‘Gin has a Hard G. It’s short for “again” not “gin” like the liquor. Loved the video!!

@AmariRebel

21 күн бұрын

i was wondering if anyone else heard that.

I'd love to hear some analysis off the tracks from Black Messiah. Back to the Future. Till It's Done. Ain't That Easy. just another masterpiece by the genius known as D'Angelo

@NoneGreater

29 күн бұрын

+1 - I was dropping in here to say that exact thing.

@karlostvall2665

29 күн бұрын

Don’t forget epic tracks “Prayer” and “Suga Daddy”

@thejamnasium6447

29 күн бұрын

@@karlostvall2665 not a bad track on there

Dope video man! Voodoo is one of my favorite albums and D'Angelo is one of the all time R&B G.O.A.T's. It's great to see him getting more recognition

Great vid as always. Best way to learn theory.... listen, play, compose!

One mo gin is how we say…”again” lol

@n.oneimportant5

27 күн бұрын

Came here to type that. 😂

@Nghilifa

26 күн бұрын

@@n.oneimportant5 🤣

@AfroRedMusic

23 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😂😂😂

@dexterremy8258

17 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was about to comment and saw you did 🫡

Nice work! Will have to watch again.

Solid content man. Keep it coming!!!!

Love this content !🙏🏻

Dude! You are solid. Dig your content and style.

Nicely done, thanks, I will subscribe!

man, awesonme video. learnt a bunch of this

Tremendo este video !! Gracias totales desde Argentina!

this is a killer video, would love to see more like this

Love to see the D'Angelo stuff! Great picks too, I'll be studying these tonight. (also I think that "One Mo 'Gin" is like "Again" - One More Again, one more time)

@willlicks8584

27 күн бұрын

you are correct

@lxxwj

27 күн бұрын

yeah i was about to say lol, d'angelo is not singing about spirits macerated with botanicals

Thank you

Voodoo is also one of my all time favorite albums! I love your content, too, Jeff. This video is super informative, I just have one little nitpick. One Mo 'Gin isn't pronounced like the liquor. It's a hard G, because it's short for one more again.

great video 🙏

Approved! 🔥

thank you

you are THE BEST!!!

jeff, i almost turned this video off when you mispronounced “One Mo Gin”

@whogotdubs

27 күн бұрын

How is it supposed to be pronounced?!

@THANKYOUTEZ

27 күн бұрын

@@whogotdubs like “again” not like the liquor. lol

@Firetracks

27 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@Diispaceyone

27 күн бұрын

I was like oh hell nah 😂

@marlablow116

26 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

appreciate you ❤❤❤

Listening to voodoo a lot to this day. Love that album

I love how a half step movement can have so much story associated with it if you want to break it down vis a vis tritone sub. I like the skip the 5 thing. Its funny how a lot of this stuff is just getting things in line up with a stronger rhythmic grounding, in service to the groove, but the rhythmic language of non-drummers leaves us out in the cold. Its like the three guys and an elephant thing.

New sub!!! 👊🏾

Would love a chordal analysis of Africa and the Root next!

Isn’t C7 the substitute of F#7, which is the V of B7? It does not seem like a chromatic passage but rather a Sub-V Of V / V passage…

Somebody’s been clangin’ and bangin’ 💪

the "waterfall" chord progression goes way back to the beatles they actually used it a lot

@tobyzxcd

22 күн бұрын

Wow, now I think about it I’m sure I’ve heard that sound but do you have any examples to hand?

@leonl1559

22 күн бұрын

@@tobyzxcd you mean the descending Baseline Thing? Dear prudence, cry Baby cry, and your bird can sing, free as a bird are some examples i can think of right now

@BigMan-rg4mu

8 күн бұрын

The Beatles aren't "way back" when it comes to the origin of this progression. It's called a lament bass line, more specifically a chromatic lament bass line. It goes back hundreds of years and has been used countless times.

@tobyzxcd

8 күн бұрын

@@BigMan-rg4mu a lot of music has happened between the Beatles and D’angelo, it’s quite a way back- even if it goes further, nobody said they were its origin - so I don’t like your tone. There’s many different ways of harmonising a lament bass, we were talking about a progression of chords with that motion in the bass. Typically the tradition that defines “lament bass” isnt chordal and thought of as more choral/figured bass in the nature of its harmonisation. It would be interesting if there’s a harmonisation/chord progression for a lament bass or descending bass pattern the Beatles had a preference for in particular. They used similar structures in while my guitar gently weeps, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Her Majesty even, but they’re all different patterns and harmonisations- allbeit with a descending bass idea. But I wonder which was the most popular for them to use?

@BigMan-rg4mu

8 күн бұрын

@tobyzxcd You could have ended your reply after the first drawn out sentence of two commas and two dashes, and I'd understand. I appreciate the half concession of the second paragraph. You seem to almost be at the finish line. Yet, the reality is you can't look up from sniffing the crotch of a bowl cut boy band to realize how defensive you were, on a comment you agreed with. Your bias is made clear when you wrote an additional two paragraphs thinking out loud about the preferred writing conventions of The Beatles. I wonder, how does Ringo like his eggs? This is an example of what you sound like. Also, there is 40 years between The Beatles and Voodoo. It's a generational difference, of western pop music. Sure, " a lot of music" happened, but it's all the same. In 1937, the most popular example of this progression was written, My Funny Valentine. This is a chordal example of a descending bass line from popular western music. A lot of music happened between this and The Beatles, but it's all the same.

At 1:48 you mention that the key to Left and Right is in Fmaj. Can you help me understand how you arrived at major? D'angelo's melody takes from the notes in Fmin pentatonic, and I'm having a hard time feeling it's in F major when the Ab and Eb notes are used pretty liberally.

@SelfPropelledDestiny

7 күн бұрын

I took a little issue with that as well...

@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500

Күн бұрын

If you listen to the chord sequence again you might begin to hear the last chord (fmajor) as the home tonic. It sounds at home aka resolved when it lands on the I chord. It's a progression that walks down chromatically and ends in the one chord.

@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500

Күн бұрын

I look at it as model interchange. The parallel minor is f minor.

The secondary subdominant Am7(ii7 of IV7) to the GMaj7 (IV7) can also be thought of a plagal cadence which is commonly a IV to a I, but I guess D Angelo and perhaps other soul/gospel musicans apply the same concept to tonicizing scale degrees outside the tonic through secondary dominants, and substituting subdominant functioning chords (ii and IV). The avoidance of the V and its harsh tritone dissonance might possibly be a reason why composers choose plagal cadences over perfect authentic cadences. Additionally, plagal cadences are also called Amen cadences, commonly used in gospel as well, something I'm sure D'Angelo was exposed to growing up with Church music. At least, that is my logic. Great video as always Jeff.

One of my favorite albums and grooves of all time

Jeff, what vst were you using for EP sound ?

I had a full blown "THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYIN'!!!" moment on the last segment re: ii to I without the V7

Isn’t the key to left and right c major?

Stevie Wonder chords. ❤

Gotta love that good old sticky top lmao

My man Jeff. Great breakdowns as always, but I gotta call you out. The song is not "One mo Jin". Its "One Mo Gin"....like "again". One mo gin translates to "one more time " or "lets do it again". Black southern dialect.

Every british person including me would pronounce that as Gin as in the liquor. It’s not just Jeff! It’s a British grammar issue! I’ve been calling it that all my life as well as all of my English friends hahaha. Now we know!

To be frank, we give thank for cranking up that stanky bank ❤

For Left and Right, you could see the Fm/Ab as Ab6, right?

@n.oneimportant5

27 күн бұрын

Yup!

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For the first one, I don't think it's best to analyze the chords as such. It's very simple once you realize he's just sliding a triad down the fretboard (to use a guitar analogy) until it locks in on the F. Every teenage guitar player does this.

I got that, Fm/Ab G7 Gbmaj7 F, I will transfer to Abmaj7 G7 Gbmaj7 F7. That's more reasonable for guitarists.

So is Untitled in the Key of D maj or G maj? You say a D7 would be a V, and the Am7 is a IIm.

@n.oneimportant5

27 күн бұрын

The melody seems to be centered around/built on DMaj. That's what I'm hearing anyway.

Damn. All these years and I had no idea that was Kool and the Gang

@Kevinschart

26 күн бұрын

I just learned it about a month ago. I spent about 2 weeks listening to old Kool and the gang albums and recognized it

4:41 😂

Am7 is the iiX gas! FWIW classical music has the notion of secondary subdominants...

You can always go back to the I from any other diatonic chord.

how guitar play this stuff

1:56 Wayment!! D’Angelo copied cool and the gang. Dang.

1:46 I need you to quantify how you can confidently say "the key is F Major". Considering none of the other chords are diatonic to that key, it just seems like a forced assertion. Just because some publisher's sheet music uses that key signature doesn't make it an objective truth. 4:47 I wouldn't necessarily equate "non-functioning secondary dominants" with "functioning secondary dominants". To me, it's just a VI7 (or VIalt) chord, no slash needed since it isn't resolving anywhere.

@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500

Күн бұрын

Use your ear man. The f major tonality clearly sound like "home". The other chords are literally passing chords walking down chromatically to the one chord. F major tonality can borrow chords from f minor that's why it can start on an Ab major chord and end on the fmajor chord. The last chord is the home tonic in that kind of chord progression.

Love the sub sandwiches 😂

no way you just said Sticky Top

Nice video Jeff!❤‍🩹 btw is it just me or are those keys out of tune in Feel Like Makin' Love?😅😅