How Pink Floyd used the Miles Davis chord

[Jaxck]

As soon as he started with the connection to Miles, I started to hear that bit in the Jazz. It’s amazing how much deeper these kind of connections make pop & rock music!

[egojonesband]

Rick brought a level of theoretical musicianship to the band that I don’t think any of the other guys possessed

[Dekoherence-iipw]

"Normally you go G, B7 Em". I'm getting massive "Paul McCartney - Another Day" vibes from that!

[donnydarko]

This is a perfect example of why one should be constantly expanding their musical tastes.

[ColinProcter]

I've always loved the way that chord transition slips sideways into the Em. So so

[henmat]

I still own this documentary on DVD. It's called Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (2003)

[thomasschneider]

Geniusses inspiring geniusses. I love David's analysises which are showing the greatness of good music.

[Bikewithlove]

This is one of the coolest things in rock history - just a simple decision made out of a bit of careful listening. It makes the whole album.

[haidynwendlandt]

Really one of the best keyboard players in rock music

[william]

That’s a Hendrix chord built off the 5th of the first chord, or a Hendrix chord built off the flat seventh of the final chord depending on how you look at it.

[stevewilson]

Absolutely beautiful, so skin crawlingly beautiful.

[stephenowens]

Absolutely love Rick Wright, a brilliant man with an angelic voice.

[michaeldematteis]

This is one of the funnest progressions to play.i love that transition back to Em.they could of used a D dom7, but he used the #9 to a diminished 7, so cool.i sometimes play a flat 9 its sounds awesome too

[bcs]

Lots of people get stuck in the Waters vs Gilmour debate - who is the true soul of pink floyd.

What people fail to understand is that they are complements, not substitutes. Roger is a master lyricist and story teller, and he is the type of person to take isolated great pieces of music and turn it into a cohesive masterpiece of an album. David writes music that makes you feel what the lyrics are trying to say, and his solos take you to a different plane of existence.

Separate they can produce genius albums like The Division Bell or The Final Cut, but it takes both of them to make a masterpiece like Animals.

And yet, Animals is not the same level as DSOTM or WYWH, because they lacked the soul of the group: Rick Wright. His keyboards tied Waters’ energy and Gilmour’s emotions together. The melody served as a stage for Waters and Gilmour to shine on, and the jazzy undertones took the music to another level of complexity, which is why it is hard to resist being open mouthed in awe when listening to them.

[curiouscurious]

B7, D7 F7, AND Ab7 are all related because by moving one of its notes a half step form the same DImished chord (C, Eb, F#, or A dim) that dimisnished chord with a B bass note creates a B7b9, same chord with a D bass note creates a D7b9, etc.

[thomassullivan]

Richard Wright….the core of Pink Floyd

[nathanskinnermusic]

Lets hear it for Miles Davis! Anyone since him has him to thank 😊

[SkeletalBasis]

The name you are looking for is "Bill Evans."

[ThinWhiteAxe]

Rick was such an underappreciated but integral part of Pink Floyd❤❤

[VirtualModular]

+1 for more Floyd videos! I love how Wright snuck jazz chords into rock songs. Also, isn't that the 'Hendrix' chord? Interesting how it sounds so different in another context. A quick analysis of the chord would have been good. I think the sharp 9 is the same note as the minor 3rd, so you get both the major and minor 3rd at once, which gives it the bluesy feel. I'm terrible at music theory so that could be totally wrong.