The Neo Soul - R&B Harmony of Robert Glasper's "Liftoff"

Coming from his 2012 album, Black Radio, "Liftoff" is an example of Robert Glasper's unique jazz harmony.
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[@cbro777]

See this is why I can't get anything done any more. Guys like you! Keep up the awesome contributions sir.

[@leonwaves]

Chuck Brown Lol! Glad you enjoyed it! More to come soon

[@teelurizzo8542]

First 2 chords are just like the classic Steely Dan chromatic progression they use on both 'Deacon Blues' and 'Peg', then he takes it somewhere else...thanks for sharing this one, Glasper has some really unique harmonic things going which are all his own.

[@bagsbrickerman3168]

You are amazing. This is by far one of the best channels on KZbin period. Excellent video and music. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Be blessed

[@manuelochoa5065]

Wow amazing loved it. I like how you break it down and make it easy. Lot of people on KZbin don’t give you the full lesson. I really appreciate your time you put in to teach us. I’m overwhelmed joy and appreciation

[@albrin]

beautifully crafted

[@peckerwood7921]

u da best man keep up the goood work i appreciate it

[@uhuhkklkhjkljl8925]

Thank you Leon,very instructive!

[@abuventertainment2856]

Dude you are a knowledgable dude. Thanks for sharing this breakdown. I guarantee if you consistently upload content your channel will grow!

[@leonwaves]

Thanks so much! More coming soon!

[@daturahex]

great video, Thanks!!! Keep up the good work

[@leonwaves]

Datura Hex More coming soon!

[@andersongoncalvespereira7347]

Great job. A master...thanks for male sharing your knoledge with us.

[@leonwaves]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yannchauvineau6203]

Thank you for your vidéo !

[@edsonfarias870]

Excellent! From Brazil.

[@erlethepearl]

Stunning.

[@cameroncampbell2058]

Really great my man, I just liked and subbed, please do more Glasper

[@leonwaves]

Cameron Campbell thanks! More in the future!

[@yimmanriquezgarrido6372]

Cool cool cool! Upload more videos pleeeease!!! That's what we need

[@leonwaves]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@mrgooakalegooster]

killin it! thanks

[@shumoromizato]

Solid!! I think the chord next Fm7 is Bdim7. Anyway, your version is insanely great!!

[@donadrianrice5669]

Great lesson

[@leonwaves]

Thanks!

[@MrArtVein]

this man is amazing

[@TheKarmageddon]

Some more functional harmony break downs from Master Glasper in extended form please :)

[@leonwaves]

More to come!

[@DojoOfCool]

Big Robert Glasper fan and enjoy your breaking his harmony down.

[@leonwaves]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sketchmoon3333]

nice work! so glad that my youtube algorythm send me to your channel. constantly learning something new from you. greetings from a classical trained pianist who can't wait to "transform" into a jazz pianist

[@leonwaves]

With time you will transform 😉 glad you’re enjoying the videos

[@xsjazz]

Thanks for great video! But at 4'51", Bb(13,b9) seems like B(b13,b9) although the keyboard and sound indicate the former.

[@azzafadaly]

Great

[@8888beethoven]

I enjoyed the info here, thank you. #pianocoach

[@zhangjiao4113]

期待更多内容

[@leonwaves]

zhang jiao 將來會有更多內容。 謝謝！

[@hugolohace8199]

3:07 - 3:09 MASTER!! MASTER!!

[@AdamSalaah]

Boss!

[@jwalk7673]

Do the outro to Consequences of Jealousy from the same album plz!!!

[@leonwaves]

Great song! I’ll consider it for the future

[@basharalkadhi852]

I'm a little new to theory - is there a difference between Dmaj9add6 and Dmaj13? Why the distinction? is it because the 6th is played a 'closed' position (ie. played after the 5th) rather than being an extension after 7th? (I don't play piano and so I can't see what notes are being played)

[@mentalhealth4043]

i thought the aflat 13 chord was a "A flat13" chord and I could figure out how

[@pampaspp7123]

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[@lorenaway]

Leon thank you for the breakdown! Any way I can get that play along track? It would be so great to practice to that!

[@leonwaves]

Sure just email me: [e-mail]

[@lorenaway]

Sent!

[@zeekanyc]

👍

[@DTmaster]

awesomeeee what rhodes preset vst or synthesizer do you use?

[@leonwaves]

Keyscape!

[@yujinjeong801]

Thanks!! Is there a reason why call it "Liftoff"?

[@leonwaves]

It’s the introduction to the album listening experience. A “liftoff” into space, so to speak.

[@gavinleepermusic]

Cool video man! I think I would've liked to see a functional analysis in here too. Like for example, to my ear, the reason that G leads back to to B is that it's functioning like a chromatic mediant, i.e. {bVI} --> I, and that A and D before the G seems to be a type of secondary ii V, resulting in [{ii/bVI} {V/bVI}] --> {bVI} --> I. You might even stretch the argument further and call that F#add2/A# just an A#alt, and that it's a tritone sub for the secondary dominant of the Amin. That would leave you with: I [{tri/V/ii/bVI} {ii/bVI} {V/bVI}] --> {bVI} --> I Let me know what you think of that! Thanks again for this and nice playing! I had wondered about this song for quite awhile, so thanks for studying it and sharing.

[@leonwaves]

Yes, yes! I agree with you 👌🏻 several ways of looking at it.

[@gavinleepermusic]

Leon Waves Let me know if you'd ever like to collab on a video. I make similar videos about contemporary Japanese music and even some VGM. Kinda a midpoint between you and 8-bit Music Theory. Latest one applies some of Jacob's teachings about the circle of fifths to stuff from Hisaishi.

[@leonwaves]

Will check out that video! I came across your Moonchild “Runaway” video before 🙂

[@gavinleepermusic]

Leon Waves Oh nice dude! That was a fun one to make

[@raaron4315]

Is that second chord progression a "backdoor 251" into the Cm?

[@yogicbeats]

4:50

[@booyeah304]

This all makes sense except I don't understand why the Gm resolves so god damn well to the B! Since when is b6m to 1 a real cadence? It works incredibly well I just don't understand why

[@leonwaves]

Do you mean Gmaj7/9, not G minor? If so, it is an interesting move, right?! I think the melody from A to G to F# sets us up to land on any chord where the F# is important (like B major, D major, or F# major chords).

[@TomRivieremusic]

Great! It's amazing how chords generate really the basics of all creativity.BTW you a very good pianist yourself. You need to record the drums to fit the mix. The rim shots are too loud. This is my opinion only.

[@lubumbus7335]

Real noob here but what’s the key? I always have trouble figuring out whether it’s major or minor due to its relevant major/minors

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

Bro this boutta hit 10k but at the moment you have only one video above 10k... and that video is also above 100k lol

[@leonwaves]

Crazy right 😶

[@butterdrool9476]

bro how should you solo over this

[@coupe-lee]

Why call those add6 chords when they’re 13th chords?

[@hoguvalesco8074]

Great video but i think that isn't a A -9, it's a A half-diminished without the E in the chords, voicing goes A - G - C - F#

[@GestattenWinnetou]

Sweet. Please get rid of the drum track.