Anyone who gets this much into Steely Dan is alright by me.

@BeeRich33

3 жыл бұрын

Simon Boyers Only a fool would say that.

@muchanadziko6378

3 жыл бұрын

@@BeeRich33 or Any Major Dude

@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj

3 жыл бұрын

You've got to be joking man, where did you get those shoes.

@donaldfewell8908

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeeRich33 lol

@singleuseplastics4500

2 жыл бұрын

He's the king of the world, (as far as I know)

The mu chord is very old. It was discovered written on a wall, in the Caves of Altamira.

@paulorben6830

3 жыл бұрын

Didnt they hear the call and write it on the wall when there wasnt even any hollywood. Or so i thought.

@scottbernard8824

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulorben6830 Dude...I'm smacking myself for not thinking of it myself. Brilliant!

@michaelx9079

3 жыл бұрын

In a fade yellow green?

@Anautistictherapist

3 жыл бұрын

In his old school.

@andrew_owens7680

3 жыл бұрын

Thats a cow you nutter!

I grew up on 70’s am and early 80’s fm radio and never felt Steely Dan was a “rock-n-roll” band. But I was always stoked when they came on because they were so different and never knew why. As a result Aja was one of the first albums I bought with my own money as a teen. Thank god for that.

@davidferrara1105

Жыл бұрын

I thought you were dead

after carefully reading these comments, I will definitely sing in more videos

@jimlaws3985

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. Nice!!

@gabrielbingham605

3 жыл бұрын

YES!

@HareDeLune

3 жыл бұрын

Try adding some reverb to your voice, and see what you think.

My guitar playing music companions and I just called them “Steely Dan chords.” I knew that there had to be a science behind it. There was too much consistent structure to think otherwise. I’m sure Michael Omartian was hip to all this as a Dan musician. Some of his solo works sneak in a μ or two 😆

When all my dime dancin' is through I run to mu

@blottoinchcago

3 жыл бұрын

and by the way ..it's really true .. Katy Lied

i can’t understand 80% of this but im still watching it

If this is the only thing he ever does, he's done enough. Bravo Jackson.

"Daniel played a secret µ-chord. He played it loud and it pleased the µ-lord."

@wordpolice7564

3 жыл бұрын

Well it goes like this: the third, the perfect fifth, The added ninth, but only as a whole tone dissonance

@rthavi4166

3 жыл бұрын

@@wordpolice7564 😅

And this is why there is KZread - came for the chord, stayed for the vid

I have been learning the piano and I wanted to improve my knowledge and range of chords. Since I loved Steely Dan and Donald Fagen’s music I thought it might be helpful to learn some of their songs. I selected 3 slowish ones and started to learn them. I started with Home at Last and then moved on to Third World Man. This gave me what I wanted, and pleased with this I went on to my 3rd song, Maxine. I looked it up on Ultimate Guitar, as usual, to find the chords. I was in for a bit of a shock to find that it contained 56 different chords, of which I already knew...5. It took me about 2 months to learn but I’m so glad I did as it’s lovely to hear these chords and even better to actually play them.

People who are into The Dan always stay loyal to The Dan.

@mikedeuce13

3 жыл бұрын

No....you’re Steely Dan, I’m the Dan man!

@danwhitehurst9592

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikedeuce13 aren’t you Mike?

@PoopVintner

3 жыл бұрын

They’re the soundtrack to my life

@strat0871

3 жыл бұрын

@@PoopVintner Same for me.

@rolobotoman

3 жыл бұрын

I've tried.. many times, I guess The Dan doesn't want me.

Been playing by ear for 45 years. Several instruments. Can't read a note of music. This makes my head want to explode.

@DoktorLorentzBig

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and just talking like a turd that doesn't know what he's talking about.

@toenailtom654

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with ya. I can hang in there til we get to the 1,4,5, then they lose me

@jaecenwhite2590

3 жыл бұрын

This is how keyboard players talk when trying to describe stuff like “It’s like a cowboy E but you add your pinky on the D string at fret 4.”

@GFHanks

3 жыл бұрын

@@DoktorLorentzBig WOW!!! First time in 45 years that I've triggered somebody by discussing the way I learn/play music. Beat the wife much, Sport ? 🖕🖕🖕

@faruzurtev2284

3 жыл бұрын

@@GFHanks You're the one who's "triggered", young man. He's talking about the guy in the video, not you. :)

Many years ago, I read an article in the then superb Guitar Player Magazine (late 70's issue). The write up was by then Steely Dan guitarist, Denny Dias. He wrote on the μυ (Mu) major chord. As soon as I played that chord I knew I was on to something that no one in my area had a handle on. I have to mention, however, that the Beatles were using this chord as early and 1964. I often used it (in either a bold manner, or subtle) to color to songs my band and I already had in our repertoire. I learned to use it enough to where this chord became an integral part of my sound. To this day, it adds a subtle extra texture and I can tell the positive effect it makes on the listeners. Fantastic article, and thank you loads, Denny Dias!

There are a lot of players with a lot of theory under their belt but no ears. Becker and Fagen had both in abundance. They are simply one of the most musical acts ever to grace the rock world, and this is in part because they were very clear about what they were going for. They knew how to straddle the line between blues, jazz and rock. Just listen to those chords in "Peg" and "Josie".

I can't understand this without my fez on

@4GuitarTrance

3 жыл бұрын

Fez, as in Tarboosh? Sorry... I missed the "fez" inference. Would you please explain that to Mu?

@marktraum9139

3 жыл бұрын

@@4GuitarTrance the song are you kidding

@christheiss4511

3 жыл бұрын

No. Clearly, you're never gonna do it without the fez on.

@marktraum9139

3 жыл бұрын

@@christheiss4511 no no

@loganowens623

3 жыл бұрын

this is the greatest comment i've ever seen

I feel better knowing that I am not the only one who sleeps in a zippered hoody with a microphone strung though my shirt and wakes up talking about Steely Dan. Wait until I tell my wife about this!

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

If she ever comes back to you.

@judsonkr

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ndlanding Well we are working on that.

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

@@judsonkr Good luck! I hope she hasn't mµtated!

@saftovooey4569

3 жыл бұрын

She's lonnnnng gone, my friend.

@wesleyalan9179

3 жыл бұрын

😅

As a new guitarist, I remember learning about the mu major in the seventies. I loved Steely Dan, one of my all time favorite bands.

Damn dude! Growing up in the 70s and 80s sure did come back as a huge flash as you played the music. I didn't know why Steely Dan sounded so damn good then and now I do! Thanks for sharing!

Oh My, I’ve been mu chording all these years and never know.

Such a great video. Steely Dan is the perfect example of how jazz concepts can work in classic rock. The perfect combination.

Continue on with this kinda stuff. Very interesting especially Steely Dan material. Thanks

Twelve cranes in the crane box.

@DaveBroTube

3 жыл бұрын

This observation is inteegral to the discussion.

@rodwilliams68

3 жыл бұрын

I can"t take this video seriously because of this

@toenailtom654

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhh

@MrDeevo

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveBroTube Not integral, but fucking funny!!!

@jurgostuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@rodwilliams68 Ditto!

Steely Dan... the band your favorite band listens to... RIP Walter.... and thank you.

this was new to me and you explained it adequately and made it useful in some ten minutes with pretty nice renditions of examples to boot. thanks and well done!

Our highlight was 1:13, when Jackson said “boner-fied.”

@gj8683

3 жыл бұрын

It's a dormant pun just waiting for an opportunity to flourish.

Are you with me, Dr. MU?

@haljohnson5729

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there!

@PeterByker

3 жыл бұрын

Peg, it will come back to MU

@estebansteverincon7117

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeterByker I see what you did there!

@jamalgray8694

3 жыл бұрын

"Daddy don't live in that MU York city no more!"

@chuckstang

3 жыл бұрын

It sure looks good on MU.

Jackson, you should do a class on another Steely Dan classic chord. Don't know the name but its composition is, for example, an F bass note on a C major triad. They used this chord structure in many tunes.

@gearoiddom

2 жыл бұрын

Good call. They were also keen on minor 11 chords. Which is more than ok by me.

Such a great walk-through of the marvelous Mu. Thanks, Jackson!

Just discovered you .... fantastic Knowledge and presentation style .... intrigued and looking forward to watching many more of your entertaining and uniquely engaging ventures to freely educate ... thanks

This is a Royal Scam, you won’t take me alive.

@MrRBGIANTFAN

3 жыл бұрын

just hide inside a hall of rock and sand

@Maltloaflegrande

3 жыл бұрын

Did he work it out one-by-one, or played in combination?

Great video! I could watch hours on end of you talking about Steely Dan harmonies and the way they're utilized in songs

@stillbill6408

3 жыл бұрын

Likewise.

This is great! I can’t wait to start sneaking 2nds into minor 7th chords, and also to see you make more videos like this!

Lonnie played a mu cord he snuck a two under a three he played for forty-some years the rest is history

@spindriftdrinker

Жыл бұрын

Bring back the Mu chord, Jack.

Last night I dreamt you taught me something ridiculous and important to my well being and it came true

Yo I'm glad you did jack of speed even though there's no MU chords one of my favorites 👌

I really enjoyed the piano bits with the chords written over the top. Helps highlight the second note of the scale much better than the original song.

I learned how to play Rikki don’t lose that number on guitar around 1985 or so. My teacher taught me the D-A-E progression as Mu major chords. Until about 2 years ago, those were the only Mu major chords I knew and I never heard anyone talk about them. I even had another guitar teacher 25 years ago say there’s no such thing. There is a French guy on KZread that does fantastic guitar lesson videos, and he did a Mu major video. It blew my mind and unlocked the rest of the Mu major world. I’ve been playing Rikki for 37 years, and every time I play those chords I still get goosebumps. This was a fantastic video, and nice to see a piano perspective. You proved my personal quote correct that I share with folks posting Steely Dan reaction videos. “When real musicians get off work, they listen to Steely Dan.”

Thank you for enlightening me. I've always wondered what that unique tonality was that was part of Steely Dan's charm and trademark (besides outstanding lyrics, musicianship, arrangements...etc.). Your video is a delight.

After hearing your cover of Steely Dan I appreciate Steely Dan so much more ... I guess that could be taken Different ways

Wow, great short film sir! Fascinating how simple this ear catching chord is. Nicely done.

I never learned to read music, but I love Steely Dan. I just learned something new.

@Capcoor

3 жыл бұрын

It’s never too late. There are some videos I could refer you to.

@s1me007

3 жыл бұрын

@@Capcoor I’m interested in these videos

"They are like 12 cranes in the crane box."

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

Dumb, but at least he didn't misspell "crayons". Or was your comment a joke I didn't get? Like, get, like?

@smalleranimals

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ndlanding Listen to how he pronounces 'crayon'

@davethehippieman2665

3 жыл бұрын

This needs to go down in history with Benedict Cumberbatch's pronunciation of 'Penguin'.

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

@@smalleranimals Quite similar to the way I pronounce it, when I'm not speaking Frog.

well done! perfect mix of casual, useful, and entertaining content.

Great video, I'm glad KZread recommended this to me! You wearing sunglasses is really evocative of Donald Fagen, as well

This was fun. From one Jackson to another... thank you. Cheers!

Cool as hell. I’m a guitarist and you know I’m gonna sit for an hour working this out on the fretboard. Thanks!

I’m glad you did the songs - you have passion ! Wonderful !!

You did a Mu video - a triad of entertaining, enjoyable and informative, with “easy to follow” slipped in. Nice work!!

@rogerscott529

Жыл бұрын

And "easy to follow" was, of course, placed a whole tone below enjoyable :)

Cool channel. First time viewing and I’m impressed by the presentation

I enjoyed this. The "toilet perspectives" were not only a great album title, but humorous and enlightening

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. It sounds like an oxymoron, but it was pure shite.

Rad video! Turns out that I've been using the mu chord and didn't even know it, but an inverted add9 is definitely one of my favorite sounds.

this is a great explanation. love the µ. also, at the moment Jackson says "when he was talking about how they would teach Steely Dan songs to their musicians, Walter Becker said this:" it cut to a commercial where a woman said "There is nothing that makes me happier than biting into warm, fresh bread"...I hope, over the years, Becker happened to say that at least once.

@gordonnewman9037

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you just made me lol I miss you Walter.

@sea12gull

3 жыл бұрын

That line is actually the epitaph on Walter’s tombstone. May he RIP. It was such a gift that he and Donald met in the first place!

Great witty, presentation! 👏

Thanks Jackson. You explain things gracefuly. Best regards from Medellín.

Great video sir!! Love their music and your explanation of it!!!

out of the ordinary camera angles. I'll have to check and see if you are often sitting on the commode in your other videos.

Wonderful video about a wonderful band. Thanks for posting this.

Excellent video, thanks! I have stumbled onto these without knowing why they are so appealing or how to create them!

I also really like Jack of Speed! One of my personal favs! Thanks for waffling along and for all the info 🙏🏼💪🏼

Very edumacational, great editing as well.

Jackson thanks for posting this. Really great explanation and entertaining as well. I’m a beginner piano player and die hard steely dan fan. Awesome video man

@JacksonParodi

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Great video. I learned a lot!

Jackson, this was delightful. Well played.

Every major mu would know.

Did someone do the "underrated" comment yet? Very underrated chord. Yes, I finally got there FIRST!

@rrdream2400

3 жыл бұрын

yes, that chord should be in the R&R Hall of Fame, but it's such a sham, it's not in there!

@bobgreen8142

3 жыл бұрын

That chord is so "ahead of its time"

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts are with the families of piano players who use that chord.

This is incredibly well done

Fantastic video. Thank you!

Very well done Jackson. Thank you and carry on. Nice jams on the keys btw. Those songs are fairly simple , but somehow making them sound nice is very difficult. I’ve never pulled it off.

Awesome vid man, I subbed! It would be really cool if you could dissect more jazz rock songs like this!

Great explanation of the sound. Loved it, didn't understand it, but loved it.

Bravo, very good presentation, content, and originality!

This is awesome, thank you. Totally unrelated. When I post videos of me sharing my thoughts from bed and the toilet, they take my videos down.

Imagine running into this guy at a party while literally any song was playing...

@croatoan8532

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine running into this guy in a public toilet while literally any song was playing.

@Ndlanding

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine being at a party where a Steely Dan song was playing!

Explaining music theory while on the throne. Legend.

Informative and entertaining. Loved it! 😊

Well done, Jackson! A step above the others.

This was brilliant because if video wasn't included then audio would have been almost just as well. I'm not a musician, but a close friend of mine is a professional jazz trombonist, so I asked him to check this out and he replied that it was pretty darn good. He said that Parodi's singing wasn't up to snuff, but that's okay because Parodi simply demonstrated in audio how masterful the Steely Dan duo was. My friend said that Steely Dan is itself a separate league of music and that no other music team approaches this level of sophistication in the jazz-rock hinterland. I myself didn't realize it. Good job, Parodi. I don't know if your singing is good, but the music sounded alright to me.

11 minutes to say major chord with the 9th a whole tone from the third

@postagestamplicker6527

3 жыл бұрын

it was actually only a couple minutes until he said exactly that

@humboldthammer

3 жыл бұрын

Aye, that's the whole-tone rub.

@juneabbey9538

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, massive waste of time.

@npag9136

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but really entertainingly!

@tissuepaper9962

3 жыл бұрын

_1:43__ _*_*_*

This is awesome.

Fabulous! Concise & entertaining too.

My first cassette tape was Can’t Buy a Thrill when it was new. Likewise, my first CD was Nightfly. I was going to buy the sheet music book for CBaT, but didn’t as it didn’t have the piano intro for Fire in the Hole. God, I still love that song. During the period when my voice was changing, I did a mean imitation of Donald Fagen’s singing , but could find a band who would or even could do covers of their tunes. The book did have a brief discuss of the mu chord, and I have since kicked myself fir not getting it, but as a 10th grader, money was a challenge.

Wow, thanks for explaining the duo's secret sauce, and demoing it for us! I remember years ago coming across an essay written by Denny Dias explaining this very thing. Doing a video demonstrating the key chord really helps.

Great video!!

Did he just call my bagpipes a circumcised recorder!?!

I enjoyed your vid Jackson cheers!

@Jackson Parodi - Still showing this video in my fourth-semester advanced theory classes! Hope you're doing well buddy!

Great explanation. I use this chord excessively :')

Really nice explanation of mu! It translates to guitar with similar coolness. I don’t usually enjoy piano lessons, but you made a good one here.

Great vid, Jackson , wow i closed my eyes i really thought it was steely dan playing those songs when you were singing the intonation alone 😏😁 ... sunglasses effect and all ... Those Studio L.A. cats really thought they were sneaky... thanks for the entertaining vid a such great duo steely dan... cheers !!!

My hands are so small, I have been doing Mu chords for decades. I love the sound. ~V~

Great vid Buddy ! - Very informative ! - Thanking you very Mucho !

Nice job, It was always something about the way their chords sounded, that was different. Now I know thanks.

Well done and educational. Thanks!!

In "Peg" it was in with a third in the Bass (3-9-5-1) and using a plagal cadence. F∆ (F-E-A-C) to Cadd9/E (E-D-G-C), C is the Common Tone, the inner two voices descend by a whole step the base voice by a half step. Robert Glasper uses in his composition "Oh Yeah" also.

Great stuff. Thanks for providing it. Anyone with any kind of theory background can't help but to impressed with the voicings of non-harmonic tones in the chords of the Dan's music. For something else wild, check out the bridge in Deacon Blues. There's a raised 6th at one point that has blown my mind for the last 40+ years. Rock on, Steely Dan!

thanks for the info, i really liked it.

3:59 if you ask 100 guitarists to play a G you will get 4 voicings, open, open with the extra finger, barre, and the overachiever

Your music theory videos are awesome

I watch thousands of you tube videos, this is up there with the best...thanks...Jack of speed is one of my favourites too. Subscribed, 😎