‘Gin has a Hard G. It’s short for “again” not “gin” like the liquor. Loved the video!!
@AmariRebel3 ай бұрын
i was wondering if anyone else heard that.
@THANKYOUTEZ4 ай бұрын
jeff, i almost turned this video off when you mispronounced “One Mo Gin”
@whogotdubs4 ай бұрын
How is it supposed to be pronounced?!
@THANKYOUTEZ4 ай бұрын
@@whogotdubs like “again” not like the liquor. lol
@Firetracks4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@Diispaceyone4 ай бұрын
I was like oh hell nah 😂
@marlablow1164 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@OohWeeShaShaCooCoo4 ай бұрын
One mo gin is how we say…”again” lol
@n.oneimportant54 ай бұрын
Came here to type that. 😂
@Nghilifa3 ай бұрын
@@n.oneimportant5 🤣
@AfroRedMusic3 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😂😂😂
@dexterremy82583 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was about to comment and saw you did 🫡
@thejamnasium64474 ай бұрын
I'd love to hear some analysis off the tracks from Black Messiah. Back to the Future. Till It's Done. Ain't That Easy. just another masterpiece by the genius known as D'Angelo
@NoneGreater4 ай бұрын
+1 - I was dropping in here to say that exact thing.
@karlostvall26654 ай бұрын
Don’t forget epic tracks “Prayer” and “Suga Daddy”
@thejamnasium64474 ай бұрын
@@karlostvall2665 not a bad track on there
@jaykoblz14 ай бұрын
Voodoo is also one of my all time favorite albums! I love your content, too, Jeff. This video is super informative, I just have one little nitpick. One Mo 'Gin isn't pronounced like the liquor. It's a hard G, because it's short for one more again.
@Quintao100334 ай бұрын
Isn’t C7 the substitute of F#7, which is the V of B7? It does not seem like a chromatic passage but rather a Sub-V Of V / V passage…
@evandeiparine96093 ай бұрын
At 1:48 you mention that the key to Left and Right is in Fmaj. Can you help me understand how you arrived at major? D'angelo's melody takes from the notes in Fmin pentatonic, and I'm having a hard time feeling it's in F major when the Ab and Eb notes are used pretty liberally.
@SelfPropelledDestiny3 ай бұрын
I took a little issue with that as well...
@LawrinMaxwellsmpc5003 ай бұрын
If you listen to the chord sequence again you might begin to hear the last chord (fmajor) as the home tonic. It sounds at home aka resolved when it lands on the I chord. It's a progression that walks down chromatically and ends in the one chord.
@LawrinMaxwellsmpc5003 ай бұрын
I look at it as model interchange. The parallel minor is f minor.
@future624 ай бұрын
Great vid as always. Best way to learn theory.... listen, play, compose!
@gpwaltz4 ай бұрын
Love to see the D'Angelo stuff! Great picks too, I'll be studying these tonight. (also I think that "One Mo 'Gin" is like "Again" - One More Again, one more time)
@willlicks85844 ай бұрын
you are correct
@lxxwj4 ай бұрын
yeah i was about to say lol, d'angelo is not singing about spirits macerated with botanicals
@MovieAddictMitch4 ай бұрын
Dope video man! Voodoo is one of my favorite albums and D'Angelo is one of the all time R&B G.O.A.T's. It's great to see him getting more recognition
@Kevinschart3 ай бұрын
My man Jeff. Great breakdowns as always, but I gotta call you out. The song is not "One mo Jin". Its "One Mo Gin"....like "again". One mo gin translates to "one more time " or "lets do it again". Black southern dialect.
@joshjamesuk3 ай бұрын
Every british person including me would pronounce that as Gin as in the liquor. It’s not just Jeff! It’s a British grammar issue! I’ve been calling it that all my life as well as all of my English friends hahaha. Now we know!
@aurora36554 ай бұрын
Isn’t the key to left and right c major?
@abbos_axiy3 ай бұрын
Jeff, what vst were you using for EP sound ?
@MattMurilloMusic3 ай бұрын
The secondary subdominant Am7(ii7 of IV7) to the GMaj7 (IV7) can also be thought of a plagal cadence which is commonly a IV to a I, but I guess D Angelo and perhaps other soul/gospel musicans apply the same concept to tonicizing scale degrees outside the tonic through secondary dominants, and substituting subdominant functioning chords (ii and IV). The avoidance of the V and its harsh tritone dissonance might possibly be a reason why composers choose plagal cadences over perfect authentic cadences. Additionally, plagal cadences are also called Amen cadences, commonly used in gospel as well, something I'm sure D'Angelo was exposed to growing up with Church music. At least, that is my logic. Great video as always Jeff.
@davidlopez-white31853 ай бұрын
Nice work! Will have to watch again.
@davidpalan4112 ай бұрын
I love your nicknames. VX, 3 foot sub, waterfall bassline, sticky top. These are things I see while analyzing songs everyday but having a cute nickname really makes it easy to keep them in mind while writing. Thanks! Great video.
@fromaugustisland4 ай бұрын
Would love a chordal analysis of Africa and the Root next!
@MaxCadillac1153 ай бұрын
Nice video Jeff!❤🩹 btw is it just me or are those keys out of tune in Feel Like Makin' Love?😅😅
@edbuendia4192 ай бұрын
This is a a wonderful video, Jeff. Your instruction is solid!
@frenchlouiemusic-ew5dqАй бұрын
Hey Jeff - Just wondering what electric piano patch you're using on "Feels like making love" here. Sounds great
@embodiedconducting4 ай бұрын
For Left and Right, you could see the Fm/Ab as Ab6, right?
@n.oneimportant54 ай бұрын
Yup!
@leonl15593 ай бұрын
the "waterfall" chord progression goes way back to the beatles they actually used it a lot
@tobyzxcd3 ай бұрын
Wow, now I think about it I’m sure I’ve heard that sound but do you have any examples to hand?
@leonl15593 ай бұрын
@@tobyzxcd you mean the descending Baseline Thing? Dear prudence, cry Baby cry, and your bird can sing, free as a bird are some examples i can think of right now
@BigMan-rg4mu3 ай бұрын
The Beatles aren't "way back" when it comes to the origin of this progression. It's called a lament bass line, more specifically a chromatic lament bass line. It goes back hundreds of years and has been used countless times.
@tobyzxcd3 ай бұрын
@@BigMan-rg4mu a lot of music has happened between the Beatles and D’angelo, it’s quite a way back- even if it goes further, nobody said they were its origin - so I don’t like your tone. There’s many different ways of harmonising a lament bass, we were talking about a progression of chords with that motion in the bass. Typically the tradition that defines “lament bass” isnt chordal and thought of as more choral/figured bass in the nature of its harmonisation. It would be interesting if there’s a harmonisation/chord progression for a lament bass or descending bass pattern the Beatles had a preference for in particular. They used similar structures in while my guitar gently weeps, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Her Majesty even, but they’re all different patterns and harmonisations- allbeit with a descending bass idea. But I wonder which was the most popular for them to use?
@BigMan-rg4mu3 ай бұрын
@tobyzxcd You could have ended your reply after the first drawn out sentence of two commas and two dashes, and I'd understand. I appreciate the half concession of the second paragraph. You seem to almost be at the finish line. Yet, the reality is you can't look up from sniffing the crotch of a bowl cut boy band to realize how defensive you were, on a comment you agreed with. Your bias is made clear when you wrote an additional two paragraphs thinking out loud about the preferred writing conventions of The Beatles. I wonder, how does Ringo like his eggs? This is an example of what you sound like. Also, there is 40 years between The Beatles and Voodoo. It's a generational difference, of western pop music. Sure, " a lot of music" happened, but it's all the same. In 1937, the most popular example of this progression was written, My Funny Valentine. This is a chordal example of a descending bass line from popular western music. A lot of music happened between this and The Beatles, but it's all the same.
@poerava3 ай бұрын
1:56 Wayment!! D’Angelo copied cool and the gang. Dang.
@Rando_Djinnsen4 ай бұрын
Nicely done, thanks, I will subscribe!
@abbos_axiy3 ай бұрын
Love this content !🙏🏻
@burtvladyslavov91813 ай бұрын
Ах мой самый любимый альбом на свете ❤🔥
@muuroonggeooffrey2463 ай бұрын
how guitar play this stuff
@PPullMusic4 ай бұрын
Solid content man. Keep it coming!!!!
@muuroonggeooffrey2463 ай бұрын
I got that, Fm/Ab G7 Gbmaj7 F, I will transfer to Abmaj7 G7 Gbmaj7 F7. That's more reasonable for guitarists.
@jeffb5873 ай бұрын
I had a full blown "THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYIN'!!!" moment on the last segment re: ii to I without the V7
@prodclarkcavers3 ай бұрын
no way you just said Sticky Top
@derekgusoff67683 ай бұрын
For the first one, I don't think it's best to analyze the chords as such. It's very simple once you realize he's just sliding a triad down the fretboard (to use a guitar analogy) until it locks in on the F. Every teenage guitar player does this.
@be9ify4 ай бұрын
Am7 is the iiX gas! FWIW classical music has the notion of secondary subdominants...
@claytronico3 ай бұрын
I love how a half step movement can have so much story associated with it if you want to break it down vis a vis tritone sub. I like the skip the 5 thing. Its funny how a lot of this stuff is just getting things in line up with a stronger rhythmic grounding, in service to the groove, but the rhythmic language of non-drummers leaves us out in the cold. Its like the three guys and an elephant thing.
@seanmarshallmusic2 ай бұрын
Excellent work as always Jeff! Very thorough and accurate work with great visuals and some corny and fun nick names to help distinguish technique
@davidmercer6583 ай бұрын
Listen to dear prudence. Beatles did falling bass long ago
@shakesrear78502 ай бұрын
got more?
@RD-zj6vc3 ай бұрын
You can always go back to the I from any other diatonic chord.
@bradwaller68113 ай бұрын
Why isn’t C7 the bvii? What am I missing?
@bradwaller68113 ай бұрын
OHHH!! It’s the bii *of* the VI???
@wm15734 ай бұрын
Listening to voodoo a lot to this day. Love that album
@harrylittle54124 ай бұрын
To be frank, we give thank for cranking up that stanky bank ❤
@feracedomusica3 ай бұрын
Tremendo este video !! Gracias totales desde Argentina!
@swimgood.4 ай бұрын
man, awesonme video. learnt a bunch of this
@newpower3194 ай бұрын
Somebody’s been clangin’ and bangin’ 💪
@honeybee43164 ай бұрын
Love the sub sandwiches 😂
@largebottomproductions4 ай бұрын
Dude! You are solid. Dig your content and style.
@louismaiden83604 ай бұрын
this is a killer video, would love to see more like this
@ianobrien54323 ай бұрын
Gotta love that good old sticky top lmao
@jbmedia88824 ай бұрын
Stevie Wonder chords. ❤
@Kodakgee4 ай бұрын
So is Untitled in the Key of D maj or G maj? You say a D7 would be a V, and the Am7 is a IIm.
@n.oneimportant54 ай бұрын
The melody seems to be centered around/built on DMaj. That's what I'm hearing anyway.
@youngmonkreturns59734 ай бұрын
Siccckkkkkkkkk 🎉
@ArtNeticField4 ай бұрын
you are THE BEST!!!
@nicolla74513 ай бұрын
appreciate you ❤❤❤
@Bashanvibe4 ай бұрын
New sub!!! 👊🏾
@andrewbray29244 ай бұрын
Damn. All these years and I had no idea that was Kool and the Gang
@Kevinschart3 ай бұрын
I just learned it about a month ago. I spent about 2 weeks listening to old Kool and the gang albums and recognized it
@abdelbenarba14193 ай бұрын
thank you
@Firetracks4 ай бұрын
Approved! 🔥
@harris0n_t4 ай бұрын
great video 🙏
@jlonzo83 ай бұрын
4:41 😂
@neodym13374 ай бұрын
Thank you
@SelfPropelledDestiny3 ай бұрын
1:46 I need you to quantify how you can confidently say "the key is F Major". Considering none of the other chords are diatonic to that key, it just seems like a forced assertion. Just because some publisher's sheet music uses that key signature doesn't make it an objective truth. 4:47 I wouldn't necessarily equate "non-functioning secondary dominants" with "functioning secondary dominants". To me, it's just a VI7 (or VIalt) chord, no slash needed since it isn't resolving anywhere.
@LawrinMaxwellsmpc5003 ай бұрын
Use your ear man. The f major tonality clearly sound like "home". The other chords are literally passing chords walking down chromatically to the one chord. F major tonality can borrow chords from f minor that's why it can start on an Ab major chord and end on the fmajor chord. The last chord is the home tonic in that kind of chord progression.
@SelfPropelledDestiny3 ай бұрын
@@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500 Meh...it's four major chromatic descending triads. The tonic is going to sound like wherever it stops. You can do the exact opposite F-Gb-G-Ab, and now Ab "feels like the tonic". I think for these kinds of progression ye ol common-practice Tonal Harmony, functional Shenkerian analysis, just don't make much sense to use. Chord-Scale Theory would be much more helpful than trying to find some over-arching scale. And, of all scales, it seems Fm pentatonic would be most useful as you move through F Minor - F Lydian - F Phrygian - F Major. The F Major scale will pretty much sound trash on most of it.