The GERMAN Augmented 6th Chord [Plus The Swiss/Dutch Augmented 6th]
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A few weeks ago we talked about the Italian chord...
... and it's now time for the German chord!
One thing that strikes me is how the naming scheme for these chords seems to reflect the stereotypes of these three populations.
(Obligatory disclaimer: I do not actually believe these stereotypes. It's just a funny thought)
- The Italian chord that we have seen the other time is the simplest chord of the family
Kinda like Italians proverbially find a way to accomplish things with just the minimum of resources.
(Or at least, that's what we tell ourselves. I'm not a neutral party here!)
Or kinda like Italian cooking is made only with simple ingredients
(Simple ingredients that are impossible to find outside Italy, as every Italian migrant can explain at length... but that's another story...)
- The German chord (that we see today) is instead the most solid and reliable one.
It has one extra note respect to the Italian one, and it's a note that gives it a teutonic 'weight'. In a sense, the extra note is the 'right' note to add to it.
- The French chord again has an extra note respect to the Italian one.
But this note does not make it more 'solid'.
It makes it more 'interesting' instead. Kinda like French cooking and their unique zesty flavours
Again - these are only stereotypes. And I should probably be the last one to talk...
But then again, we Italians can never keep our mouth shut, can we? ;-)
So today we see 'ze' German chord... and we also make a little excursion in neighbouring countries, as we will see also the Swiss and the Dutch chords...
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Those parallel fifths are known as Mozartquinten (Mozart-fifths) in German as they were used by him so they must be legal ;).
I didn't know that... that's great :)
These augmented 6th videos are fascinating. Thanks for making them!
In fact your whole channel is a motherload of theory - guitar or not.
Great stuff!
Love this chord, love this video series, and looking forward to more amazing content!
I learned to use these augmented 6th as preparation for the neapolitan chord, which prepares for the dominant, or the +6 chord is also itself, a predominant.
The FminMaj7 chord has Radiohead vibes
True!
It's also sometimes called the Herrmann Chord, because Bernard Herrmann used it a lot when he wrote soundtracks.
"Everything in its right place" has it.
Grande Tommaso! Super cool video as always. Really love the min chord with major 7th but I never thought to use in first inversion. Will explore in my chord progressions!
Sehr gut! Greetings from germany.
P. S.: Drinking some german beer before playing those chords make them sound even better. ;)
Thanks for another clear and simple explanation of what could be a complicated topic. I look forward to your videos every Monday. Keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Now, this is difficult.
When I finally find a job, I will buy your system.
This is to much interesting and you make easy (sometimes)
Greetings and happy new year!
So nice to see you as well my friend!
This chord progression reminds me of the song by Tears For Fears (Sowing the Seeds of Love).
There is also a new aug6 chord, that happens quite frequently in japanese pop music. If you're going to G, it's a Bbaug/Ab (notes F# D Bb Ab).
Cool
Is there a Mexican augmented 6th around there? Hahaha greetings from Mexico!
Not that I know... but we can always invent it ;-)
I'm a German and dude... you're absolutely right at the beginning!
Hi Tommaso!! As always, I'm learning a lot about music from you which I try to apply in my songwriting. I really helps me sound different and unique. A request that I do have tho, I'm having troubles and I'm very limited in different ways to modulate from different keys. The best I can do is to move from mode to mode but I love it when music unexpectedly jumps to another key!! I hope you see this, thank you so much
I see the word Swiss in the description and I click. Great work on this.
Thanks!
Thanks for another great video! I do with you would use a staff instead of notes names though...
Looking forward for more on that topic
That's a lot of chromatic Sauerkraut!
My professor calls that respelled ger+6 the "enharmonic ger+6" I hadn't yet seen the Dutch or Swiss name, that's cool and I'll have to tell him :)
Interesting, I was taught in my theory classes that Ger+6 almost always goes to the I6/4, the exceptions being additional pre-dominants to delay the resolution. The reasoning was simply to avoid parallel 5ths. In most of the music I've analyzed, the parallel 5ths don't occur in this context. Perhaps it happens in some of the more modern stuff like Wagner, in which he just doesn't give a shit. They didn't teach us about Swiss augmented 6th at music school; I read about them on Wikipedia. Seems a little silly to respell them as such, even though I prefer my sharps to resolve upwards.
I love why it's called a Swiss augmented 6th: it sounds like German, but is spelled like French
Early Beatles vibe
Splitting the hair in augmented 4ths...lol. My question is, which hair???
In the beginning when th e flat was on top a thought its a Aflat7
A friend with German parentage mocked the French for saying 'ze' for English 'the'! We agreed on Italian as the most euphonious language - when well enunciated.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I would describe the GER+6 as the tritone substite of D7 being the dominant of the following G. So the changes could be noted as C FMaj/A Ab7 G7 C. Correct, or any mistake in my thinking?
I find it funny how they changed the Eb to D#, seemingly only to serve a preconceived construct. When I listen to that progression, the sound of it is just as you described. There is a sense of resolution due to the harmonic properties of the chord. Yet, the solution they decided on was one of semantics and not of the sonic experience, which in my mind should be considered of greater importance when describing sonic phenomena. Wouldn't you agree?
Regardless of the name they gave that pitch, the progression still feels the same. It feels like it resolves twice. One of the resolutions comes across more like a fake ending, but that also has much to do with the limited context provided by this example only showing a short progression and not where that progression fits into the greater piece.
Do you follow what I'm getting at?
Yup. I don't even disagree. I still prefer to call that pitch D# as it helps to understand the flow of that melodic line.
As a German I have to say, in English there is no accent worse than the German one.
As an Italian I have to disagree. The first prize belong to us.
I love the german accent :)
You guys would be surprised... A hispanic here...
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar I wasn't sure if you were Italian or Finnish lol. I love Italy, I'm learning Italian
First you said you dont like the way it sounds at thought literally but At the end u said it's only a technical difference because Eflat and Dsharp r the same
First time i dont understand a concept from you... feels odd. I mean i understand it to a point but not fully / or enough like all the before. Anyway great work love you.
😁
Pocket Sand!
The Ger+6 has spongebob vibes
Swiss augmented cheese
yes man, music theory it´s not for everyone.
Ze German chord muste be D A C G, or in german musical notation, D A C H B-)
:)
you have 666 likes and I don't want to ruin it, so here it is in the comments (y)
666 likes on an augmented 6th video. Wonder what kind of music theory demons this will summon...