Secrets Of FILM MUSIC Composers: Chromatic Mediants Made Easy

[@matzelauda6673]

The fact that you manage to explain these advanced concepts in such a concise way, tells a lot about how solid your understanding of these concepts is. Awesome!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Linguistically literate, precise and clear. A major part of this is his understanding of English is far better than many who have it as a first language here in America. We desperately need to rebuild our public school system to working order. Doing nothing to at least make them as good as they were 30+ years ago, is doing our children the greatest disservice.

[@scottgourlay1473]

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[@torontodough2755]

Sorry but he didnt even explain how he got C#. He just writes it on the board lol. Can C# be B or any other note?

[@vleaky3430]

what it mean when he says a minor 3rd or a Major 3rd above or below a Am? pls help a newbie

[@PRODBYS1LENT]

@@vleaky3430 learn about intervals, aka the distance between notes

[@BarrettTagliarino]

One popular example for each Diatonic Am F: "Crazy On You" Am C: "House of the Rising Sun" A C#m "Lay Lady Lay" A F#m: "Shout" Chromatic A F: "It Won't Be Long" A F#: "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" A C: "Stepping Stone" A C#: "Oh Canada" Am F#m: "Light My Fire" Am Fm: "Sleepwalk" (vi-iv) Am Cm:"That Thing You Do" (ii-iv) Am C#m:? Double Chromatic (need some help from film scorers!) A Fm: ? A Cm: ? Am C#: ? Am F#: ?

[@YTbeber]

Please note that Dock of the Bay is A C# (orig. G B) at the beginning (mes. 1-2) not A F#. The move M to M, m3rd lower (G E) occurs, but at mes. 9-10, 11-12 and 15-16, or in the whistled coda. G G G E.

[@Simeon_Harris]

Rick Beato did a vid on these with some film score examples. worth checking out. john williams is the don of these type of modulations.

[@xasancle]

Thanks but without Artist it's difficult to find them if one does not know any clue.

[@nicolasschlindwein6708]

Double chromatic: prelude Lohengrin - Wagner

[@HommaKnarf]

Am C#m: morning bell.

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

These videos with the white board are my favorite videos from you. Very well made and informational!

[@anthonyberno1332]

I feel like this video is the video I have been waiting for. The fact that there are 'rules' for breaking the 'rules' blows my mind every time.

[@bonbonpony]

If there are rules to break, this only means that they weren't rules to begin with, just a bunch of lies.

[@jarofghosts]

@@bonbonpony They aren't rules and they aren't lies, music theory is just a way to describe why/how some things work

[@joeldcanfield_spinhead]

yup, I'm with you @anthonyberno1332 breaking rules is easy; breaking them and still making good music is less easy unless Tommaso shows us how

[@coastercook]

I have come back to this video many times over the years and credit you with adding chromatic mediants to my musical vocabulary. I've been in situations where a CM comes up and no one knows why these chords fit together. I just explain CMs to them and link them to this video. Big thanks for this lesson.

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Thanks for sending people here, and I'm glad it helped you :)

[@EdoLS_]

A very good example of 5:30 is Morning Bell by Radiohead

[@Supernautiloid]

Cut the kids in half...

[@jobpopping5119]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@AlexDainese]

Life in a glasshouse.

[@zross8471]

Thanks for posting! Always wondered how those chords we're moving.

[@morganphillips5175]

I love and watch your channel all the time. I recently went to watch the new Lion King movie with my family. When they played the main title I instantly thought of this video and knew how they got the arrangement.

[@vsm6]

Really insightful. Please make more videos like this with practical examples

[@joshchristian8598]

OK so now I am subscribed... I remembered this very useful video and have been searching fir it for a while...and it dawned on me that it might be in my history...well it wasn't because I had deleted my history a couple of times but saw another one of your vids and recognized the graphics... this is huge for me as a composer. May seem really simple to the game or film composer who began life that way but for a metal guitarist this is gold!!! TY

[@Add9Sus4]

Awesome explanation! I was experimenting with this and it often sounds really good if you try to minimize the movement of the bass note from chord to chord (like for example if you're doing A minor to C# major it sounds really nice if you do the C# major in 2nd inversion so that the bass note is a G#, that way it moves down only a half step)... I'm not a guitar player so not sure how easy that is to do on guitar but it can make these chords sound even more interesting if you play some of them in inversions and use voice leading to minimize note distances

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Yes, definitely! It's not particularly hard as long as you pay attention to parallel octaves... you have to pay attention to those with all instruments anyway :)

[@dhaneshs131]

How is it that you make everything seem so simple? Love these videos Tommaso.. thnx

[@Majnun74]

Wow! This really works! I had no idea. I can play all those chords, I just never thought to play them this way.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Listen to Rush, and I believe Genesis made use of them too.

[@Jinseng]

Thank you for this man. I’ve been learning chorale style writing in theory and I’m excited to mess around with this w chord inversions

[@tukkerintensity5575]

So happy to have found your channel - it's a wealth of interesting information and explained like a champ! kudos!

[@giotheproducer2476]

the first 8 chords (2 series of 4) of "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush are also an example of how chromatic mediant relationships build an "oblique" passage through the main key , leaving it and returning to it

[@JoshuaMRichard]

Wow. That Am to Fm sounds menacing. Very cool lesson Tommaso!

[@4dityanarayan]

The Darth Vader theme begins with that progression (which is where I first came across it). Truly a dark, sinister chord change!

[@sccrguy610]

Dvorak New World Symphony: Largo (2nd movement) opening chords.

[@TigerRichards]

Not a guitar player. Still an awesome instructional video -- best of the chromatic mediant videos I've seen so far. The table you built answered a question I had -- "Do I go up/down a major or minor third? Pick a major or minor chord? Now I have a better basis for why one or the other. Thanks!

[@basildog007]

AMAZING man! You just opened a door for me! I knew all these progressions without understanding the underlying explanation... Of course it makes sense, one common note keeps the story going! But weirdly when starting on A major, the secondary chromatic mediants sounded best to me.

[@pvillez]

Thank you I alway enjoy your video. Nice to see other points of view of our beautiful sublime language.

[@estermoreiradequeiroga506]

Thanks man, very well done and schematic

[@dragmio]

Why is this so interesting?! I just wanna watch music theory videos forever! :D

[@gruforevs]

great video, even from the perspective of someone familiar with the topic it was a good refresher. The sound examples were especially useful.

[@nickpenacl_]

Love this video ... just subscribed , thanks !

[@skateebee]

Love the techno groove in the background!

[@nuke97]

Wow, I have always been aware of this particular sound in movie themes. I'm amazed that you pointed this out. Thank you.

[@bruri7522]

Very informative awesome video. Thank you!

[@chrisevanz]

Superbly clear and practical.

[@SearchfortheMeaning]

Beautiful... I play piano and guitar but mainly guitar. These theory lessons speak very clearly to me. I write arrangements for m ariachi bands. Your lessons are priceless! Thank you maestro.

[@FabioTogna]

Great lesson. Thank you!

[@antiv]

Instant sub. Great tempo of explanation and no bs.

[@christophespoto]

Very, very, very cool! Amazing theory, amazing sounds! Thank you very much!!!

[@chrisrosencrans]

If you play a bunch of chromatic mediants and play over the top while targeting the 3rd of each chord it sounds soooo good

[@machinehead891]

Yeah! Love this! Thank you for the video Tommaso, awesome as always.

[@redouandaghirihaouhaou]

Amazing video. Simple but really educational!! Good work

[@aesu1192]

Beautiful video, I love your enthusiasm in your teachings. A little question though, when will you want to add chromatic mediants in to your composition? In terms of functional harmony, what role do you think chromatic mediants play?

[@GrantSchinto]

Great lesson! Worth watching again and studying

[@zygmuntziembinski3011]

Great video again, i shouldn't learn to play guitar i schould stay "A list film composer" writing [with chromatic mediants] endless progressions to high budget movies ...

[@keithcourneyea1609]

I've been listening to Michael Romeo's latest album which i'm sure has some of these constructs. Now to go and figure some of them out. Thanks for the insight.

[@zorranism]

There are interesting examples in black metal music where minor triads move in minor second intervals. It results in some sort of creepy gothic sound

[@Permaclok]

Literally every Dimmu Borgir chord progressions

[@carlobuongiovanni7934]

Hello, i find your you tube lessons very interesting, even if i play piano and not guitar there are so many interesting harmony and theory explanations very useful for any kind of instruments and for writing music in general.

[@redhotbenny84]

Really great! Love your style of teaching. Very accessible

[@thomasbuck6250]

Finally someone made the videos, that I've looking for so long. More of this, man!

[@Collect-AI]

Thank you for sharing your video. I have a few question. How are chromatic mediants with 7th chords used? Thank you

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Because of Rush, I've been playing these chromatic mediants for decades. So it's really nice to have a cool sounding name to give them now too. TY for that and the great lesson as well. ^-^

[@jfo3000]

Hemispheres album...

[@blacklab282]

Really great!! Thank you very much for this video!!

[@7177YT]

brilliant! thank you!

[@mundomundovich2265]

Piano player (learner rather) here. And this is very helpful and interesting.

[@robinsturegren3622]

Very interesting video! I've always wondered about that Am - Fm change during the guitar solo of Dream Theater's The Ministry of Lost Souls (I mean it sounds great, but I never knew why they did it, or how it even worked out). Definitely going to look more into this stuff!

[@johnxaviermusic]

Easily digestible!! I am a “SUBSCRIBER”. Thnx. Keep ‘em coming.

[@TomthebombMusicBlocks]

Legend! Thank you for this tutorial!

[@Sylvanoskovich]

Main Title from Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith) is also a wonderful music using those technics. Thanks for your amazing videos ;-)

[@ephjaymusic]

What a delightful tutorial!

[@khorumas]

This is amazing! Thank you! :) Okay... It's time to create a bunch of chord progressions and also watch some moves :)

[@DJVipFlash]

This is really useful! Thank you!

[@estevancarlos]

Wonderful presentation of this concept.

[@MorisoniProductions]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and explaining so very clearly... it's really useful and really appreciated!

[@remco2777]

Fascinating video again! Thank you very much!

[@jonescrusher1]

Best explanation i've found.

[@beanieism]

Very, very cool! Now I can easily provide a spooky/edgy soundtrack to any situation!

[@ashleythorpe7933]

The progression it often called the 'Tarnhelm', due to the muted horns playing it alone when Alberich puts on the Tarnhelm- a magic helmet- in Das Rheingold (Dating from 1853)

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Yes :) I covered that in another video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4Pdp3eDe7F-rKM

[@4CloudySky]

This is gold! Thank you for explaining this so clearly!

[@ericwatkins8523]

I'm not even a guitar player and this is great, thank you!

[@squid-squad]

Good stuff, brother. I've done a little film scoring but stick with the classical guitar and what I call the "backtone" electric guitar for "sound world," which is filmic. You are always crystal clear!

[@MelodyPainterStudio]

Thanks man, I make a progressive rock music interlude with this lesson.... I play in Em than Cm

[@equisde8721]

Wow... excelent channel, this deserve more likes!

[@scottblair8261]

Can I shift from Am to say C#°? Or more generally to an augmented or diminished chord?

[@1TreukFlyyy]

For the melody, do you consider each chord as its own new key and use the scale corresponding to the chord ? (Ex: Fm chord, so F minor scale)

[@augusto7681]

You can use the same scale. Use notes that it have in common with the chords. If you dont have any just make a chromatic deviation.

[@jmbelkadi]

..Absolutly Great Lesson..

[@fabianhernandez4485]

Thank you so much!!

[@jdavidojeda]

Your videos are really great, thanks...

[@GRUNGETIME1]

I love your Videos ! Really inspiring , thanks mate

[@RoninOB]

The example you give of the Am to F choices, sounded very very close to The Ninth Gate movie theme without even trying. Excellent explanation, really opening my understanding.

[@jonoshei7956]

So friggin awesome!

[@7775Kevin]

Excellent thanks

[@dennispowell9104]

Very well explained . Thanks a lot

[@michaelhansen8959]

Thx for this great lesson

[@aklosabbaothofficial]

Is this used as a Chord Progression, or as a Modulation tehcnique? or both? in the second case, as a modulation technique, does it modulate to any scale/mode that it contains the second -mediant- chord or to one type specifically?

[@juliansolo1825]

Very instructive! Thanks for sharing What a pitty that your course on Chords is not focused on piano

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Thank you! Sadly I'm a lousy pianist and I would not be comfortable in writing a course focusing on piano ;-)

[@irvingdixon]

How is it called when you make a progression of 6 semitones ? for exemple A to D#. I've been searching on the web but I can't find a good answer. It works the same way too, either major or minor. Thanks, keep it up it's good to see good harmony vidéos !

[@craigpriceguitarist]

Great lesson thanks

[@danpoolemusic]

love your stuff!!

[@avishayberckovich3326]

thank you !!

[@bubblekeiki7395]

Amazing video! Thanks a lot for the high quality content!!!

[@korkenknopfus]

Very interesting and clear explanation, thank you!

[@RolandoCruz]

Good video! I think i 've learned this from hearing and reading Coltrane changes. And i still use them in my on music.

[@timothyj.bowlby5524]

This is, as usual, a wonderfully straightforward way of explaining a very powerful creative tool to have in your arsenal. The SPELLING of chords is so vital to being able to do this. I just wish that you'd use notation in your discussions as well.

[@sebastiandiaz29]

Great video as always, I have a doubt, I did this exercise using all notes in both major and minor triads, It worked great in all notes except in E and B, am I doing something wrong or this doesn't apply in these 2 notes?

[@RaoulVega]

I compose many of my black metal music using moves to double chromatic mediant chords, and I never knew the theory behind this before. This video is extremely helpful and interesting! Thank you so much! lml

[@SamuelPeckman]

Very good. Thank you.

[@geompon6505]

If you play it with distorted tone and tremolo picking you get instant black metal.

[@dariorivas3579]

I'm a bit confused, isn't F one of the two subdominant chords in Am/CM?

[@zachary4670]

Darío Rivas it’s subdominant in C, yes. And (I think) it can act subdominant in Am. But since the root is a 3rd away from Am, it’s considered a mediant, because a mediant described the interval of a third. In general, theory has a weird time in minor because things don’t work quite the same way. I mean, you can do Am F Am and it will be a nice mediant use of the F. Or you could do Am F F7 E E7 Am and it acts as a subdominant.

[@dariorivas3579]

@@zachary4670 It also confuses me how you can call Am both "the tonic minor" and "mediant" in CM. I thought mediant was just the iii of the I, how naïve of me. But in terms of sound to me the bVI in minor like Am to F really sounds like a subdominant, it clearly wants to go somewhere, even if you just loop it in your mediant example.

[@Shivanshu.Bisaria]

Fantastic explanation

[@guitar_nerd]

this was very interesting, thanks!

[@Jesse-mh6hv]

This is the first video I watched on the channel

[@richarddeese1991]

Thanks! I suppose it's a matter of taste, but - to my ear, at least - Amaj > F#maj sounds okay; whereas Amaj > C#maj sounds, well, kind of blah. As they used to say in American cartoons, "It don't do a thing for me, doc!" All four simple chromatics sound really nice, actually. I like those kinds of progressions. They sound rather wondrous, or mysterious - exactly how they're supposed to , I'm sure! Occasionally, I'll hear a song which has some amazing chord changes, and I'm frustrated because I've no way to record a snippet, or find out what the song is. A few times, I've even heard Muzak (while I was on hold on the phone) that had such things! How am I going to find out what that was?!? Anyway, I'm fascinated by music theory - though I'm a terribly lax student! Thanks again, though. I only recently found your channel, & I really enjoy it. I'll keep watching. tavi.

[@tylerkane4559]

You are a brilliant human being Tomasso! Thank you, cheers 😊

[@The_official_c]

this is great man🙌

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Why do people dislike your vids they are very good