What is the "Misty Chord?" | Q+A

[@thebrowhodoesntlift9613]

"Can a X chord resolve to Y?" Yes. *_J A Z Z_*

[@Youssef-iu8dn]

😅

[@michael18276]

For any chords X and Y, as long as they are not "related" (parallel, relative, etc), usually the voices can easily lead, hence a "resolution".

[@russell_szabados]

@The bro who doesn't lift: “an” X chord. And if it sounds good to you, then yeah, play it.

[@ishi_gho9695]

420 likes

[@LAK_770]

@@ishi_gho9695 nice.

[@janadrielozar6803]

"The chords actually dont sound that complicated" *chords sounds complicated

[@andyesp5037]

hahaha

[@jccanizal6410]

Nah they don't they sound beautiful

[@JustinLe]

@@jccanizal6410 they sound beautiful and complicated

[@jccanizal6410]

@@JustinLe yeah they kinda sound sentimental with a hint of nihilism in it

[@ajadeleye4970]

😂

[@harrylane4]

I like that, coming from Adam, clowncore being "absolutely disgusting" has about a 50/50 chance of being a compliment or an isult

[@LeakyJAZZ]

80% sure it's a complement

[@phillipanselmo8540]

but then you add in the fact that adam is a music freak so the odds turn into a 66% chance

[@PoopiDScoop]

He said in an earlier q&a that his favorite modern composer was Louis Cole so it's safe to assume that it means a good thing

[@penttikoivuniemi2146]

It's definitely both.

[@scottblair8261]

@@LeakyJAZZ quintuplet 4-1 swing?

[@JMcSquiggle]

"Why are many classical musicians unwilling to learn how to improvise?" This was the basis of my divorce to my first wife.

[@dudeman5303]

Are you serious???

[@RP-cn8si]

it used to be standard for virtuosos composing ("improvising") their own concerto cadenzas! As a CM who loves jazz, please believe not all of us are degenerates 😭

[@dudeman5303]

@@RP-cn8si lmao you're good. At least I'd say so. I am not good at improvising myself and I'm also not a classical musician, so I can't really judge. The idea of a classical musician being a good improvisor is really intriguing to me though.

[@RP-cn8si]

@@dudeman5303 haha, appreciate it. I suppose I can give a little of insight, as someone trained in the industry- In classical music, we are trained not to 'create' but rather "creatively interpret." Even within the confines of a few measures, there are an infinite ways to play and convey your own music, through nuance and deliberation. The point is to analyze how each note fits into the whole composition, and communicate what you feel the piece's "journey" is, so to speak. So if you have a set groove in a jazz chart, and you have x choruses to solo on- your creation is still "driven/confined" by the groove. In classical music, you have months to prep a piece we already know note-for-note, but the point is we don't know how YOU'RE gonna play it. Articulation, emphasis, rubato, dynamics, personal interpretation. Hope that makes some sense :)

[@JMcSquiggle]

@@dudeman5303 Well, no, I was being flippant. It was a joke really.

[@guitarsimon1]

Whiplash 2: “Woah, he’s at a 62.5 percent swing!”

[@_loser_on_line_]

you win the internet! made my day... thanks!

[@joshcarlton9184]

That *Is* my tempo!

[@JAAM013]

Not quite my swing percentage

[@MisterBoy316]

Give me... 100% swing!

[@GlobalMiles]

Hilarious!

[@marcscordato4385]

I’m a self taught hack on piano and guitar . A long time ago I sold pianos . The teacher at the music store was a great musician she could nail complex classical works. One day she said to me “ I so admire how you play “ this puzzled me because she was so much better then me she said “ you can sit down at a piano and express yourself I can’t do that I can only play the printed page . I think the best musicians have a foot in both worlds the know the theory but they are not a slave to it they are free with it.

[@brodycates8472]

Very well put! I'm a classical musician but am working on composing my own music

[@dellaburns7307]

Well said

[@pauldalton2004]

I couldn’t agree more. i hated music theory and doing my classical grades. i am so grateful now for the knowledge i have of music theory and i love learning more. but i also spend 90% of my time now improvising and composing its awesome

[@teekay_1]

@@pauldalton2004 Every kid hates music theory, and every adult who would like to compose music wish they had paid more attention to it.

[@shamsheed1726]

I've been doing music for a living for 20 years... and have only just started theory this year.. But I am absolutely loving it. So to read this comment was awesome thank you

[@naffy3327]

I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about Adam but it sounds cool keep it up bro

[@JohnPaulBuce]

same

[@RexTorres]

Same. I really love watching his videos even though I understand almost nothing.

[@apothecurio]

@@RexTorres oof. I will be honest, it gets 10x cooler when you DO understand it.

[@IgnisConsumens]

Same but with a little understanding

[@orion8981]

89%of people here lmao

[@nonholographic]

"very good, you actually made me use 10% of my swing. This next time I won't go so easy on you"

[@cocacraesh]

that jacob collier clip has so much meme potential I can hear simon come running already

[@jacekt8161]

it definitely has some big yass energy

[@Zack_Taylor]

I just can't get over the fact that he's got no shoes or socks on, but the interviewer has both.

[@lorenzomercuriali2891]

Simon Fransman I summon you

[@endofradio3507]

@@Zack_Taylor Hate it. So punchable,.

[@damianroberts4330]

Lol

[@supermarc]

That moment when you swing so hard you're playing backwards.

[@jenskjeld6808]

The amount of coffee inside that real book is incredible.

[@SebastianVargas97]

Adam's price to show that book in a video is dropping a full mug of coffee over it.

[@Dowlphin]

This makes reading it easier, when the mere touch of the pages makes you wakeful. In fact, caffeine-laced books could be a thing.

[@maolruanaidhh9153]

@@Dowlphin I’ll stick with my cocaine scrolls, thanks

[@markop.1994]

There are passages in the realbook written in invisible ink, that can only be revealed through coffee stains. Its where adam gets his jazz knowledge

[@neur303]

@@markop.1994 That made me laugh. Thanks! 😄

[@yo-lab]

This whole channel is just a big 'I like your funny words, magic man'

[@clocksturnclockwise]

Damn the 21/8 Isn’t She Lovely needs to be its own thing

[@Marikonie]

Ахахах понимаю!)

[@theyellowfury]

Very interesting, it sent me off searching for what I then figured out to be And Justice For All. (Just the first three notes though)

[@andrewh25]

Yeah it sounds really good

[@redielg]

Right? I was yes more please.

[@FASTFASTmusic]

I think it'd be easier to understand as 7/4 using triplets

[@RobKandell]

7:09 - “Classical” musicians could improvise well into the late Romantic period in the 20th Century. I blame Schoenberg for being a dork.

[@elliotmadethis]

schoenberg was a hip dork tho

[@Aleck527]

Now I need a meme for "Remember the Name" , but with the relevant percentage swing. This is ten percent Swing Twenty percent Swing Fifteen percent concentrated power of Swing Five percent Swing Fifty percent Swing One Hundred percent reason to remember the Swing

[@MizzzyMike]

This gave me an actual real life laugh on a dark day. Thanks

[@patriciabristow-johnson5951]

Oh my god xD

[@JonathanYip]

Improvisation is a required skill for at least one type of classical musician: the organist.

[@eruantien9932]

Yeah, but organists aren't actually human, they're octopus-Riverdancer hybrids.

[@derronmendel9650]

We can’t all be Davy Jones

[@macronencer]

@@eruantien9932 You made me belly-laugh! I learned organ to Grade 4 when I was at school, and it's my ambition to become The Irish Cthulhu one day.

[@bobthabuilda1525]

@@macronencer Irish Cthulhu! I cant with this whole thread 😂😂

[@calebmccardell7030]

People who can play Giant Steps have that big Licc energy.

[@bernardosantos8020]

Licc Aura

[@akunekochan]

Lol

[@TheIndogamer]

HAHAHHAHA

[@thegreatgambeeno]

When it comes to metal, "disgusting" can be the greatest compliment.

[@marln2157]

the 80% swing percentage one reeeeaaaally does it for me.

[@trigon7015]

Patreon?

[@gamer966]

If you tone it a little down to 75% you'll get your normal bossa nova clave :D

[@naseonhyeong]

dear god it does

[@MyRapNameIsAlex]

I really dug it also.

[@Klauskii]

Thought this was an election joke

[@RocktCityTim]

I had a drummer who fell into the 80% swing model, but only because he'd lose the first beat after 20 or so measures ...

[@valinhorn42]

"[Clown Core] are disgusting." UNSUBSC-- well I guess you're right. But that's part of their appeal.

[@Marikonie]

Сто процентов?)

[@waterguyroks]

I think he meant it as a compliment

[@squeebbb]

I think he meant disgusting as in sick, gnarly, radical.

[@illusionlife9962]

For some reason I really appreciate the fact you used "[]" to quote correctly.

[@Baarbait]

he said louis cole was his favorite contemporary composer in his last q+a, so

[@flutechannel]

Flute solo no.1 for macrotonal flute

[@shaddjimenez4524]

Comparing Giant Steps to Paganini was a much more similar comparison than I first thought

[@JB-fp3fb]

I really enjoyed seeing Adam laugh at the end of his 21/8 Isn't She Lovely. The importance of making music that's weird, or silly, just for your own amusement is something I picked up from a Ben Levin video not too long ago. I've been having more fun with my instrument since I stopped only trying to play things that "sound good". It's great to see Adam having fun too.

[@locrianico6843]

11:38 When Adam explained 21/8, his explanation was kinda groovin

[@darthvaderyan]

I think in the jayz video he mentions how any speech over a beat starts to sound in time. You should check it out

[@5hyguy42]

“Made up of” is in sink exactly

[@garrybobbyphogeson721]

@@5hyguy42 why not in the basin?

[@5hyguy42]

@@garrybobbyphogeson721 umm yeah I guess i could have said in time.

[@garrybobbyphogeson721]

@@5hyguy42 or in sync

[@gavinloeper9321]

bruh why isn’t jacob wearing shoes

[@syberyah]

I noticed that too, and honestly I think it's kinda cool. XD Why would you wear shoes if you don't have to? Better to let them breathe and be free like they were designed. (:

[@enya6224]

he's on carpet

[@criiizbr5361]

This is the perfect timing. Just came home from school and now I got an awesome video to watch while eating. Thanks Adam 👍

[@Dowlphin]

But which timing is it?

[@XENOGOD]

oof that's a total mood

[@giampierogiorgianni9167]

I see another explanation for the D7alt/Ebmaj7 cadence: the D7 would naturally resolve into G. G minor is a substitution for Ebmaj7, so the two chords are quite equivalent. So the D7alt/Eb cadence sounds pretty much like D7alt/Gm7.

[@na-kun2136]

Scriabin: ah yes. So Misty. Love

[@dbcmgo]

when i saw the video at my notifications i initially thought it said "the mystic chord" lol. i liked it anyway

[@TheModicaLiszt]

😂😂😂

[@TLSlimehunter]

Glad I'm not the only one that thought of Scriabin when he played it on the piano

[@bassoonplatoon3146]

Yeah I thought it was a weird nickname for the mystic chord but nope I was wrong lol JAZZ AGAIN

[@alanleoneldavid1787]

The mistic cord is used on jazz too

[@KokoRicky]

Clowncore is one of those "This is exactly what I wanted to hear" bands but I 100% get dismissing them as disgusting.

[@Foeisudhxj]

I'm like 73.225% sure he means it in a good way.

[@ethanrepublic]

Paganini really is the giant steps of classical music, huh.

[@joaquinnapan3237]

Of romantic violin, for romantic piano must be Campanella by Liszt. Fun fact: Originally Campanella was composed by Paganini and arranged for piano by Liszt.

[@sierra3644]

ye the paganini caprices have a bit of memeish quality for classical musicians (not as a big a meme as giant steps tho)

[@Dowlphin]

I stopped reading after Pagan. (And started listening.)

[@yonatanbeer3475]

@@joaquinnapan3237 honestly liszt probably has like 3 pieces that can be said to be the Giant Steps of classical piano, and Chopin's Etude op. 25 no. 11 could too

[@wingracer1614]

@@yonatanbeer3475 Throw in Rachmaninoff's piano concerto #3

[@lawrencewatts1838]

you're gonna show us the DJENT setting and then just... not DJENT

[@Stadtpark90]

11:18 as a layman I don’t understand a word, but I like that version of “Isn’t she lovely” you played for demonstration

[@HimanXK]

I'll try for a similar explanation. Some songs have 4 beats per measure with each beat broken into 3 eighth-notes. 4*3= 12 eighth-notes per measure. Two measures of this would give you 8 beats. (24 eighth-notes). Subtract a beat and you get 24-3=21. So it's two measures but the second measure ends a beat early.

[@lordjulian10]

Another “giant steps” as a jazz musician is donna lee ;) never really liked giant steps and charlie parker was one of my favorite musicians so i did that one instead back in highschool

[@fouadbass]

Hey Adam, it's me again! Thank you for answering my question on quintuplets! Ever since you reviewed my bass solo in the last "VIEWER CRITIQUES," I was concerned that my bass solo wasn't an authentic quintuplet swing. I can now classify my solo either an "over-swung" or an "80% swing" quintuplet solo! 'till next time!

[@Knightcorrector]

Can I learn music theory from watching this channel by some kind of osmosis, or is there a similarly free but more expensive way that I have to try?

[@marioisawesome8991]

ive definitely learned more from watching this than doing Nothing, so

[@lonoran]

I've learned music theory pretty much entirely from KZbin videos, and I am doing pretty good in all my theory classes at music school. A good place to begin with is videos on functional harmony, then a lot of music theory KZbin starts making more sense.

[@samtodd2812]

Okay, okay, here's an idea: Adam Neely & Jacob Collier collab.

[@aarnimustakallio7769]

You have funny jokes. Not going to happen

[@ConDale1Music]

@@aarnimustakallio7769 Just out of morbid curiosity, why do you believe that?

[@nicolascorbeil9263]

Jacob Collier, Bill Wurtz, Jack Stratton and Louis Cole collab.

[@YellowLeaf_17]

Jacob Collier *might* actually know who Adam Neely is. Once in an #IHarmU stream for donations (doing the start of the pandemic) there was one part where people in the chat got to choose someone for him to collab with. A bunch of people asked for Adam Neely. Jacob Collier did say he was a cool dude or something, but didn't have his number. But yea I agree, Adam Neely & Jacob Collier collab : )

[@chijin73]

Adam and Davie504 collab.. Perhaps a bass battle

[@supercompooper]

The Ageless Adam Neely. We know what deal he made with the devil 😈 at the crossroads! Lookin good man!

[@CurtisBrewerMusic]

“Misty” chord - Also found at the end of Norah Jones’ version of “Nearness of You.” :)

[@afonsosousa2684]

Lots of Jobim as well. Great way to delay the resolution.

[@AndrewHalladay]

He mentioned the Idim7, which I agree it relates. But I also feel like it has a Hawaiian steel guitar sound, too. Especially with a really affected portamento.

[@hilmijaidin1156]

Richard Rodgers - the hills (F6) are alive with the sound of music (E/F)

[@mellowords]

@@hilmijaidin1156 yes MT cats use this device as commonly as jazz players use a backdoor ii V

[@TheMmvukici]

Yes 🙌🏽💗💗

[@theclowncoredrummer2672]

Adam: "Absolutely disgusting" Me: I'll take that as a compliment ;)

[@milym3079]

Hi Louis Cole;)

[@nthnhbsn1909]

Never thought I'd see Meshuggah in an Adam Neely video.

[@kubaj8397]

He also referenced Demiurge in his 9/8 video

[@Simoran]

11:20 There's a song by TTNG called "26 is dancier than 4" where the outro riff is in 26/8, and it's a compound of 5+5+5+5+6. The sky's the limit in my opinion!

[@maxjacobs7861]

Paganini never performed the caprices, he dedicated them "to the artists" and they're his first published works. He must have intended them to be technical essays for future generations

[@justie1220]

Man I’ve missed watching this. Good to see you’re still posting. :)

[@evilmeowth]

The 3 measure of Var. III in Tchaikovsky's "rococo variations" maybe contains a misty chord!

[@teradex124]

That Misty Chord is so good! Definitely using that.

[@crispersam1887]

Laptop dies... Everyone: *Awkwardly giving applause*

[@Bryantkh13]

Coffee stains on Real Book: Check

[@charleskiesling9774]

*Drake disapprove meme*: "%swing" *Drake approve meme*: "100 tuples"

[@DanaTheLateBloomingFruitLoop]

Hektatuplets or hecktuplets

[@waveboard111]

10:30 adam's drop tips

[@ismailfardane3207]

wrong channel

[@lonenexus959]

@@ismailfardane3207 skiptracing pfp 👍👍👍👍

[@grantcrespi1178]

macrotonal Lofi?

[@francismcalister7811]

6:27 ah yes, a death metal swing beat

[@myromm]

So I was daydreaming about a polytonal composition that would be like a couple struggling with their different lifestyles/views, so at the beggining would be a very dissonant set of keys, and eventually they find a common ground and start seeing how close together they are. What would be the best two keys that at the start would sound very dissonant but that you can actually find a common ground to eventually harmonize in one key?

[@Wind-nj5xz]

4:08 Also sounds similar to the whole tone scale

[@dylandecker_music]

*6 tone equal temperament

[@Plandigo]

Makes sense as the whole tone scale is essentialy 6 tone equal temperament

[@yonatanbeer3475]

@@Plandigo that makes sense

[@arcioko2142]

And dorian

[@Wind-nj5xz]

@@arcioko2142 True, i thought it kinda sounds like a mode of the major scale but couldn't quite tell wich one

[@AdmiralCoxx]

I'm a music theory dummy, have no self confidence, and generally hate everything that I make. How do I transcend this barrier and put my ideas, no matter how basic, or generally uninteresting, into the world without crippling anxiety, or complete loathing? This question is brought to you by way too much to drink on election night.

[@milym3079]

Gosh same man

[@salmonandsoup]

You just MAKE. Everyone has to suck before they're bad, be bad before they're okay, be okay before they're good, etc. You just keep making. A lot of composers hated certain works of theirs, but they finished them because it needed to be finished. Also remember that you're your own worst critic; what you hear as subpar, others may find enchanting. Self-confidence is also a myth, so work on accepting yourself as you are. Self-love and confidence comes after that basis of self-acceptance. You are who you are. You see things how you see things. And that is how it will be. The comfort that comes in that is what creates confidence. I would also recommend looking up theory classes because it can be helpful!

[@IllesDobnerOfficial]

That "Isn't she lovely" actually did it for me. Kinda dope.

[@redicoyote]

I was pretty sure Jamaican reggae groups in the 70s sometimes played in 60% swing, but I never realized that's the same as quintuplet swing. I always learn something from these videos

[@focusstudios1296]

ve heard that on a lot of burning spear and culture songs! I kept thinking “is this straight or swing?” 🤣🤣🤣

[@RichardMcLamore]

there's a steve swallow interview with john scofield in which swallow, says that, Getz, i think "wouldn't have known what a g7 chord was if you showed it to him" & there's a great discussion of how the old-time swing players were totally kick-ass ear-trained.

[@RealNeuronaut]

I ruined "Misty" for myself by mishearing the lyrics as "Look at me I'm as helpless as a chicken up a tree" one day. Now that is all I ever hear.

[@edhornby4885]

And I feel like I'm swinging to a clown

[@agcmusic3925]

There's actually a misty chord in Jacob Collier's 'Once You'. It's cool. The voicing is sort of mimicking Jacob's singing, so when he sings: "Some bo-dy," you can hear the same D/Eb voicing to Ebmaj7. It's cool stuff, I dig the sound.

[@mileshatton9240]

Adam if you’re still looking for DCI shows, then I would recommend 1996 Phantom Regiment.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

I'm glad you included that Hilary Hahn Pag 24 clip - I'm not generally a fan of classical music but that performance is phenomenal

[@MarcoCastilloWorld]

Hermeto Pascoal is my god on earth, I'm atheist!

[@Eichro]

7 seconds ago?? I guess ill post before watching the video then

[@artificialinsolence3182]

2:20 Ah, yes. Bill Murray's cell phone ringtone in Lost In Translation.

[@themandownstairs4765]

"they are absolutely disgusting" i don't know if adam was tearing them down or giving them some ironic stankfaced compliment but honestly i listen to music that's terrible on purpose so this is basically an endorsement

[@Maseiken]

Just casually snapping out polyrythms on your fingers is so damn baller.

[@magicalelvishman]

62.5% swing sure is close to "golden ratio" % swing... When I was first exposed to swing percentages, that was the first thing I tried, expecting the DAW's midi playback would unfurl it like a celestial nautilus shell and enlighten me with groove. I was disappointed.

[@ErebosGR]

62.5% swing + (A=432Hz) = ｐｅａｋ ｒｅｓｏｎａｎｃｅ

[@althejazzman]

Adam references Meshuggah: that's a first and I love it. Adam doesn't like Clowncore: unsubscribed. Adam once wore nail polish: maybe I'll stay around. Adam has a djent preset on his pedal: OK I'm interested now.

[@snowfloofcathug]

With Adam I don’t know if his comment means he likes or dislikes Clowncore. My guess is he thinks it’s cool it exists but isn’t answering whether he likes it or not

[@althejazzman]

@@snowfloofcathug I think that's only just occurred to me. He said it so deadpan I believed him.

[@sengroagers1111]

Isn't it just a minor deceptive cadence with some extensions? If you analyze it in G minor, it's just V7-VI.

[@JakeWildMusic]

Essentially just a backdoor cadence.

[@gavinleepermusic]

Hey Adam, great video as always! I really look up to your work. I did want to submit a potential correction about what you said here about Meshuggah. Not to be that guy, but here goes: Though I believe Meshuggah does use polyrhythm in their songs as well (the Combustion intro comes to mind), it seems like what they use a lot more frequently is polyMETER, in which you have two phrases with pulses at the same tempo, but they recycle after different amounts of pulses. Basically, the drums like to play in 4 with the snare on 3, and everything else plays in some other time signature at the same tempo. As my friend's analysis here demonstrates, the result creates interlocking "pronunciations" of the two phrases against each other, producing a complex developing composite phrase. kzbin.info/www/bejne/emXIdaegh7GUha8 I believe this also applies to the example you showed from Bleed in which the hihat and snare are playing in 4 with snares on beat 3, and the kick, guitar, and bass are all playing a phrase that's in...something else, creating that interlocking. It can be especially confusing when we see something like dotted 8th notes, for example, which can suggest a 3 vs. 4 polyrhythm, in the context of a polymetric phrase. Indeed a phrase can be both polyrhythmic AND polymetric. In my discussion here of an examples from the band Town Portal, who also does the "Meshuggah Thing", however, even though there are lots of dotted 8th notes, the primary device at play is polyMETER, not polyRHYTHM kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp_Kc6WHnapqrrM Ok, nerd rant over. I hope that stimulates some conversation here. I'm looking forward to learning more from you, and perhaps even being corrected for my comment above!

Damn the 21/8 Isn’t She Lovely needs to be its own thing

[@rphuntarchive1]

00:02 gotta love the King Crimson avatar :)

[@figeon]

I have a question for a Q&A. When composing music, we put a lot of thought into the chords, notes, melodies, and textures we use to convey certain emotions. But we don't do the same thing when it comes to an equally important musical element: rhythm. Apart from maybe using a slower of faster tempo, we don't really use rhythm to convey emotional elements. Why is that? How can we use rhythm to convey emotion?

[@Viper-dz2kw]

We do though, but it’s not as much as an emotional thing as a “stylistic” and “locational” thing, certain rhythms evoke certain areas and locations as well as the musical style, I’d bet my money that you can recognize the rhythm that is used by basically every pop producer when they want to enphasize a “tropical” feel

[@alden2205]

Rhythm isn't used to convey emotion? News to me

[@teagancombest6049]

Speak for yourself. Listen to autechre.

[@MetalMarauder]

who is we

[@keybladerasta4142]

What about reggae riddim

[@TheSquareOnes]

Time signatures are just notation so if the easiest way to communicate a concept is a massive time signature then it's probably the right thing to do. As a general rule of thumb though I'd say "about two full measures of 4/4" is around the reasonable maximum, since that's where you're getting into territory where it probably makes more sense to just break things up into multiple bars of mixed meter or something. That's literal length and not number length as well obviously, so like 21/4 is very questionable as a time signature whereas 21/16 is relatively common. But again it's far from a "rule" and you can find countless examples of things like 9/4 and 11/4 which are obviously longer while still making sense as the best tool for the job. You can also do cool things by breaking up very large time signatures into different subdivisions for different voices for a polymetric effect. So like if we take that questionable 21/4 we could have one part playing 5/4+5/4+6/4+5/4, another in 13/8x3 + 3/8 and a third as six bars of 7/8 which is a lot of numbers to throw around but can be quickly summed up as "that part is in 21/4." Going further you can then keep the giant time signature through multiple sections of a song while changing the subdivisions of the different parts and can even mix-and-match subdivisions from different points for a cool effect. So a lot words to just say "count however you want." There are advantages to both keeping time signatures a manageable size and playing with stupidly bloated ones to write patterns you might not have come up with otherwise. Most people are probably going to want to stick to the smaller option but if you've even asking the question then it's probably also worth considering the alternatives.

[@MommaOpal]

Question for your next Q&A Do you think someone who is not educated on music would be more impressed if you played a really hard song ( moonlight sonata) or a song they know really well (star wars main theme) Thanks.

[@gerarddip]

I saw this stupid music book notate Money by Pink Floyd in 21/8 and I was like “????” Until I realized it’s because it’s basically 7/4 swing. Oi.

[@JoJoDo]

The last time I watched a q&n from Adam i had the outro song in my head for 2 whole days.

[@CaptainSunFlare]

12:12 so this is how king crimson works

[@ninjaking2548]

CATS FOOT IRON CLAW NEUROSURGEONS SCREAM FOR MORE AT PARANOIAS POISON DOOR 21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN

[@MotherboardStandoff]

Hot take: Meshuggah's Dope as ****!

[@_itri_4374]

Did anybody notice the keyboard emerge from the desk at 0:08?

[@EMan753]

2:08 this man so casually did this, i get lost counting one tempo lmao

[@MisterBoy316]

So the finger clicking polyrhythms... Is this just hard slog to learn or is there some knack to this, cos I just can't do it?

[@AndreiSora]

Probably just practice :)

[@maloneymaloney5204]

You can see the pride in his eyes as he *totally* pulls off snapping those polyrhythms in one take

[@GUIM1797]

Yeah, man, that Dmaj/Eb is swingin'! It's a really nice alternate voicing for the prototypical "Common-Tone Diminished" or, in this case, F#dim7/Eb resolving into Ebmaj. It's got the same #2-3 and #4-5 resolutions, but in this case it has an extra 7-8 or 7-6 resolution (unless you opt for that sweet oblique motion). It's got a heavier feeling to me too, more painful, whereas the prototypical example reminds me of Barbershop and Ragtime language or even Classical/Romantic language. VII7 - I can also be viewed like the standard V7 - bVI resolutions that are regularly heard in the minor mode. You're just oriented around the Tonic rather than Submediant. Hip stuff. Even the b9 and #9 (really it's more like a b10) operate the same way! Thanks for sharing that example from Misty, Adam!

[@drunkenfarmerjohn42]

In which Adam answers the unanswered question, "But does he djent?"

[@rebmcr]

Most electronic production devices (like MPCs and drum machines) only allow swing to be set from 50% through to 75% - anything higher can be achieved by using a greater subdivision (e.g. 32nd's in place of 16th's) with a lower %age.

[@borismatesin]

10:30 This motion was brought to you by Linus from LTT.

[@wingracer1614]

Linus Drop Tips

[@justinlumpkin1874]

Im a true jazzer so I only do 100% swing

[@nothingmuchado]

Isn't She Lovely meets Hey Ya!

[@kevinguthrie4642]

That’s the chord in the third bar of “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”. || F | F/C | E/F | C | F | C | F | Abmi6 | Gmi11 | •/. | C7 | •/. | Ami | D7 | Gmi | C7 || ••• I learned it from an old sheet, that just had the piano arrangement (no chords written in).

[@thawhiteazn]

As someone who was classically trained and struggles when attempting to improvise, how do you recommend to practice to overcome this?

[@AndreiSora]

Nike - just do it haha. What instrument do you play? Might be able to suggest something.

[@magohipnosis]

Learn a pentatonic scale and explore. Then you'll want to sing something and play it inside that scale. You may fail but try until you get it right. Improvisation is composing fast, and the way to do it is to have a clear sound in your head before it goes in the instrument

[@MaxBerson]

Find a backing track with a chord progression that you are comfortable with. Work on hitting chord tones on 1 and 3.

[@elliotmadethis]

don't do the pentatonic thing. Listen to and learn as much jazz all the time as physically possible and you'll get it if you can. If you can't then that's that.

[@safrprojects]

It sounds more like a V with some color on top moving to a flat VI major 7 (the first voicing of it anyway)

[@derekbender]

Thanks! 🙏🏻 Always enjoy these Q&As.

[@orinking8064]

woah, you and a few other people got here WAY early

[@aaronpescasio]

How tf is your comment 7 hrs ago?

[@SFtheWolf]

I swear I play instruments better with nail polish, probably both because it makes my fingers visibly more powerful and also because it encourages me to care about my form so as to not damage them

[@flutechannel]

He so sneaky!

[@SomeGirl131]

who?

[@mbmillermo]

Fun fact: If you stack thirds in G harmonic minor, you get E♭-G-B♭-D-F♯-A. I guess that's E♭maj7♯9♯11. Maybe that was how he came up with it.

[@j5555785]

Mr Nealey, brand new here. Classical musicians and improvisation?.... I might take it further. I majored in Classical guitar. Classmates thought I was a jazz major when they heard me improvise. But! I noticed that I was also ahead of the classical guys in interpretation because of my ability to improvise. The majority of classical students can't make their music breath and sound alive BECAUSE they can't improvise. It is absolutely necessary to perform classical music with the freshness of improvised music. Why did classical music die? Too many classical musicians in the 20th century could not improvise.

[@gmoney1065]

It looks like your Real Book has been through some rough times.

[@ps.2]

They don't just sell them pre-distressed, like jeans? That's what I assumed.

[@syberyah]

Me when Adam's talking about most thing in music: Okay cool Me when Adam's talking about rhythm: The what now