The Flatted Fifth - The Devil's Interval
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The flatted fifth has been called the Devil's interval, and people were actually executed "back in the day" for writing songs that used this interval. The flatted fifth is the chromatic passing note between the four and the five in the scale - the so-called "blues note".
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Every Slayer song ever has the flatted fifth in it if you're looking for examples.
dave mustaine apparently learnt the devils tritone to kerry king while he was jamming with megadeth
Phil Richards yeah i read it in dave mustaine autobiography
+Jake Stephen They even named an album after it. :)
corpseparasyte I'll sleep through the whole return trip
Jake Stephen raining blood for example
Some bits you might have missed:
1:18 Black Dog
3:57 Johnny B. Goode
4:07 Flight of the Bumblebee
2:06 Rick Derringer
3:18 Purple Haze
I love watching this guy play. He makes it look easy.
I didn't know Woody Harrelson was so good at guitar.
Haha I had this same thought!!
Omfg!!! I,showed my,husband this and he,said," who is that? Woody harrelson? Are u fucking kidding me ?? My hubby barely knows who,woody harelsson is...hes younger than me..
Just saw this too.. I was thinking the same thing.. sounds like him
I love it!!
. I was thinking mcconaughey
The us national anthem has it.
"by the dawns ear-LY light"
"through the peri-LOUS fight"
"and the ro-CKETT's red glare"
"the bombs bur-STING in air"
"that our flag was STILL there"
I think all of the capped syllables are where the flattened fifth appear and there may be even more I am missing. The Simpson's theme has it too.
+Devin Dash Tons of music creates tension... The difference is that there is usually resolution, or a climax, in music written in major keys.. While music written in minor keys don't have the resolution nearly as often.. The music creates tension and stress with no relief.... The Adams family theme has the flatted 5th... The Munsters show did too... lol... They were classically funny with a dark side that lurked when you watch them...
Raised Fourth technically because it produces a II chord.
It's not just about the flatted fifth. The crux of the matter is the interval between the 1 and the flatted fifth/augmented 4th.
In those two examples, the flatted (or diminished) 5th would actually be thought of as a sharpened (or augmented) 4th, even though they are the same pitch. The Simpsons theme is in the Lydian mode, which specializes in the sharpened 4th. And in the sheet music for The Star Spangled Banner, the syllable LY, etc. is written on the sharpened 4th degree rather than on the flatted 5th.
Sorry bro I'm a music theory nerd 😂 I sound pedantic as hell
@@frankjuggaloheathen1035 Is that because of the note that precedes it?
It's a MYTH that tritones were "banned" or that anyone was "executed" for using them. They do sometimes occur in medieval religious music. They were rarely used because they're difficult to sing in key and because they sounded weird in that context.
The augmented 4th, or the diminished 5th depending on your outlook on life.
- Bill Bailey
to clarify: diminished = lowered by a half step. Not mentioned here, but augmented = raised by a half step. This is only true with 4th's and 5th's as you only have aug/dim with perfect intervals. If you're clever, you'll have spotted that an augmented 4th is enharmonic with (sounds the same as) a diminished 5th.
Good to know I'm not the only music theory junkie nerd on here 😃🎼🎶🎵
George Lynch is such a boss at this. I think of him, every time I hear a flatted fifth. It’s Not Love!
3:20 purple haze?
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Aqua Lung,Paranoid,Purple Haze,just to name a few.
Unholy by KISS
It's been Agatha all along🧙♀️
Dave Mustaine's A heavy Metal Memoir book bought me here.
Me too!!
Damn good book... could not put it down. Rock on! \m/ \m/
heh! Same here. Listening on audio book in the car for the second time and I couldnt remember the chords.
HA! The book was like a drug.... could not put it down, and I have never done drugs. :-)
Lol I remember that book bringing me here last year.
Flatted Fifth for President!!!
My vote's for Drop Three-- the third-party nominee!
I'm from 2021 (Jan) and I approve this message
thank you! I always wondered about that. I've no idea about the technical stuff, so the demonstration was fantastic!
The flatted fifth is at the core of every blues based musical form point blank. you might even say that they had a point when they said rock was the devil's music. It is. };-)
This. All these comments scrambling to list examples... It's all of them! All of it!
Robert Johnson sold his Soul, and the Devil gave us Rock n Roll.
It's also known as a tritone, which is an interval of 2 minor 3rd's.
Metal in general uses the fifth interval often. It's what gives it it's characteristics and dark sound.
was that purple haze at 3:20?
LMFAO King Crimson buddy
No ! That was Purple Haze !
HENDRIX-PURPLE HAZE!!!
The Flatted fifth is in all great rock songs, which is just awsome
I wonder why😂
I just came across it myself and-sorry but-if I saw this first I would have no idea what it is. He-should really isolate the 2 notes to strongly establish what it is. I discovered it from the two-tone alarm in hospitals when a patient crashes. I mentioned it to other nurses but they just kind looked at me strange. Why? Humans-strange things...
Excellent overview of the devil's interval with perfect examples
This is a great video, because (obvious from the comments) he makes it very clear how common the tritone actually is in popular music.
From what i understand in resurching this, the "ban" of the tritone never happened. Its not heard in music way back when simply because its VERY hard to sing and so it was avoided as much as possible. If it was banned there wouldent be music with the tritone from the time period of so called ban.
for a 10 years old video , this dude sure as hell had a dopeass camera
Two very famous examples: "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath and the main riff to "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
thats the first one I thought of
Black Sabbath is easily the most evil sounding example of it out there
That's the opening riff of Hendrix's Purple Haze for sure where he asks wonder where that came from. Seems like a nice bloke too :)
It has a different function depending on whether the scale is minor or major. When you play in minor/aelion scale when seen as the major/ionian mode its actually the flattened 3rd. Because of this it doesn't sound so dark if its in a minor scale. Whereas in the aeolian mode if you use the flattened fifth it sounds dark and non-intuitive.
Thank you for this explanation and examples! Its got me thinking! Now on to more thinking! Thank you
That is NOT true that they couldn't play the devil's cord,it was just hard to sing to and didn't have a resolution. Monks 400 years ago had it in their music.
Thats called a diminished 5th. That is part of diminished (half and full ydiminished) chords which have a "spook" about them, especially fully diminished, but that interval is also central to powerfully happy dominant 7th chords. An example is in G, a dominant 7th chord would be D F#, A and C. The F# and the C form that interval but are central to the drive of the chord to the tonic (G). But you bring up some great points, to play with the tones and see what creative things you can do.
Paraphrasing here, but Emilie Autumn described it as "Some people can go to that place, but they don't live there, others live there and strive to get out"
Also known has a Tritone I believe.
Big note in blues harp too. In 2nd position, find it at 4d half step bend.
Walk this Way - Aerosmith?
the majority of the music I play, I use the flatted fifth. I like my shit evil as i can get it. When I was a beginner I played it constantly with really knowing I was playing it.
@muumol Go to the A on the E string, now play an A Major scale, when you get to the 5th note of the Major Scale (which happens to be an E on the 7th fret of the A string) flatten it, once you've flattened this note you will find your self on the 6th fret of the A String, this note will be a D#. Now when you play the root note of this scale with the flattened 5th it sounds creepy. Also sounds good when you sharpen the 7th. Hope i helped and that i didnt sound too patronising haha
But the flattened fifth sounds a lot less dissonant in this context, which is to say minor or in the context of a flattened third. It's much more noticeably "devilish" when all other intervals are natural.
Great demo of the devilishly elusive tritone. I think it should be noted that use of this particular interval is diminished by the fact that it is indeed out of tune. As it is it has an interesting function. Guitar players do this experiment and you will see, tune your guitar proper, sound open b with 1st fret F on high e, so this is a Bdim5 interval, now slowly start detuning high e, you will hear it starting to beat less as it comes into tune, don't go too far, it's only 15cents difference or so, it is pleasantly dissonant. This is Just Intonation, or pure intonation.
So the flatted fifth is used frequently for a darker, more dissonant/tension in your sound. Yes, Black Sabbath was a frequent user but the "Devil's Interval" has been creating spooky sounds for many bands. It also is used heavily in blues as it works off the fifth. (too much info). So, yes, many bands use them.
cream: Sunshine of your love
A lot of Rainbow/Deep Purple RIchie Blackmoore stuff (Him being a Medieval/folk music buff)
Tony Iommi developed teh Sabbath sound from this (inspired on Gustav Holst the Planets: Mars)
Were the flated fifth chords from Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix?
It's the Half diminished scale. It can be played in major or minor keys. Robert Fripp mastered these intervals He uses them a lot in his music.
Wow this finally makes sense. Thank you Mr Colin Daniel sir!
Bach's Toccata Fugue in D when first played in the church caused the church to be burned down by the church goers. Stravinsky heard of the Devil's Interval in Bach's song and wrote The Rite of Spring. The first time that was played in Paris, the people who heard it looted the shops there following the listening to that song. And that story I heard from Jeff "Skunk" Baxter video.
J.S. Bach's music didn't cause the church to be burned down by the attendees. The fires the attendees lit caused the church to burn down. ;) Cheers.
Beethoven Devil's interval??? The opening notes to Beethoven's 5th symphony are GGG to Eb. This would be a Major 3rd.
Yeah, I didn't get that either. Why reference something he's not talking about.
Excellent! Your very good thank you.
thanks man, been in search of a sensible explanation.
1:43
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Btw, the first interval you sang (Beethoven's 5th) was a Major 3rd :)
I think the flattened fifth sounds sublime. Does that make me evil? Seriously though, is there some harmonic interplay between the notes that vibrates kindly in some ears?
it's called the devils tritone only cuz some monks in the middle ages thought it sounded evil. that's it. period.
I learned something new today. good stuff
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
What do you think of the flatted all-fifths tuning? Or sharped all-fourths tuning.
Basically the in-between of perfect 4ths and perfect 5ths tuning...
Fur Elise has a flatted fifth...
Kyle Wise DUN DUN DUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
Beethoven was a closet metalhead.
@@maureenwagg5305 He only played with his index finger and pinky cuz fuckin *_horns_* bro
Really you have spit on a good song beethoven fur elise?😗😗😗
That dirty tone was immaculate brother
Wow this really helped expand my understanding of the flatter fifth and helped me realize that rock n roll really is of the devil! Lol
it's no joke either ..
@@maxxsee for sure. Many famous music artists have actually agreed to become demonically possessed in exchange for their so called success.
@@nikunjakirtan it's the truth. listen to bob dylan, he literally comes clean about it in that interview.. you are just too brainwashed to see the horrifying truth. i've seen many miracles with my own eyes from Jesus, it's a war on your soul, repent
@@maxxsee I literally just validated and agreed with you and then you called me brainwashed and got all fire and brimstone on me. Good job.
@@nikunjakirtan ok sorry I thought u were being ironic since you said LOL in your opening statement ... can't really see it as my fault then
Haha, 4:16 "so have fun experimenting with the devil" 😂🤣👏👏👏
I hear the rudiments of “Lay Down Sally” in the first few flatted 5th demonstrations.
if you want to knoe the rue of the devils chord, it be on the rosslyn chapel. one cord at a time
absolutely fascinating.
Can you use the flatted 5th with drop d tuning?
Oh yeah, finally i understand why the intro of Fur Elise sounds so... Strange in a beautiful way. The first five notes are just the 5th (E) and the flattened 5th (Eb). The rest's in key... Mostly.
Tbf it's probably just because it's descending by a semitone at the beginning of the tune (which is also considered a dissonant interval).
I wish there was a non HD version as my internet connection is crabby. I hear the flatted fifth, but STILL dont uderstand it!
Shine on You crazy diamond.
thank you for explaining this to me
Who was "actually executed for writing songs that used this interval"? Please, answear. It's very interesting.
Nobody. It just makes the story more interesting. Kinda like those "banned commercial" videos.
One Winged Angel anyone?
me...
:) Wow , thanks, I want to master the The Flatted Fifth - The Devil's Interval! I like that blues hard rock sound! :) \m/ I own a Jay Turser SG 50 electric guitar.
mostly all slayer songs have this interval and i've found it on megadeth's five magics bass line
Judas Priest's song Rocka Rolla has the flatted fifth for its opening notes.
Hello Colen Daniel. Would you be so kind as to please tell me what equipment and especially the distortion pedal that you are using? I like the sound you have going on here my friend. Thanks for explaining the flatted 5th. I'm 51 and been playing drums sense 8yrs old, now i find interest in the guitar. Thanks again, Bruce.
Korns entire sound came from chords with a flatted fifth. They called it the “bungle”‘chord.
I agree...I'm a music ...please tell us more!!!
THANK YOU
Myth. It was never banned. No one was executed. That's a rock music myth. It was difficult to incorporate into sacred music of the time, but it WAS occasionally used.
I had that weird ringing you normally get in your ear out of nowhere. This note oddly helped.
Nobody:
Guitar Woody Harrelson: THE DEVIL'S CHORD
@BuggerIt90 It's a relatively common blues riff, sounds a bit like Chuck Berry though.
That short flated fith that you played came from purple haze by Hendrix
Nice lesson dude. Thanks.
The chord version is the opening note of Opeth's 'Heir Apparent!' I knew it sounded familiar!
Daniel, What tri tone was used in the song Black Sabbath ?
Don't Fear The Reaper
Yeah because of the difference between that and this video, I'm guessing that there's a difference between the Devil's Interval and the Devil's Tri-Tone. Instead of something like 1:40, Sabbath did that but the second note was a string higher, making an octave of the first note. And obviously in a different key. If they had done it the way shown, it would've ended up being Electric Funeral.
@BuggerIt90 i think its could blue shuffle in A
Great job well done thanks 🙏
Thank you.
That was from purple haze
3:19 purple haze-Jimi Hendrix
very good
Check out "Help Myself" by Dave Matthews Band for a cool use of the flatted fifth.
Cool lesson!
Who was "executed" for writing music with tritones in it?
Every major scale contains a tritone, as does every dominant 7th chord.
I call BS -- got any citations?
Idk about execution, but people were _definately_ demonized many many years ago because music was originally intended to be light, positive, and happy to spread the love of God. So anything that sounded dark and unsettling like the Tritone was deemed evil and satanic, and nobody (especially churches) would DARE use a tritone in their music. Again, this goes waaaaay back. Its was pretty stupid but it was the rule lol
Hey Bulldog has the b5th as well
Rockin' Roll Hoochie Coo is in that demo too!
jimmy page uses it on dazed and confused bbc sessions disc 2 at around 14:30 :)
Careful when playing that. And if Your head is humming, and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
wait... the purple haze thing is A# and the A# above it... how is that a tritone?