5 Endings Musicians Should Know

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  • čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
  • Follow along as Jacob Dupre teaches five different musical endings that every musician should know. Having these endings in your arsenal as a musician will prepare you to play with just about anyone at any live gig.
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  • @sweetwater
    @sweetwater  Před 5 lety +10

    After you watch, give this video a thumbs up and subscribe! 😎🤘

  • @DanusOpium
    @DanusOpium Před 5 lety +152

    I was playing the same riff over and over with no breaks for four years. Unfortunately my wife left me and took the kids away, I lost my job and my own family staged an intervention. Thanks to this video, I was finally able to finish the song! Thanks! 😀

    • @bluenetmarketing
      @bluenetmarketing Před 5 lety +3

      And now your song is over too and you are left with nothing........except a stinger somewhere down the line, when you never know. Be on guard.

    • @DonyaLane
      @DonyaLane Před 5 lety +1

      Bwahaha!

    • @jamespadgett2537
      @jamespadgett2537 Před 5 lety +1

      bluenetmarketing Jesus 😂

  • @marcobeltran7218
    @marcobeltran7218 Před 5 lety +48

    The best ending is the one where the band starts to look at each waiting for anybody to take the initiative and nod.

  • @altrogeruvah
    @altrogeruvah Před 5 lety +5

    What a talented human being Jacob Dupre is, I can listen to him play and talk all day long! He's got such a great vocabulary stemming from so many genres, very impressive fella -

  • @jakestewartmusic
    @jakestewartmusic Před 5 lety +275

    You forgot the one where the drunk bass player falls off the stage

    • @lgtitan8810
      @lgtitan8810 Před 5 lety +2

      Beautiful

    • @JacobDupre
      @JacobDupre Před 5 lety +2

      Lol

    • @LuukSwinkels
      @LuukSwinkels Před 5 lety +1

      Yep. true story man. I really like this video. It helps me a lot. I compose my one music. Feel free to check it out

    • @starsstob_
      @starsstob_ Před 5 lety +7

      At one gig our Drumer slept in, while playing.

    • @DonyaLane
      @DonyaLane Před 5 lety +1

      LMAO

  • @DonyaLane
    @DonyaLane Před 5 lety +3

    I've been purchasing gear from Sweetwater for YEARS, and it never occurred to me to subscribe to their channel until this appeared in my cue.

  • @JacobDupre
    @JacobDupre Před 5 lety +88

    Piece of advice: Just because a cliche is a cliche doesn’t mean you get to ignore it...it’s still part of the musical language and therefore, regardless of your own artistic opinion, you should strive to know as much about the language as possible so you can converse fluently with other musicians. Now, if you only want to create music for yourself...meaning you don’t need to learn to speak it with others or you constantly want to invent your own musical languages...creating music that is always new and genre-breaking, then this advice will probably not mean much to you. However, if you give greater value to being a more complete musician who can drift between different styles with ease, then this advice should be a main part of your daily practice.

    • @jakestewartmusic
      @jakestewartmusic Před 5 lety +1

      Exactly. Even if you think these endings are cliche or they're not of interest to you musically, learning them shows you what to avoid! Knowledge is power and in this case, knowledge of common musical language is creative power.

    • @JacobDupre
      @JacobDupre Před 5 lety +7

      There’s also the idea that many people could be at an earlier stage in learning music and would be very happy and content to just be able to perform standards from jazz/pop/rock/country at a better level...they will not see learning these as a waste, but as a step forward.

    • @jakestewartmusic
      @jakestewartmusic Před 5 lety +4

      @@JacobDupre Yep, that too. Being someone who ends up playing a lot of different genres with different bands, I totally see the value in these. I hope Sweetwater does even more videos like this because I think a lot of folks who want to become well-rounded players could get a lot of use out of this

    • @LJMadrigalMusic
      @LJMadrigalMusic Před 5 lety

      a big amen to that!

    • @loubernard6965
      @loubernard6965 Před 5 lety

      Yup. They call em standard outros for a reason..

  • @Killenmachine05
    @Killenmachine05 Před 5 lety +36

    "you know that I love you more than I love you" lyrical genius

    • @chrisc7265
      @chrisc7265 Před 5 lety +3

      the entire lyrics of _I'm_ _Sitting_ _in_ _a_ _La_ _La_ _Waiting_ _for_ _My_ _Ya_ _Ya_ are breathtaking

    • @bfish89ryuhayabusa
      @bfish89ryuhayabusa Před 5 lety +1

      I was really happy to hear that song here.

  • @MarkPeotter
    @MarkPeotter Před 5 lety +7

    Excellent advice for musicians who play casuals and pick up gigs! Even if you have never met the other guys on stage, everyone should have some common vocabulary.

  • @tomvalusek
    @tomvalusek Před 5 lety +68

    The way I learned various endings was by studying endings provided in my Yamaha PSR keyboard auto accompaniments

  • @robertsimpson5801
    @robertsimpson5801 Před 5 lety +56

    Yeah, I remember last time we were covering "Welcome to the Jungle," and I yelled out,
    "BASS-EE!"

  • @NKBobcat
    @NKBobcat Před 7 měsíci

    THANK YOU!!! I have been looking for the name of the Basie ending for 5-6 years! I called it the tink tink tink ending.

  • @javierloaizamusic
    @javierloaizamusic Před 5 lety +5

    Kudos to Jacob! Awesome content and great playing and singing!

  • @thomaspick4123
    @thomaspick4123 Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent.

  • @adamwhite5553
    @adamwhite5553 Před 3 lety +1

    Mant thanks for the videos you post Jacob - I'm working my way through all of them and have learnt a huge amount. You explain the concepts clearly and it's perfect for intermediate players like myself looking to develop and get introduced to other styles. Thanks again!

  • @MrSuntask
    @MrSuntask Před 5 lety +1

    Very helpful! More of that pleeease!

  • @lryoung3655
    @lryoung3655 Před 5 lety +1

    This is really useful for people just starting out and more seasoned players.. many thanks.

  • @elleondejuda4681
    @elleondejuda4681 Před 5 lety +1

    I need this in my fingers.
    Nicely played Jacob , you sound great man.

  • @JacobDupre
    @JacobDupre Před 5 lety +3

    For those of you who understand the purpose of this video and why I made it, thank you. For those of you who don’t, please read the comments of the ones who do...it might help you understand 🙂

  • @joeymusic
    @joeymusic Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for letting us know!

  • @ernestbuckley8671
    @ernestbuckley8671 Před 5 lety +4

    Nice playing guys. Great little video teaching a lot!

  • @eduardoferreira1963
    @eduardoferreira1963 Před 5 lety

    Great Nick! Miss SB so much

  • @joshuaweasenforth7757
    @joshuaweasenforth7757 Před 5 lety +1

    Great share. Thanks.

  • @SebastianFreislebenPianist

    Great Band 🔥

  • @davidlehew1182
    @davidlehew1182 Před 3 lety

    Love it, thanks guys!

  • @moshezuchter
    @moshezuchter Před 5 lety +1

    Super useful. Thanks!!

  • @dersanftekrieger
    @dersanftekrieger Před 5 lety +2

    Thx for this. My favorite ending is number 3!

  • @UnknownNel
    @UnknownNel Před rokem

    I saw u in a rush video, now watching ur video, gosh u are so amazing, even your voice!!!

  • @samguna
    @samguna Před 5 lety +1

    Awesome

  • @anhthiensaigon
    @anhthiensaigon Před 5 lety +3

    nord stage 3... neat piece of art

  • @kevinalufe7130
    @kevinalufe7130 Před 5 lety +1

    This is nice.

  • @rjuant5358
    @rjuant5358 Před 3 měsíci

    That's the perfect ending, when the drummer play tricks with the sticks.

  • @bfish89ryuhayabusa
    @bfish89ryuhayabusa Před 5 lety +1

    Nice song choice with Lee Dorsey's "Ya Ya".

  • @montecristolj
    @montecristolj Před 5 lety +1

    Wow!!!

  • @almasiocco3171
    @almasiocco3171 Před 4 lety

    Woowwwwwww you are so awesome Men!

  • @barryhunt8527
    @barryhunt8527 Před 5 lety +1

    Nice one, ta 4 that 😀👍

  • @lukeheidmusic
    @lukeheidmusic Před 5 lety +9

    How did the Ellington ending not make this list

  • @andrewcampbell-bluespianop6741

    Some interesting ideas here, thx

    • @harogaston
      @harogaston Před 5 lety

      You find this interesting? Man you should go out more. This are the most basic, uninteresting, please the masses, lazy endings you will ever hear.

  • @CrandMackerel
    @CrandMackerel Před 5 lety

    Musicians should also know the chromatic walkdown ending starting on the tritone. It's more commonly used when playing jazz standards, but in that genre, it's used all the time.

  • @udhi_gn3893
    @udhi_gn3893 Před 5 lety +103

    Probably the most American endings I've ever heard.

    • @aaroncarter2813
      @aaroncarter2813 Před 5 lety +3

      Good thing we’re in America 🇺🇸

    • @harogaston
      @harogaston Před 5 lety +4

      The most United Statians ending you should say. America is a continent.

    • @alienorbiter
      @alienorbiter Před 5 lety +6

      Aaron Carter Dude, only 3.6% of the world's population lives in the USA. The other 96.7% is watching this video from outside the USA.

    • @olegoleg1838
      @olegoleg1838 Před 5 lety +1

      Yep, even motley crue use those

    • @ryanhenneberger2679
      @ryanhenneberger2679 Před 5 lety +8

      alienorbiter It’s cute that you equate population dispersion with the dispersion of CZcams consumers. Cute, and ignorant.

  • @jacquesgerbercosteau8358
    @jacquesgerbercosteau8358 Před 5 lety +1

    Here’s one the Beatles used very early on. The outdo to “ Tell Me Why “ it’s in the key of D . I’m doing this off top of my head. It’s coming off of the V chord ( A ) . Maybe it’s a Bm-Ab-E-A-D . I should listen to it. Two beats on Bm-Bb ,and one beat on E-A-D . Very jazzy sounding for a pop song .

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Před rokem

      I think it's Bm Bm, Bb Bb (I think your Ab was a typo?), Asus4 A, D. The pairs of chords not separated by a comma are a dotted quarter note followed by a dotted half note. You're right, it's a cool ending and an early tip off-that the Beatles would turn into leaders, not followers.
      There are lots of ways to season it slightly differently, like putting the last A chord over an E (or Eb) bass, or fooling with the rhythm.

  • @franciscamafouana52
    @franciscamafouana52 Před 5 lety

    love the bass line 7:24♡♡♡♡

  • @claudiofalkiner237
    @claudiofalkiner237 Před 4 lety

    How do you play the bonus ending

  • @duchu14
    @duchu14 Před 5 lety +17

    Drumsolo is always the best ending xd

  • @PlayitonPan
    @PlayitonPan Před 5 lety +1

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @franciscamafouana52
    @franciscamafouana52 Před 5 lety

    bass charts? plz

  • @Holobrine
    @Holobrine Před 5 lety

    I like the string bass ending of this arrangement I made.

  • @bluenetmarketing
    @bluenetmarketing Před 5 lety

    You guys are good and fun. So where do you play?

  • @dugjay
    @dugjay Před 5 lety

    What cymbals was Nick using for this vid?

  • @harveymccluskey3270
    @harveymccluskey3270 Před 4 lety +1

    Well done!!!!
    What gear was the bass player using?

  • @huldraslaat225
    @huldraslaat225 Před 5 lety

    Great video! May wanna work on levels tho, had to turn the volume up and down throughout. Other than that fantastic

  • @Freebiereview
    @Freebiereview Před 5 lety +2

    9:09 El maestruli

  • @tonylancer7367
    @tonylancer7367 Před 5 lety +3

    7:33 What is that little "lick" that Jacob Dupre does on the keyboard? I find it to be a common way of "talking" on the piano/keyboard in jazz.

    • @94mac
      @94mac Před 5 lety

      He was playing the chord tones over the miniii

    • @HazenLewis
      @HazenLewis Před 5 lety

      It seems to be a bebop ‘answer’. Simple improvisation

  • @opinionatorX
    @opinionatorX Před 5 lety

    I followed all the instructions here and now the ladies won't stay off of me...Sweeeet Water!

  • @virgilgray
    @virgilgray Před 5 lety +2

    I would love to know your EQ settings on the Nord. That is a great piano sound.

    • @JacobDupre
      @JacobDupre Před 5 lety

      If I recall correctly and from looking at the Go Pro shot, all I had on was the stock setting for the Royal Grand 3D YaS6 XL 5.4.

    • @virgilgray
      @virgilgray Před 5 lety

      Great. Thanks. It just sounded so great.....@@JacobDupre

  • @jorgelopez9620
    @jorgelopez9620 Před 5 lety

    Love me some nick

  • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol

    We just do a slow fade out over the course of 5 hours so that way everyone leaves without us having to them the show is over

  • @martinmilter
    @martinmilter Před 5 lety +3

    I whished you would have filmed this from piano players view all the way. It is rally hard to follow by just hearing him say what chord hes playing without actually seeing it...

  • @udhi_gn3893
    @udhi_gn3893 Před 4 lety

    Does anyone know where is the last ending at 11:07 originated from? It's literally heard and overused almost everywhere.

    • @Rusli1659LPSoldier
      @Rusli1659LPSoldier Před 3 lety

      it's called "Shave and a haircut two bits" if you're wondering.

  • @DrummerBoi1993
    @DrummerBoi1993 Před 5 lety

    Somebody tell me what those very last two endings they did! I've heard it at least once on every cartoon I can think of

    • @peterharrison5833
      @peterharrison5833 Před 5 lety +2

      The first one's an old cliche ending that's been around for a few generations. It was always played on the Muppet Show in the '80's, as one example. The second one has been around probably even longer---it goes by the name "Shave and a Haircut--Two Bits!" There's an absolutely hilarious take on this in the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" You can find it here on CZcams, just look for the scene where Judge Doom is looking for Roger in a bar and is tapping it out on the walls.

  • @bigbl4ckbird
    @bigbl4ckbird Před 5 lety +1

    i'm her ejust waiting him to say "heyy, i'm playin heeeaa, i'm playin heaaa"

  • @therealdaniel4909
    @therealdaniel4909 Před 5 lety

    6:50 🔁

  • @cooberg2391
    @cooberg2391 Před 5 lety

    Admirers

  • @mikefreemanjazz
    @mikefreemanjazz Před 5 lety

    Another common ending along these lines would be starting on F# (in the key of C) going down chromatically, or circle of 5ths (or a combination of the two) to C.

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Před rokem

      Indeed. And (for the benefit of others reading this) the reason it works just as well when you combine the two versions is that the chromatic version is just a circle of 5ths sequence where every second jump is substituted by its tritone partner (a flattened 5th higher or lower)

  • @Earthenfist
    @Earthenfist Před 3 lety

    That second-to-last 'fun ending'- what's that one called? Just came from a Game Grumps video where they're talking about it (weirdly enough).

  • @Rusli1659LPSoldier
    @Rusli1659LPSoldier Před 3 lety +1

    11:07 my favorite ending was "Shave and the haircut two bits".
    Catchy right?

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Před rokem

      Or the cockney rough equivalent: "Stick it in yer fam'ly ... al-BUM!"

  • @prime8393
    @prime8393 Před 3 lety

    Man i hope it was played in C maj..

  • @iboroudoh6505
    @iboroudoh6505 Před 5 lety +1

    Eccentric.

  • @DominicAirola
    @DominicAirola Před 5 lety +3

    At 3:13 they edited out a chord. It’s supposed to have a Bb7 before the B diminished.

    • @vicore5647
      @vicore5647 Před 5 lety +2

      Yeah I thought I missed something there!

    • @alexmomeyer9
      @alexmomeyer9 Před 5 lety +1

      Yup, I caught that, too.

    • @DonyaLane
      @DonyaLane Před 5 lety +1

      I thought I had blacked out for a second.

  • @spl1nt3rzueiirobr
    @spl1nt3rzueiirobr Před 4 lety +1

    11:08 what is the name? pls

  • @kylaligayo2366
    @kylaligayo2366 Před 5 lety

    @Sweetwater what do you mean by spaces by Octaves?

    • @JacobDupre
      @JacobDupre Před 5 lety

      Umaru Chan which spot in the video was this?

    • @dadduorp
      @dadduorp Před 5 lety

      Jacob Dupre
      At the 6:00 mark.

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Před rokem

      @@dadduorp Instead of being spaced at the interval of a third, it's an octave plus a third (ie a tenth)

  • @okiepita50t-town28
    @okiepita50t-town28 Před 3 lety

    Are there any videos of just the band playing with no teaching component?

  • @ReverineX
    @ReverineX Před rokem

    Need help: What’s the name of the tune played at 11:08 ?

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Před rokem

      See the answers to the same question by "Divine Feline"

  • @user-xv4he4mt4x
    @user-xv4he4mt4x Před 5 lety

    What? No fade out?

  • @dennisneo1608
    @dennisneo1608 Před 5 lety +6

    Stephen King on the bass.

  • @hotdogskid
    @hotdogskid Před 5 lety +8

    1 3 4 #4 5 6 7 1 is found in a lot of traditional jazz im surprised in wasnt in the video. It might be thought of as a fast version of the first one tho

    • @cinnamonbens1068
      @cinnamonbens1068 Před 5 lety

      hotdogskid yeah i thought that would be on here for sure.

    • @CalvinLimuel
      @CalvinLimuel Před 5 lety

      it's kinda in there, separated into two parts lol

    • @lxxwj
      @lxxwj Před 5 lety

      3:00

    • @hotdogskid
      @hotdogskid Před 5 lety

      lxxwj the line i described is more based on rhythm with single notes rather than the full chords he uses, but like i said its really just a fast version of the one in the video

    • @groovemoustache
      @groovemoustache Před 5 lety

      1 2 3 4 2 7 1

  • @shaneffrench
    @shaneffrench Před 5 lety

    You need to know the Ellington ending

  • @StellarJAGuar
    @StellarJAGuar Před 4 lety

    11:08 is there a name for that riff?

    • @Rusli1659LPSoldier
      @Rusli1659LPSoldier Před 3 lety +1

      it's called "Shave and a haircut two bits"
      that's the common ending and a catchy one.

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Před rokem

      @@Rusli1659LPSoldier Indeed. And for those who are interested in the details, they played the minor feel (b6) variation here on the third beat, it's also available in major (6). Also the twiddle on the second beat is optional, sometimes it's just a dotted repetition of the same note.

  • @CalvinLimuel
    @CalvinLimuel Před 5 lety

    You forgot "The Theme" ending!!!

  • @nunitoism
    @nunitoism Před 3 měsíci

    The video was cut in an odd way for the blues ending variation 2. You skip the explanation of the bassline in Bb (you go from A to B), and then you mention the counter point going down on the bass and up on the chords but you never actually played it.

  • @miroslavjankovic8361
    @miroslavjankovic8361 Před 5 lety

    So we’re in G major hahah... G major face 10:39

  • @C_U_R_I_E_L
    @C_U_R_I_E_L Před rokem

    These are more like boogie chords

  • @jeevanjoy3843
    @jeevanjoy3843 Před 5 lety +1

    All i can see is the nord....

    • @LuukSwinkels
      @LuukSwinkels Před 5 lety

      You mean the nerd he is? because I am a little nerd as well. lol. I compose my own music. You can check out how big of a nerd I am.

  • @MalikEmmanuel
    @MalikEmmanuel Před 5 lety +1

    3:12 you skipped the 4 (Bb) chord.

  • @soadinho
    @soadinho Před 5 lety

    Such an amount of musical knowledge in the purpose of sounding so flippin corny. You rock fellas !

  • @Conn653
    @Conn653 Před 7 měsíci

    Shave and a hair cut - always a good ending 🙂

  • @Origen17
    @Origen17 Před 5 lety

    Look in the camera lens!

  • @xxmathiasnofacexx
    @xxmathiasnofacexx Před 3 lety

    Drum du du dum dum p drum dum

    • @xxmathiasnofacexx
      @xxmathiasnofacexx Před 3 lety

      I want to learn the bonus ending, my teacher did that as fun and now I wanna learn it qwq

  • @troydalmasso8329
    @troydalmasso8329 Před 5 lety +1

    This audio needs to be compressed, my speakers almost blew after adjusting for the talking and then the band came in.

  • @justinfio7068
    @justinfio7068 Před 3 lety

    i dont like it coz i cant really see what ur playing

  • @harogaston
    @harogaston Před 5 lety +2

    Music endings for toddlers is the right title

  • @quadrod
    @quadrod Před 5 lety +10

    Oh dear god no, PLEASE think up real freakin' endings to your songs. And also, no fade outs.

    • @dennis_johnson
      @dennis_johnson Před 5 lety +4

      What's wrong with fade outs?

    • @thechoripankiller
      @thechoripankiller Před 5 lety +3

      chill, these are just tools and alternatives from specific genres you may never consider just because you're not writing necessarily on that genre

    • @DominicAirola
      @DominicAirola Před 5 lety +6

      This isn’t really for composing your own music. It’s for sitting in on a jam night. If everyone knows these you can play something appropriate at the end of a blues jam or something and everyone can follow without rehearsals first.

    • @CalvinLimuel
      @CalvinLimuel Před 5 lety +1

      not your own songs. but like classic jam tunes.

  • @bethanpowell4790
    @bethanpowell4790 Před 5 lety

    So yes, absolutely know these endings, but please learn how to spell your chords correctly! Db7 has a Cb not a B... for example... :P

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Před rokem

      Yea. Aimee had a great vid recently which made spelling notes in chords very easy to understand. Basically, notes in chords need to have the sharps and flats for the triad notes adjusted so that pairs of alphabetic letters have exactly one letter between them, like A C E for a minor chord, A C# E for a major chord, not A Db E (because D and E are next to each other in the alphabet). When a seventh or ninth gets added, they should be one letter away from the tonic, so in Bethan's example, if D was the tonic, D7 would have a C in it which is OK, and Db must have a Cb in it (not a B, because that is two letters away from D).
      The main reason is so that when the chords are notated, the triads look like triads: if one note is on a line (or a space), so will all the other notes be. Otherwise intervals of a third may look like a second or a fourth, which makes sightreading even more difficult than it is already.
      It is probably too obvious to point out (except for raw beginners) that it is only the alphabetic letter 'value' of a note which determines where it is placed relative to the lines of the musical staves, and that's why the choice of letters matters.

  • @liwo9706
    @liwo9706 Před 5 lety +7

    Well, thats 5 cliched pop/entertainer/function/talkshow band endings played for clueless and often drunk audiences that only value light and meaningless entertainment and distraction in music. Not universal by any means.

    • @jakegreene4313
      @jakegreene4313 Před 5 lety +8

      Not claiming to be universal at all. Just ‘should-know,’ and frankly, why shouldn’t you?

    • @lryoung3655
      @lryoung3655 Před 5 lety +1

      Tis only music.. a series of notes that are pleasing to the ear

    • @jakestewartmusic
      @jakestewartmusic Před 5 lety +1

      These are endings you 'should know', as suggested by the title of the video. Now you know which endings to avoid using! If you know the rules and cliches, you can meaningfully break them.

    • @hirokokueh3541
      @hirokokueh3541 Před 5 lety +1

      these are kinds of back up planes when you don't have much time rehearsal and do the arrangement

    • @JacobDupre
      @JacobDupre Před 5 lety +1

      Hiroko Kaku you are right. The reality of working as a musician is you often don’t get much time for rehearsing or writing arrangements. Sometimes you only get the soundcheck to make it work. And when time is short, one of these endings will probably be your first go to, something common everyone knows and can remember at the show. So knowing them in all keys and some of their variations will allow you to hang with professionals. If there is a musician who doesn’t care about that and just wants to be an “artist” (pinky up), I guess they can just be happy always writing original endings for all their songs. They should just realize there are certain kinds of gigs they won’t be able to do. But again, it all depends on the kind of musician you want to be. This video is geared towards someone who strives to be well-rounded, not an artist with all original songs.

  • @estevaocabral6169
    @estevaocabral6169 Před 5 lety

    cliche

    • @Gottenhimfella
      @Gottenhimfella Před rokem

      This is for spontaneous real-time improvising in ensembles, which relies on cliches because not everything is pre-agreed.