Truuu
Yup true dat
Happen till like the middle party of the note, I think he accidentally picked a pretty dang good sequence of notes. Course you could do work to make it make more sense, but I actually think it has good potential
Yeah, I feel like I would be able to write a melody with lyrics to that.
Charles: "You're not gonna just pick random notes out of a hat!"
Also Charles: writes a cool melody anyway without even trying
He practices his scales.
yeah that was sick, I replayed that bit a few times 😅
It's difficult to play truly random stuff with "no purpose" if you have practiced this stuff a lot. Also, a good musician can make pretty much anything sound good.
I love that he clearly was about to finish and realised it resolved too well so played another note
"an analysis no one asked for"
Excuse me sir you don't know that
The reason styles like this often use chords that clash is because they’re throwing back to older house and jungle, where people used keyboards with ‘Chord Memory’, you’d hold a chord down and save it, then it would just transpose the chord to whichever key you pressed.
It paid no regard to key though, it just moved the same intervals up and down to whatever root note you pressed.
Finally someone said some thing about house legacy. Those 2 chords FOR ME are actually references. And one of them is Maceo Plex’s “For your love” (Stevie Wonder sample) anyway. Those chords and the cadence of those, the producer most likely winked to older house heads!
It’s an amazing. Tight. Funky bass line. And great song from end to end. Only she could pull it off right aswell. It fits her.
As someone who is learning self teaching themselves music theory, your breakdowns recently have been clarifying. It's definitely because you're applying it in real time and with prevalent music! Thank you! Truly!
Where would you suggest starting (with self teaching music theory, obviously)?
@@aixide Honestly wikipedia, I think that watching a video about music and then using wikipedia to understand whatever didn't make sense is useful. If you don't understand something you're better off moving to a different page on wikipedia and then working your way through them. So if you don't understand dorian scales for example you could google it. Then you can learn about modes and if you don't understand them you could move back to scales. If there is something you completely don't understand you could google youtube videos as things are often explained far more simply. As soon as you get a rough idea of how something works you can head back to wikipedia. You'll find yourself moving from idea to idea really quickly. The only disadvantage of this system is that you don't get musical examples of the concept.
Miha Strajnar Teoria.com and musictheory.net is a pretty good website to start.
@@aixide there are many awsome channels like 8bit theory 12 tone Rick beato and Adam neely you might want to check them out! And if you do check them outstart with 8bit theory he has a playlist of videos where he is explaining the basics in short vids!
@@oribargil3958 I do happen to actually watch Rick Beato lol
Charles: *plays a bass line on a piano
Davie504: _COSA!?_
Impossible.
ESATTO
E P I C O
Illegal!
If this gets 169 likes...
They shouldn't be able to monetize your whole video for a few seconds clip.
FACTS.
maestro, anche lei qua.
Why not
@@Aphakiastudies Because fair use allows anyone to play excerpts of copyrighted media for the purpose of commentary or criticism.
you mean demonetize
I don’t particularly like modern music but I love Dua. She has some great songs and as a bass player, I appreciate the instruments role in her songs especially this one. It got me moving in the 1st 5 seconds. Amazing song!
Charles, as if it’s common knowledge: the 4 of this E minor 11 chord could clash but since its just a passing tone it’s ok
Also Charles: *does a 2 min explanation of relative minor*
You know, half the time I don't know what you're saying, but if you're having fun, so am I.
I think everyone loves the fact that Charles just expresses however he wants without worrying too much. This is why he's such a great RUclipsr and even teacher. His way of being is just amazing, and how he explains music theory is just outstanding!!!
React to "Future Nostalgia", it has some interesting jazz harmonies.
Yes especially the end of the song which gives me goosebumps all the time.
Actually I had some troubles with that bridge. Like they tried to make it sound strange on purpose but they didn't nailed it
I don’t know music theory but I love that bridge when the melody of the chorus doesn’t change but the Chords progression take another turn, it so Good and I wish I knew what’s happening there.
This could’ve been the best song ever but it played on the speakers at my job so I’m legally obligated to hate it :/
Why do people love one great song then just hate it once everyone love it?
I find my wife listening to the same things she hears in the grocery store....
Abiyyu Harahap Repeated exposure. Let it Go played in places I was the year it came out and after initially liking it I hated it.
@@abiyyuharahap overplayed. usually pop song getting old very fast, so while people still play the song because they just recently heard it, you already move on from the song and "forced" to heard it again, and again, and making you hate the song.
Somehow music exhaustion from overplayed-ness hasn’t happened to Somebody that I used to Know.
Last time I was this early, Wuhan was a cymbal brand.
Now Wuhan is a ~cymbal~ of disease 😔
@@mrcsa6894 *nice*
@@mrcsa6894 honestly, that deserves way more likes
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Love the focus on music theory in these videos - it’s why I watch. Thanks for using pop songs for education! Breaking them down for how they’re written and why they’re written that way is great content for aspiring songwriters and producers.
As a recovering Lindy Hop dance elitist, I love watching other recovering art elitists share their journeys 😂 love these videos just as much as the rants!
Charles Cornell: Skipping over complex music theory
Also Charles Cornell: Spends 3 minutes on what relative minor means
This comment section is amazing, it’s a mixture of musicians of all levels and people who don’t know anything about music, it’s really amazing to see.
Also if you have no clue about music, please keep watching music theory. It’s a lot of information to take in but it can really be fun once you start to understand it!
Music theory is a rabbit hole. Be careful or you'll never see the sun again
Exactly. Music theory is really fun!
This song sounds so much like the supporting music that they’d play behind the jump cuts of scenes from coming attractions they’d show before a movie... in the 90’s.
I just love watching him casually explain the chord progression. While playing it. Along with a smooth baseline.
No one:
Absolutely nobody:
Charles: *listens to a bassline once and plays it better than the original*
bass*line
@@musicjunkieg OK boomer
@@isiss3659 he's right though
baseline means a starting point
bassline is the part that the bass instrument is playing
I think this is the first time I've seen an "OK Boomer" comment be the minority. Or even have 0 likes. I don't know who exactly I'm proud of, but I'm proud of some party involved here.
i wouldnt say its better than the original it was literally exactly what was played in the song just on a different instrument hence a different sound
Charles: “Well this is kinda the first time I’ve heard this song”
Also Charles: *Gets chords almost immediately*
I think some people can do that , it's mindbending
@@MT-eb2dx it's actually basic skill for a musician.
@@realizacjadzwieku-kacperda8137 it's definitely NOT a basic skill, and it requires quite a lot of practice to get the chords in the same key. People with perfect pitch will have it much easier to get the key right tho
@@deathtrap5556 I mean...ear training is a pretty introductory thing they teach you in music school. Being able to determine the color of a chord (with all the extensions and all that) is a skill to be sure, but lots and lots of people have done the work to master it, and with some styles of music, it’s absolutely necessary
@@MostLikelyMortal ear training doesn't help with charlie puth is doing. While it is indeed part of one of the basics taught, for people who don't have a knack for it have a difficult time getting it right. Charlie Puth's perfect pitch means he doesn't even have to press any other key get every single note correct. To get to his level of musical ear through only learning requires lot of practice and is generally not focused on.
Stopped playing piano a few years ago, watching this guy for the first time kinda makes me wanna buy a piano again.
Damn. Homeboy came off so humble in the intro and within 10 mins demonstrates a boat load of deep and instant knowledge of music theory. Love this 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
When you began to talk about the relative minor, I considered skipping ahead, as I already understand the fundamentals of music theory. But your ability to explain even the simplest of musical concepts in a way that is still engaging and exciting is the best I've seen, probably ever. You're a legend, Charles.
now talk about vulfpeck
Omg i totally do the same thing
I like how we went from simple musical concepts to VULFPECK.
That's comparable to the power creep in the DragonBall Z series.
Pls the vulf
I dont even know shit about music theory and it is still entertaining for me
Okay I love all your comments about this song but you didn’t say anything or get to the disco part where it drops and it’s like 20 seconds and a feel good awesome disco style part.
Once you realize Pop has its purpose, it’s not a far leap to then getting the intentional simplicity/ opportunity forgone in the repetitious lack of a classical bridge
Love this song as a club track, love the jazz classics and love this video as it bridges that gap making both more accesible. Thank you.
Charles scatting along with his piano gives me life
“Scattering along” i love that wording. Couldn’t be more perfect
Tigran Hamasyan does that all the time, you should check him out if you want more life ^^;
"Don't Start Now" is not a guilty pleasure song. It's actually good, and should be celebrated for being so.
The whole album is such a guilty pleasure
As a "jazz elitist" myself, I wholeheartedly agree. Maybe repeated views of a certain Polish teenage girl covering the tune with her bass helped me a bit to realize how good it is. ruclips.net/video/XdBR-SrP6uU/видео.html
There’s nothing guilty about enjoying really well-crafted dance music. We need it to survive this world.
@@xebio6 I KNEW IT WOULD BE JULIA LMAO
It's not that good actually
BRO LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOUVE SAID ABOUT THIS SONG IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. So stoked you did this song. From “not liking pop music” to breaking down the song I agree with it all
I consider myself a ‘barely musician’, so when Charles teaches, I’m taking notes. Great content! 👌🏽
“Recovering jazz elitist” 😂👌🏼
Switched on Pop is a podcast that is also from “recovering jazz elitists” who break down pop. If anyone in the comments wants more of this listen to it!
This is genuinely informative and wholesome. Thumbs UP
Dua Lipa: Don’t start now.
Moloko: Hold my MOOG
I love how in depth his videos are he’s truly a music genius.
lol definitely far from it, but I appreciate it!
Na he just worked his ass off in music school. He's still great tho not a genius tho
@@seanmarciniak744 The thing is once you actually show up in the music industry you realize you're never gonna be anywhere near the best, and genuinely there is no such thing. My dad is a studio tech in Nashville and he quit "being a guitar player" when he realized there are homeless people on the street there who could kick anyone's ass at [insert any instrument here]. Music is just about being siked by what everyone around you is doing, and throwing your own voice in there sometimes
Charles, how are you so _cool?_
I've never heard someone who's so in-depth into music be so _cool._
It's definitely not a bad thing!
Tiger might i recommend Adam Neely?
Redgit this
Or twosetviolin?
@@redgit9905 Adam Neely is a frickin genius and makes things so easy to understand
When you're trying to offend all musicians🤣
I love how your videos arent only a breakdown of songs but also a music theory lesson.
I love this attitude of loving music theory, but still appreciating pop music. I also love listening for more complex instruments and ideas behind the vocal-focused blur!
Will Smith (Seeing the sky):
“Ah haha! Ah that’s hot! That’s haught!”
Charles (Hearing the lick):
“Oooh.. That’s nice! Ah, yeah yeah yeah! That’s nice!”
I love how anytime he ever gives the tiniest thing that he would do different, or that is negative he immediately follows with "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT ITS FINE GREAT LOVE IT AMAZING FOR WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO"
Really digging these pop song analysis videos. Can’t wait to see more
based on what I've heard starting 3:45, I request a smooth jazz cover of Don't Start Now - playing those progressions like that on the piano just sounds so good!
Yes I second the motion
“Recovering Jazz Elitist” is my new nickname for you Charles. Love it.
So funny how in the last video when he said he was going to be complementing a pop song I thought exactly about this bad boy. The baaaasssss though, the intro just already does it for me!! 😭
I like your channel because I grew up playing the piano without any real instruction and just got an ear for it. I can play almost anything I hear on the spot but I have no idea about 9ths and 10ths and whatnot. But now I can follow along and match my instincts to terminology at my leisure thanks to you. Thanks man.
I'm sure you've said this in many of your other videos, but it's so comforting to hear a Jazz musician say that it's ok to enjoy an otherwise well crafted song just even if it fits more in the "mainstream pop" genre. Even though I'm not much of a musician, I too have been inherently dismissive of mainstream pop music for a number of years, even if sometimes it's just fun. Always work towards the person you want to be, even though it's hard--good luck friend and thanks for the great video!
0:04 As someone who lives under a rock, guess this isn't for me
Same
As a “play by ear” musician, I learn more about music theory from these videos than I did in my college music theory class (that I got a D in) - keep making them!
The qualitative measurement of pop music is watching people become euphoric and joyful on a dance floor, or in their car, or at a party. Remembering a lover, or a summer. That’s the success measurement - joy - there are no theory requirements.
Dua's songs all have immaculate bass parts
As a sort of recovering jazz elitist myself, this actually opened my eyes into mainstream music more and made me actually listen to these songs you've reviewed so far! Thanks dude!
I love how in the same video, he’ll casually touch on which upper extensions work melodically over which 7th chords or chord functions, but then feel the need to take the time to break down a rudimentary concept like relative minors 😅
In earnest though, I’m absolutely loving this series. I’ve been getting into so much more pop music in the past year or so, because there’s value in a lot of it if you take the time to listen out for it. They’re earworms for a reason. And I find it really educational listening to someone with a much more developed ear (and theoretical knowledge) than I have dissect such tunes to find what makes them work (or not work).
I absolutely love how you broke down and even taught some of the music theory!
I'm probably not the first to offer an honorable mention to Julia Plays Groove for her killer cover of this.
I feel like there needs to be a 12 step program for recovering jazz elitists.
The world is starving for the Jazz aesthetic
Literally as he was explaining relative major and minor, I was internally screaming because I actually understood what he was talking about before he explained what they were!!!
Thank you Charles, just as I was desperately trying to write a bassline for a D major song, this information dropped really opened my horizon.
bass line is always the best and almost nobody ever notice it
Damn i didnt even watch it yet and already know its a BANGER
Honestly love the direction you are taking, in the same way a lot of mainstream music has become repetitive, there is so much talent within there for awesome licks and simply producing feel good music. Seems as though people with expert level music knowledge are so quick to dismiss that music purely for being mainstream so well done to you mate, a role model for others
I love hearing you explaining this kind of concepts. Thank youu. Keep it up
yo, charles if im being honest you are the single best music teacher ive ever had. i learn more in 40 minutes of binge watching you about theory than i did in my 9 years in music theory and band at school. really shows how '"devoted" our education system is to helping us achieve our goals. every time you explain a piece of theory it just sticks permanently for me. you down over complicate things and you explain how you are building your chords and it just helps so much.
thanks man i appreciate you and ur a fucking beast.
We need Charles to make mainstream music where he takes every opportunity possible that everyone doesnt take
I really like these I don’t know about anyone else 🤷🏽♂️
I really like you I don't know about anyone else
I actually learned a lot about the chords and I’m looking forward to the next vids 🤙🏽
@@CharlesCornellStudios nice
@@CharlesCornellStudios Hi! I'd love a video critiquing clips of small gigs in bars and such, especially big band style, or those with a soloist and a few rhythm insruments, i.e. sax, bass, trapset etc.
So talented! My dad was the same way, he’d hear music and be able to play it on the guitar so I’ve always admired the skill.
Thanks for your explanation of the "minor 3rd thing," Charles. It explains why my feeble transcriptions of songs I'm trying to learn are often different (by three half-steps) than the chords others seem to be hearing. I'm an old dog learning a new trick (playing guitar with my paws) and you're helping me A LOT!
can you react to charlie puth's music? His music has a lot of jazz elements.
_adds a 9th_
J A Z Z
Did you know he has perfect pitch?
disfibulator maybe he should demonstrate his perfect pitch
No doubt one of the best currently making music. Voicenotes is NEXT LEVEL
Can you give examples? I'm not familiar with his music
You should react to one of Tyler, The Creator's songs, like his song 911 from his album Flower Boy, he often uses jazzy chord progressions
I second this.
I fourth this
I fifth sharp this
I minor sixth this
I flat seventh this
Your music theory videos always feel really diverse, in that someone who knows nothing about music can grasp parts, and someone who's well versed in music theory can learn something too. Love these videos from you, super interesting
This is the kind of channel i want to start, besides the fact that im no where near this knowledgeable yet, but I'm glad you make these videos. Explaining what goes on in any song is what people need to know about music, not just lyrics. Thank You for these videos!!
@12:02 This is a dance track trick with dynamics. When the listener gets into the rhythm of the track through most of the song, when the break loses the beat, it still goes on in the head of the listener. You can see it on the dance floor, especially if the song has the kicks going, the dancers will still be moving right along to the tune and seemlessly groove right when the rest of the song syncs back in after the break is over. Mr. Cornell you should consider doing a video on dynamics because it is a very simple concept and it is ubiquitous in popular music but most people won’t know about it.
Yeah, but not everyone is so talented to follow the beat. That's why you'll see dancers suddenly draw in, they're not sure of the beat and don't want to stick out as not following. When "the rest of the song syncs back in," it really kicks in, just to make sure to catch the flailers. Is that what you mean by dynamics?
charles im really happy you uploaded
i really needed a pick me up after this week
The bassline is NICE. That's why I freaking LOVE this song! Also, the chord progression on the bridge is incredibly innovative.
Don't Start Now is what we have been missing since the glory days of the Bee Gees. This groove is in my top 20.