Reharmonizing "thank u, next"

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  • čas přidán 14. 04. 2019
  • Taking Ariana Grande and adding some delicious jazzchords™️ to her hit song "thank u, next." Exploring why jazzchords™️ sound great as a story-telling device.
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  • @AdamNeely
    @AdamNeely  Před 5 lety +4935

    If you want to hear the fully reharmonized/hue-shifted track, it's up on Spotify and Apple Music and other streaming services!
    Thank u, BASS

    • @charliewilson8950
      @charliewilson8950 Před 5 lety +27

      Hey adam, are Sungazer ever coming to the UK to perform?

    • @ThrashXCV
      @ThrashXCV Před 5 lety +5

      love your work thank you for all the knowledge over the years man!

    • @mturunen002
      @mturunen002 Před 5 lety +10

      If nothing of monetary value comes from this video per se, at least it led me to your stuff on Spotify... Neely non-stop. (The F#m7 still grates)

    • @lucaswtvr839
      @lucaswtvr839 Před 5 lety +4

      would you upload this to your bandcamp?

    • @markopolo2224
      @markopolo2224 Před 5 lety +2

      Did this video got claimed ?

  • @LexFloyd
    @LexFloyd Před 5 lety +7126

    "Now, I'm so AMaj7ing"

  • @mfaizsyahmi
    @mfaizsyahmi Před 5 lety +6514

    Adam: Nice.
    Ariana: Nice.
    Literally everyone: Nice.
    Ariana's record Republic: *demonetize*

    • @akf2000
      @akf2000 Před 5 lety +1

      😀😀😀

    • @AlibifortheAfterlife
      @AlibifortheAfterlife Před 5 lety +87

      Eh, companies usually leave covers alone, since they pull a chunk of the revenue out of them anyways.

    • @8BitBrody
      @8BitBrody Před 5 lety +252

      @@AlibifortheAfterlife Hence, demonitization. Adam gets no money for this whole video because of his use of that song, even though it was for educational purposes.

    • @theshyguy1580
      @theshyguy1580 Před 5 lety +108

      He made it sound better than the original.

    • @AlibifortheAfterlife
      @AlibifortheAfterlife Před 5 lety +25

      @@8BitBrody No, I meant the creator of the cover gets a chunk but the original artist gets most of it. Some is more than none. Unless I'm missing something, which is entirely possible since CZcams has gone against their own policy many times in the past. (Sorry for late reply, didn't get a notification for some reason)

  • @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713

    copyright laws have become twisted to a point that i can hardly recognize their original purpose. copyright isn’t just protecting the little guys from having their content ripped off and having revenue taken away. hell, this video even inspired me to listen to the original song over on spotify. nobody is going to visit this video instead of the official video. it’s transformative. same with people who play short clips and give credit, it actually helps me DISCOVER new music. it’s really sad. for consumers, for educators, and even for music producers. all for some quick cash.

    • @ZachariaM
      @ZachariaM Před 4 lety +8

      Everyone said my name was stupid so I changed it. When does it say he was demonetized?

    • @KyrieFortune
      @KyrieFortune Před 4 lety +20

      @@ZachariaM Adam after they played the reharmonized song: this video will probably get demonetized

    • @prdoyle
      @prdoyle Před 4 lety +42

      As a society, we've decided that sharing is a form of theft. Go figure.

    • @fleshylattice
      @fleshylattice Před 4 lety +14

      I guess it’s just CZcams stepping on eggshells because they don’t want to be sued, so the whole system is weighed in favor of the person claiming copyright infringement

    • @michaelleue7594
      @michaelleue7594 Před 4 lety +4

      The problem is that loosening the restrictions wouldn't make things better for the "little guy", because big companies would have more slack to take even more advantage of them. Demonetizing videos is really the mildest punishment imaginable for doing something like this that would have any effect at all in stopping big companies from ripping off every small-time music-maker around.

  • @onixtheone
    @onixtheone Před 5 lety +2798

    I think a good series would be you reharmonizing every pop song ever. You would probably gain a whole new set of fans

    • @aldrinjohnbalingit7682
      @aldrinjohnbalingit7682 Před 5 lety +33

      yup. subscribed solely because of this

    • @fakename287
      @fakename287 Před 5 lety +171

      Oof thats a lot of *demonitization*

    • @onixtheone
      @onixtheone Před 5 lety +10

      Fake Name ya but a lot of respect!

    • @theshyguy1580
      @theshyguy1580 Před 5 lety +76

      @@aldrinjohnbalingit7682 This made me realize, with Adam's arrangement versus Ariana's arrangement, makes me see that this song or any song nowadays could have more feeling with more music theory and larger instrumentation in mind. I wish mainstream music could think like this more in music.

    • @MrGamelover23
      @MrGamelover23 Před 5 lety +3

      I think this would make more sense if it tried to be an exact reproduction of the original, but with the reharmonization applied. It sounds too different here to know what he's actually talking about. What would pop music reharmonized sound like? This was too different, if the instrumental was kept the same barring the chord changes I'd understand way better.

  • @ats1995
    @ats1995 Před 5 lety +2521

    "I'm so fucking thankful for my eggs". Ah yes breakfast is indeed awesome

    • @Imicus
      @Imicus Před 5 lety +64

      such a great breakfast deserves a tribute.

    • @wccrispy
      @wccrispy Před 5 lety +42

      Unless you're Gimli? You might be thankful for your AXE.

    • @pez4
      @pez4 Před 5 lety +1

      Me irl

    • @missflowrota9223
      @missflowrota9223 Před 5 lety +10

      ats1995 ovulation yeah

    • @JonnyArdor
      @JonnyArdor Před 5 lety +4

      Reharm the yummy ingredients in your belly

  • @justiniantbh
    @justiniantbh Před 5 lety +3612

    Adam: "69"
    me: "nice"
    Adam: "minor 69"
    me: "ni--I'm CaLlInG tHe PoLiCe!!!" >:(

    • @garretburrow
      @garretburrow Před 5 lety +4

      💀☠

    • @theshyguy1580
      @theshyguy1580 Před 5 lety +33

      @@garretburrow maj7 and 69s make music so much better. it's like the cowbell of chords

    • @fastndd
      @fastndd Před 5 lety +2

      @@theshyguy1580 maj7 is just the V chord of the major system, nothing that special here

    • @azertuyop2955
      @azertuyop2955 Před 4 lety +9

      @@fastndd
      Wtf bro no
      both I and IV are maj7 but V is 7

    • @fastndd
      @fastndd Před 4 lety +6

      @@azertuyop2955 Wow I don't even remember commenting the bullshit I just posted, thanks for correcting me, I think I thought VM7 as I am French and in our music theory classes we learn '7Majeure' instead of 'Major7' (took maj7 for VM7) so sometimes my theory knowledge gets a bit lost with the different types of notation haha

  • @massivemugen79
    @massivemugen79 Před 5 lety +749

    Next, Re-harmonizing "Plastic Love"

  • @IchinShek
    @IchinShek Před 4 lety +418

    I know almost nothing of music theory or harmony, but watching your videos I feel like I can start to see an abstract blur of a language that I find attractive.
    I don't know how to really explain this feeling, but just wanted to say thank you so much for your hard work

    • @andressanatana7059
      @andressanatana7059 Před 4 lety +3

      i saw 68 likes and i went for it. Nice.

    • @adc4836
      @adc4836 Před 4 lety

      Andres Sanatana 169 likes now

    • @karsenic6436
      @karsenic6436 Před 4 lety +8

      Ik I’m late but that line about abstract blur of an attractive language is... *muah* very gourmet

  • @chief2632
    @chief2632 Před 5 lety +1336

    * plays GbMaj7 chord *
    **gets copystriked**

  • @invujerry
    @invujerry Před 5 lety +861

    I literally said out loud “nice.” Right before you did and now my wife wants to know why it sounds like I’m having an asthma attack.

    • @yeyamusic
      @yeyamusic Před 5 lety +3

      Jerry Rigged 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

    • @invujerry
      @invujerry Před 5 lety

      Mahalia 'Yeya' Jean-Pierre it’s what I do lol

    • @maya-os1hr
      @maya-os1hr Před 5 lety +6

      i read that right before he said “nice” for the first time

    • @Soundaholic92
      @Soundaholic92 Před 4 lety +1

      This is now at 420 likes. Nice.

    • @MegafunkDancer
      @MegafunkDancer Před 4 lety +1

      Asthma attack 😂😂😂😂 this is the right words for intensive music listening 😂😂😂

  • @RockSolitude
    @RockSolitude Před 5 lety +991

    You basically just turned it into relaxed RnB.

  • @czechistan_zindabad
    @czechistan_zindabad Před 4 lety +141

    9:31
    When the song starts, feel free to use it. Lol, I made it for myself

    • @wilsayohana1560
      @wilsayohana1560 Před 4 lety

      Thanksss bro!

    • @Pierrot110194
      @Pierrot110194 Před 4 lety +2

      You know, you can listen to it on spotify as well, just fyi!

    • @czechistan_zindabad
      @czechistan_zindabad Před 4 lety

      Peter Pepper advertisement for spotify detected (this is a joke)

    • @Pierrot110194
      @Pierrot110194 Před 4 lety +2

      @@czechistan_zindabad Haha, yeah. Now that I read it again it really does sound like I was hired by Spotify ^TM to promote it.

    • @user-xp4nr
      @user-xp4nr Před 3 lety

      We need the lyrics commented here!

  • @marianneyang7695
    @marianneyang7695 Před 5 lety +2120

    *nods, pretends to understand* yeah man that's pretty cool!

  • @TurboJThomas
    @TurboJThomas Před 5 lety +351

    As a musician without any real level of theory background I'm genuinely blown away by your academic and scientific aprowch to something like this and how it comes out so organic sounding and beautiful.
    It's wild.
    You wild.
    You great.
    This video is great.
    Thank you.
    Next.

    • @emmanuelbaah3253
      @emmanuelbaah3253 Před 5 lety +7

      Same here, this video made me want to study music theory (seriously this time lol)

    • @abdulalshibly3930
      @abdulalshibly3930 Před 5 lety +14

      It's not late to learn unless you're dead

    • @XxQueenChristinaxX
      @XxQueenChristinaxX Před 5 lety +2

      Abdul Alshibly True that.

    • @oowatwat
      @oowatwat Před 4 lety

      Your comment actually made me laugh out loud and scare my cat 😂😂👌

  • @crownr0yalonice
    @crownr0yalonice Před 5 lety +148

    Neo-Soul ... Alt R&B thank u, next. Jill Scott. Erykah Badu. The Foreign Exchange. KING!

    • @jeremythomie
      @jeremythomie Před 5 lety

      Yessssss KING!!! (Thanks for including them...) 🙌🏾🖤😩🎶🎹🎤🌟🌬

  • @jemskid7
    @jemskid7 Před 4 lety +36

    Honestly this version has every meaning of an unenthusiastic “Here we go again” undertone with every stained night and gloomy morning haze greeting the following days of a new “lesson”/ relationship. I appreciate the music!

  • @Detc0n
    @Detc0n Před 5 lety +730

    Reharmonized? Demonetized.
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    I guess this was the first thing everyone else thought of too, huh.

    • @akf2000
      @akf2000 Před 5 lety +4

      Yep, waiting for the takedown

  • @jlars231
    @jlars231 Před 5 lety +84

    This has lefit inspired me to learn music theory. My whole life i've been into music and playing instruments but stayed away from theory and can't read sheet music. Seeing just how much variation there is and how chords can morph into eachother like this has made me really rethink my approach to music. I'm going to get back into theory so i can make some magical chords lol

    • @fenderjazzface999
      @fenderjazzface999 Před 4 lety +6

      It's been 5 months. Did you get into learning music theory? :D

    • @boom-jr8vi
      @boom-jr8vi Před 3 lety +3

      Its been a year, How's it going?

    • @jlars231
      @jlars231 Před 3 lety +8

      I started a bachelor of fine arts music and started learning some theory but covid kind of threw a spanner in the works

    • @obandokay
      @obandokay Před 3 lety +3

      @@jlars231wow, you're now inspiring me to start music. I hope you finish.

    • @zhou_sei
      @zhou_sei Před 2 lety

      i tried music theory, and i failed miserably. i think it's because the math side of my brain is atrophied.

  • @theothorsson9712
    @theothorsson9712 Před 3 lety +21

    When I first heard the original I thought "this song is fine and all, but it could really use some jazz harmony...". Amazing work, man!

  • @greysautumn398
    @greysautumn398 Před 5 lety +382

    Just keep going back to 9:29
    You'll thank me next

  • @mememem
    @mememem Před 5 lety +254

    I thought the goal of reharmonization is to only use fully voiced 13th chords, but I guess 69 chords can do the trick too

    • @ReignCharger
      @ReignCharger Před 5 lety +10

      n i c e

    • @ThePi314Man
      @ThePi314Man Před 5 lety +2

      Fully voiced pentatonic scales are so much better tho

    • @jeffirwin7862
      @jeffirwin7862 Před 5 lety

      N̸̷̲̩͕̙̫̲̥͛̔͐̎̐ͨ͗͋̌I̷͔̖̦̓̓͌̍̓̓̚͟͠C̷͉͔̘̦͍̘͚ͩͦE̾̊͊ͨ͌͞҉̧͍̟̹̠̜̙̩̳

    • @mopippenger7373
      @mopippenger7373 Před 5 lety +3

      It’s all about those E b 1 1 C H O R D S

    • @sunilkumarprasad1787
      @sunilkumarprasad1787 Před 5 lety +1

      6 is actually giving that 13th sound

  • @samuell.tankson4480
    @samuell.tankson4480 Před 5 lety +180

    How did you out-smooth an already smooth song? Either Jazz power, or you're God...Oh c'mon, I know I could just mention he's genius. But you'll get that from watching the video. Seriously though, I love the stuff you do, and couldn't thank you enough for keeping my interest in music unending bruh. Thanks dude!

  • @LaughterOnWater
    @LaughterOnWater Před 4 lety +270

    Most of the time, when I hear jazz by _some_ truly-well-educated and/or well-practiced jazz musicians, it's like they're trying to out-class each other by how far off the _expected_ chord progression they can go before they pull it back to a functional-if-not-well-reasoned resolution. It usually ends up sounding like an effete musical conversation that takes a step too far for the untrained, unexpecting ear to follow. As someone mostly untrained, I end up giving up. It's like a joke that has too many leaps in perception between the setup and the punchline. It just falls flat on your audience. As much as one can say any chord can follow another chord, if you want to appeal to a wider audience, maybe it helps if your audience is already prepared for most of what you're throwing at them. This reharmonization was absolutely masterful, not only for trained and practiced musicians, but even for those who mostly don't appreciate jazz like myself. You've achieved greatness here. And you have wonderful friends. I want to hear more.

    • @lifeontheledgerlines8394
      @lifeontheledgerlines8394 Před 4 lety +44

      The more chords you know, the more courage it takes to not play them.
      - Jacob Collier

    • @BigHenFor
      @BigHenFor Před 3 lety +6

      Music is a language, and if you think how many tens of thousands of words are in the English Language but, you can get by fluently with only 3000, then you have a challenge: how to pick the right words and tone to enhance one's communication. Know them all is fine but the trick is knowing the right ones to get over to your audience what your trying to say. The funny thing is that I don't like this arrangement, as it's just too lush with the strings = too much sugar and not enough spice. The problem for me is the instrumentation and production that drowns the lyrics. It's all down to making the best choices one can, but knowing that your audience will not always like it. Sometimes, less is more. And this arrangement loses the cheekiness and spunkiness of the lyric. But that's just my opinion. Have fun, and practice, practice, practice knowing that sometimes you will fail, but if you learn from those failures, you can only get better.

    • @paavobergmann4920
      @paavobergmann4920 Před 3 lety +3

      I really like jazz, although I have basically zero knowledge in music theory. I just follow the sound, and admire that someone is able to do this. But yeah, I came to really like some tunes that have most of my friends go "uugh?", so, there may be some training or familiarization involved. Maybe some things are not so unexpected anymore, and I can appreciate them for what they are, or I don´t get so surprised anymore that it distracts me from listening to the sound, and how I perceive it. I don´t know. Jazz is fun, keep on listening. You´ll like more and more of it. Don´t spoil it all with trying for an intellectual approach.

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Před rokem +1

      @@lifeontheledgerlines8394 god this is too true

  • @supersmartshaurya
    @supersmartshaurya Před 5 lety +250

    reharms of pop music usually sound really extra, but this just nails it! adds a bit of spice while maintaining the original songs story and integrity.

  • @tcampbell1314
    @tcampbell1314 Před 5 lety +836

    strings + clean jazz guitar... George Benson wants to know your location.

    • @tonyspro
      @tonyspro Před 5 lety +28

      Tom Campbell he’ll be breezin’ over as soon as he hears

    • @gavinwightman4038
      @gavinwightman4038 Před 5 lety +1

      whos that

    • @Marekki2202
      @Marekki2202 Před 5 lety +5

      as long as it‘s not *drum beat* Richard Benson

    • @int3533
      @int3533 Před 5 lety

      And he’s pissed...

    • @theshyguy1580
      @theshyguy1580 Před 5 lety +4

      @@tonyspro Nah, he'll be lost in a masquerade

  • @weida2639
    @weida2639 Před 3 lety +8

    UNRELATED but his shirt matches his eyes so beautifully - we stan a fashion icon!

    • @TheSadMusician
      @TheSadMusician Před 2 lety

      Its actually that his eyes are very light, when he wears a strong color his eyes just reflect it
      It happens with my eyes as well, they are usually green like his but when we wear lighter color shirts it shifts the way you see our eye colors

  • @bloblanticor
    @bloblanticor Před 3 lety +30

    Me: I can play E A C D on guitar if I really try
    Also me: Of course a Ebmaj69sus85 is more emotionally relevant here, Ariana, goddamn!

    • @2m7b5
      @2m7b5 Před 3 lety +4

      It's harder to learn wierd extended chords on guitar because usually you have to learn a completely new chord shape. On piano you just add notes to a chord you already know. Just keep practicing!

  • @SystemGlitch
    @SystemGlitch Před 5 lety +635

    kidz bop version:
    im so
    frickin
    greatful
    for my
    t-rex

    • @TheJMusicNow
      @TheJMusicNow Před 5 lety +2

      Best comment here by a long shot

    • @theelephantintheroom3078
      @theelephantintheroom3078 Před 5 lety +4

      SystemGlitch I read this in a Miranda Sings voice and literally LOL’d 😂

    • @cat_photo1973
      @cat_photo1973 Před 5 lety +5

      Why didn't they change it to, "I'm so very thankful for my ex?" That sounds a lot better.

    • @Jumbs146
      @Jumbs146 Před 4 lety

      Thank you Trex Thank you Trex

    • @logansimmons3199
      @logansimmons3199 Před 4 lety

      This mad me snort 🐽

  • @gavinwild2647
    @gavinwild2647 Před 5 lety +99

    Bass solo at 10:39 - great time to get a quick conversation in!
    This is really awesome, btw :)

    • @Linehan23
      @Linehan23 Před 5 lety

      conversation metaphor is blowing my mind

  • @jorgeneri
    @jorgeneri Před 5 lety +240

    Wtf... What a great time to live. I wish I was ten years younger and have all the time of the world to study those things...

    • @lukehanson6077
      @lukehanson6077 Před 4 lety +21

      Jorge Neri it’s never too late to start!

    • @elidwor1856
      @elidwor1856 Před 4 lety +22

      15 mins a day goes a long way!

    • @ChronoMune
      @ChronoMune Před 4 lety +9

      lol ten years? Is that even supposed to be such a huge amount of time for being able to do something in life overall? Your statement just shows you giving up before you even try. Look at your time ahead and how you wanna use it rather than focusing on the time that’s already gone. Use that instead as an example of how to better use your time now.

    • @ashtonevans2427
      @ashtonevans2427 Před 4 lety +4

      @Marco Evans Needed to hear this. Thank you for the inspiration. Just picking it up after not playing for 3 years. Been diving in hard again.

    • @musikyleproductions2488
      @musikyleproductions2488 Před 3 lety

      Just look up, man. The basics of music theory can be learned in under an hour. I studied for 3 weeks and I can already understand some of the stuff he was talking about.

  • @Leah-yh5sj
    @Leah-yh5sj Před 5 lety +25

    I've never been a fan of Ariana, but I actually like thank u, next. but this version is really, really, good! feels a lot more unique, colorful, and complex than the original. glad I stumbled upon this!

    • @bigcheese9020
      @bigcheese9020 Před 2 lety

      Ik it’s really late but if you want more lighthearted jazz pop like this I would check out geography by Tom misch

  • @kathrayres
    @kathrayres Před 5 lety +48

    Your jazz training really shows in this- I always think it's interesting that for jazz players/arrangers/composers, the hierarchy of justifications for harmony against melody is almost always function > color > line. Pretty much every harmonic area in this arrangement is either describable as prolongation through functional equivalence or motion from one area to another via the standard circle of 5ths predominant/dominant/tonic cycle. I don't know a lot of classical people working today that think this way, and in the pop world, color is often used in a much more direct way without regard to linear motion or harmonic function. Every time I see jazz-infused arrangements/reharms of pop stuff, it confirms my suspicions that a mix of the late Romantic and Impressionist harmonic languages have been kept alive and expanded upon in the jazz tradition.
    Basically, nice work. Love what you've done with the tune!

  • @DasOmen02
    @DasOmen02 Před 5 lety +121

    In the meantime, Neely, thank you for making the video despite the blatant incoming demonetization :)
    I really got to do that creative exercise you talked about; you're not the first person I heard it from (some guitarist by the name of Vai talked about it-- idk if you heard of him, he's pretty underground)

  • @Sagashiiii
    @Sagashiiii Před 5 lety +15

    Went from pop to 80s and 90’s RnB/Jazz mix. Absolutely stunning definitely subscribed

  • @DavidSeekolaMusic
    @DavidSeekolaMusic Před 4 lety +2

    Its so good to see someone reharmonizing for a GOOD REASON, not simply because they know a thousand chords. Thank you @Adam Neely, I've decided to pursue this approach.

  • @yukonmcgee1640
    @yukonmcgee1640 Před 5 lety +42

    another reason 69 (nice) are great is because you can voice the chord tones into a big 5 tone stack of fourths and get some sweet sweet quartal harmony

  • @argetect2847
    @argetect2847 Před 5 lety +517

    Adam Neely: six nine
    Adam Neely: nice.
    Me: ha! *subscribes*

  • @courtnie1783
    @courtnie1783 Před 5 lety +39

    This is so cool! I love seeing disciplinary theories put in connection with emotional storytelling/symbolism, and this is a prime example of that! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @cm8880
    @cm8880 Před 5 lety +7

    That's one of the greatest reharms I've ever heard. I'm bawling, and much as I love it, music rarely impacts me in that kind of emotional way.

  • @DacianGradaMusic
    @DacianGradaMusic Před 5 lety +34

    Even though I barely understood the intricacies of this reharm + analysis, I loved it so much! There's just something magical about having the same melody in a different "light" which is totally subjective and dependant on the creator. Bravo!

  • @jaycubes
    @jaycubes Před 5 lety +112

    Im so ---- greatful for my *Dbmaj7*

  • @bigbrownhouse6999
    @bigbrownhouse6999 Před rokem +1

    This is so beautiful. It gives so much more context to the lyrics and makes the song like 10x better.

  • @brittisaacrossman
    @brittisaacrossman Před 5 lety +5

    This was incredible... brought tears to me. Very well done, everyone!

  • @morgendorffer3504
    @morgendorffer3504 Před 5 lety +15

    3:33 that dragon and the cloud your symbolism CRACKS ME UP

  • @jonathanalfred446
    @jonathanalfred446 Před 5 lety +52

    Storytelling is the core of art.
    You are a true artist.
    Story is everything.
    Subscribed.
    🤯

  • @ZacharielMusic
    @ZacharielMusic Před 11 hodinami

    that Ebm11 is an angel! Love your work and breakdown Adam!

  • @ISCMfoundation
    @ISCMfoundation Před 3 lety

    Thank you Adam and thank you to the wonderful musicians, supporting you in this educational series. You put theory so wonderfully to practice.

  • @farseer123456789
    @farseer123456789 Před 5 lety +101

    Hey man saw your TED talk last night. Just wanted to say awesome job. Love to catch ya next time I'm in NYC

  • @DrBackBeat
    @DrBackBeat Před 5 lety +6

    Seriously though, this is amazing. Such concrete examples of harmonic storytelling. I could never imagine what people really meant by it, other than something spiritual and way too abstract. This is neither!

  • @sulliwan1
    @sulliwan1 Před 4 lety

    Love it. Thanks Adam, so many channels teach me what strings to pull on the bass to make it sound like I want it to, but yours explains what music is and why.

  • @saxyrep1
    @saxyrep1 Před 4 lety

    I'm so grateful for Adam's video. Sometimes it's a refresher course, some other times, it's putting a name or theorize sthgs I've been using and finally, just sthg completely new but vital to improve your compositions. Really, thanks !

  • @CalculusDaddy
    @CalculusDaddy Před 5 lety +3

    2:09
    *_N I C E_*

  • @DBruce
    @DBruce Před 5 lety +205

    Man, this was awesome. That's all (-: Oh and you have some cool friends.

  • @maggiecorrigan2705
    @maggiecorrigan2705 Před 4 lety +1

    I love this version of the song!! The more bittersweet harmony is so beautiful, I would definitely purchase the remix!

  • @turkicnomad5632
    @turkicnomad5632 Před 3 lety +1

    I’m teaching myself music theory to support my somewhat competent technical skills. I just finished the chapter on reharmonization, uncertain of secondary dominant subs and diatonic substitutions. Watching your reharmonization series has been an absolutely wonderful supplement. Really, all of your theory deep dives have been enlightening. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and creativity so freely.

  • @mrf4ncyp4nts
    @mrf4ncyp4nts Před 5 lety +135

    Gbm69
    𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆

  • @islerfinn
    @islerfinn Před 5 lety +87

    Question for your next QnA:
    What is your opinion on film music? Is it important to study?

    • @guilhermenunes2211
      @guilhermenunes2211 Před 5 lety +11

      there isn't a thing that is important, there is not even one reaosn for us to be alive! Study what you want! :)

    • @TAP7a
      @TAP7a Před 5 lety +11

      One better: trailer music. Trailer music is the purest and most distilled crystallizations of musical communication. The most successful trailer music acts as a repository of musical buttons to simply push and create a quasi-Pavlovian emotional response, and I would love to see some breakdowns and recontextualising of it

    • @Blagmafuga
      @Blagmafuga Před 5 lety

      @@TAP7a if you're interested in trailer music breakdown you may enjoy this czcams.com/video/KAOdjqyG37A/video.html
      As well as the episode "The Booj" from the podcast "Twenty thousand Hertz"

    • @abdulalshibly3930
      @abdulalshibly3930 Před 5 lety +1

      In my opinion as a wannabe young eager Film composer.
      Analyzing Film scores are a great way to understand orchestration i.e. you can learn how instruments sound or how are they tuned you can learn how to orchestrate chords which is not as easy as it sounds Film composers like John Williams(My favourite Film Composer) Uses a lot of Modes borrowed chords a lot of Jazz harmony etc
      Because he was a jazz pianist that's why you will find some extended chords in his orchestration
      I know that doesn't clearly answer your question
      But to clearly answer it. It depends on you if you're interested in Jazz big bands or using orchestra in your music maybe you would like to learn about chord relationships maybe you want to know some harmonic devices that are used in Film scores(believe me there's a lot of harmonic devices in film scores and it can really change your playing and how you sound)
      If that's the case I would highly recommend you to analyze Film scores
      There's really not a lot of reasons to not learn about film scores because a lot of people that are doing it are brilliant I will list you some Film composers to check out
      If you don't really
      Edit: I almost forgot the famous Ghibli cartoons composer
      Joe Hisaishi he uses a lot of Jazz Harmony too
      Check out his Piano pieces i.e. The twilight shore you can clearly hear his Extended chords
      What I love about him is he is kinda manipulating Jazz harmony and making it sound Japanese sometimes He is a phenomenal composer
      Another Edit: Joe Hisaishi pieces are kinda hard to analyze because he is what we call a special case he is like Claude Debussy or Alexander Scriabin he is using something that nobody tried yet he is writing his orchestral pieces with Japanese music theory check out "why myizakay music sound soo good" from the channel Sideways then you will be able to analyze his music better

  • @JuanManuelGarcia_machine
    @JuanManuelGarcia_machine Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for this beautiful story ! It is always hard for me to decide whether your friends are brillant on their own or whether you make them shine. I guess there is a little bit of both. Loved this version !

  • @americhino122
    @americhino122 Před 4 lety +1

    I recently finished all my music studies, and your videos (among many other things of course) are reminders that all those hours of music theory and piano practice are all worth it. Keep up the great work!

  • @GaviLazan
    @GaviLazan Před 5 lety +9

    I love how Meitar (string in Hebrew, specially ones like those in a violin) plays the violin. It's like her name destined her to do this.

  • @Flobyby
    @Flobyby Před 5 lety +87

    I'm honestly surprised you didn't talk about them Scottish Snaps :-P

  • @prbj74
    @prbj74 Před 4 lety +1

    Man, i've listened to this version for like 30 times in a row.
    It was absolutely astonishing!
    You're great, dude. Your channel is such a great tool for all students
    Greetings from Brazil!

  • @michelleimanuela
    @michelleimanuela Před 5 lety

    GEEZ. i truly feel the emotion. the storytelling really reaches me. youre a music arranger!! WOW

  • @89Husker
    @89Husker Před 5 lety +8

    This was absolutely magical. Thank you for showing how you developed this reharmonization and thank you so much for sharing this with with us. I got chills.

  • @dylanmax.
    @dylanmax. Před 5 lety +27

    making a petition to have educational licenses exist for Adam
    who would sign it?

    • @Solo-vh9fm
      @Solo-vh9fm Před 5 lety

      Dylan Hussain he shouldn’t have to pay to make these videos though (if that’s what you’re saying), it’s still fair use, so actually a petition or even a lawsuit again CZcams for violating fair use laws would be a better idea

    • @jcdenton4436
      @jcdenton4436 Před 5 lety

      They exist. It's not like there's some international institution dictating what kind of contract you can or can't enter into ....

    • @coder0xff
      @coder0xff Před 5 lety

      @@Solo-vh9fm The melody and lyrics are reproduced in their entirety, so I don't think it falls under fair use. Also, because CZcams is a privately owned platform, and not a government entity, CZcams isn't required to follow fair use laws. They can remove anything from their platform that they please. That's not to say that I think Adam shouldn't be compensated for this work.

    • @Solo-vh9fm
      @Solo-vh9fm Před 5 lety

      Brent Lewis Oh I thought we were talking about the channel not just this particular video (since the Single Ladies one got unfairly flagged despite falling into fair use), but in most countries covers are completely legal as long as long as profits (or in CZcams’s case monetisation) are shared. CZcams isn’t (explicitly) required to follow fair use, but when you appeal against copyright flags you’re risking going to court (and thus you could be having to hire lawyers) and also CZcams is that big of a platform and while we’re here so is Spotify and Facebook, that they have responsibilities and they have contracts with creators and artists which refer to copyright and each countries laws that you have to agree before even having accounts/releases. If it’s not illegal what CZcams is doing it certainly should be. Unless it’s for good reason (threatening content or harmful content) I don’t think it’s right a platform to just removing on their platforms.

  • @tatianaovcharova9388
    @tatianaovcharova9388 Před 4 lety

    I love the way how you talk about harmony, And all that symbols that you put with are very useful!

  • @MikeWestHills
    @MikeWestHills Před 4 lety

    Very good work... the reharmonizing is ... beautiful! The final work is beautiful to the point that's causing me to be speechless. Great work.

  • @Stryngz21
    @Stryngz21 Před 5 lety +7

    Love ❤️ the reharmonization, tritone substitutions and the great quality of tone in all instruments. Bravo Adam

  • @williamstone8330
    @williamstone8330 Před 5 lety +12

    Dude that was fucking awesome, you really made it your own- the harmony, your version, is beautiful.

  • @billklemm7284
    @billklemm7284 Před 3 lety +16

    I wish more pop music producers would reach for the spicy chords.

  • @mfalk6263
    @mfalk6263 Před 4 lety

    I love your story telling interpretation of harmony and melody. Very inspiring!

  • @poiewhfopiewhf
    @poiewhfopiewhf Před 5 lety +7

    its a really brilliant video Adam you know its like with something as abstract as harmony i feel like there is a sort of spectrum on how it can be analyzed from like a completely dry mathematical formula to just speaking in vague indecipherable word salad, and i think brilliantly here you found the balance where you give some hints to the emotional quality of what is going on while still giving this practical explanation of how these emotions can be chosen and transmuted. Really exceptional, i felt this video was very true. Also, love the outcome :) thanks again for all the hard work you put into making these

  • @zzarkS
    @zzarkS Před 5 lety +28

    NICE. Man I wish I were this musically fluent...

  • @theresa4150
    @theresa4150 Před 5 lety

    This was an excellent video! A lot of times while people are learning music theory (especially in the context of chord progressions or harmony), it isn't easily applicable in the sense of adding emotional nuances to a song- it seems more theoretical than meaningful. Adam did a great job explaining and demonstrating the versatility of harmonies in songwriting. Nice!

  • @sofwanrizkoramadoni6728
    @sofwanrizkoramadoni6728 Před 5 lety +8

    I love how the way you approach this reharmoning or reinterpretating (In my interpretation of what you doing here) by deconstructed the song, not only at the harmonic or chord level but beyond that. You deconstructed it until the core of this song as well, the message of each lyrics. Such a premium quality content, well done Adam.

  • @hiptoalieu
    @hiptoalieu Před 5 lety +41

    GOOOOODDD GRIEEEEEEFFFF so good man, diggin' these harmonizations!!!! They are really intentional, and meaningful BUT, why not have BOTH the live hi hat and the trap hats!?

    • @pogchamp7983
      @pogchamp7983 Před 5 lety +2

      Trap is an abomination.

    • @Blarghmasta
      @Blarghmasta Před 5 lety

      @@pogchamp7983 You say that, but it's really not. There is simply almost no good trap--and that is abomination.

    • @MrTombocho
      @MrTombocho Před 5 lety

      @@Blarghmasta czcams.com/video/WS0YQF5-cZ4/video.html
      czcams.com/play/PLNYpbyHW1zjq2MJIhDXFdQmcpDJjhzpJ9.html

  • @benmeitzen4184
    @benmeitzen4184 Před 5 lety +3

    This is so awesome! Thank you for making these reharmonization videos!

  • @geetika6540
    @geetika6540 Před 5 lety

    the way you described music and harmony as art and stories is amazing!

  • @victorpandiwijaya9982
    @victorpandiwijaya9982 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for sharing knowledge. Love this new arrangement.

  • @BradColemanisHere
    @BradColemanisHere Před 5 lety +11

    Amazing stuff here, Adam. You're making learning music fun, and I really hope CZcams figures this out.

  • @cypher7494
    @cypher7494 Před 5 lety +6

    beautiful man, thank you for your videos, I always enjoy each one of them :)

  • @marlonborreo
    @marlonborreo Před 4 lety

    All those amaaaazing chords...and I'm just blown away by the singer's voice. Wow.

  • @johnk.atchley5079
    @johnk.atchley5079 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks Adam for tremendously interesting videos on harmony and rhythm from an old guy who loves music but never could play and wishes he could. It is amazing to see the facility that you and other talented musicians have to "speak" these languages that to me are as complex and hard to grasp as quantum physics and string theory (pun purely accidental). I am grateful I stumbled across your many videos, they are a gift.

  • @AbeniMerriweather
    @AbeniMerriweather Před 5 lety +15

    I'd love to see this turned into an entire series, just hopefully without the risk of demonitization

  • @Tocy777isback0414
    @Tocy777isback0414 Před 5 lety +29

    I mean I wouldn't complain if this is a start of a new series, awesome!

  • @BredyTruver
    @BredyTruver Před 4 lety

    Thanks for your amazing work! Love what you do!

  • @gabriellaaldegondakristian1740

    Thankyou CZcams for recommending me this. Awesome video, great music, wonderful taste, and skills. Yass!!

  • @ZanraiKid
    @ZanraiKid Před 5 lety +19

    “Thank u, Dbmaj7” The thumbnail is true, and should be said.
    Also, nice.

  • @kontsakeisari
    @kontsakeisari Před 5 lety +83

    It's starting to sound like a SZA track! :D

    • @bluetannery1527
      @bluetannery1527 Před 5 lety +2

      What's the difference between Nemo and Loki? Nemo's father went looking for him. this is damn true

  • @claymachinemusic
    @claymachinemusic Před 5 lety

    amazingly beautiful chord progression ❤️

  • @dustinsmith7259
    @dustinsmith7259 Před 4 lety

    This is truly beautiful. It makes my heart melt

  • @carlosmendozapiano
    @carlosmendozapiano Před 5 lety +12

    “I wish all felt the power that strong
    Of Hermony! But no, it would crash
    The whole world, since no one would care
    Of what is called necessities of life
    Having surrendered to free noble Art...”
    -A.S.Pushkin "Mozart and Salieri"

  • @enigma_steve
    @enigma_steve Před 5 lety +70

    Wayyy better than remonetize/deharmonize, guys.
    In all seriousness though, what a beautiful reharm!

  • @ryukisai99
    @ryukisai99 Před 4 lety

    First time in my life i listen at a pop song twice in a row. That’s how good you are. Beautiful work guys!

  • @joecarmo9059
    @joecarmo9059 Před 3 lety

    Adam. You are a God! That coming from someone who is widely ignorant about harmony but very much interested in semantics not just in music but in everything else. I wish you were around 55 years ago when I first picked up a guitar in Brazil playin Bosa Nova and had no idea what those extended chords meant. Thanks.

  • @leonwaves
    @leonwaves Před 5 lety +68

    The opening/verse chord progression is just like the one in Stevie Wonder’s “As”

    • @cloudofreverie786
      @cloudofreverie786 Před 5 lety +5

      The Songs in the key of life album is a classic. As is one of my favorites.

  • @nycepark
    @nycepark Před 5 lety +49

    quick download this before it gets taken down by UMG

    • @rhynoorhyon5291
      @rhynoorhyon5291 Před 5 lety +8

      It would be unwise for them to try and take it down. It's in their best interests to just steal the monetary dispensation Neely would get from his view count, without taking it down. They make more money that way, and it doesn't have a noticeable effect on what the end-user (viewer) sees, and therefore doesn't change the public's opinion of them.

    • @fetB
      @fetB Před 5 lety +2

      thanks youtube

  • @KentonBlythe
    @KentonBlythe Před 4 lety

    So smooth. Nice work man.

  • @lee_akatsuki
    @lee_akatsuki Před 4 lety

    thank you adam neely for such excellent works.. keep on inspiring people in creating good music..i have many questions about music theory and found answers and ideas from your videos!! 👍🏻👍🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻