WHY DOES THIS CHORD SOUND SO GOOD? - Negative Harmony, Explained

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LINKS TO MUSIC THAT USES THE IV- /II-7(b5) CHORD:

- The Beatles | In My Life | (min 0:15)    • Видео  
- Os Tincoas | Cordeiro de Nana | (min 0:05)    • Os Tincoãs - Cordeiro de Nanã .wmv  
- Christina Aguilera | Beautiful | (min 0:10)    • Christina Aguilera - Beautiful (Offic...  
- Stevie Wonder | He's Misstra Know It All | (min 0:04)   • Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-it-all  
- Randy Newman | Dayton Ohio 1903 | (min 0:42)    • Randy Newman - Dayton, Ohio - 1903  
- Felix Mendelssohn | Violin Concert No.1 | (min 4:00)    • Видео  
- Norah Jones | Don't Miss You At All | (min 0:20)    • Don't Miss You at All  
- Stevie Wonder (arr. Jacob Collier) | You And I | (min 0:05)    • You And I (Audio) - Jacob Collier  
- Arnold Schoenberg | Verklarte Nacht | (min 15:08)    • Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht (Transfi...  
- Novos Baianos | Preta Pretinha | (min 0:53)    • Novos Baianos - Preta pretinha  
- About 70% of Rachmaninov


DESCRIPTION:


The II-7(b5) / IV- is a very popular harmony used in all genres. In this video I aimed to explain this concept in two different perspectives; so as to make this understandable to musicians and non-musicians/music lovers. (hopefully)

Hopefully you will learn something in this video :)

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LINKS:

I highly suggest watching June Lee's Interviews with Jacob Collier Part 1 & 2.
PART 1 -    • Interview: Jacob Collier (Part 1)  
PART 2 -    • Interview: Jacob Collier (Part 2)  


Check out Jacob Collier explaining Harmony in 5 levels of difficulty (with Herbie Hancock): WIRED -    • Jacob Collier Explains Music in 5 Lev...  





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Features Chopin's A-flat Major Nocturne and a section of Jacob Collier/ Herbie Hancock WIRED interview. I do not own the copyright for these two works, such critique is meant for educational purposes as fair use.

This is an audio corrected version of the video uploaded on April 7th 2018.