Functional Harmony - Chord substitutions for songwriters
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
- Functional harmony and finding chord substitutions are related. This video explains how harmony is functional in general and then how songwriters can find chord substitutions using functions.
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Weekly Lesson #68
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Lesson Content Outline with Timestamp Links:
0:00 - About this lesson and channel
0:59 - Definition of functional harmony
1:36 - The 3 main functions in functional harmony
2:49 - How chord substitutions work in functional harmony
3:31 - Theory of tonic functioning chords
4:10 - Theory of dominant functioning chords
4:34 - Theory of subdominant functioning chords
5:02 - Example of chord substitution in songwriting
5:38 - Lyric writing skit
6:29 - Lyrics & melody with initial chord progression
6:46 - Swapping the chords with substitutions
8:28 - Full song idea with the new chord substitutions
9:02 - Conclusion: When to think in terms of function
11:04 - Free chord substitution chart: bit.ly/32UF6cQ
11:50 - Next lesson / Outro
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Lesson Description:
This week's lesson is all about functional harmony. What it is, how it works, and how we can use it. Learning functional harmony is super useful for finding chord substitutions when writing progressions or jamming. And I know studying music can feel a little dry and academic at times, so I included a little humor that anyone who's tried writing lyrics might relate to. In this lesson I write a song with a basic chord progression and then use functional harmony to replace each chord with a chord substitution.
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Even though functional harmony isn’t the prevailing method for creating music these days, it’s still helpful to know about and understand, especially for seeing how chords overlap and behave similarly so we can find chord substitutions when songwriting or jamming.
I hope you enjoyed this lesson and found it beneficial. Let me know what you thought. Thanks! :)
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@@TheLochan77 ooh, that's not good. It should be working. Not sure why that's happening. thanks for letting me know. Send me an email and I'll give you the PDF directly. jared@soundguitarlessons.com
your video really helped my understanding of functional harmony. Amazingly concise and clear !
Thanks. I have been trying to figure out, with respect to functional harmony, why a practical person who creates music care. You have made it clearer why it can be a tool in the toolkit.
Those lyrics are 🔥
HAHAHA thanks, gotta write what you know... :)
In all seriousness though, your lessons are amazing! I'm glad I found your channel and have been sharing with others I think would benefit from it
@@paulsoderquist4788 Wow thanks so much for sharing with people!! And I'm so glad you're finding the lessons helpful! :)
Eye opening as usual. You have a very unique and admirable way of making simple sense out of concepts that I've heard of before but never really understood. Thanks again.
Wow, thank you!
Best video ever. Thank you so much!!
Not enough love to this channel, great job thank you for covering this type of content.
Thanks, Tyler! Much appreciated! Cheers, -Jared
Incredible lesson. A decade's worth of music theory research synthesized into 12 minutes. Thanks!
Excellent presentation; very well explained. De-mystifying concepts one at a time. Music can be a enigma, with it being broken down it becomes less so. Easy going and soft spoken, makes for a pain free lesson.
Again one of the best guitar lessons of my life.
You are doing an amazing job.
Keep on going
Thank you very much
Thanks a million! That is extremely encouraging. I will indeed keep going and you're generous words certainly provide some fuel.
Jared, thanks so much for sending me the link to this lesson. This was a light bulb lesson for me! I had no idea that the seven notes served one of three essential functions and the chords within those functions are interchangeable! Now I'm really feeling inspired! Thanks!!!
Hi Sean! Awesome! I thought you might like this one given your songwriting goals and interest in theory. Glad to hear it helped!! :) -Jared ~
Another Great lesson, I really had a light bulb moment. Thanks again for sharing.
Excellent! Love those light bulb moments :) Thanks!
okay I'm subscribing and gonna hit these videos not drunk. maybe hopefully this gets me to where I need to be. trying to tour next summer on a record.
New subscriber. Great channel!
Love this so much, was SO helpful.
Thank you! u have a beautiful voice 🧡
Thanks Ann!! :) glad it was helpful!
Hi Jared,
You’re doing a great job. No promises to be the new guitar hero here, but a fonctionnal guitar toolbox.
Keep on going !
Christophe from France
I'm all about the functional guitar toolbox. :) Right on! And thanks for the encouragement! :)
Very cool stuff and very well explained. I'll be checking out that rootless chord video next mate, awesome 🤘
Glad you liked it, thanks!
thank you, really cool lesson, looking forward to the next one ;)
Glad you liked it, Thanks!
Food for thought. Thanks.
My pleasure!
Great lesson. 👏👏👏👏
Thank you! 😃
You are doing great sir .
Thank you! :)
BLOWS MY MIND THAT YOU DONT HAVE ATLEAST A MILLION SUBS!
That's very encouraging of you, thank you! :) -Jared
04:59 I - vi - ii - V
06:27 Lyrics added
Cool
Right on thanks
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Some problem is there .
Sorry for that inconvenience! It definitely should be working. Sometimes various types of security settings on the user's end can try to stop the process for some reason. Send me an email and I'll get you the PDF directly. jared@soundguitarlessons.com. Thanks for letting me know! -Jared
Does this also apply to a minor scale? For instance, does the V and VII of a minor scale also act as dominant chords? I can't find this info anywhere
Great question! ** It's not the exact same for the chords in minor keys, but sort of, it's just flipped around. If you take all the major scale chords, and take vi, and call that i, and change all the other numbers accordingly, but keep them in their function buckets, then you have the minor key chords and their functions. Plus in minor, V can be turned into a major chord or dominant 7 chord to act as dominant and target i again.
whats the motivation behind making this kind of videos because your videos are great . i'm just curious no one making videos the way you do on youtube other people would've sell this stuff by making courses.
also i have a Question how to use borrowed chord and resolve my music?
Good question. You're very kind. I'll be selling courses eventually as well, but I will always be committed to providing a free weekly lesson and I try to do the best job I can when teaching no matter if it's free or paid.