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Man, I totally fell in love with this song.
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From the Beginning is a song written by Greg Lake from Emerson Lake and Palmer.
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I've always known the intro, because my dad always begged me to learn it and play it.
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Um, but I never really got into the second half of the song, but I'm super into it right now.
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And the chords are amazing.
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So let's talk about the intro to start off.
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Okay, so we got that's got the harmonics.
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Low E.
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We're in the key of E right now.
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And then right?
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Love that slide.
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And then love that.
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It's all just E minor.
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That's the minor seventh to the octave.
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Landing on the fifth.
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Yeah.
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Crawling out the minor scale.
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And now we hit the four chord, A.
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Beautiful slide from the minor third to the minor sixth.
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And then we got this beautiful chord.
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Yeah, nice.
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A minor nine, okay.
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That's just like zero, ten, twelve, open, open.
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Now this beautiful passage right here, just two fingers.
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And then they switch.
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Now they're very simple chords to play, just zero, eleven, ten, zero.
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And then zero ten eleven zero.
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But it's pretty um sophisticated.
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We got D add nine, and then this is crazy.
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D minor with a flat six, but still the nine.
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So D minor flat six slash nine.
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And it's fast.
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And then that's D minor nine.
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So if we were just at D add nine and that D minor nine.
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Just kind of hovers there for a second, and then the song kicks off.
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So that's A minor nine, just like it did before with that in the intro.
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That's the same chord.
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And then this is really nice.
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This is a form of D, okay?
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So D is the four chord of A minor.
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But they're doing a really cool uh voicing of D add nine add 11.
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Look at that.
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But the bass is hitting the D.
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So it's like so it's like And it's uh because it's a D major chord, that means it's Dorian.
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In the key of A minor, when you play D, it should be, if you're staying true to A minor, it should be a D minor chord.
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But because it's D major, it's the Dorian mode, and the Dorian mode has like a kind of relief sound to it, and it really helps make the song feel very contemplative and kind of spacey.
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There might have been things I'm in.
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And then right away we get this beautiful new chords.
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But don't be unkind.
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Look at this.
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Don't be applied.
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Oh my god.
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Let's go back to that.
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There are minor things I'm in.
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And then that's just C, which is the relative major of A minor.
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Right?
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C.
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That's nice crawl down, C over B, makes a lot of sense, but then we jump to F, which is the sixth, which is the sixth chord.
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That's a regular G, which is the seventh chord of A minor, but back to the sixth.
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He makes it a F add nine.
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Beautiful.
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And then right here, D minor nine.
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And then we start again.
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Beautiful.
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Perhaps like a thing or two.
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It's just a beautiful progression of chords, and I love that it's not too busy vocally, right?
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He just does like a simple kind of melody and it backs away because there's a lot of beautiful arpeggiating going on.
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Arpeggiating, by the way, is when you go You're like arpeggiating a chord, you're like outlining a chord.
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Right?
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As opposed to strumming a chord.
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Okay, so we got Perhaps there's a thing or two.
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I think of li I think of lying in bed.
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I shouldn't have said Aw beautiful, shouldn't have said.
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But there it is.
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So contemplative and s you see it so clear.
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You were meant to be here.
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My god, like what a beautiful chorus if you want to call it that.
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You see it so D minor seven.
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So G9.
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Yeah, look at that.
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Back to it.
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You were meant to be here.
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So we go to the five chord, but he makes it super sophisticated.
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It's like an E sus with a flat nine, okay?
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Because we have that instead of E should have the F sharp, but now it has the F, okay?
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Like the flat nine, F9.
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It's like dissonant, but it's perfect.
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And then the bass.
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Right?
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From the beginning.
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Wonderful passage of chords.
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Let's continue on.
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Second verse.
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Maybe there might have changed not been so cruel not been such a fool.
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Whatever is done is done.
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I just can't recall.
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It doesn't matter at all.
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And by the way, that further accentuates Dorian because he's playing the major six right here.
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Really nice.
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So here's A.
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You got the flat seven.
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That's the major six.
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Like so E is like the leading chord, right?
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It's like you could have just done E or like E7.
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You were meant to be here from the beginning.
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But it's not like tasteful enough.
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It's not the right chord.
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Wow.
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I feel like I'm in like a hidden temple, man.
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From the beginning.
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And I love the It's so final.
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Because when you go from the minor seven to the root, he adds that mystical major ninth.
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And he's saying from the beginning.
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Like it's so epic.
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From the beginning.
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From the beginning.
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Right here.
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Oh my god.
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When I first heard that, I was like, what?
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And then once you really learn it, it's like not as difficult.
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Like it sounds crazy difficult, but you do have to get some picking down.
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But essentially it's it's like 0234 on the bottom three strings.
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So it's like so it's like so it's like beautiful.
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And I don't really know the solo that well, but I know it's like it's like it kind of sounds like polythene Pam by the Beatles, like a similar tone, and then and then it takes his time.
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Beautiful phrasing.
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The song is very mystical, it's very pensive, and a lot of it has to do with the minor root to the major D, but with the interesting passages, right?
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It's the Dorian sound, it's like kind of magical.
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It sounds a little blue to me.
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I totally love breaking the song down.
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Thanks so much for tuning in to my breakdowns.
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And if you're interested in working together on a music production level and really work with me to define your sound, develop your sound, then just check out learn.dambaricuda.com slash own your sound.
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I'd love to work with you on your music.
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Thanks, guys, and I'll see you in the next episode.
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Man, I totally fell in love with this song.
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From the Beginning is a song written by Greg Lake from Emerson Lake and Palmer.
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I've always known the intro, because my dad always begged me to learn it and play it.
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Um, but I never really got into the second half of the song, but I'm super into it right now.
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And the chords are amazing.
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So let's talk about the intro to start off.
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Okay, so we got that's got the harmonics.
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Low E.
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We're in the key of E right now.
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And then right?
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Love that slide.
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And then love that.
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It's all just E minor.
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That's the minor seventh to the octave.
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Landing on the fifth.
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Yeah.
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Crawling out the minor scale.
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And now we hit the four chord, A.
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Beautiful slide from the minor third to the minor sixth.
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And then we got this beautiful chord.
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Yeah, nice.
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A minor nine, okay.
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That's just like zero, ten, twelve, open, open.
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Now this beautiful passage right here, just two fingers.
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And then they switch.
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Now they're very simple chords to play, just zero, eleven, ten, zero.
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And then zero ten eleven zero.
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But it's pretty um sophisticated.
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We got D add nine, and then this is crazy.
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D minor with a flat six, but still the nine.
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So D minor flat six slash nine.
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And it's fast.
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And then that's D minor nine.
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So if we were just at D add nine and that D minor nine.
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Just kind of hovers there for a second, and then the song kicks off.
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So that's A minor nine, just like it did before with that in the intro.
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That's the same chord.
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And then this is really nice.
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This is a form of D, okay?
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So D is the four chord of A minor.
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But they're doing a really cool uh voicing of D add nine add 11.
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Look at that.
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But the bass is hitting the D.
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So it's like so it's like And it's uh because it's a D major chord, that means it's Dorian.
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In the key of A minor, when you play D, it should be, if you're staying true to A minor, it should be a D minor chord.
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But because it's D major, it's the Dorian mode, and the Dorian mode has like a kind of relief sound to it, and it really helps make the song feel very contemplative and kind of spacey.
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There might have been things I'm in.
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And then right away we get this beautiful new chords.
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But don't be unkind.
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Look at this.
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Don't be applied.
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Oh my god.
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Let's go back to that.
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There are minor things I'm in.
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And then that's just C, which is the relative major of A minor.
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Right?
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C.
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That's nice crawl down, C over B, makes a lot of sense, but then we jump to F, which is the sixth, which is the sixth chord.
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That's a regular G, which is the seventh chord of A minor, but back to the sixth.
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He makes it a F add nine.
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Beautiful.
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And then right here, D minor nine.
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And then we start again.
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Beautiful.
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Perhaps like a thing or two.
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It's just a beautiful progression of chords, and I love that it's not too busy vocally, right?
00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:18.879
He just does like a simple kind of melody and it backs away because there's a lot of beautiful arpeggiating going on.
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Arpeggiating, by the way, is when you go You're like arpeggiating a chord, you're like outlining a chord.
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Right?
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As opposed to strumming a chord.
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Okay, so we got Perhaps there's a thing or two.
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I think of li I think of lying in bed.
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I shouldn't have said Aw beautiful, shouldn't have said.
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But there it is.
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So contemplative and s you see it so clear.
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You were meant to be here.
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My god, like what a beautiful chorus if you want to call it that.
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You see it so D minor seven.
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So G9.
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Yeah, look at that.
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Back to it.
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You were meant to be here.
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So we go to the five chord, but he makes it super sophisticated.
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It's like an E sus with a flat nine, okay?
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Because we have that instead of E should have the F sharp, but now it has the F, okay?
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Like the flat nine, F9.
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It's like dissonant, but it's perfect.
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And then the bass.
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Right?
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From the beginning.
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Wonderful passage of chords.
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Let's continue on.
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Second verse.
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Maybe there might have changed not been so cruel not been such a fool.
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Whatever is done is done.
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I just can't recall.
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It doesn't matter at all.
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And by the way, that further accentuates Dorian because he's playing the major six right here.
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Really nice.
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So here's A.
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You got the flat seven.
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That's the major six.
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Like so E is like the leading chord, right?
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It's like you could have just done E or like E7.
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You were meant to be here from the beginning.
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But it's not like tasteful enough.
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It's not the right chord.
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Wow.
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I feel like I'm in like a hidden temple, man.
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From the beginning.
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And I love the It's so final.
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Because when you go from the minor seven to the root, he adds that mystical major ninth.
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And he's saying from the beginning.
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Like it's so epic.
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From the beginning.
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From the beginning.
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Right here.
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Oh my god.
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When I first heard that, I was like, what?
00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.120
And then once you really learn it, it's like not as difficult.
00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:54.879
Like it sounds crazy difficult, but you do have to get some picking down.
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But essentially it's it's like 0234 on the bottom three strings.
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So it's like so it's like so it's like beautiful.
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And I don't really know the solo that well, but I know it's like it's like it kind of sounds like polythene Pam by the Beatles, like a similar tone, and then and then it takes his time.
00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:35.519
Beautiful phrasing.
00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:45.600
The song is very mystical, it's very pensive, and a lot of it has to do with the minor root to the major D, but with the interesting passages, right?
00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:50.399
It's the Dorian sound, it's like kind of magical.
00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.000
It sounds a little blue to me.
00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:53.679
I totally love breaking the song down.
00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:55.360
Thanks so much for tuning in to my breakdowns.
00:08:55.519 --> 00:09:05.519
And if you're interested in working together on a music production level and really work with me to define your sound, develop your sound, then just check out learn.dambaricuda.com slash own your sound.
00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:07.039
I'd love to work with you on your music.
00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:09.519
Thanks, guys, and I'll see you in the next episode.
