This song is not her biggest hit though. "Wuthering heights" was her debut single and the chord progressions are extremely unusual. It's crazy that such a weird song stayed at number 1 in the charts for so long.
I loved your analysis. Kate Bush is my #1 favorite artist and Running Up That Hill is one of my favorite songs of all hers. Maybe another Kate song worth analysing would be Suspended In Gaffa or anything from The Dreaming album.
Thanks for this analysis, I recently started covering this song and I may have simplified it too much: I play a loop of Ab | Bb | Cm | Bb through the whole song and it works. What I recognized about that main motive in the beginning is that it consists almost completely of tones from the Cm7 chord (there is just one F-Note passing). It's like these different harmonies blurr into each others, just like that blurry synth sound. If I see it correctly those tones are also most of the melody, so the tonic is present almost always. Now I need to decide if I continue playing it like until now or how accurate I want to be 😄
I have no idea about music, but i love seeng the breakdown of how it was put together. I'm curious if you feel there are any specific musical influences Kate uses or is it a distinct creation? She grew up in a household with variety of musical styles so i'm wondering if that shows at all?
Probably! I'd have to ask her :) I'm not really familiar with her music, or her really - I was just introduced to this song recently and was surprised by its interesting structure!
This is AWESOME!! Im a music teacher on here too and I love watching other teachers videos for inspiration. I was a mid level stranger things fan but this last season has me HOOKED!!! Cannot wait for July 1st. My wife and I watched it all Friday night and Saturday morning lol
Thanks for watching! That held cm chord only appears at the beginning and very end of the song, which is why I singled it out. There's never a moment in any of the interludes where you get that pure synth sustain
The intro synth pad sound is there throughout the track. Perhaps it's level is lower and maybe it's EQ'd a little but it's there nevertheless. Here's a link to the track: ruclips.net/video/wp43OdtAAkM/видео.html Pick any point on the track and you can clearly here it.
OK right on. I thought I was hearing it throughout as well, but wasn't sure if my ears were playing a trick on me. Thanks again for the great video. It's really helpful.
@@darushkii No worries. Thanks for your deconstruction. I think the motif is very catchy perhaps because of its simplicity. I only have a very basic understanding of music theory and chord structures. I've been playing guitar / bass for many years but all by ear.
Thank you for the video. I dont agree with you about the second chord of the verse. If you listen to thé bass its a D. So a Gm/D Or a Bb/D or a Dm sthg. I dont know the rôle of such chord (Gm/D) in the musical Theory..
@@cecilsproject6796 that's def the chord progression for a lot of the song, the verse has that extra g minor chord :). Since the song is in c minor, the g is the 5th scale degree, Ab is 6th, Bb is 7th, and c is 1st. So that's the meaning of what I said " v VI VII i" - "5 6 7 1". The Roman numerals help to show the relationship in the key, and also the quality of the chords (whether they are major or minor or whatever). I hope all this helps :)
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Has anyone noticed that Jame's Blunt 'She's So Beautiful' has an almost identical melody to 'Runnin up that Hill.' Check it out.
This song is not her biggest hit though.
"Wuthering heights" was her debut single and the chord progressions are extremely unusual. It's crazy that such a weird song stayed at number 1 in the charts for so long.
I will check it out!
I loved your analysis. Kate Bush is my #1 favorite artist and Running Up That Hill is one of my favorite songs of all hers.
Maybe another Kate song worth analysing would be Suspended In Gaffa or anything from The Dreaming album.
Thanks for this analysis, I recently started covering this song and I may have simplified it too much: I play a loop of Ab | Bb | Cm | Bb through the whole song and it works.
What I recognized about that main motive in the beginning is that it consists almost completely of tones from the Cm7 chord (there is just one F-Note passing). It's like these different harmonies blurr into each others, just like that blurry synth sound. If I see it correctly those tones are also most of the melody, so the tonic is present almost always.
Now I need to decide if I continue playing it like until now or how accurate I want to be 😄
Fun fact: Its the brother of Kate Bush who plays the balalaika
I have no idea about music, but i love seeng the breakdown of how it was put together. I'm curious if you feel there are any specific musical influences Kate uses or is it a distinct creation? She grew up in a household with variety of musical styles so i'm wondering if that shows at all?
Probably! I'd have to ask her :) I'm not really familiar with her music, or her really - I was just introduced to this song recently and was surprised by its interesting structure!
This is AWESOME!! Im a music teacher on here too and I love watching other teachers videos for inspiration. I was a mid level stranger things fan but this last season has me HOOKED!!! Cannot wait for July 1st. My wife and I watched it all Friday night and Saturday morning lol
Thanks for watching! I look forward to checking out your stuff. Yeah, the teaser shots just came out for vol. 2 and it's going to be epic
Thankyou!
Does the Cm pad end after the intro or does it extend into and/or reappear in other sections as well? Great video btw!
Thanks for watching! That held cm chord only appears at the beginning and very end of the song, which is why I singled it out. There's never a moment in any of the interludes where you get that pure synth sustain
The intro synth pad sound is there throughout the track. Perhaps it's level is lower and maybe it's EQ'd a little but it's there nevertheless.
Here's a link to the track: ruclips.net/video/wp43OdtAAkM/видео.html
Pick any point on the track and you can clearly here it.
@@localbod sorry, when I replied I should have clarified that it appears *solo* only at the beginning. My mistake
OK right on. I thought I was hearing it throughout as well, but wasn't sure if my ears were playing a trick on me. Thanks again for the great video. It's really helpful.
@@darushkii No worries. Thanks for your deconstruction. I think the motif is very catchy perhaps because of its simplicity.
I only have a very basic understanding of music theory and chord structures. I've been playing guitar / bass for many years but all by ear.
Thank you for the video.
I dont agree with you about the second chord of the verse.
If you listen to thé bass its a D.
So a Gm/D
Or a Bb/D or a Dm sthg.
I dont know the rôle of such chord (Gm/D) in the musical Theory..
Yep! It's definitely gminor, which would be the v chord in cminor
@@darushkii I hear a D as bass for the second chord of the verse so its Gm/D?
@@cecilsproject6796 even with a d in the bass, the rest of the notes are G Bb D. So it's still a g minor chord, but in second inversion
@@darushkii thank you!..other vidéos say its Ab Bb Cm and are very agressive about that 😯😯
@@cecilsproject6796 that's def the chord progression for a lot of the song, the verse has that extra g minor chord :). Since the song is in c minor, the g is the 5th scale degree, Ab is 6th, Bb is 7th, and c is 1st. So that's the meaning of what I said " v VI VII i" - "5 6 7 1". The Roman numerals help to show the relationship in the key, and also the quality of the chords (whether they are major or minor or whatever). I hope all this helps :)