I have that album on vinyl and it is a very nice experience from front to back. My personal favourites are The Watchmaker, the 7/8 section at the end hits hard, and Drive Home, it has one of the best solos ever recordad, in my opinion .
Wow, I absolutely love this. I have a limited understanding of theory and I love to see a masterpiece like this broken down to understand it better. Steven Wilson is just a master with music. As far as other sad songs, probably another Steven Wilson song like “routine” or anathemas “one last goodbye”
Great analysis. Had the chance to hear this song live and it was a beautiful and heart wrenching moment. There wasn't a dry eye in the venue by the end ahah
This album might be the most depressing album I've heard. And I say that as a huge Opeth and Leprous fan lol. And this song just hits so hard and is a perfect closer. I think the arrangement with the strings along with the very unusual, chromatic chord progression really nails the theme of grief. Great analysis! Edit: Just remembered The Oubliette by The Reticent exists. That's definitely the most depressing album I've heard lol
Thank you for your analysis. This is my favorite prog song that I’ve surprised how SW composed this - and finally you can broken the case let we see HOW he use based musical complexity for building the masterpiece The part Bb tonality that Bb Lydian mode he started note e - I’ve tried to transcribe I think he walk on E locrian but that awesome and beautiful because this part will make many RUclips reactors felt tear drop when they watched final scene Love his genius composing Love your channel, man
Uuuuuh just earned a sub bro 😍 great analysis. Either such videos aren't in depth enough or it's too much Rick Beato discount code going on. 😂 My favorit track by Steven is Ancestral ... the chord progression in the second half drives me crazy. Only non theorists like him can write such things. Anyway ... keep on with videos like this. I've heard this song a thousand times but you just gave me a new perspective cause I've never approached it. Thank you!
Thank you so much for these videos, I’m a big fan of prog and just starting to learn theory, and this is so helpful. I have a question: the beginning of Progression #2: Bb, F, Am, Bb, can I consider this as the Lydian mode of the F major scale? P.s. I subbed watching this video and can’t wait to go through the rest of your excellent work and learn.
@@TheProgSchool Ok, thank you. I agree with thinking it as F major, and this helped me demistifying modes. Otherwise it felt like in addition to the major scale, I had to learn all these other scales as well. But now I can just see the different modes as major scales with different tonal centers.
Great analysis. TRTRTS is indeed a song to make you cry. The ones that really do it for me are 'Routine', 'Postcard' and 'Happy Returns' - absolutely heartbreaking.
I have that album on vinyl and it is a very nice experience from front to back. My personal favourites are The Watchmaker, the 7/8 section at the end hits hard, and Drive Home, it has one of the best solos ever recordad, in my opinion .
The Drive Home is a classic! Guthrie is one of my favorites.
Wow, I absolutely love this. I have a limited understanding of theory and I love to see a masterpiece like this broken down to understand it better. Steven Wilson is just a master with music.
As far as other sad songs, probably another Steven Wilson song like “routine” or anathemas “one last goodbye”
Thanks! I’ll give them a listen.
Great analysis. Had the chance to hear this song live and it was a beautiful and heart wrenching moment. There wasn't a dry eye in the venue by the end ahah
Man I’d kill to see this one live, that must’ve been special!
Great video. Thank you.
You’re welcome!
This album might be the most depressing album I've heard. And I say that as a huge Opeth and Leprous fan lol. And this song just hits so hard and is a perfect closer. I think the arrangement with the strings along with the very unusual, chromatic chord progression really nails the theme of grief. Great analysis!
Edit: Just remembered The Oubliette by The Reticent exists. That's definitely the most depressing album I've heard lol
There are some depressing albums out there haha
I’ve always had a soft spot for sad music though
@@TheProgSchool Oh, same here
Thank you for your analysis.
This is my favorite prog song that I’ve surprised how SW composed this - and finally you can broken the case let we see HOW he use based musical complexity for building the masterpiece
The part Bb tonality that Bb Lydian mode he started note e - I’ve tried to transcribe I think he walk on E locrian but that awesome and beautiful because this part will make many RUclips reactors felt tear drop when they watched final scene
Love his genius composing
Love your channel, man
You’re welcome!
Great video. Love this kind of analysis
Glad you enjoyed it. I love making these analysis videos!
Uuuuuh just earned a sub bro 😍 great analysis. Either such videos aren't in depth enough or it's too much Rick Beato discount code going on. 😂
My favorit track by Steven is Ancestral ... the chord progression in the second half drives me crazy. Only non theorists like him can write such things. Anyway ... keep on with videos like this. I've heard this song a thousand times but you just gave me a new perspective cause I've never approached it. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Lots of other videos on the channel already if you enjoyed this.
Discount codes coming soon 😆😆
Thank you so much for these videos, I’m a big fan of prog and just starting to learn theory, and this is so helpful. I have a question: the beginning of Progression #2: Bb, F, Am, Bb, can I consider this as the Lydian mode of the F major scale?
P.s. I subbed watching this video and can’t wait to go through the rest of your excellent work and learn.
yeah you could think of that as Bb Lydian. I'd probably just view that as F major myself, but either works
@@TheProgSchool Ok, thank you. I agree with thinking it as F major, and this helped me demistifying modes. Otherwise it felt like in addition to the major scale, I had to learn all these other scales as well. But now I can just see the different modes as major scales with different tonal centers.
Great analysis. TRTRTS is indeed a song to make you cry. The ones that really do it for me are 'Routine', 'Postcard' and 'Happy Returns' - absolutely heartbreaking.
All great songs!