Fifths move in a "brighter" direction while fourths move in a "darker" direction. To see this, note that a stack of 7 perfect fifths gives a Lydian scale (e.g. FCGDAEB = F-Lydian), which is the brightest mode of the diatonic scale, while a stack of 7 fourths gives a Locrian scale (e.g. FBbEbAbDbGbCb = F-Locrian), the darkest mode of the diatonic scale.

@Gapcloser

5 жыл бұрын

That was a very insightful detail, thank you!

@appleihate5678

5 жыл бұрын

Also, Lydian is the inverse mode of Locrian.

@lordofchimichangas2302

5 жыл бұрын

I get an "ambiguous" feel when hearing fourths.

@Vent69420

4 жыл бұрын

@@lordofchimichangas2302 thats prob cuz the locrian scale has a diminished fifth

@eucalyptus303

3 жыл бұрын

Cool! Incredible insight into this pattern! And they’re both mirror images interval-wise, and a tri-tone apart. I had no idea🤔

i think what makes 4th and 5th based harmony so nice is that it really straddles the line between consonance and dissonance...it's that nice "in between" sound that isn't as friendly as a 3rd or 6th but isn't as jarring as a b9 or a tritone

@kolobcanyon8920

6 жыл бұрын

I wonder what stacking tritones sounds like... goes to piano

@kolobcanyon8920

6 жыл бұрын

Never mind. There's only two notes if you stack tritones.. duh

@karlrovey

6 жыл бұрын

But you can include tri-tones in quartal and quintal harmonies.

@die_schlechtere_Milch

5 жыл бұрын

a tritone is an augmented forth.

@kiren3168

5 жыл бұрын

@@kolobcanyon8920 stack minor 2nd lol have fun

Those Quartals remind me of the opening to Star Trek.

@zitacarno4443

4 жыл бұрын

I once had an interesting conversation with McCoy Tyner about harmonic concepts and approaches, and Irealized that both of us picked them up from one main source: the music of Paul Hindemith, one of my very favorite 20th-century symphonic composers. He was using the quartal and the quintal voicings particularly in his middle-period works, both orchestral, chamber-music and solo-instrument, and I for one got absolutely hooked on that sound. So when I would hear McCoy play them I got that goosebump of recognition---at we must realize that Hindemith was, among other things, a bebopper.

5:22 Whitesnake Is This Love 6:19 Kraftwerk Trans Europe Express

I experimented with stacked 4ths and microtonality the last days. I stacked 7 notes, spaced by randomly choosen microtonal intervals in the range from major 3rd to tritone. The results are very colorful and vibrant, also emotional expressive (more complex than just minor = sad or dominant 7 = tense), suprisingly musical and jazzy (I play melodies in normal tunings over these chords). It's not even that dissonant most of the times. I guess it's because the intervals are large enough to avoid too much direct friction between the frequencies, also in combination all the little tensions seem to even each other out.

Lol. Wow, that was an accurate assumption. "Now to many of you, the first exposure to quartal harmony would've been in the Miles Davis classic, 'So What'."

@leeboulineau8100

4 жыл бұрын

If not "So What" , then Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage".

@simmme

3 жыл бұрын

Or Studio Ghibli.

Two stacked fifths, separated by a half step (C, G, D, Eflat, BflAT, F) is one of my favorites. Also, ELP's Tarkus is made of quartal harmony and melody.

8:09 - sounds very similar to the end of Purple Rain! Great work, Rick. All of your video lessons are extremely inspiring, eye-opening, and refreshing.

To me, one of the most magical moments in music is the middle movement of Bartok's 2nd Piano Concerto, which starts with stacked 5ths in the strings. From a historical perspective, I find it fascinating, almost inexplicable, that Charles Ives anticipated such usage by at least a quarter century in "Central Park in the Dark"--though Ives alternated fifths and maybe fourths with passages of less open, more dissonant chords. I found this video (you are new to me) very interesting, and maybe helpful to me in my own composition; I will probably recur to your videos.

Wonderful, insightful video, yet again! Thank you!

@jivanbansi9640

7 жыл бұрын

WOW, Rick Beato, and Aimee Nolte on the same page, my 2 favorites!

@bashsportosas1293

4 жыл бұрын

Love ❤ Aimee Nolte

This is third time I've watched this. Just need to remind myself and enjoy your clear and inspiring teaching Rick. Thank you once again. I've got your book and transcriptions . . . :-)

I thought you were a rock guitar guy but you are waaaaayyy more than that. a multi instrumentalist Yoda. with a touch of Spock simply amazing I played keys in church for 18 years I'm taking a break to build my guitar, bass and production chops but this was a nice reminder of my bread and butter instrument. thank you sir for your insightful sharing. and keeping this music alive

Fantastic I wish more people would watch your video this one particularly

I'll be honest. this stuff is way over my head, but hearing Rick tell it is wonderful. He's a teacher.

I keep watching this, stunning sounds full of emotion. I would feel blessed to know half of what you have forgotten. Thanks for your great work.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Alan Parsons Project's "Rubber Universe" as an example of Quartal Melody! The lead synth makes an arpeggiated Quartal tritone the melodic theme. Just enough swing is added to make it funky and bright and bouncy - a great example of why APP's instrumentals are so great!

Rick’s love of Lydian tonalities (aug 4th) has opened my eyes to this beautiful sound and it’s possibilities. So much to explore on that alone and I appreciate it so much!

This is one of the most informative and well-explained tutorials on putting music theory into practice that I've seen. Brilliant stuff, thanks so much for this Rick, you are a fantastic educator.

Love your videos Rick. "Production wise" - would you consider using an "over the shoulder" shot when you demo on keyboard? Maybe it's just me, but I would find it easier to take in what you're doing from the orientation of a keyboard player rather than having to reverse the image mentally. Thank you.

11:10 gives instant Keith Emerson vibes!

I can finally understand the value in this video! The first time I watched it, it just went over my head as to how it can be used haha! But after watching your channel for a while and exploring the sound of Miles and Coltrane, a universe of unexplored sounds have opened up! Thank you ever so much Rick!

1:00 Intro of the animated series 'Recess'. Never knew I was hooked to Quartal and Quintal from the early teen.

Podría estudiar todo el resto de este año y el qué viene con tus vídeos, Guitarra, Jazz, Composición, Film Scoring, Entrenamiento Auditivo. Todo lo qué necesito en mi vida. Thanks my friend!

@alfonshomac

7 жыл бұрын

_"I could study the rest of this year and next with your videos. Guitar, Jazz, Composition, Film Scoring, Ear Training. It's all I need in my life."_.

@gerardwhitemusic8214

6 жыл бұрын

lindas palabras amigo! beautiful words my friend! :-)

I'm so happy I found your channel! You've helped me so much with my composition. I'm studying a bachelors degree in music and was lacking inspiration, but you've given me loads so thank you

Those ascending 4ths always reminds me of the synth riff in the theme music to "CHiPs" from back in the 80's.

"So what that is" when reffering to "So what" enters a whole new dimension! Phenomenal videos Rick, precise and direct with an awesome distribution of knowledge. I'm extremely grateful for the help :) As a guitarist, songwriter and video game/aspiring film composer, you're really the perfect match. Thank you so much good sir!!!

At parties, I just keep strumming my guitar without fretting and saying "Look, I'm like Miles Davis now!". They don't like it very much.

This knowledge about harmonies based on fourths and fifths and their different combinations is very inspiring and allows us to take our compositions to another level. Very valuable collection material. Thanks Rick!

WOW, THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

Love it! What a great dude you are! Sharing the love and the music...all the power to you!

Beautiful voicing opening new horizons.Love it.

as always... this is pure GOLD! thanks Rick!

Absolutely wonderful!!! Thank you, Rick for explaining all this. I'm very grateful.

Amazing sounds Rick and explanations, thanks for all that you've done for us.

Very inspired by this. Lots of fun today. Thanks, Rick.

First quartal chord I ever heard was in the movie Tremors, during the scene where they first get stuck on the rocks, replayed that scene for the chord like 50 times when I was 16

I like the high level lessons of professor Beato! Very educational!

Excellent lesson! Thanks, Rick.

I'm a music educator who Played in the Basie and Ellington orchestras and i really dig the simplicity of how you teach. keep up the great work my musical brother! gonna make sure my students start subscribing.

beautiful, just beautiful..

this is probably your most useful video i've yet seen. gonna need to come back to this several times.

Some more examples: Stravinsky! Scriabin! Who based much of his musical language around the "mystic chord" which was largely quintal. Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The god damn entirety of Tarkus.

@StevenRosario2025

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not theory nut... just a lowly band director, but 19:08 is straight up rehearsal no. 49 of Rite of Spring's Spring Rounds. Except in that case it looks to be Eb quartal vs. Rick's played F.

@Aquatarkus96

4 жыл бұрын

Keith Emerson LOVES quartal harmony, it's all over his work and one of the things that set him apart from contemporaries like Banks and Wakeman

Thanks for this! I have to figure out how to choose the right notes for a quartal harmony to improvise in a jazzy piece my ensemble is performing--this is a very new concept to me and I've been pretty stiff and hesitant with it the last few rehearsals. This gave me a lot to work from and helped me see how flexible this style of harmony can be. Much appreciated!

Stunning video ! Brilliant...

Love those sounds. I notice some one said 4ths are darker and 5ths were brighter. Don't know if this is relevant but 4 4ths reach a minor 3rd. Whilst 5 5ths reach a major 3rd. Cheers

This is so inspiring, thanks for sharing Rick! Berg violin concerto is starting with a lot of stapled fifths, a good classical example of Quintal harmony. :)

Just discovered your channel and so far i think is the best one in youtube dedicated to music education,congratulations from Argentina, and keep the good work!!

Wow! This is beautifully Sublime! Thank you!

Thank you Rick for sharing your knowledge; this is a very useful for my job!

love these videos! thanks again!

0:26 is also part of the opening of Disney's Recess (transposed, with another 4th stacked on top)

Really loving these sounds

This video is so good. Had no idea you made this kind of content back in the day.

Hey Rick i loved this lesson and some of those voicings are just incresible. I would like to see more of this stuff applied on guitar

You're my Guru.. thanks for share this

You should really make a video explaining in detail how is modal voicing performed and voicing over extended dominants. Great as usual, Rick, love your videos ❤.

Love your video lessons. I've been playing for decades off on and on (earning a living gets in the way) - your lessons are easy to understand but always so insightful. Can't wait to get back to my keyboards....:-))

6:35, also Kraftwerk, trans europ express.. :)

Thank you! Best teacher ever !

As a first time listener on quartal and quintal sounds, it is very exciting on particularly in voicing

really excellent video on quartal voicings!

Great stuff Rick!

fantastic! thank you so much!!

My first exposure to quartal voicings was Acknowledgement on A Love Supreme. I remember I was sixteen or seventeen and I sneaked into my Daddy's record collection while he was at work. I don't think that he ever found out. It seems that he never played the record when he was at home. I suppose that the tonal ambiguity was a little bit much for him.

Thanks! hearing a lot of things that remind me of UK's "Thirty Years"!

Beautiful. Also, useful.

reminds me a lot of Aaron Copeland ....thanks Rick, another fantastic lesson!

Thanks for great tutorial

excellant lesson

Arigato, Master Beato! 🙏🏼

Beautiful

Kurt Rosenwinkel’s work is full of Quintal harmony since around “Next Step”, then “Remedy” etc

Thanks Rick!!!

great lessons thanx

Awesome lesson guru ji

Hi Rick. This is an excellent video. I was particularly fascinated with the Aeolian and Dorian arpeggiations. And then between 16:54 and 18:34, you demonstrated parallel fourths. That in particular kept my attention. It took me a little bit but I figured out what you did. And yes those movements are hip. And certainly no discussion of quartal harmony is complete without mentioning McCoy Tyner. I have to mention Acknowledgement from A Love Supreme. At one point during the tune, McCoy does a progression ascending and descending in half steps using stacked fourths. It just blows me away every time that I listen. I know that tutors and instructors generally use Impressions or So What as a point of reference. But I think that Acknowledgement is a case study in the practical application of quartal harmony. Thx 4 this video - Will ☺😎👍

bravo. very clear.

Incredible! Sounds just like Thomas Newman's work in Shawshank!

Wow, old game Mega Lo Mania comes to mind, it had powerful quartal chords in the intro music...

Awesome, reminds me of the music of Joseph Schwantner

@RickBeato

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carlos!

Congratulations for the chanel! Could you post something about Gospel Chords, Neo soul tritones, like new keyboardists uses in golspel music, artists like Trina Trine, Kim Burrel, Dobbie Powel, Cassandra O'neal and Cory Henry for example. Thanks!

@MrMangaman1

5 жыл бұрын

Jeff Schneider covers a lot of those topics in videos that are very in depth, seriously consider checking those out if you haven't already, Kerry 2 Smooth covers the same topics but from a guitar perspective, and related to specific songs, again worth checking if you haven't already

your a few universes above me i love it

Love it!

Around 8:10, the voicings began reminding me of Ives' "Three Places in New England", 1st mvmt. That sound of stacked 4ths, with the main melodic interval/ motif based on minor thirds, or major-to-minor thirds. (The harmonization is more complex, of course- polychordal at times, but the stacked 4ths flavor is there)

Love you, totally, thank you

great Videos!! One of my favorite quintal-voicings was missing though, the one only a half step away for the b3-b7-11 voicing... like that sound quite a bit... greetings from Germany, keep up the good work! Simon

Yes wonderful

Nice!

Astounding Rick, but saddening too as I fear I'll never come close.

thank you thank you thank you!!

Great!

A very public minded master at work.

A lot of Lyle Mays stuff can be found on this lesson . Thanks allot!

Rick...PLEASE....I have to know! When you're making a video, what mic are you using and where is it placed? I can't see a mic but it sounds great for your voice and I want to learn how you do it. I don't think it's a lapel mic so is it a shotgun on your camera or ??? Thanks, I'm a huge 70 year old fan of yours...played guitar all my life professionally and don't know diddley...but thanks to you I'm coming along. Dub Campbell

My first introduction to quartal harmony was Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Tarkus"

When you were doing McCoy (dont know who he is btw). The first thing I though of was strings of light by Youssef Kamaal and the 1st chord that the "strings" play. Which now that I listen to it should be some kind of quartal voicing.

6:19 Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express

Beautifully Explained! Thank you Sir!

cool stuff

Rick, Love your videos. You mentioned another video where you talk about compound 5ths on guitar. I couldn't find that one based on the titles. Do you recall which video that was?