How The Greats Composed Bridges

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Let's explore the bridges of the Great American Songbook and make ourselves better composers and musicians along the way!
Chapters
0:00 intro
1:31 Bridges that move from I to IV
7:59 Bridges that start on a ii V I
12:04 Parallel minor to major
13:31 Bridge that doesn't move
15:51 Bridge starts on dominant chord
18:06 Bridge goes from I to #I
22:43 Bridges that go From I to iii
24:21 Bridges that go from I to III
29:21 Bridge that goes from I to V
33:06 Bridges that go from I to bVI
35:30 Bridges that go from I to VII

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@stayhappylittlemermaid 11 ай бұрын

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@WendelltheSongwriter 11 ай бұрын

As a young teenager writing songs back in the '70s, I was glued to the form, the structure of the pop song. I found it to be a storytelling device that, when written properly, just gave you joy and fulfillment. Those songs have bridges. Today we hear far too many pop songs without a bridge. That means it doesn't have a story to tell. And that means it's not really a song.

@DavidWoodsGuitar 11 ай бұрын

Aimee, as a self-taught, play-by-ear guitarist, I simply LOVE your videos, even if I don't understand everything. You are a treasure! Love and best wishes from Ireland. 💚💚

@georgesember9069 11 ай бұрын

I’m a guitar player only, but I write jazz oriented and American song book styles. I’ve been looking for seminars on writing bridges. Thanks for posting!! I enjoyed!

@fivetimesyo 11 ай бұрын

One of the moments of greatest satisfaction was when my amateur brain codified the "ii-V to IV" and I finally had a brain box for all those cool turns that I heard everywhere. I was studying Mexican folk music like boleros and the like.

@JeffSmith-di5rk 11 ай бұрын

A lot in this one. Will reward saving and repeated study. Thanks, Aimee, great study.

@brucetowell3432 11 ай бұрын

The songs by Jimmy Webb are chock full of extraordinary bridges!! Check out "The Worst That Could Happen" The Brooklyn Bridge (sorry for the pun);-) and "MacArthur Park" Richard Harris, also "Still Within The Sound Of My Voice" recorded by Linda Rondstat.....I'm also going to go on record and state many of the great tunes by Lennon/McCartney are because of their bridges. Thanks Aimee!!!

@GypsumGeneration 10 ай бұрын

Your videos really are the best, thanks so much Aimee

@karlderdelinckx 11 ай бұрын

I’ll have to binge-repeat this to be able to follow it.

@Julia29853 7 ай бұрын

Im very lost but hope I can understand it someday 🤷‍♀️

@jackduxbury1632 11 ай бұрын

Thumbnail genuinely made me giggle - thank you for that! ❤ 🌉

@AimeeNolte 11 ай бұрын

Went through several iterations 🤪

@jackduxbury1632 11 ай бұрын

You nailed it - fantastic video too and as always 🫡 Thank you 🙏

@danielo174 3 ай бұрын

Great topic for a video. Haven't seen this covered. very useful knowledge. Thanks a million.

@feratgoogle 11 ай бұрын

I also like Adam Neely's video on the Girl from Ipanema

@garybates7485 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Aimee. great insight here. I have been playing some of those Jazz standards for over 40 years and never knew about 3,6 2,5 combo - how funny I missed that - well explained and love the channel. Gary

@tomgleason5546 11 ай бұрын

I'm learning so much from your KZfaq and nebula, thanks!

@AimeeNolte 11 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@israbokoo3220 8 ай бұрын

This way so informative! Now it became hard for me to not venture in a other key while playing! Thank you Aimee, you are a treasure!

@andrewkorbel9883 11 ай бұрын

Your low range on “the song is you” sounds a little like Chet Baker..nice!

@johnrobin8 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for another enlightening video! I watched in full on Nebula. Now I’m watching again so I can fill in the pieces I might have missed AND be able to send a Super Thanks. 🙏

@AimeeNolte 11 ай бұрын

Thank you John!!

@bobbystrickland2572 11 ай бұрын

Aimee this was AMAZING!!!! Thanks for doing this. Much love.

@jackferrythemusician 11 ай бұрын

Aimee, this is super helpful and really inspiring! Having a bit of writers block at the moment, and this video has opened my eyes in helping me figure out the little paths my songs can take! Thank you!!

@StephenMarkTurner 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Amy, a very useful tutorial.

@AimeeNolte 11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@sourabh6900 11 ай бұрын

wow this video has so much Thank you

@unclrogPitcher 11 ай бұрын

over the head of an itinerant tavern singer, but familiar w/the tunes...Dad knew and played over 300 tunes on either guitar or harmonica. born in 1919 he grew up with the great american songbook but country and square dance took up his efforts. music everwhere growing up, high school band teacher had traveled w/Glen Miller, my first lead player had worked the package shows. i recall reading the Beatle songbook and how Lennon and McCartney traded writing the bridges, if one had the body the other would bring the bridge. your instruction is insightful and well explained to either pro and/or novice and you play so well with a font of material. is it Mary Maitland (?), jazz player your singing calls to mind. anyway, the instruction to me is like a non engineering carpenter that even so still has to navigate the blueprint...great work...Pa was a wwii USMC vet that turned to school teacher, he would have appreciated your style.

@octavioperez1101 11 ай бұрын

Great examples on how to modulate to another tone, Congratulations!!

@warrenwilson7836 11 ай бұрын

I always love when you do this kind of harmonic analysis, tying the theory to the sound. Thank you.

@TonyThomas10000 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant overview! Thanks Aimee!

@gertjanmul2052 11 ай бұрын

wow. great analysis/ explanation. love it. I learned a lot.

@MrNeal-pu9kx 8 ай бұрын

Love your approach, Aimee...I learned so much....Your videos are so informative and entertaining.

@MattWatsonHarmonica 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! This why I study and play these tunes! Plus you giving me some new tunes for me to learn.

@megamankicksyourass 11 ай бұрын

Great patches!

@zyzzyvacation 10 ай бұрын

Oddly enough, singer Bobbie Gentry's 1967 hit "Ode to Billie Joe" is partly about a bridge, but the song itself doesn’t have "bridge" 🫢

@IDLERACER 11 ай бұрын

😎👍 When it comes to songs that go to the key of ♭III for the bridge, I'm surprised you didn't use "Here There And Everywhere" as a prime example. Lennon & McCartney were rather fond of that switch, as it was also used in "Another Girl," "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" and "Love Of The Loved."

@AimeeNolte 11 ай бұрын

I was only using jazz standards ;)

@PianoDentist 11 ай бұрын

MY 2 favourite bridges are in Kate Bush's wuthering heights and The Police's every breath you take (hated the P Diddy version that never got to the bridge!)

@dgrjazz 9 ай бұрын

Thanks from Columbia College

@counterflow5719 8 ай бұрын

A.C. Jobim did it. Duke Ellington did it. Even Harold Arlen did it. Let's do it, lets build a bridge. Apologies to Cole Porter.

@TheRealSandleford 11 ай бұрын

Girl from Ipanema is using 14s in the 3 new keys.... is it a coincidence that two of 3 keys that play 1/4 chords happen to be of the 4 dominants for true key center besides the 4 being the last new key.... just was thinking bridges seem to work using some of those 4 dominants as key centers somehow...Oh i see you touched on it.... nice video, thank you... Makes me think of a kaleidoscope

@arieswaters 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful

@michaelnorris2522 11 ай бұрын

Some rock/pop songs have interesting chord progressions, too. I'm thinking of He Ain't Heavy by The Hollies. It's an example of a song whose bridge goes to the IV.

@DannyRodeck 4 ай бұрын

omg I wish you could do this but with soul, pop, rock examples

@AimeeNolte 4 ай бұрын

I just made one about Beatles bridges :)

@cameronc6685 11 ай бұрын

For bridges that go to a parallel minor to major I think of Chega de Saudade (the greatest song ever written imo lol)

@user-ev2qo1hj1g 11 ай бұрын

Aimee you and Sanga Noona should meet up for piano and coffee. Sharing tunes and talk. Even if done via the web, it would be cool! (: You both have similar styles and both have great voices. Would be cool

@mindboard8203 11 ай бұрын

Only your eyes are as beautiful as you playing piano

@schrire39 11 ай бұрын

Alan J Lerner wrote the words to Get me to the Church on Time, not the music. Music was by the great Fritz Loewe.

@AimeeNolte 11 ай бұрын

Oh my bad. Dummy Aimee. Thank you

@fishtail.productions 11 ай бұрын

Have you looked at the bridges in Barbershop Harmony? As I understand it they are almost identical to jazz bridges.

@zivaray 11 ай бұрын

Girl you speaking my language ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@danparker8254 10 ай бұрын

They were following the melody wherever it led them.

@marianodomingo8018 11 ай бұрын

Could you highlife the sheet music as you play? I love your teaching but I’m trying to follow the sheet as you speak. Thanks

@AimeeNolte 11 ай бұрын

Mannnn I was so busy last week I just didn’t have time for one extra thing but you’re right - it would’ve been nice

@planetclay 2 ай бұрын

i was writing a song once and then i came to the bridge.

@danmellis398 11 ай бұрын

Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon, great bridge at the 1:52 mark.

@AimeeNolte 11 ай бұрын

SUCH A KILLER SONG

@danmellis398 11 ай бұрын

That bridge does exactly what you said in video…takes you away to another place, then brings you back. And he does this quite beautifully. 😊

@bluemoon6579 11 ай бұрын

Very cool and steady.. thanks!

@elvinhayes7120 11 ай бұрын

Three great bridges: Friday I'm in love Back on the chain gang Jessie's Girl

@alwalw3692 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, very usuful clip

@MartijnHover 11 ай бұрын

Is a "half diminished" chord that same as a m7b5 chord?

@brucetowell3432 11 ай бұрын

Sure, minor7 flat 5 would be a full diminished chord if you lowered the minor 7th to the 6th . For example: C diminished 7th chord is C Eb Gb A C.....C minor 7 flat 5 is C Eb Gb Bb.

@MartijnHover 11 ай бұрын

@@brucetowell3432 That is what I figured. 🙂

@feratgoogle 11 ай бұрын

Aimee Nolte has a sheet and video with all chord symbols explained. I think this one of them: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMB9qrCpkquvmXU.html