'Tis the Season for another song ... this time, the classic "Let It Snow!" by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne from 1945. Frank Sinatra's recording features a complex jazz progression, along with a cool key change in the interlude.
My personal favorite pattern is found in the Bridge: V - bVII7 - VI7 - II7 - V7. So nice.
Here's a look at the music theory behind this song, along with a lyrics video for you to play along:
Cheers!
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Extended chords are easy to understand -- once you know about the Circle of Thirds.
Essentially, fancy extended chords are built by adding notes incrementally from a key's Circle of Thirds. By including ever more intervals of a third, you can play increasingly more complex harmonies.
Had I only known this in the beginning!
Without the Circle of Thirds, exotic chord names seem mysterious and complicated. WITH the Circle of Thirds, however, everything clicks into place.
🎥 This short video gives you the gist.
For more details on the construction of these chords, check out Lesson 17 in the course: https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/6051473/296-lesson-17-pdf-video
And the PDF referenced is ChordBook 2 here: https://shop.mycolormusic.com/products/colormusic%E2%84%A2%EF%B8%8F-guitar-chordbook-modebook-bundle
Hey! Join Sunday's stream for the first in the Theory Course LIVE series.
We'll be going through the course lessons page-by-page, playing the exercises, etc. -- with questions, answers, and sidebars along the way. It's a new and insightful look into music theory.
(The live stream link referenced in this video is actually in the NEXT post.)
Why do modes seem confusing? There are a couple of reasons:
1) Because they're often depicted using traditional notation. This is a problem because the linear structure of notation distorts the inherently cyclical nature of music. So the way modes are typically pictured is warped.
2) Because different song examples are commonly used to illustrate the sonic qualities of the respective modes. But that's like comparing apples to oranges, in a way. So the point of the comparison gets lost.
So this video demonstrates how the various modes alter the sound of a single song -- using the ChordMap to visualize the changes.
The accompanying chord diagrams are in the follow-up post (341b). Cheers.
