I've been watching Rick for a while and can say that he is very much a "stream of consciousness" RUclipsr. That is to say, he makes videos out of whatever part of his vast mental database of music is striking his fancy on that particular day. This is what makes Rick great.
One of the best albums ever recorded. I quit driving myself nuts trying to play along and realized it's one to just listen to in awe. Just a masterpiece.
Peter Frampton said "music is my key to life", but I think Rick Beato is the key to unlocking great music across so many genres. I'm now in a Pat Metheny rabbit hole, thank you RB.
The deeper you go the more you will hear. If you apply what Pat does and says in your own musical world then you will find verdant fields of music ripe for picking.
@@davidfleuchaus yes, but I need to revisit it. Another great album that has Pat's work all over it is Marc Johnson's 'The Sound of Summer Running.' It's amazing and includes Bill Frisell.
@@palmerjackson554 Yes! And I have to revisit Marc Johnson's "The Sound of Summer Running." I love this music so much... I better stop being a perfectionist and finish my work so I can get back to playing this music.
When you played that first bar of Phase Dance, I started tearing up ... I apparently am very sentimental about that time in my life ... Phase Dance - and in fact all of Pat's music from that era - means a lot to me.
Those chords are some of the most beautiful things I have ever heard, and I'm 63. Just gorgeous. Oh, Rick, you are a very talented musician, but you play the guitar like the strings are liquid gold.
It’s amazing how you can grow up with albums like Wichita and Still Life (Talking), leave them alone for thirty years, and instantly know “That’s Pat” within ten seconds. When I was a kid, Dad was obsessed with Metheny because Lyle Mays was a college freshman when my father was a trumpet player a few years ahead; Lyle was in every band and combo, and simply dominated. Thanks for reminding me of this! -Al
Hear hear, well said. I always feel like a preacher when I'm introducing friends to Rick's channel. I tell them their life is not going to be complete without it.😁 Infectious goodness on so many levels.
Once again Rick, you amaze me. I cannot believe I owned a studio and produced a lot of albums for our label, and I never even knew you and your studio were just 3 to 4 miles away! I'm sure you didn't need the work, but I would have hired you to play on and help produce most of our albums. You are truly a gifted musician.
I was into Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc....then bought that white album by Pat Metheny Group and fell in total love with it. It's magical, I had never heard anything like it. I saw the group back 40+ years ago at Colby College in Waterville Maine. Life changing!!!
Yes the clickbait pic shows his son being “paid 2500 for the chord” 😂 if you watched the video it’s pretty clear he paid 2500 for the guitar to play it on.
the moment I read the title of your video I KNEW EXACTLY what you were referring to!! Metheny's chord on Aprilwind. I always loved that chord man! And I'm a pianist.
I love that this has been sitting in your memory bank for so long. As accomplished as we get on an instrument. There is always a nuance, a phrase etc we still need to understand. This is the reason music is so powerful
45 years of searching and then satisfaction. Sometimes we search and never find. I'm glad you found it. The look in your eyes when you played the chord made this video special. Thanks
Love that whole album. First heard San Lorenzo on BBC radio here in the UK in the late 70's when Phil Collins talked about touring with the PMG with Brand X (another band that is so overlooked).
Wow, I can’t even express how relieved I am to hear someone dive into this stuff! Mentioning Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, and actually listening deeply to music, analyzing chords-it’s like a breath of fresh air.
Mr. Beato, you are an echo chamber of love and respect and skill, accompanied with a deep sense of appreciation that makes us follow. ( Your son's ear is very precious).
Wow! Your Vids are a cut above the rest! You have introduced me to songs, to people, to guitar methods that wonderfully enrich. Witnessing the way you live, love, and breath music and the way you genuinely fall in love with a single chord is infectious. Thank You Rick!
The commitment to gaining more experience in the endless world of music is greatly admirable. That is simple a beautiful looking and sound acoustic because of how its tuned.
You can't imagine how many times I listened to this record. This album tells a story on it's own. Every tune has a sort of cohesiveness with the others. It's not too long. The sound is top notch. It's so well built. I can't imagine they were so young when this was produced.
Mainly psalms on organ. Bebop and Zappa strictly forbidden. Bossa Nova only on Saturdays. No bagpipes. Sundays singing only (Gregorian). On special occasions recitals by Path Metheny. For hard rock or coffee shops you'll have to go to hell (if you're not already there... Anyhow, it gives you opportunities to meet some really famous people, like mister Rowan Atkinson, when he'll be falling down the stairs... And the lot that did 'The life of Brian'.
I love that Dylan is contributing to some of the analysis. If he's interested, he could be a composer. Some of my friends who have great ears don't seem that interested in working on the muscle memory needed to become an excellent player, but have become excellent composers instead. He could compose music for video games, which is a thriving industry and often has interesting music. Just a thought.
Tal Farlow's "Meteor" last bar chord on the Bridge : C7sus 4#5#9 (A, D#, F, G# /C) The lower C played by the bass ! It took me a while to figured it out ! Cheers to all ! 😮
The notes I hear in it are G3 B3 C4 E4 G4 B4 C5 and G5, 8 notes so yes it must be double tracked for sure. Really oddly soothing chord. For those interested it's a G6/11 chord spread in 2 octaves ommiting the fifth (D).To play it on a normal guitar you can tune your regular second A string to B and play: G first string third fret (thumb), B second string (open), G third string sixth fret (ring finger), C fourth string sixth fret (pinky), B fifth string (open) and the high G on the sixth string third fret (pointer finger). Happy music making everyone!
@user-wr6ip7fk7f Yes, if you play it on a regular guitar, without the "extensions" you can view it that way too! Chords are multifaced, so yeah, CM7 can be viewed as Em(add#5) or G6/11 or Bsus4(b2)#5 depending on the inversion. How we call it only comes down to where it is in a piece and which bass note is underneath.
Isn’t that just a Cmaj7 chord, 2nd inversion. When I say ‘just’, I don’t mean it’s not a beautiful chord, and of course context is everything. But in isolation it’s not an unusual chord.
@memarkiam Yeah, that's exactly right on point. On it's own it could be described as CMaj7/G, and it probably wouldn't be anything significant to people already knowing it. For others, it might be their first encounter. (No matter the skill level, tho I like when people have the chance to fully understand what's going on.) But playing it on a guitar in this particular way is quite troublesome because if you want to resemble the original sound from the song, you'd need at least two guitars and four arms, luckily there's double-tracking and also other band members (I guess) to play this live. Nonetheless, interesting stuff. I really like Ricks enthusiasm. Maybe he should've explained it in more detail, tho.
There are a lot of figures in the world that I have long considered to be "gate keepers"; some are historical like Galileo, Tesla, Newton... others are on many other levels, but they all have the unique ability to "open the gates" to a level that only they can do. Opening the gate takes us to places we wouldn't get to on our own and often sets the stage for the future. [side note: the invention of the transistor was one of those]. Rick I have to say you are a "gate keeper" as well. For many of us struggling musicians or just those who appreciate music in general, your research and innate talent has created a much greater dimension for all of us to experience and enjoy that without your commitment we'd be left with lesser experiences. Thank you and please keep up the great work that you do. We are all richer for it.
Lifelong Pat fan here, I play April Joy in a group and have tried to play the April Wind intro with it before but it never came out right. (And it's one of the only things that's not written out in the "Pat Real Book".) I knew he used high nashville tuning on New Chautaqua tunes like Country Poem and Sueno Con Mexico -- but somehow, it never clicked that he used it on Phase Dance. So even though it's a secondary point in the video, thank you so much for unlocking that little nugget, that has apparently eluded me since around 1981!
Give me chills every time I hear this. Such a beautiful chord-and beautifully played, Rick. I was just waiting for Mark Egan's fretless bass to enter with the melody on April Joy. [sigh]
I love your passion for music. People look at me like I'm a weirdo when I get passionate about music. Your channel is a validating outlet for me. Thanks.
these voicings man... top stuff Pat!! Top stuff!! and what follows on the record is still amazing with a bass solo (composed by Metheny!) that breaks your heart!
hahaha this is soooo GREAT buying a specific guitar 2 figure out a 45 old chord that still is on your mind!! That's one of the reasons I'm here. Rick can be such a wonderful music nerd, LOVE IT!
I just love how certain things just knock you out, man! I'm the same way: the chords and bassline for Sour Girl do that to me. One chord change or one little effect, that emotional hook somewhere...just kicks my ass!!!
I am useless musically but I love these short videos that delve deep into something like a single well placed chord. These make me hear songs in a whole new way.
That sounds lovely! Frank Gambale sometimes uses a kind of 'inverted Nashville-Tuning', which also allows for close voicings - sounds amazing when he does it. I tuned a guitar like that, but didn't put in the time to really use it yet.
When I was an undergraduate music major in 1989 I tried to write an arrangement of this for jazz ensemble. It was a complete train wreck. Huge mistake to choose this for my first arranging project at age 20!! Great album and track and I always love your explanations!
@@matthewsnyder6127That’s what always happened in ear training class back in college. I’d always thought it was a train wreck and my professor would always correct it, fix it and wrote words of encouragement (almost like he knew where my thinking/level was at) I was always either a half step off up or down but would nail the melody always. Needless to say I got way better. Just by how that professor approached and graded my ear test tests with his feedback and correction! He also graded on curve until you got better. What a guy! Once when someone asked him if like learning a Chopin or a really hard piece was a total waste of time in the modern era. He thought about it for a moment and said that the same exact thing you said it’s process and how you come out the other side that makes you way better. Spot on comment 👍🏻
He should definitely do a video on Michael Hedges. His albums have some of the most beautiful and exotic guitar melodies I've ever heard. He approached the acoustic guitar like a composer and always had it tuned differently between songs -- tunings that were the result of the music. There's nothing quite like him.
I saw Michael in person at a coffee house he did at Phillips University in his hometown of Enid, OK. I was a college student. His siblings were also students at Phillips. Michael had just started an affiliation with Wyndham Hill records. I remember being blown away by the intricacies of his music. I had never seen someone play and hammer-on with both hands, and use harmonics, like he did! It honestly sounded like two guitarists at the same time! He played his new song off the album with the same name “Aerial Boundaries”. I was hugely inspired by that mini concert, watching only about 50 feet away. Today, many of his techniques are copied and used by numerous acoustic players, like Calum Graham, Mike Dawes, to name a couple. To this day, there is a street (Blvd.) with his name next to “Briggs Auditorium”, where I hear he played a couple of concerts to the Enid Community. Phillips is gone (bankruptcy got it), but the campus is still there and operated by Northern Oklahoma College. Michael, though he came out of the obscure town of Enid, and is now deceased, inspired so many guitarists. He’s worthy of study.
The sonority of that voicing, and the voice-leading within that section is absolutely sensational ❤ Thank you for drawing people’s ear to Metheny’s wizardry!
Don't forget Lyle - they were just a perfect combination, those keyboard soundscapes make the perfect backdrop for Pat's guitar work. Much as I love Pat's playing, his recordings without Lyle just miss that certain something.
You are exactly like a wine connoisseur who tries to taste a particular and rare wine. Such delight in the pursuit of the magical chord ! It's pleasant to see 👍
The other really cool thing about this track (Aprilwind) on the white album is how it works in the sequencing of the whole record. Coming out of this tune right out into April Joy just works so perfectly.
That tuning is brilliant. You're effectively playing the chords in inversion using "regular" fingerings. Crazy! Also, if you want to figure out the notes in chords, it definitely helps to ask someone with perfect pitch. I stand in awe of that kid's ear, but being Rick's son, it doesn't surprise me. Your fam is inspiring us all, Rick.
Love the harmony of the dissonance. A beautiful thing. It's something Eric Whitacre does with choral music. I would love to get Eric and Pat together on a project. Rick, you have an uncanny talent for picking out and identifying individual notes to chords. I have always had to go to a book, but you pick them out just by listening. Unbelievable to think that track, Aprilwind, is 45 years old. People have been born and died in that space of time!
Beautiful song....Lately I've been absolutely obsessed with this chord progression from a song called Sweet Season by Doug Carn. There's just something about the intro that conjures some complex emotions. Never heard anyone else mention it, so thought I'd share
the most impressive part of this video is Rick asking his son to explain to him the notes !! lol ...I hope Dylan never loses that super incredible talent !! it freaks me out how he can just do that !!
I can only appreciate the brilliance that is Rick Beato. I can only follow him for so long about notes and chords and then I hear him speaking a different language (far beyond my musical comprehension) but I still listen hoping some of it loads into the memory banks.
You are so right about this chord Rick! It is outstandingly beautiful. No 12 string to be able to play it myself so I’ll be content to love your rendition! Thanks for this!
I wish I could buy rare expensive guitars and count it as a business expense. Good for you Rick. Another perk of having a great RUclips channel that I know you worked your ass off to build. BTW I bought the bundle and it's awesome.
Stuff like this keeps this channel alive and interesting. I'll probably never play Pat Matheny's guitar stuff, but I enjoy studying chords, and I enjoy watching Rick geek out over it.
5:36-37 = yeah, that's the 'it' chord change of that section, the way those chords are voiced and relate to one another, from dark to bright, and the register of each note in the voicings are just magical.
Rick, this was excellent(as so many of your videos are). I never could figure out how Pat made that chord sound so uniquely dolorous. Though the word “genius” is thrown about promiscuously, Pat truly does deserve that accolade. Keep up the great work, Rick!
Thanks Rick, this one is truly awesome. Like a bolt from on high, this video came to do a job and it does not stuff around. It felt like I blinked and it was over, yet I feel wiser, inspired... I'm actually holding my guitar in my other hand. Any video that leaves me wanting to create is, in my opinion, nothing short of a sacred gift...and that's all this channel has ever done! So once again, thankyou for your work, and the knowledge you share with us all.... you're helping the entire planet become not just better informed, but I have an enthusiasm for playing that I haven't felt since I was a teenager. 👍🙏
I’ve always been tempted to try Nashville tuning, but just never made the effort. Since I enjoy the sound of a 12-string I figured it would appeal to my ear. I believe you’ve pushed me over the edge and I’m going to tear into my acoustic 12. You’re right, I really like the quality of that sound. Very cool!
I remember trying to learn the slower section of the chords on April Joy, and I ended up with these awful stretchy voicings and was getting frustrated, and I was placing my fingers on the fretboard to try again, and an open string rang out and I was like “wait that’s what it was???” It was just sixths with open strings ringing out 😭😭
You could do a Metheny song on every episode and it wouldn't seem like overkill. The GOAT
When in conversation on music with someone, I refer to Pat as "The Guitar God". To me, he is.
Rick Beato asking his son why does a chord on a particular song sounds so particular and immediately getting a perfect answer is magical
Better than Chat GPT
he has perfect pitch i think, which is a really cool talent/skill to have (until a certain age)
@@salty_3k506Until a certain age?
@@wbek001some people say it ‘drifts’ when you get old, which causes quite a lot of confusion, apparently. Seems Gary Burton has this issue.
@@memarkiamhow old? Does it matter? Anything can happen in life..
love how unstructured your drops are. one day its an hour interview with a musical virtuoso, the next its a 5 min video on a little chord. love that
Thanks!
I've been watching Rick for a while and can say that he is very much a "stream of consciousness" RUclipsr. That is to say, he makes videos out of whatever part of his vast mental database of music is striking his fancy on that particular day. This is what makes Rick great.
same one of my favorite videos in a while
I would consider Rick a virtuoso as well.
forget about structure and think about freedom
One of the best albums ever recorded. I quit driving myself nuts trying to play along and realized it's one to just listen to in awe. Just a masterpiece.
Well put
Peter Frampton said "music is my key to life", but I think Rick Beato is the key to unlocking great music across so many genres. I'm now in a Pat Metheny rabbit hole, thank you RB.
The deeper you go the more you will hear. If you apply what Pat does and says in your own musical world then you will find verdant fields of music ripe for picking.
@@davidfleuchaus If you haven't listened to New Chataqua -- do!
@@palmerjackson554 I love it. Love. Have you heard Beyond the Missouri Skies?
@@davidfleuchaus yes, but I need to revisit it. Another great album that has Pat's work all over it is Marc Johnson's 'The Sound of Summer Running.' It's amazing and includes Bill Frisell.
@@palmerjackson554 Yes! And I have to revisit Marc Johnson's "The Sound of Summer Running." I love this music so much... I better stop being a perfectionist and finish my work so I can get back to playing this music.
When you played that first bar of Phase Dance, I started tearing up ... I apparently am very sentimental about that time in my life ... Phase Dance - and in fact all of Pat's music from that era - means a lot to me.
With you on that. ❤
Totally agree!
Yep!
San Lorenzo has to be one of the greatest achievements of mankind..
Same. Same. 🥲 1983, or perhaps ‘84 ❤ Oh sweet memories.
Those chords are some of the most beautiful things I have ever heard, and I'm 63. Just gorgeous. Oh, Rick, you are a very talented musician, but you play the guitar like the strings are liquid gold.
And you gave it to us for free!!! What a great musical friend to have!!! Once again, you rock the world with music!!!
This is what I love about Rick! He is the music educator the world has always needed
It’s amazing how you can grow up with albums like Wichita and Still Life (Talking), leave them alone for thirty years, and instantly know “That’s Pat” within ten seconds. When I was a kid, Dad was obsessed with Metheny because Lyle Mays was a college freshman when my father was a trumpet player a few years ahead; Lyle was in every band and combo, and simply dominated. Thanks for reminding me of this! -Al
Metheny and Mays were hand in glove.
Ten seconds?!? I’m in after a chord!
Stay Golden Rick Beato. The joy you exuded was infectious.
Smiling most of the way through the video, especially at the end.
You’re a good man.
Hear hear, well said.
I always feel like a preacher when I'm introducing friends to Rick's channel. I tell them their life is not going to be complete without it.😁 Infectious goodness on so many levels.
Once again Rick, you amaze me. I cannot believe I owned a studio and produced a lot of albums for our label, and I never even knew you and your studio were just 3 to 4 miles away! I'm sure you didn't need the work, but I would have hired you to play on and help produce most of our albums. You are truly a gifted musician.
What I love about Rick is he applies his talent, skill and even genius to explore something and learn it. It’s all in his process!
I was into Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc....then bought that white album by Pat Metheny Group and fell in total love with it. It's magical, I had never heard anything like it. I saw the group back 40+ years ago at Colby College in Waterville Maine. Life changing!!!
I was driving my brother's car and he had Joni's live record with Pat and Lyle and Jaco in the cassette player. Nothing was the same after.
Having Dylan as your son is like the ultimate guitar hack.
Yes, Dylan has a very special skill but it was his genius dad who recognized that he had the potential for this and developed it in his son.
it's going to be interesting to see where he takes it
@@jasonk125 Gotta make your own! 😂
Yes the clickbait pic shows his son being “paid 2500 for the chord” 😂 if you watched the video it’s pretty clear he paid 2500 for the guitar to play it on.
Thanks for reawakening my ears to "April Joy". The entire PMG White Album as well as Bright Size Life were gifts to guitarists.
Rick thanks for showing us this album, I fell in love with San Lorenzo... actually the whole thing is such a treat.
Man that cut away looks fantastic with the binding and the sharp point on it.
Love Rick's child like amazement at a chord in a piece of music. Only guitarists can truly relate. And Dylan of course . Well done that kid!
What a beautiful chord in a beautiful piece. That's $2500 well spent my friend.
the moment I read the title of your video I KNEW EXACTLY what you were referring to!! Metheny's chord on Aprilwind. I always loved that chord man! And I'm a pianist.
I love that this has been sitting in your memory bank for so long. As accomplished as we get on an instrument. There is always a nuance, a phrase etc we still need to understand. This is the reason music is so powerful
45 years of searching and then satisfaction. Sometimes we search and never find. I'm glad you found it. The look in your eyes when you played the chord made this video special. Thanks
I love the dissonance in that chord. I have always liked that song but I don’t think I’ve ever noticed it specifically until now. So good!
Love that whole album. First heard San Lorenzo on BBC radio here in the UK in the late 70's when Phil Collins talked about touring with the PMG with Brand X (another band that is so overlooked).
Wow, I can’t even express how relieved I am to hear someone dive into this stuff! Mentioning Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, and actually listening deeply to music, analyzing chords-it’s like a breath of fresh air.
Your enthusiasm is contagious, Rick! :)
Mr. Beato, you are an echo chamber of love and respect and skill, accompanied with a deep sense of appreciation that makes us follow. ( Your son's ear is very precious).
I'm glad my Beato Bundle helped pay for that chord, Rick! Love your enthusiastic joy at discovering how to recreate the sound that moved you.
Rick that was awesome… gave me joy seeing how it gave you joy in finding that note, thank you.
Wow! Your Vids are a cut above the rest! You have introduced me to songs, to people, to guitar methods that wonderfully enrich. Witnessing the way you live, love, and breath music and the way you genuinely fall in love with a single chord is infectious. Thank You Rick!
Isn't it a beautiful trip the guitar takes us on? Thanks for posting this. I remember seeing Pat in the early 80's, in Santa Cruz, at the Catalyst.
The commitment to gaining more experience in the endless world of music is greatly admirable. That is simple a beautiful looking and sound acoustic because of how its tuned.
You can't imagine how many times I listened to this record. This album tells a story on it's own. Every tune has a sort of cohesiveness with the others. It's not too long. The sound is top notch. It's so well built. I can't imagine they were so young when this was produced.
How beautiful music can be with just eight basic notes. I had a music instructor say how beautiful it will be in heaven with infinite notes!
Mainly psalms on organ. Bebop and Zappa strictly forbidden. Bossa Nova only on Saturdays. No bagpipes. Sundays singing only (Gregorian). On special occasions recitals by Path Metheny. For hard rock or coffee shops you'll have to go to hell (if you're not already there... Anyhow, it gives you opportunities to meet some really famous people, like mister Rowan Atkinson, when he'll be falling down the stairs... And the lot that did 'The life of Brian'.
This is brilliant!! I love the open way you show your love for all the music you discuss.
I love that Dylan is contributing to some of the analysis. If he's interested, he could be a composer. Some of my friends who have great ears don't seem that interested in working on the muscle memory needed to become an excellent player, but have become excellent composers instead. He could compose music for video games, which is a thriving industry and often has interesting music. Just a thought.
Tal Farlow's "Meteor" last bar chord on the Bridge : C7sus 4#5#9 (A, D#, F, G# /C) The lower C played by the bass ! It took me a while to figured it out ! Cheers to all ! 😮
The notes I hear in it are G3 B3 C4 E4 G4 B4 C5 and G5, 8 notes so yes it must be double tracked for sure. Really oddly soothing chord. For those interested it's a G6/11 chord spread in 2 octaves ommiting the fifth (D).To play it on a normal guitar you can tune your regular second A string to B and play: G first string third fret (thumb), B second string (open), G third string sixth fret (ring finger), C fourth string sixth fret (pinky), B fifth string (open) and the high G on the sixth string third fret (pointer finger). Happy music making everyone!
Cmaj7/G,
@user-wr6ip7fk7f Yes, if you play it on a regular guitar, without the "extensions" you can view it that way too! Chords are multifaced, so yeah, CM7 can be viewed as Em(add#5) or G6/11 or Bsus4(b2)#5 depending on the inversion. How we call it only comes down to where it is in a piece and which bass note is underneath.
How…
Isn’t that just a Cmaj7 chord, 2nd inversion. When I say ‘just’, I don’t mean it’s not a beautiful chord, and of course context is everything. But in isolation it’s not an unusual chord.
@memarkiam Yeah, that's exactly right on point. On it's own it could be described as CMaj7/G, and it probably wouldn't be anything significant to people already knowing it. For others, it might be their first encounter. (No matter the skill level, tho I like when people have the chance to fully understand what's going on.) But playing it on a guitar in this particular way is quite troublesome because if you want to resemble the original sound from the song, you'd need at least two guitars and four arms, luckily there's double-tracking and also other band members (I guess) to play this live. Nonetheless, interesting stuff. I really like Ricks enthusiasm. Maybe he should've explained it in more detail, tho.
There are a lot of figures in the world that I have long considered to be "gate keepers"; some are historical like Galileo, Tesla, Newton... others are on many other levels, but they all have the unique ability to "open the gates" to a level that only they can do. Opening the gate takes us to places we wouldn't get to on our own and often sets the stage for the future. [side note: the invention of the transistor was one of those]. Rick I have to say you are a "gate keeper" as well. For many of us struggling musicians or just those who appreciate music in general, your research and innate talent has created a much greater dimension for all of us to experience and enjoy that without your commitment we'd be left with lesser experiences. Thank you and please keep up the great work that you do. We are all richer for it.
Thank you 🙏🏻
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we love Rick Beato !!
Lifelong Pat fan here, I play April Joy in a group and have tried to play the April Wind intro with it before but it never came out right. (And it's one of the only things that's not written out in the "Pat Real Book".) I knew he used high nashville tuning on New Chautaqua tunes like Country Poem and Sueno Con Mexico -- but somehow, it never clicked that he used it on Phase Dance. So even though it's a secondary point in the video, thank you so much for unlocking that little nugget, that has apparently eluded me since around 1981!
Give me chills every time I hear this. Such a beautiful chord-and beautifully played, Rick. I was just waiting for Mark Egan's fretless bass to enter with the melody on April Joy. [sigh]
I own a ‘75 Guild D40C and I bought it brand new back when I was in the Navy. It’s been with me ever since. I love this guitar!
The thumbnail is misleading. Nice video, as always. And your kid with perfect pitch rocks!
That Dylan is really something. Beautiful song.
That Nashville tuning sounds awesome! I'm a huge lover of 12 string, and it has some of that vibe, but different. Very cool.
I love your passion for music. People look at me like I'm a weirdo when I get passionate about music. Your channel is a validating outlet for me. Thanks.
these voicings man... top stuff Pat!! Top stuff!! and what follows on the record is still amazing with a bass solo (composed by Metheny!) that breaks your heart!
hahaha this is soooo GREAT buying a specific guitar 2 figure out a 45 old chord that still is on your mind!! That's one of the reasons I'm here. Rick can be such a wonderful music nerd, LOVE IT!
I just love how certain things just knock you out, man! I'm the same way: the chords and bassline for Sour Girl do that to me. One chord change or one little effect, that emotional hook somewhere...just kicks my ass!!!
I am useless musically but I love these short videos that delve deep into something like a single well placed chord. These make me hear songs in a whole new way.
I can get you the same chord for half the price. I know a guy who knows a guy. I'll even throw in a extra F#.
😂😂😂 Dark Web chords .
@@jamesrobert4106 they're just as good, I swear.
With nail polish.
@@jeffbehringer1262 you mean, a Polish nail?
@@jeffbehringer1262😂😂😂😂😂
You and your kids are AWESOME Rick!!!That clear guitar sounds and strange chords bring to my mind another genius: Michael Hedge
That sounds lovely! Frank Gambale sometimes uses a kind of 'inverted Nashville-Tuning', which also allows for close voicings - sounds amazing when he does it. I tuned a guitar like that, but didn't put in the time to really use it yet.
Great story. Thanks Rick
When I was an undergraduate music major in 1989 I tried to write an arrangement of this for jazz ensemble. It was a complete train wreck. Huge mistake to choose this for my first arranging project at age 20!!
Great album and track and I always love your explanations!
Not a mistake! You learned a lot from the experience, right?
@@matthewsnyder6127That’s what always happened in ear training class back in college. I’d always thought it was a train wreck and my professor would always correct it, fix it and wrote words of encouragement (almost like he knew where my thinking/level was at) I was always either a half step off up or down but would nail the melody always. Needless to say I got way better. Just by how that professor approached and graded my ear test tests with his feedback and correction! He also graded on curve until you got better. What a guy!
Once when someone asked him if like learning a Chopin or a really hard piece was a total waste of time in the modern era. He thought about it for a moment and said that the same exact thing you said it’s process and how you come out the other side that makes you way better.
Spot on comment 👍🏻
True - good learning experience! I loved the PM White Album then and still love it!
I love that you make me interested in musical things I never would’ve been interested in. The excitement is contagious
He should definitely do a video on Michael Hedges. His albums have some of the most beautiful and exotic guitar melodies I've ever heard. He approached the acoustic guitar like a composer and always had it tuned differently between songs -- tunings that were the result of the music. There's nothing quite like him.
I hear a lot of Michael Hedges in this song. He was a giant, and gone way too soon.
Yes. Please. Michael was a friend.
An amazing person.
He was taking lessons from Pat towards the end.
He deserves the recognition you can provide.
Airial Boundaries
I saw Michael in person at a coffee house he did at Phillips University in his hometown of Enid, OK. I was a college student. His siblings were also students at Phillips. Michael had just started an affiliation with Wyndham Hill records. I remember being blown away by the intricacies of his music. I had never seen someone play and hammer-on with both hands, and use harmonics, like he did! It honestly sounded like two guitarists at the same time! He played his new song off the album with the same name “Aerial Boundaries”. I was hugely inspired by that mini concert, watching only about 50 feet away. Today, many of his techniques are copied and used by numerous acoustic players, like Calum Graham, Mike Dawes, to name a couple. To this day, there is a street (Blvd.) with his name next to “Briggs Auditorium”, where I hear he played a couple of concerts to the Enid Community. Phillips is gone (bankruptcy got it), but the campus is still there and operated by Northern Oklahoma College. Michael, though he came out of the obscure town of Enid, and is now deceased, inspired so many guitarists. He’s worthy of study.
Michael was tremendous was lucky to see him three times, mesmerizing.
definitely deserves a video.
Just when I thought Rick couldn’t impress me more. Wowza.
The sonority of that voicing, and the voice-leading within that section is absolutely sensational ❤ Thank you for drawing people’s ear to Metheny’s wizardry!
Don't forget Lyle - they were just a perfect combination, those keyboard soundscapes make the perfect backdrop for Pat's guitar work. Much as I love Pat's playing, his recordings without Lyle just miss that certain something.
Glad you are putting this style of video back in to your mix. Nice!
You are exactly like a wine connoisseur who tries to taste a particular and rare wine. Such delight in the pursuit of the magical chord ! It's pleasant to see 👍
The other really cool thing about this track (Aprilwind) on the white album is how it works in the sequencing of the whole record. Coming out of this tune right out into April Joy just works so perfectly.
That tuning is brilliant. You're effectively playing the chords in inversion using "regular" fingerings. Crazy!
Also, if you want to figure out the notes in chords, it definitely helps to ask someone with perfect pitch. I stand in awe of that kid's ear, but being Rick's son, it doesn't surprise me. Your fam is inspiring us all, Rick.
I don't understand why rick didn't name the chord though @RealRickBeato-On_Nicegram_
Love the harmony of the dissonance. A beautiful thing. It's something Eric Whitacre does with choral music. I would love to get Eric and Pat together on a project. Rick, you have an uncanny talent for picking out and identifying individual notes to chords. I have always had to go to a book, but you pick them out just by listening. Unbelievable to think that track, Aprilwind, is 45 years old. People have been born and died in that space of time!
Rick Beato's enthusiasm is contagious.
Boss, you are next level… wish I could hang out and write music with you every day…I’m always inspired brother!
I love Pat Metheny’s work. All of it. Brings me to many wonderful times of my life. Enough about me. Well done Rick. Carry on.
Man❗️ This was something❗️ I wish I had your and Dylan’s ear… Love your enthusiasm. 🙏
I love Rick's expression when he finds the woo for him in a song!
and I love when my woo is his woo
What beautiful music.
You know you have a successful RUclips station when you can buy a guitar for one chord.
I was today years old the first time I heard someone call it a station
It's a quarter of his annual composer earnings - that's dedication
And the most beautiful thing about Rick Beato - you just know he loves music so much, he'd have bought the guitar anyway.
Love Metheny. Love you. You are a gift and a blessing and a joy!
This is off my absolute favorite Pat Metheny Group album! Love that dissonance and that you bought the guitar to learn the chord!
What name of this album?
and that is passion we love to watch on the channel
the dedication to get it done.
Beautiful song....Lately I've been absolutely obsessed with this chord progression from a song called Sweet Season by Doug Carn. There's just something about the intro that conjures some complex emotions. Never heard anyone else mention it, so thought I'd share
Rick’s greatest blessing is those kids.
Reminds me of the chords in "From the Beginning". Same concept at least. The flat 9 is a powerful combination!
Wonderful video!
the most impressive part of this video is Rick asking his son to explain to him the notes !! lol ...I hope Dylan never loses that super incredible talent !! it freaks me out how he can just do that !!
I can only appreciate the brilliance that is Rick Beato. I can only follow him for so long about notes and chords and then I hear him speaking a different language (far beyond my musical comprehension) but I still listen hoping some of it loads into the memory banks.
Control booth looking good now!
You are so right about this chord Rick! It is outstandingly beautiful. No 12 string to be able to play it myself so I’ll be content to love your rendition! Thanks for this!
I wish I could buy rare expensive guitars and count it as a business expense. Good for you Rick. Another perk of having a great RUclips channel that I know you worked your ass off to build. BTW I bought the bundle and it's awesome.
Stuff like this keeps this channel alive and interesting. I'll probably never play Pat Matheny's guitar stuff, but I enjoy studying chords, and I enjoy watching Rick geek out over it.
Love this channel and how informative it is
5:36-37 = yeah, that's the 'it' chord change of that section, the way those chords are voiced and relate to one another, from dark to bright, and the register of each note in the voicings are just magical.
Thank you for all these great lessons....you inspire us all pal...
Rick, this was excellent(as so many of your videos are). I never could figure out how Pat made that chord sound so uniquely dolorous. Though the word “genius” is thrown about promiscuously, Pat truly does deserve that accolade. Keep up the great work, Rick!
Sounds very spiritual and so unique.
What a tune and what a chord... And Dylan was 🎯🎯
Are we sure this guy didn’t write music for Diablo? 5:04
Glad you are sill enjoying the act of LEARNING Mr. Beato.
1500 views in seven minutes! To the attestment that you, Rick are loved and respected❤
Thanks Rick, this one is truly awesome. Like a bolt from on high, this video came to do a job and it does not stuff around. It felt like I blinked and it was over, yet I feel wiser, inspired... I'm actually holding my guitar in my other hand. Any video that leaves me wanting to create is, in my opinion, nothing short of a sacred gift...and that's all this channel has ever done! So once again, thankyou for your work, and the knowledge you share with us all.... you're helping the entire planet become not just better informed, but I have an enthusiasm for playing that I haven't felt since I was a teenager. 👍🙏
Pat Metheny comes up with the greatest stuff. So glad you're here to share it 👍
I’ve always been tempted to try Nashville tuning, but just never made the effort. Since I enjoy the sound of a 12-string I figured it would appeal to my ear. I believe you’ve pushed me over the edge and I’m going to tear into my acoustic 12. You’re right, I really like the quality of that sound. Very cool!
Great work again - your joy is infectious 🙏🎵❤️
Thank you so much Rick. Just for being you bud. Astounding content
I remember trying to learn the slower section of the chords on April Joy, and I ended up with these awful stretchy voicings and was getting frustrated, and I was placing my fingers on the fretboard to try again, and an open string rang out and I was like “wait that’s what it was???” It was just sixths with open strings ringing out 😭😭
Beautiful room setup too.
I hope this sacred chord pleases the Lord !