Songs that use Sequence

What do Nirvana, Game of Thrones, ABBA, The Greatest Showman, Daft Punk, Coldplay, Beethoven and Louis Armstrong all have in common? They all use sequence in their melodies.

[dragonfocefan]

I like how you don’t have a full five minutes of intro like a lot of other music channels on YouTube. You get right into the learning, it’s cool. Thanks for your content

[roizeldiez]

David Bennett: The Father of Effective Music Theory Videos

[JamieAndersonMusic]

I've been a songwriter for over 30 years and this stuff never occurred to me. Mind blown. Thanks.

[lucaellis]

Bro my teacher set us to look at this vid, usually bad ones, but you are amazing at explaining, no intro, no pauses, you get right to the point. Thanks man

[maandalen]

Very nice video! I like that you use examples from a few different styles.

[fluteroops]

Repetition legitimises
Repetition legitimises
Repetition legitimises

[elefectomariarosa]

That ending with Leonard Bernstein was beautiful

[kirkthejust]

This guy is awesome. He explains advanced theory concepts WITH examples that I have actually heard. Very good.

[DBruce]

Great video with some really nice examples. Keep it up!

[Bronco]

this is (imho) part of the reason 'people tend to hate Jazz' (there's a Rick Beato video on this exact subject). I love jazz but some jazz songs tend to drone on with a solo/improv and there's little or no sequence. Thus you have nothing to latch onto to cling to the music. You just feel like you keep floating in this space with no ground or direction.
For example there's a couple of Allen Holdsworth songs I really love; and Lounge Lizards do this too. There's a lick in the beginning that's really catchy and cool. But then it immediately goes into a chaotic solo and that lasts for 90% of the song. Only sometimes briefly returning to the lick at the very end to wrap things up. If find myself wanting to hear those riffs again and again and I'm let down. Thus a lot of their songs end up sounding very similar; just chaotic soloing. And the improv tends to be so intense and chaotic ( especially if very chromatic) at times that it begins to lose emotional impact as well. Then you're going in the direction of turning into white noise. If you throw everything into the pot you end up with nothing because it all sounds the same. Idk if that made any sense but it's how I see it. I still love lots of Jazz btw; and I love both Holdsworth and the Lounge Lizards

[kyrachen]

I love how this dude stares straight at the camera the whole time 😂

[elvirjade]

I was looking for this kind of analysis videos, thank you man! SUbbed

[kaz]

Your videos are all highly useful. Elsewhere, more often than not the explanation of music theory feels detached from the real world music. However, you make it super clear the relation to actual songs, along with concise description of concepts.

[minjungs]

this video is very good and showed me that this technique is used very often in music. i realised that i use this technique
subconscious when i improvise with the guitar. thx mate ! :D

[MartyWilson]

I hear a lot of motifs in blues and rock, especially blues based rock. A riff in one key and then they play the riff over the fourth chord

[patrickblack]

This channel is so good. It's too good that it's unbelievable.

[tomlafferty]

What do Coldplay and Beethoven both use?

Their ears







Oh wait...

[lassi]

You are so good at explaining music. Thank you, I love your channel so much!!!

[barditheweird]

I'm so lucky I found your channel. Your content is amazing!

[robertpisacane]

Love these videos - so accessible and I always leave feeling like l've learnt something that's ready to be applied to playing... and listening to music. Keep up the good work!