Greetings, guitar engineers! 🤓 Check out the music theory behind the song “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd. Get to know the keys, chords, and progressions, plus the scales used for the guitar solos. 🎸 Let me know what you think about this lesson in the comments below ⬇️ and be sure to SUBSCRIBE and click on the little bell icon to receive notifications when new videos are uploaded. 👍

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After having studied the excellent Fretboard Theory 1 and 2 books and video series, these song breakdowns are the perfect compliment and make it all worthwhile. Would love to see more of these as they really nail the usefulness of the theory. Thanks Desi

I’d pay for specific full solo breakdowns as it would be an easy way to marry technique and theory from a great teacher

Desi’s lessons are fantastic. He teaches you how to fish rather than giving you a fish. Highly recommend buying his GMT package and working through it slowly.

I've played guitar for over 50 years and currently play professionally in a Pink Floyd tribute band. I just want to say this video is a great harmonic analysis of the Comfortably Numb chord progression. I used to wonder why some non-diatonic (borrowed) chords sound good in a chord progression, while others sound terrible. Parallel keys (modal interchange) seems to be one reason - having a tonic chord common to both modes. Videos like these are very helpful to beginner and intermediate students who want to take a look under the hood and delve into a bit of theory. Nicely done, Desi!

Awesome really good that's the way I use or explain the song

This was one of the most helpful videos that I've ever seen for answering the 'how and why' questions of song composition. Thanks Desi; please make more like these!

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I have your books, now I'll have to check out the online lessons. Great video - very impressive. Excellent teaching skills!

Very thorough and well-explained as usual. Your podcast brought me here. I'm a subscriber and particularly enjoy your Q&A podcasts because I have a lot of the same questions.

Loved this ... and all the other work you've done. Listened to one of your first podcasts with days of deciding I wanted to play and have been a huge fan ever since. Thanks for continuing to inspire.

Great lesson - thank you

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Hopefully you keep doing these lessons! I love the way you break down the music. it puts my music theory to work a bit. Thanks!

So good Desi.

D mixolydian means that the root note is D. On the C-G part the root note is obviously C. There's not even a D note in the melody. For me it's a clear case of modulation. Even the melody is exactly the same. So it would be D major and then modulates to C major.

Hey Desi - I'm a big fan. Your videos really are advanced for me, but I'm hanging in there. Great explanation about how the major and Mixolydian combine - that was completely new to me. So if I see (or hear) four major chords, this is one thing I will definitely look at. Question - does a "parallel" scale always mean major and Mixolydian, or can it be any two modes from the same scale? Question 2 - what are the most common examples of borrowed chords? Is this one of them? Finally, I love how you give the options for the solo scales to play over the progressions. One thing I never do is appargios, and not many major either. I will pay more attention to both of those.

Thanks.I love your teaching. For the Dmajor to A, I was viewing it as the relative major of the B minor and the fifth chord (A major ).The remainder ( C etc ) as the G major key. Is this wrong or just another way to view it ? Thanks

When it goes from C to G twice is it actually in G major for those four measures?

Desi, what are you using to get the tone that I hear on all of your videos?