I would like to say how much I IMMENSELY appreciate your acknowledgment of classic musical theatre and the LEGENDARY composers who wrote it. What we’re seeing now in the theatre world only lasts as long as it does because of the performers and not the music. True musical theatre withstands the test of time due the musics ability to attract the audience. Yes, certain performers excel in certain roles and give groundbreaking performances in said roles but it’s the MUSIC that makes a show last.
God, as you as you mentioned suspension chords I IMMEDIATELY thought of Wicked and Dear Evan Hansen. Almost song has them. It’s like they know how simple their music is.
1. The minor (flat) IV chord 2. Augmented 5th's 3. Walking Bass Line 4. Boom Chuck 5. Chug Chords 6. Key Change 7. Double Time 8. Sus(suspension) chords 9. Big Pull Back 10. Hits on 2+4 w/ a button welp just typing it out for my sake cuz I wanna learn deeply on these 10 themes :p I'm working on a Disney inspired song so this may be useful
Another very common theme that you'll find in musical theatre is this three-note pattern that contains the tonic, the leading tone, and the dominant. You can hear it in the "unlimited" theme in Wicked, and the melody to Valjean's "One Day More"
Happy late thanksgiving I'm thankful for Kevin lynch and how he tells the true shit about all musicals straight out. I love his no nonsense attitude and I always learn a lot from his videos.
I love that Sondheim uses something so overused and simple as chug chords to make the most absolutely complex melodies and themes of all time. That man is a genius
As someone who's trying to do some intentional Broadway and Disney pastiches for a project, this is actually a huge help for getting the feel I'm going for! Thank you!
There's also the 8th, 7th, 5th hook (Do [8ve], Ti, Fa) and the 4th, 3rd, 1st hook (So, Mi, Do) and variations on them. Generally they all fall under what I call the Broadway Pentatonic Scale where you skip over the 2nd and 6th degrees of the major scale
It's almost as if I was a psychic! I knew every single one as if I was listing them off one by one. Especially the button with hits on 2 and 4, and those sus chords! But let's be honest, while they are everywhere in musical theatre, the predictability is sometimes soothing. It definitely makes musical theatre what it is today. Great video, man!
These are great! Love the way you poke fun at all these patterns that are so common. I was expecting most of them but here's one you didn't mention: the descending bassline! (To quote you in the video you made improvising the song about Brian "descending, always descending!")
When I understand the musical terminology Kevin uses, I feel so much better than everyone else but then I remember how much I fucking hate music theory I wanna punch something
I've watched this video a bunch of times. It always cracks me up! Then it inspired me to use these tropes in my writing. Without any shame! If they're good enough for those writers why not me!
I don't know much about music but I loved this video! I love buttons at the end of songs! It's the one thing that always makes a song sound like a musical theatre song to me.
Your energy reminds me of Charlie Kelly on the piano - it's just great, thank you! I was really looking for the inverted minor dominant seven! (C/ Dm) I think it's also one of _the_ most frequently used intervals in musicals (that I know of). They're also really popular in pop and rock music - My life is going on (Money Heist) - Blossom (Kerli) (Please do correct me if I'm wrong)
I REALLY appreciate YOU for this video right here. I am currently trying to make my autobiographical musical into more musical sounding and this definitely helps!
i love this. great info....great piano...i love how much fun you are having and singing along like most of us--- kinda in tune but super passionate about it! :)
What about sus chords in the beginning of a song? Do those go by a different name? You know, the intro chords at the very beginning of a song before the singer starts, usually present in lounge music songs, ballads, the part that goes up and down the scale.
so accurate! i wish you also added that thing musicals always do when in 4/4 time the bass line goes dotted quarter, dotted quarter, quarter note for an extended period of time. can be seen, for example, in just about every song from Chicago, and in “Don’t Rain on my Parade.”
Cool vid! Correction tho, Flat four chord (bIV) is just a three chord by another name. So, a flat minor four chord = a minor three chord. I think you meant a four chord with a flat third which is how it goes from Major to minor. 4,6,8 -> 4,b6,8 IV -> iv
The song is "Anything Goes," from the show _"Anything Goes"_ . Cole Porter wrote all of the music and lyrics for the show, so maybe try the rest of the album?
11. Cadence with bVII - V - I. Example: Can You Feel the Love Tonight. 12. Ending a phrase on a descending bass with I - V(1st inversion) - vi. Such as, I - V(1st inv.) - vi - ii - V - I.
Hey Kevin, I have another question please. On using suspended chords, I want to understand them better. In the entr’acte for phantom of the opera, the tonic’s sus4 is used in my opinion to keep movement, but soon after an out of key Bbsus4 is used to move to G. I can see how Bb is relative to G but I would really like to say less and learn more
It's the "boop" at the end of a song. Usually played by the bass, left hand of the piano, among many other instruments. If you listen to almost any broadway song, they end with a button. A "boop"
Hey, right now I’m trying to write my first musical and it’s a version of the 1999 comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (even tho I know you hate movie to musicals for the most part) but this video helped a lot, I was wondering if you had any more tips on how to write? Thanks so much for all these videos by the way
Hey! Can you make a video on some tricks when playing piano to someone singing a musical theatre song? I’m not the greatest at sight reading but I’ve played a lot of chords so I usually play the chords and make out some of the melody by ear. I’m more of a singer than a pianist, but I would like to improve, I just get overwhelmed when there’s three rows of notes! (sorry, i’m swedish and dont know the English terms lol)
It's another term used to indicate a rallentando or molto rall./rit. Essentially the pit slows the tempo of the song down enough to feel like it sits back or "pulls back" enough to really accentuate a section of the music. Think of when a show does a massive kickline or something like "All I Care About Is Love" from Chicago when the song changes keys and there is a "big pull back" (in tempo).
can anyone please tell me where the tune at 3:50 comes from? It sounds so familiar yet I can't seem to put my finger on it - Edit: Someone anyone please I'm desperate I can't stop thinking about it
Hey kevin i just wanted to say i really like your channel. I thoroughly enjoy each one of your videos. I recently got the honor (sarcasam) of playing jojo in suessical the musical😧😧. i know right. At the moment im playing pugsley addams in the addams family. I just wanted to know your opinions on the music in the show. Keep making amazingly wonderful videos and try to reach me back!!!😊😊 (Edit) I just listened to your music and holy fricknuckles batman it is great. Please keep pursuing musical theatre.
By a flat four chord, I think he means a minor iv chord that actually have a flat sixth in it, not a flat fourth. It brought me a lot of confusion, since I don't know alot about music. I hope I get it right.
God Damn, I wish I hadn't quit piano when I was 14...
That's a big mood right there. Piano gets almost as many awesome parts as French Horn, which I also don't play.
What's stopping you now?
Me too. Only I was 16. Relearning now.
Get back into it!
I am so glad there are shows like The Great Comet that try to break these norms of musical theatre to create avant-garde
IT WAS R OB B E D
And also American Idiot! Anyone remember the one musical that created a new generation of punk rock musical theatre dorks?
i can’t watch more than 3 kevin lynch videos in a row because than i start to feel way more smart than i actually am
Aw hahaha
Love your vids
I would like to say how much I IMMENSELY appreciate your acknowledgment of classic musical theatre and the LEGENDARY composers who wrote it. What we’re seeing now in the theatre world only lasts as long as it does because of the performers and not the music. True musical theatre withstands the test of time due the musics ability to attract the audience. Yes, certain performers excel in certain roles and give groundbreaking performances in said roles but it’s the MUSIC that makes a show last.
God, as you as you mentioned suspension chords I IMMEDIATELY thought of Wicked and Dear Evan Hansen. Almost song has them. It’s like they know how simple their music is.
‘A Musical’ from Something rotten is the perfect example of a stereotypical musical theatre song!! I LOVE IT!!!!!
Chug chords: Popular (Wicked)
Your neighbors must hate you while you’re filming these videos😂
Hahaha I think we have sound proofing haha I feel bad for the dog more than anything
literally just watching you play piano and having a ball makes my freaking day
1. The minor (flat) IV chord
2. Augmented 5th's
3. Walking Bass Line
4. Boom Chuck
5. Chug Chords
6. Key Change
7. Double Time
8. Sus(suspension) chords
9. Big Pull Back
10. Hits on 2+4 w/ a button
welp just typing it out for my sake cuz I wanna learn deeply on these 10 themes :p
I'm working on a Disney inspired song so this may be useful
YOUR FACE WHEN IT JUMPED CUT TO WAVING THROUGH A WINDOW I LAUGHED SO HARD
Another very common theme that you'll find in musical theatre is this three-note pattern that contains the tonic, the leading tone, and the dominant. You can hear it in the "unlimited" theme in Wicked, and the melody to Valjean's "One Day More"
I just realized, Matilda has almost all of these as well.
...you should react to Matilda the Musical.
Oh lord...I can already here him screaming at 10 year old children
Matthew Merril 😂😂😂
Yup lol
Revolting Children is like the only song i like- i cant get into the rest
The first one is also common in Christmas music.
Happy late thanksgiving I'm thankful for Kevin lynch and how he tells the true shit about all musicals straight out. I love his no nonsense attitude and I always learn a lot from his videos.
Aw thanks! I'll work hard to educate people going forward :)
I love that Sondheim uses something so overused and simple as chug chords to make the most absolutely complex melodies and themes of all time. That man is a genius
As someone who's trying to do some intentional Broadway and Disney pastiches for a project, this is actually a huge help for getting the feel I'm going for! Thank you!
big pull back! and then WITH A KEY CHANGE, love it
There's also the 8th, 7th, 5th hook (Do [8ve], Ti, Fa) and the 4th, 3rd, 1st hook (So, Mi, Do) and variations on them. Generally they all fall under what I call the Broadway Pentatonic Scale where you skip over the 2nd and 6th degrees of the major scale
It's almost as if I was a psychic! I knew every single one as if I was listing them off one by one. Especially the button with hits on 2 and 4, and those sus chords! But let's be honest, while they are everywhere in musical theatre, the predictability is sometimes soothing. It definitely makes musical theatre what it is today. Great video, man!
These are great! Love the way you poke fun at all these patterns that are so common. I was expecting most of them but here's one you didn't mention: the descending bassline! (To quote you in the video you made improvising the song about Brian "descending, always descending!")
Totally! haha there are SO many more
When I understand the musical terminology Kevin uses, I feel so much better than everyone else but then I remember how much I fucking hate music theory I wanna punch something
I'll help you along :)
I'm trying to write a musical and this was soo helpful! Thank you for this gold content!!
I love how most of the chug chord examples were Sondheim 😁
I've watched this video a bunch of times. It always cracks me up! Then it inspired me to use these tropes in my writing. Without any shame! If they're good enough for those writers why not me!
This featured most of my favorite musical. I like your straightforward honest attitude.
LOVE This guy: he's both informative AND hilarious!!! Reminds me of that piano guy with the bug-eyes..... breaks me up every time!!
and he's GOOD too!!
I don't know much about music but I loved this video! I love buttons at the end of songs! It's the one thing that always makes a song sound like a musical theatre song to me.
Your energy reminds me of Charlie Kelly on the piano - it's just great, thank you!
I was really looking for the inverted minor dominant seven! (C/ Dm)
I think it's also one of _the_ most frequently used intervals in musicals (that I know of).
They're also really popular in pop and rock music
- My life is going on (Money Heist)
- Blossom (Kerli)
(Please do correct me if I'm wrong)
There’s a spider…deep in my soul!
@@fernwehfilms5983 soul soul soul..
Oh my gosh I learned so much from this. And it was fun! Thank you so much.
You should really listen to In The Heights. You hated Hamilton so chances are you'll hate this as well, but I personally like In The Heights better.
???he hated hamilton? he must not be into rap
Yes. Very much so. Here's his reaction: ruclips.net/video/P31YJNfpBpE/видео.html
Extreme rant warning
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who loves classic musics theatre and hates Hamilton!
I REALLY appreciate YOU for this video right here. I am currently trying to make my autobiographical musical into more musical sounding and this definitely helps!
You're so welcome!
That was a flashback to the dark days of music theory. Nevertheless, another hilarious video! 😂😂
The chug and boom chuck ones sound exactly like something in Godspell
Thanks for this. I am actually writing a musical in the UK at present.
There's a looot of musicals yet to be seen by me....
So many I still don't know..
And there always will be. I don't know half of the stuff y'all are suggesting or pay much attention to Playbill
i love this. great info....great piano...i love how much fun you are having and singing along like most of us--- kinda in tune but super passionate about it! :)
What about sus chords in the beginning of a song? Do those go by a different name? You know, the intro chords at the very beginning of a song before the singer starts, usually present in lounge music songs, ballads, the part that goes up and down the scale.
In opera it's called a recit.
Kevin Lynch Thanks Kevin! 💚
Awesome stuff, love getting to know the things I didn't notice before. A+ keep it going!
so accurate! i wish you also added that thing musicals always do when in 4/4 time the bass line goes dotted quarter, dotted quarter, quarter note for an extended period of time. can be seen, for example, in just about every song from Chicago, and in “Don’t Rain on my Parade.”
I learned more from you than I ever learned from the 10 years of taking piano lessons.
"SUS CHORD!" XD
I get ridiculously excited anytime someone reference or talk about Next to Normal
Can you be my music teacher like damn lmao this is great, the kind of personality that schools need.
This was the most practical and helpful video ever of its kind. You’re extra af but I love you for what you do.
Cool vid!
Correction tho, Flat four chord (bIV) is just a three chord by another name.
So, a flat minor four chord = a minor three chord. I think you meant a four chord with a flat third which is how it goes from Major to minor.
4,6,8 -> 4,b6,8
IV -> iv
Incredibly entertaining (and edifying beyond belief) and your piano space has style. I froze the screen and just looked at it for a while.
AMAZING VIDEO!!!
Thanks!!
When you started playing Next to Normal, all the feels came flooding back... >_
Perfect example of key changes would be "The Song that Goes Like This" from Spamalot they actually sing "and then we change the key"
0:19 Does anyone know the name of this musical or by what name I could look for this "style" of piano accompaniment?
P.d: I love your work!!
The song is "Anything Goes," from the show _"Anything Goes"_ . Cole Porter wrote all of the music and lyrics for the show, so maybe try the rest of the album?
@@sarahj5161 oohh!! Muchas gracias!!!
Today brilliant. I was expecting you to include the syncopated bassline as well.
11. Cadence with bVII - V - I. Example: Can You Feel the Love Tonight.
12. Ending a phrase on a descending bass with I - V(1st inversion) - vi. Such as, I - V(1st inv.) - vi - ii - V - I.
Will you react to fun home? Or bare?
number 5 sounded kind of like everyone tells jason to see a physciatrist
This was so much more entertaining to watch then some boring old man 😂
Hey Kevin, I have another question please. On using suspended chords, I want to understand them better. In the entr’acte for phantom of the opera, the tonic’s sus4 is used in my opinion to keep movement, but soon after an out of key Bbsus4 is used to move to G. I can see how Bb is relative to G but I would really like to say less and learn more
Omg into the woods came straight into my head then u did it aha
Deserves the streaky for “doing the most”
Dude, you're amazing! Thanks for the video and just in general - for that crazy energy!
What song was he playing at 3:52 ?
PLEASE DO MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS
Can someone explain what a button is?
It's the "boop" at the end of a song. Usually played by the bass, left hand of the piano, among many other instruments. If you listen to almost any broadway song, they end with a button. A "boop"
Oh my god you're a delight. This video threw me back into music theory 101 in 1986.
Hey, right now I’m trying to write my first musical and it’s a version of the 1999 comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (even tho I know you hate movie to musicals for the most part) but this video helped a lot, I was wondering if you had any more tips on how to write? Thanks so much for all these videos by the way
I’m in a production of into the woods at my school and I recognized the chug chord Immediately
I know nothing about music theory, but "Augumented 5ths" immediately sounded like Chicago to me xD. Cool ^^
Hey! Can you make a video on some tricks when playing piano to someone singing a musical theatre song? I’m not the greatest at sight reading but I’ve played a lot of chords so I usually play the chords and make out some of the melody by ear. I’m more of a singer than a pianist, but I would like to improve, I just get overwhelmed when there’s three rows of notes! (sorry, i’m swedish and dont know the English terms lol)
A crazy but fun presentation. I did learn.
that was pretty helpful... thanks bro
The Flat 4th is used in I Pray I Make PA from Fame
You're amazing dude 🤟😎👌
Thank you 🙌
What is the big pull back? May you please explain
It's another term used to indicate a rallentando or molto rall./rit.
Essentially the pit slows the tempo of the song down enough to feel like it sits back or "pulls back" enough to really accentuate a section of the music. Think of when a show does a massive kickline or something like "All I Care About Is Love" from Chicago when the song changes keys and there is a "big pull back" (in tempo).
@@KevinLynchMusic OH! I just listened to it and that’s very clear now. Thank you
What was the first song on the sus chord section?
he just seems so angry 😂😂
He's living his best life
can anyone please tell me where the tune at 3:50 comes from? It sounds so familiar yet I can't seem to put my finger on it - Edit: Someone anyone please I'm desperate I can't stop thinking about it
YesImInTown pippin I think
I believe it’s the prelude from Next to Normal
Thank you so much!!
It's next to normal :)
I’m watching this cuz I’m currently writing a musical in my spare time and I want some ideas
The button is amazing
Omg someone who actually knows what children of Eden is. It is so good
It's Wicked before Wicked became Wicked lol
I love it!
What about the sections of the musical theaters? I mean do they always have a "dancing scene" with the whole crew?
Hey I know this video is 2 years old but can anyone tell me the song at 3:55
Which the Big Pull Back song at 5:20?
"A Musical" from SOMETHING ROTTEN :)
what is the minor flat IV chord, if you flatten the forth you get the third.
Carmina Burana contains many of these techniques!
Great video, but don't forget the overused rythm of hitting 1, 4, and 7. (Counting in 8/8) and also the same time signature.of 6/8 everywhere.
I believe it’s actually a minor IV chord.
i just did a production of chicago and i heard all of these in at least one song
Hey kevin i just wanted to say i really like your channel. I thoroughly enjoy each one of your videos. I recently got the honor (sarcasam) of playing jojo in suessical the musical😧😧. i know right. At the moment im playing pugsley addams in the addams family. I just wanted to know your opinions on the music in the show. Keep making amazingly wonderful videos and try to reach me back!!!😊😊
(Edit)
I just listened to your music and holy fricknuckles batman it is great. Please keep pursuing musical theatre.
AVENUE Q AND INIO THE WOODS ALL IN ONE SPECTACULAR VIDEO!
At the moment Im trying to find them at least once in Cinderella the musical. I think I found sus chord is Loneliness iof evening
Take a shot for every key change in any modern musical. Your choice of musical. The first one that comes to mind.
I've been saying for a while now (to my friends) that you can fake most of Wicked by just hitting sus chords in the right order
i wanna do a musical with him lol
you forgot forte-pianos and chromatic scale runs haha
By a flat four chord, I think he means a minor iv chord that actually have a flat sixth in it, not a flat fourth. It brought me a lot of confusion, since I don't know alot about music. I hope I get it right.
3:35 and 5:56 what are tge titles
Isn't the button usually for an end pose though?
That too!!
Wow that was a fast reply and its midnight guessing your on New York time so go to sleep you got music to write
fucking great, love this guy
Is that flat IV like an F minor in A cmaj scale?
You are brilliant! (And one more sub)
i loved this video wowie
also you should react to cry baby the musical !! its less known but i rly like it lmao