How do you use this SPICY chord? | Q+A

Answering your questions about music theory and music!

0:00 Intro
0:21 When can I use a maj7#5 chord?
2:03 What are your thoughts on the phrase “music isn’t like how it used to be?”
3:05 Least favorite time signature?
3:11 Why does Stevie Wonder like 13b9 so much?
3:58 Do certain keys have “better” bass?
4:53 Do you have a favorite music educator?
5:06 Why does this sound so satisfying?
5:54 Opinions on musical transitions?
6:39 Sungazer album.
7:13 Will electric bass disappear from music?
7:50 How do you resolve Gbm7 add#13 b9?
11:20 Are Shawn Crowder and Mike Rugnetta the same person?
11:30 Starting at Berklee next week any advice?
12:37 How do you like your coffee?
12:41 In which order should you record instruments for an online project?
13:15 How do harp pedals work?
13:25 Opinion on being a jazz musician in NYC vs other cities?
13:58 Bach or Mozart?

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[Orthogonalus]

Bach boys, Bach boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they write a fugue?

[mcswordfish]

I enjoyed the dissection of the nonsense-chord way more than I should have.

[zezblit]

Imagine asking a question and Adam Neely calls your chord "cringe" before God and everyone. I don't think I would ever recover

[thebitterfig]

To quote a fellow Bach boy, Douglas Adams: “Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.”

[Viper-dzkw]

That whole bass frequency thing and key choice is why everything on the first Billie Eillish record hits so hard, literally the entire album is in G minor

[Rain]

Adam putting his coffee on his phone stressed me out.

[komurmaldeb]

I'm spending far more time than I should looking at that nonsense chess board. Things I've noticed so far:

1. Both kings are in check simultaneously. No matter whose move is next that's definitely illegal
2. Black has two pawns on the eighth rank, which makes no sense
3. White has a pawn on the eighth rank that hasn't promoted
4. Black has two bishops on the same colored square, but still has all 8 pawns so no promotion occured
5. For that matter, only one piece is missing--the second White knight--so at max one of Black's pawns could be doubled, and none of White's could be
6. How the hell did White's dark-squared bishop get in to that corner if the b pawn hasn't moved yet

[Danygd]

J.S. Bach was the first composer to use a Maj7#5 chord, it was used in St. Mathew’s passion. It was used for the second time ever around 190 years later, in the early jazz of the 20th century and also in many modern classical concertos. I think that just showcases how useful this chord really is and how Bach is probably one of the most innovative composers of all time only compared to people like Miles Davis

[matheuswohl]

"this chord is cringe" someone please clip it and meme it to heck and back

[doctormojo]

When eminent biologist and author Lewis Thomas was asked what message he would choose to send from Earth into outer space in the Voyager spacecraft, he answered, "I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach." After a pause, he added, "But that would be boasting."

[Skip]

Anyone else just want to listen to Adam talk about different chord progressions for like 48 hours straight?

[EAdano]

Not sure if it's really significant, but many of the "electric bass" tracks on pop tunes these days are indeed synths or midi. Even on "Attention" which I could have sworn was a physical bass guitar is just a very well-designed plug-in. Learning about that was like Seinfeld all over again...

[EdwinMcCravy]

Difference between blues and jazz: A blues band plays 3 chords in front of thousands of people, and a jazz band plays thousands of chords in front of 3 people.

[lukebarrile]

Crazy how everytime that "BASS" graphic and sound pops up I immediately get sad because I think the video is over, shoutout to pavlov

[whycantiremainanonymous]

3:10: Oh, you don't know what you're missing! The very best movements in Bach's vocal repertoire are almost entirely in 6/8. The best dance grooves are in 6/8. With the possible exceptiin of 7/8, it's the best time signature you could imagine!

[RoshniS]

"the way that I would resolve this chord is just by..getting rid of the flat 9" I found this way funnier than I should have😂

[txa]

Agree on the ‘bass is not going away’ - if anything, pop music in the 80s started piling on synth bass, but fortunately 5 and 6 string basses allow us to cover that range … and I think people just love the sound of the bass (just me?).

[tompw]

Organ music: the lowest note is a C, so anything in A/Bb/B can never sound as bassy as something in C/C#/D.
Choral music: lowest note you can generally ask basses to sing is an E, but you'll get more volume with F, F#, G... so the most bassy keys are E-G.
Music with choir+organ... you have to make an artistic choice. :-)

[introstealer]

Every Irish persons' heart breaking when adam said he doesn't care for 6/8. A travesty

[leascaart]

I LOVE that you introduce philosophy into your music theory lectures. It's refreshing.