True, that’s why I said “kinda” because I think he was using it more in function like a sus than dominant. That’s what I was trying to say anyway. Thanks for comment.
Josh is right, this chord is functioning more as a Sus chord. Ask any jazz improv teacher about imposing the 2nd (E in this case) over the top to nail the Sus sound.
@@callum641 appreciate that. But @pez1870 is also right. Jacob’s use of voice leading and resolution, especially with these dense chords, makes the analysis tricky at times. Appreciate you guys.
Fun fact: So the keys he’s modulating to starting at Eb are Ebminor and F#minor before getting us to B major. But this isn’t a coincidence; If we convert Eb major to its relative minor mode, we get C minor. So he’s actually modulating up a minor third twice in a row if you are viewing things from this perspective. To me, this gives the opposite shift in color as the modulations in the second pre-chorus of little blue, which modulates using common-tone modulations in descending minor thirds rather than ascending, brightening rather than darkening :)
It's actually a really easy key change (from Eb to B). He plays with it, emphasize a nostalgic journey, and the lift... but it can be a different journey each time. For example, B is in the parallel minor key... and it's the tritone sub of the V of F, and you mentioned the F as an easy movement from Eb. Each of his transition progressions in this song brings something different... but it's not the degree of difficulty that makes it interesting - it's the surprises! I'm not really complaining about you presentation... maybe it over-complexifies things a bit, as you said, each of these transitions is like a different way to get to the target chord. That's all it is.
At 8:17 wouldnt A#m7 imply an E# as the chordal fifth? There is no E# written and E# isnt in the key signature. To my ears it sounds like a simple F# major chord in first inversion
Ah yeah, definitely could be. One of the challenges of this exercise was how much I simplified what jacob sings into what is legible on a staff, and I had to leave notes out. Perhaps in the moment I heard it differently and simplified it that way. Good thoughts. Thanks!
Nice video but I found it very difficult to follow simply because there were not enough auditory examples. I would appreciate it if you could play the snippet of music or play what is notated on the staff paper just before you talk about it, as people like me who are jazz pianists who cannot read sheet music will be completely lost by your explanations.
I’m with you actually, playing within copyright fair use guidelines can make that challenging. I really wish we could openly play more examples from the actual recording. I’m in a dispute for just using a few seconds. Appreciate the comment. Thanks.
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Bro just invented the common chord modulation
Dude your videos are looking so polished, and your visual assets are great!
Thanks my friend.
Underrated stuff. Keep it up :)
Lydian dom is also cool cause it's going both directions on the circle of 5ths! Pretty cool
at 7:15
E/D isnt a "sus chord"
its literally an E7 with a D at the base, resolving to Amaj7. its a V-I.
True, that’s why I said “kinda” because I think he was using it more in function like a sus than dominant. That’s what I was trying to say anyway. Thanks for comment.
Josh is right, this chord is functioning more as a Sus chord. Ask any jazz improv teacher about imposing the 2nd (E in this case) over the top to nail the Sus sound.
@@callum641 appreciate that. But @pez1870 is also right. Jacob’s use of voice leading and resolution, especially with these dense chords, makes the analysis tricky at times.
Appreciate you guys.
Fun fact: So the keys he’s modulating to starting at Eb are Ebminor and F#minor before getting us to B major. But this isn’t a coincidence; If we convert Eb major to its relative minor mode, we get C minor. So he’s actually modulating up a minor third twice in a row if you are viewing things from this perspective. To me, this gives the opposite shift in color as the modulations in the second pre-chorus of little blue, which modulates using common-tone modulations in descending minor thirds rather than ascending, brightening rather than darkening :)
Yes!
It's actually a really easy key change (from Eb to B). He plays with it, emphasize a nostalgic journey, and the lift... but it can be a different journey each time.
For example, B is in the parallel minor key... and it's the tritone sub of the V of F, and you mentioned the F as an easy movement from Eb. Each of his transition progressions in this song brings something different... but it's not the degree of difficulty that makes it interesting - it's the surprises!
I'm not really complaining about you presentation... maybe it over-complexifies things a bit, as you said, each of these transitions is like a different way to get to the target chord. That's all it is.
Love your username.
At 8:17 wouldnt A#m7 imply an E# as the chordal fifth? There is no E# written and E# isnt in the key signature. To my ears it sounds like a simple F# major chord in first inversion
Ah yeah, definitely could be.
One of the challenges of this exercise was how much I simplified what jacob sings into what is legible on a staff, and I had to leave notes out. Perhaps in the moment I heard it differently and simplified it that way.
Good thoughts. Thanks!
Nice video but I found it very difficult to follow simply because there were not enough auditory examples. I would appreciate it if you could play the snippet of music or play what is notated on the staff paper just before you talk about it, as people like me who are jazz pianists who cannot read sheet music will be completely lost by your explanations.
I’m with you actually, playing within copyright fair use guidelines can make that challenging. I really wish we could openly play more examples from the actual recording. I’m in a dispute for just using a few seconds. Appreciate the comment. Thanks.