Steely Dan's MU MAJOR Chord Explained (w/ Stack o' 4ths & Minor 11th)

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[@artysanmobile]

I played guitar in a band for whom a minor chord was a giant challenge. I used add2 and 4ths constantly to build their sound because they could be layered onto their major and barre chords with little risk. It gave us a whole new sound, eventually working its way into the band’s writing.

[@TimSmolens]

That is a really interesting story actually and bears a lot of exploring, how you can add to existing simple chords without fear of it interfering like you say. Thanks for sharing

[@alphaomega6062]

Very interesting and informative video. You keep talking about stacks of fourths... I'm so tempted to comment "so what"!

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[@rwrae72]

Razor Boy. Such a great choice. A very overlooked masterpiece.

[@goldcoastj]

Your analysis plus Steely Dan equals heaven.

[@vincentdequiram1102]

Im a guitarist and guitar music composer and I really enjoyed your explanation about why we like the tension of the imperfections of life abstracted in music. I had similar thoughts about the many minor 2 and 9 chords in Flamenco. Nice to find someone with similar thoughts. Thank you for sharing.

[@Pets0undz]

Huge Brian Wilson fan! Love '60s garage and surf bands. Even I wrote a song with a G add 2/B thanks to Tim!

[@pdexBigTeacher]

I'm laughing hearing you play around with these chords, hearing almost every Steely Dan song in them!

[@Keeferz4Keeperz]

i love playing stack of 4ths ..so versatile

[@danielo174]

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[@scottroberts614]

Great explanation. I’d appreciate any more you can do like this one. Love the analysis.

[@wolfman909]

Led here by SD facebook group. Great video and like your musical musings. As someone who is still trying to get his head around jazz harmony this is very useful for me. Also - great singing voice.

[@duderserious]

Great video / lesson! Thanks 👌

[@robertquinn9490]

Another great video Tim, thanks!

[@Reliable_Session]

Excellent video.

[@markbarnes6806]

Excellent video - thanks!

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Thanks for opening my ears.

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[@red-baitingswine8816]

The verses in Southern Man (Neil Young) repeat mi11- mi 7 (although I suspect he didn't conceive it that way).

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

Loved the G add 2 / A add 2 thing. It's little things like this that make me reach for my guitar. Edit: Turns out that add 2 is kind of tricky on the guitar. Nines are way easier. Maybe there's a tuning that could facilitate add 2s? Also, stacked fourths is basically the standard guitar tuning EADGBE. :)

[@artt7733]

Nice voice!

[@lauraroberts2250]

May the fourths be with you...

[@Keeferz4Keeperz]

using just 1 stack of 4ths ..ie: A D G .(and moving bass note)..../G=Gadd9/or add2......./A=A11......./Bb=Bb6/7....../B=B7#5#9...../C=C6/9...../D=Dsus4..../Eb=Ebmaj7#11...../F=F6/9

[@effyiew7318]

Great video but just wanted to point out that as far as chord naming goes, you were incorrect with calling the A add2 "A9" every time the B is on top. It's still an A add2 whether the B was above or below. When naming chords, it's always assumed that every tension listed under the highest is included. So if you were to call it A9, then the 7th has to be included. If there's no 7th, then it's just A2 or A add2 whether the B was on top or on bottom.

[@davidferrara1105]

My understanding is that in the Mu the 2nd and 3rd are to be a cluster

[@pauljoncas3011]

Very informative video. Edgar Winter put out an album called jazzin the blues. The song keys to the kingdom off that album really had me scratching my head as far as the chords being used. Check it out if you get a chance. Thanks for your expertise!

[@anglodutch8321]

Close to You Bacharach.

[@Keeferz4Keeperz]

add2 or add9 ..really 2 names for exactly same chord. and whether you call it 2 or 9..is by choice and has nothing to do with chord inversion, or note placement...albeit, very commonly confused

[@TimSmolens]

It is a bit of semantics but when I see add2, I am placing the added 2 in the lower part of the voicing.

[@davidferrara1105]

plagal= 4 1 cadence

[@davidferrara1105]

5 to 1 is a perfect authentic cadence