Understanding In Bloom

[@12tone]

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[@colesonlamb]

Hey, I was wondering, as I\m in prep music theory in college, but the F5 to Aflat5 in the intro are a major 6th away not a minor 3rd right?

[@saschamanscom]

Hey man I like the style of your video. Let me mention one little thing that isn't correct in your analysis. The second chord during the verse (when the clean guitar enters) is not F# major, but F#sus4. Anyway, good job man!

[@nelsonmaciel7611]

steven wilson - regreat #9 or porcupine tree - fear of the blank planet

[@tannerhilton1879]

I think you're just over thinking it.

[@Trainer_Erik]

I can imagine Kurts boggled face as he would listens to this 😂

[@lamasu8060]

What do you mean?

[@nonyobussiness3440]

the yoyo master he would think it’s pathetic and it’s not. You play music, you play what sounds good.

[@theresasnakeinmyboot3006]

non yobussiness yeah

[@mileschow5961]

Lama Su Kurt wouldn’t know what tf 12tone is talking about.

[@Sethbot-sv1gk]

He would have a baffled face but would be nodding along

[@danielsgrunge]

Best part is that Kurt himself wouldn't understand a thing of what you're explaining lol

[@CaioPBD]

Daniel Souza yeah. Kurt just had this naturally, like a gift.

[@danielsgrunge]

Caio Soares Yes. And composing is an exercise too... You can see that each album is more complex than the predecessor

[@CaioPBD]

yeah for sure. Serve the servants for example is more complex than in bloom. But my favorite song (when it comes to melody) is Sappy. Such a catchy rythm and such a cool solo.

[@danielsgrunge]

Serve The Servants is my favorite. Along with Paper Cuts and Radio Friendly

[@CaioPBD]

Daniel Souza mu favorite one from Bleach is "About a Girl"

[@latewizard301]

"i was sick of people looking to much into my songs" Anyway good video

[@heideknightgauntlets]

Too*

[@Aron-ru5zk]

He was talking about the lyrics when he said that.

[@iammrbeat]

You articulate what I've been trying to say for 20 years.

[@JosephMensman]

Not gonna lie I didn’t expect to find you here

[@AlexBallMusic]

Really great video and break down. As a guitarist, and someone who was a huge Cobain fan back in the 90s, may I elaborate a little more. As a power chord is a shape you can move around fret-to-fret, a lot of this stuff is composed by just using patterns of moving the shape around. The harmony that creates is secondary. So, for example, "Smells like teen spirit" is two power chords on fret 1, (F5, Bb5) then the same pattern/shape moved up to the fourth fret (Ab5, Db5). I'm certain that's how he wrote. Moving power chords around that sounded good - Breed, Lithium, Drain You etc. The other thing is Cobain created quite a specific quirk through sloppy technique. Most power chords on guitar are actually root, 5th and octave (rather than just root and 5th). The 5th and octave are on the same fret on adjacent strings. Cobain would flatten one finger lazily across both strings to do that, rather than use two. As a result, he'd often catch a third string (the G-string) and snag a suspended fourth. But not fully fretted. Listen out and you'll often catch a wayward sus4 in Cobain's power chords.

[@danielsgrunge]

Alex Ball yes... I learned to play using this "technique" cause I learned by watching him play... You can hear it clearly, Frances Farmer is an example

[@AlexBallMusic]

Daniel Souza Yep, definitely. Once you hear it (and see him playing guitar) it becomes obvious.

[@moltamio]

you mean the shape moved up three frets right?

[@The1stMrJohn]

Alex Ball ... Yep! i am reminded of Marc Boland saying that he didn't know how go play chords and he also wrote big hits in a similar way. It's peculiar that songwriting doesn't always need music theory knowledge! I can't write songs , but I have qualifications in music theory! .. .. i guess it doesn't help not be able to sing at all ;~)

[@matthewswanson8247]

Alex Ball i was thinking the i doubt kirk new any of these terms and literally was messing with a guitar and said, “this sounds good”

[@Seltaeb_]

You really don't understand how much of a guitarist's tone is in their fingers until you hear a midi guitar lol Great vid, love good ol' Seattle music!

[@dliessmgg]

tbh midi sounds as a whole don't really sound like the instrument they're supposed to represent

[@Seltaeb_]

True, but you can get *decent* midi from other instruments, but guitar just sounds horrible.

[@dliessmgg]

I'd say the same about midi violins & others in that family, but that's just my bias.

[@JustinBA007]

Seltaeb it's not really that tone is in the fingers, it's just very difficult to midi due to the nature of the instrument. Yes, the way you play something changes the sound, but I think people are too obsessed with the, "the tone is in the fingers" montra. You don't have EQ in your fingers. You can play it more clearly, or tighter, or hit the strings harder, but the "tone" is not really that effected by your fingers as long as you don't suck.

[@Seltaeb_]

Yeah, that family easily translates worst to midi

[@malcelinho]

I never though about Nirvana with a critical music view and I'm surprised about how complex, yet sounding simple, are this song. Thank your for this video

[@DarrenNoFun]

malacelo surprisingly a lot of bands have technical components. Master of puppets was praised by the dude that did their symphony concert, saying it was very technical, James Hetfield said he knew nothing about writing music like that, he only wanted it to sound cool.

[@silovitipanj4958]

Not really that complex though but not as simple as some people like to think

[@play4thrill42]

The thing is is that many of these people didn't have a proper form of musical education but had fantastic ears and knew what sounded great

[@themrlegopizzaman]

I don't know anything about music theory so this all blows over my head. I just followed Kurt

[@tsungimangwiro2466]

Wassup Krist! Is that really you?

[@typicalfurry2747]

@@tsungimangwiro2466 nah. Its not

[@tylerphillips503]

I'd also add that the verse lyrics are parallel. V1"Sell the kids for food / weather changes mood" V2"We can have some more / nature is a wore" So on top of the cool stuff going on in the arrangement, the verses are arranged interestingly too!

[@benjamink7105]

What a wonderful weirdo. I get madder every year that nobody could help him. What we lost...

[@bigleaguesnipes]

Yeah man

[@BosebeatsBeats]

He got his jazz progressions from listening to The Beatles

[@killinbildvow80]

Haha. Beatles couldn't play any deep jazz or they would have.

[@matcoffidis1135]

@@killinbildvow80 What said anying about "deep jazz"? Whatever the hell that is...

[@eljestLiv]

Woo! Thanks for doing my suggestion!

[@12tone]

Thanks for the idea!

[@sleven8013]

I also suggested this. :D

[@srincrivel1]

Your thumbnail game is too strong!

[@elduderino3995]

srincrivel1 lol hahahahaha

[@felixibbgames]

Goggle products wtf

[@everonlyallforthee]

Awesome vid, 12tone! In Bloom always stood out to me as a perfect example of what made Nirvana great, which is that Kurt's writing was completely visceral. He was the perfect combination of high talent/low knowledge(of theory), with a great ear. He just felt it. And they delivered it in a way that made everyone else feel it too. My own theory knowledge falls somewhere between Kurt and yourself, so I love hearing about "why" this song works. Keep up the good work!

[@spacevspitch4028]

I think a separate video on the guitar solo alone is warranted. It's pretty incredible!

[@spacevspitch4028]

MegaCrasherMusic To each his own. I hear it as being really well structured for the number of bars alotted. And the phrases balance eachother really well. It's basically noise/bend - melody - noise/bend - melody - noise/bend - melody. The noise/bend sets each phrase up and the melodic bits are well...melodic :p

[@legatomodi3522]

If i can chime in, its an insanely awesome break. Cobain called them anti solos for how much he tried work against theory in them. This solo is some of his best attempts at it but Spank Thru and Milk It and Radio Friendly Unit Shifter put the nails in the theory coffin. I can only imagine the blank confused expression he'd have if you asked him what key he was in.

[@spacevspitch4028]

Jesse Darty True. Cobain probably didn't know what he was doing from a theoretical standpoint but he had a natural sense of harmony that allowed the melodic bits in the In Bloom solo to make sense. Where he breaks "the rules" so to speak is the balance between noise and melody.

[@legatomodi3522]

KIBanshee9 his talent is a rare one indeed. Few people can get away with not knowing what theyre doing, but he didnt get away, he got ahead. He left all the guitar virtuosos of the Northwest scene in the dust by playing for what a song called for rather than impressive appregiated hammer on scales that 'better' guitarists were stuck on. He was one the best songwriters but one of the worst guitarists and that counts for something i think

[@firewolf2763]

Jesse Darty just because your doing something on purpose, doesn't make it good.

[@thomasinda9802]

Try to understand lithium

[@TheFootballstar5588]

He should analyze Endless, Nameless

[@Asmrvin333]

Please do lithium!!! It’s so weird

[@ConvincingPeople]

Thomas Inda It uses a lot of modal interchange, mainly, specifically starting the riff and melody clearly in D major and then sneaking in some weird, disorienting chords from D minor to wrong-foot the listener, with the bridge really leaning into it with a G5-Bb5 vamp but having the jangly open strings played on the G spell out a full major chord-the progression being distinctly minor but that sneaky B still messing with you, underlining the themes of bipolar disorder and mixed episodes in particular. It's very cleverly written and compelling and tells a cool story but it's not that hard to explain.

[@skullface2305]

meaning is actually pretty straightforward, being a mockery of blind faith found in christianity which he was both baffled by, and jealous of

[@Faebiebot]

Honestly, I have to disagree with you on the interpretation of the major chords. Personally, I find distorted minor chords to sound fine, and I think the reasoning has more to do with the themes of the song. It to me seems to be about how things only seem good when in reality we merely misunderstand the darkness. Therefore major chords ~associated with light~ over a minor progression. That's my interpretation anyways.

[@woodgecko106]

i was always fascinated by a lot of the songs on this album, especially in bloom. it just breaks conventions. kurt was a creative person

[@BrunoWiebelt]

I am speechless... kind of Genius your interpretation ... I was think all this years they borrowed from punk

[@okuno54]

4:23 *I* want that!

[@AlexKnauth]

The first two sound awesome in minor! The last two feel like they would be better in major though

[@aaarne4875]

Okuno Zankok

[@silenthill8186]

Somehow this reminds me of Orbital - The box (9:09) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYCxp2VsgJWpgpo

[@rainbowsludge660]

There are a lot of guitarists who are extremely technically proficient yet they couldn't write a really catchy, clever bunch of riffs to save their life.

[@xprozombieslayer]

I like videos like these because they make me appreciate certain songs more than I previously did

[@fortunefavorsthebold3459]

This is one of the best explanations of functional harmony I've ever heard!

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

Kurt had an extensive if informal music education, and drew influence from a lot of unexpected places, ranging from big-band jazz to lounge singers to glam rock to underground punk. He probably _did_ study bebop, and contrary to a lot of these comments, definitely would've understood this analysis and probably would've had a few _pages_ of notes on it. The fact of the matter is, "talent" is just being surrounded by people who know your craft and learning it through exposure rather than needing to go out of your way to study it. It's a matter of environment, not inherent ability. Kurt Cobane probably got a better music education from his parents being musicians than he would have from any sort of formal training.

[@zachkutkey303]

Great video. The solo I feel deserves it's own video, it feels so disconnected yet fitting.

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

What about analyzing the vocal melody notes together with the chords being played to have a full picture of the song? Great work, as always! 👍👌

[@aykutaydogdu269]

I have a request. Can you make a short song by using most complicated scales, tricks and progressions? Your theorical knowledge is really good and you analyze some songs by using this knowledge. But l am curious about how you use them. I would be really happy if you do that kind of thing. Thank you for the video by the way. Keep up the great work.

[@Dottor_J]

Keep up with these analysis, they are always very interesting :)

[@sammyhat2443]

Emotional purity from his fingers to his ears I love Kurt music

[@nicolamorales7081]

I would love to watch a video of you talking more about that progression kurt used in that song, cause it's been used in almost all music in the last decade and I feel like I'm the only one who notice it. It is something like *Em - C - Am* but there's lots of variations, it could be all in major chords for example but basically is that same progression. Please it would be really cool of you guys to make a video on that, I've been obsessed with it for years now and I need some explanation haha love your work btw keep it up with the good content.

[@JAFOpty]

as soon as I have some money I will patreon this channel... amazing work!

[@MichaelFreckelton]

Whilst not knowing a thing about musical theory, I did notice that the chord structure of In Bloom was different (not knowing anything about theory, that's the only way I could have described it.) This video was really helpful in learning what made it so intriguing to me, and is slowly encouraging me to learn a thing or two about theory. Great video!

[@sanctipaprichio]

im so happy that i discovered that channel

[@noahbenson29]

wow this video is everything that runs through my head when hearing music

[@Jake_AC]

This song has always been a mystery to my as a song that completely disregards theory yet sounds great. It’s so weird to pull apart a song buy someone who didn’t know anything about theory. Well done.

[@kokomumu7420]

Aqualung by Jethro Tull.

[@verandi3882]

aqualung , to cry you a song , driving song , bouree ,living in the past, all these tull songs have something special to them , like baroque sound or jazz

[@DreamfactoryZero]

This turned out to be way more interesting than I thought it would be.

[@rafaelgino]

Can i suggest you something? It's cool to know what is behind famous songs, but you speak only about the guitar part and the power of in bloom, in my opinion, is the combination of the bass line and the drums. Why not talk about the other instruments in the future? And maybe the vocal part?

[@dliessmgg]

Well he is talking about chords and harmonies and such, and in this song the guitar was enough for that. If you want to talk about how instruments/voices sound and how these sounds interact with each other, that goes into arrangement and is a completely different section of music theory.

[@rekindled3624]

I mean the bass in this song is playing roots most of the time; in other words, what he said applies there aswell As for the drums, Dliess made that clear.

[@mastercontrol5000]

if you listen to the song, it sounds like all the bass does is play the root of the chord. It doesn't even solo in some chord tone, it's pretty simple. Not really necessary to discuss it.

[@SlimeyGuitarStrings]

I agree, that's important in some music, but especially for Nirvana doesn't make sense. In Nirvana's music the root of the chord was often repeated on the bass. It was pretty rare to end up with a bass line that actually changed the composition of what was happening on the guitar. I also think the vocals are not the best place to see Nirvana's music. Kurt Cobain was a much better singer than I think a lot of people give him credit for, but often times he didn't utilize that in Nirvana's songs. In many live recordings he sings off key. I think Kurt Cobain's biggest strength was his songwriting. He was an insanely good (albeit lazy by his own admission) guitarist, a likewise talented (and yet again lazy) singer based on live and acoustic performances. I think his songwriting was top tier though. Almost all Nirvana songs are fun to play because of their simplicity in execution, yet the complexity of them theory wise is often times interesting. On a side note, I actually think one of the most interesting things about his music are his chord voicings. He primarily used open chords and barre chords. What's interesting are his fingerings for the barre chords. At first I thought he was lazy and he learned to play them wrong, but that's not the case at all because I have heard earlier recordings of him using normal barre chord voicing. Often times he fretted them in such a way that his chords would be a sus4 or major chord rather than a power chord. It shines through especially in live recordings because he hit extra strings on accident while switching effects and singing. He's actually really fascinating to look into.

[@yoverale]

You are right about other instruments, but melody affects how chords sounds, it does matter.

[@richardhorrocks4496]

Fascinating to watch, even if I have no idea what you are talking about. Kurt is my biggest inspiration - not in terms of the sound of what I write, but in terms of just playing what sounds good to you... and this is the key point that I'm not sure the author of this video understands or appreciates. I suspect that what I compose is quite complex and unusual, yet I have ZERO music theory knowledge... literally no idea what I'm doing. All I have is my ear and what sounds good to me. There is no attempt whatsoever to do anything except what sounds good to me. Kurt was definitely in this camp. He moved from one power chord to the next and searched around for a sequence that sounded good to him. End of! For some people, it really is that simple. That it might be complex or unusual when broken down into musical theory is utterly irrelevant, and utterly aside from the creative process.

[@HandscharGeorgeCostanza]

I like how he ignored the guitar solo because it defies formal musical theory lol

[@fabianarredondoponce5360]

This is so cool! Please don't stop!!

[@5urg3x]

The reason why power chords worked so well on Nevermind is the layering and the amp choices / pedals etc that Butchie did...Normally would sound thin but he had them sounding HUGE

[@dangrel]

Would've loved to see an analysis of the noise break 'solo' but that aside this is a fantastic breakdown. Many seem to view what KC and co were doing as some simple 3 chord doofery (not that there's anything wrong with that!) so to find there's more to it than that (along with a hint of jazz even) is a fun revelation.

[@sunepedersen8537]

This is a long shot, but please another Nirvana video. I find Cobains songwriting very interesting cause he uses only power chords which gives him alot of unusual options for harmony

[@zosov9802]

Best channel on KZbin

[@mineguitarerer]

Wow i don’t have words.. I really love what you do. Keep it up!!!

[@graelmusic4090]

Nice video! Very clear and concise!

[@abd_cheese7353]

May his beautiful soul rest in peace

[@grungeseattle9968]

He also played power chords from the A string, which were played with two fingers, and used with 3 strings from the E sting

[@imalright2837]

I fucking love your channel!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I have been listening to Sturgill Simpson's "A Sailor's Guide to Earth" and I completely forgot that In Bloom was Nirvana. It's great either way! Good video!

[@theodeblasis]

There’s amazing features in the harmonies and melodies of nirvana, one of the most remarkable in my opinion is the use of major thirds in the melody over the power chords, giving it a sort of Picardy feel, kind of psychopath, the bridge to the chorus in this song has it, and it contrasts with the minor third sound of the bass progressions as you mentioned.many nirvana songs have that, it feels quite ironic. One of the best harmonies of nirvana in my opinion is frances farmer will have her revenge in Seattle. The melody of smells like teen spirit is also good for analysis, very well constructed using leaps, downward motion and emphasis on the semitones. Those things makes this bands music very unique and expressive.

[@mestillme2017]

I have never been bored by nirvana. Until now.

[@Novolinemusic]

I got here after watching Rick Beato's coverage of this song ("The Nirvana Hit that uses all 12 Notes") from yesterday (i don't follow him or anything but he comes up in my feed sometimes and I tried to guess which song it was - I immediately thought it was In Bloom -wasnt sure why actually - and got it right! Anyway I find it super interesting both he and you were very surprised by the use of the D chord. To me it was always a natural thing: being ignorant about music theory myself, but growing up on riffy 80s punk like Agnostic Front, Minor Threat, Misfits, Cro-Mags, etc; using the 5th of a power chord meant not repeat the same thing over and over again, ie give a little variety, yet keeping the same two notes of the chord, which to me meant staying in "key." I'd do that when I played bass too; just play the 5th of the note and make some easy variety haha. It was something I picked up early on and used in probably every single song I ever wrote!

[@HawkMcDork]

this is awesome! i love your brain. i'd throw in, possibly just for fun, the theory that kurt was just imitating things he heard other bands do without knowing much beyond power chords. So he wasn't able to replicate it perfectly, but he may have been satisfied with a "close enough for punk" aesthetic. for example the chord progression of "Smells like teen spirit" was reportedly his attempt at the "More than a feeling" chorus by Boston. so maybe something similar was happening in this song at times. anyway, thanks for this rad videos. you're a genius.

[@simoneartini3302]

These videos are great good job!

[@toohak2782]

Been waiting for this 😁

[@TonyWalkerIsYourBestFriend]

Awesome video. The genius of In Bloom! To me, a bunch of chords that do not really go together, that Kurt made into a great song...Lithium is the same way. A bunch of chords put together that for most ears, would be almost impossible to sing a melody over, but he does it. Do Lithium next!

[@kv6256]

My new favorite channel. Fucking brilliant. Please review some extreme music, would love to see you break it all down!

[@Aldecaldos]

Wait, a channel like this exists... Subscribed!

Amazing and instructional video! Thanks, good work!

[@theconversation9103]

Hal Leonard Corp have this transcribed stating it's Bb Dorian - I've heard Kurt talk about the dorian mode briefly in an interview, too

[@slitbodmod5555]

Could you please do Bohemian rhapsody at some point, it's an iconic song that i really love. I know it'll be hard to do as it has lot's of different parts but you could do it as like some sort of special.

[@arianlarijani4088]

Dude you are just amazing, i wish you could do more and more

[@Johnboysmudge]

That was brilliant!

[@The1stMrJohn]

;~) great videos! Bought tickets to see them live in summer of 91 at a venue in November 1991 , which was before Nevermind was released, .......cos I liked the album Bleach. By the time I saw them , things had got a bit intense!

[@lenleno2857]

As much you wouldn't like to believe.... Kurt probably knew music theory more than he said he knew....Kurt really understood how melody and harmony worked......On a plain is one of his most complex songs.....most of his songs has perfect voicing which u can tell he really knew what he was doing..U just cant come up with an album like nevermind off the top......

[@BugRib]

Whoa! Just discovered you by accident. I can't believe how similar our musical tastes are! Subscribed!

[@ashton2605]

elliott smith next please, an underrated genius

[@Theproudreviewer]

Ashton Agreed, Elliott was a great musician

[@TheGoodGoodMan]

Thanks

[@gabriel-ht4xr]

I was waiting for this one

[@codymcgrew4015]

You should definitely Analyze “Scentless Apprentice” by Nirvana. That song will seriously throw you for a loop.

[@RainField0730]

Try pinching the tip of the marker with your pointer and thumb while resting the tip over the middle finger. You'll have more control.

[@LYRVMusic]

this is amazing

[@leahshanedixoncallmeshanet838]

love the Aang avatar reference.

[@idozaks7876]

I thought this was going to be a lyrical breakdown. all the music theory went way over my head

[@theiceplant6324]

Regarding the major chords played on guitar in the verse- it's because it's an easy shape to play. Kurt used that shape almost exclusively- holding the root on the lowest string with his index finger and barring the next 3 strings with his ring finger. When doing that shape with the A string as the lowest string, you get a major shape, which is what's happening in this song. For example, on Smells Like Teen Spirit, where it's Fsus Bb Absus Db. The sus4's happen because he's playing the shape on the low 4 strings. So ultimately it's the convenience of using that one shape more than anything else, and he's exploiting the harmonies that arise from it and making great songs out of them:)

[@iawnlad]

Very interesting!

[@thewedge8823]

this is awesome, especially considering Kurt hated music theory and went by ear 100%

[@imalittlebrown5271]

Very in-depth good job 👍

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

This was a great video!

[@mczfender]

Great video! Kurt's writing skill was amazing. You should also analyse his noisy anti-solo from that song! Anyway, thank you for doing Nirvana as many people don't understand their music.

[@ergotNalkaloid]

This video is fantastic, and I really like that it highlights how Cobain often used elements that related to jazz and bebop. However, I would have liked to hear at least a nod to the solo, which brilliantly plays with the melodic theme discussed in the video. In fact, there is an earlier version of the song, which they even shot a video for, that has a slightly more traditional sounding solo. It's more blues based, and perhaps a bit more technical, but less exclusive and doesn't play around with the melody in the same way.

[@pancake-th7qy]

I ducking love this song

[@Sisnapel]

For me, the melodic progression of power chords are alternating between major and minor blues scales, in bloom maybe its quite complicated, but the use of minor 3rd in the power chord progression its in almost every nirvana song, other maybe can be the tritone as blue note of the minor pentatonic

[@kenichidc]

Loved this

[@LoveroftheTalmud]

You should do an analysis of pierced from within by suffocation

[@srincrivel1]

Wow, that was really interesting thank you man!

[@user-jt5ot4hy9q]

Always interesting to examine the chordal structures of songs. But it should be noted that in the writing of many of the best songs, this was rarely a consideration. It's finding what feels right and it doesn't matter much what chords they are. Of course, understanding keys and the circle of fifths may help you narrow-down the possibilities, but a song derived solely by theory is usually not very moving.

[@tukacosta910]

Love it!

[@thewedge8823]

Power chords are the root, fifth, and one octave higher root. 3 notes total

[@timseguine2]

Not always.

[@thaincrediblemaier]

4.29 "No one wants that" ? You basically turned this riff into a black metal - style riff (Tremolo pick hat sequence and hey presto: Black Metal) :D So...I guess some people might want exactly that. Great video as always. You've gained a new subscriber!

[@thaincrediblemaier]

Speaking of black metal: I'd love to see you analyze some of that (Immortal - The sun no longer rises maybe?). Also some symphonic stuff like Dimmu Borgirs "Progenies of the great apocalypse" or anything by Carach Angren might be interesting.

[@alwayssomewhattired]

Nice video

[@Torthrodhel]

This is interesting to listen to and see drawn out. I write songs in a similar style and similarly dominated by power chords, with a lot of these tricks in mind but never having really actually called them anything, nor particularly associated them with specific genres. I know exactly what's meant by them as you say them since I can hear it going on but just didn't have the language for it. Makes me intrigued to think how it must all come across to someone who learned the theory first, and then wrote songs. And what the differences of approach might be. I guess in this respect I learned from ear, as you suggest Cobain probably did. I started composing on piano but even there I use a lot of power chords, drone and 7th chords that are essentially like pairs of power chords played simultaneously. Stable bases around which to wind pretty dissonance. This is maybe my favourite Nirvana song as well. The message of it just flows so well with the music of it. A message I related to a bit even whilst comprehending it, and I like that you point out how it works with the music in here. I shall check out your other videos! :)

[@getlost8027]

Wouldn't have expected something like this out of Nirvana. Might explain why this is the only song of theirs I enjoy.

[@brycewinchode]

I love smoking a bowl and then watching your videos

[@vinterterroristen]

Love your videos! Could you do any song by Tame Impala? I think their, or his, music is really interesting.

[@viniciusfugimoto7283]

Amazing! Thanks for this! A lot of insights in music theory I've never thought I would have from grunge songs (although they indeed sound great and catchy)!

[@SpamcakeRex]

the funny thing is that most of these types of bands were probably not thinking about it in a complex way like this. I'm sure they arranged them like this because they sounded cool

[@diminishedthicc]

i love hyper focus explanations, light it up gold