Hidden Patterns in Harmony (music theory)

Some songs have strange chord progressions. But when you look closely, you can find hidden patterns in the harmony. To illustrate, we dissect a classic song to discover what makes it work.

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Welcome
1:02 Birdhouse in Your Soul
2:48 Intro: 6M chords + 2m chords
16:30 Puttin' on the Ritz bounce
19:00 PDFs in Locals to go with this
19:10 Q: Bass in the Background?
20:27 Q: Animals as Leaders?
20:55 TMBG Childrens' Albums, Lessons
23:00 Q: Tosin Abasi
23:26 Q: Mike's Music?
24:38 Q: Please Focus on Phrygian
25:50 Lesson #18 // Longest Lesson So Far

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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Welcome
1:02 Birdhouse in Your Soul
2:48 Intro: 6M chords + 2m chords
16:30 Puttin' on the Ritz bounce
19:00 PDFs in Locals to go with this
19:10 Q: Bass in the Background?
20:27 Q: Animals as Leaders?
20:55 TMBG Childrens' Albums, Lessons
23:00 Q: Tosin Abasi
23:26 Q: Mike's Music?
24:38 Q: Please Focus on Phrygian
25:50 Lesson #18 // Longest Lesson So Far

[thecatfarm]

Very interesting. I love the table format, btw.

[alapikomamalolonui]

Lovin' the "Hey, check THIS coolness out!" short-takes videos..!
"Burying" the "spinal" chord-progression into the interior of the "later" chords (in this case) is something I wouldn't have looked for, .. mostly because I'm not a pro, such as yourself, and am only now getting used to ANY kind of actual analysis of "interesting" pieces.

Keep chuckin' these bits of wisdom at us when you dind 'em..!!

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[tomsisson]

Along with the sound stack of rhythm, harmony, melody, and lyrics you need to think of format; one of the most common formats is known as the 32 bar format.

Tom Sisson

[tomsisson]

It’s easy to see that in the sound stack of “rhythm, harmony, melody, and lyrics, ” that rhythm means the percussion such as drums or piano (yes piano is a percussion instrument actually.) but does rhythm also include bass guitar or is bass guitar more of a part of harmony?

Tom Sisson

[edwinwoods]

I ll sing. If u like it cool, if not. Oh well. Send me something to sing or play over. I find it funny you have a tube channel. And ur shy. I am not. I am very humble. Send me something you want me to sing over . You never know

[ianriddle]

Every time you play the harmonic minor scale. I think of "Killing an Arab" by The Cure.

Please note I mean no offence with this song title given the current political climate. The song I am referencing was written in 1980. Please see below for history of the song.
Killing an Arab
Wikipedia