Songs that use Augmented Chords

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Augmented chords are certainly less common than your typical major, minor and seventh chords, but that doesn't mean they aren't useful! Despite their apparent dissonance when heard in isolation, when used tastefully, augmented chords can create ear-catching, highly cohesive chord progressions.
(This video was initially uploaded on 7th May 2021 but was demonetised/partially blocked due to copyright issues.)
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@quinnknaap7166 3 жыл бұрын

I just love how the beatles can be used as an example for pretty much everything

@indy1061 3 жыл бұрын

My guitar teacher once said: “It doesn’t matter what new thing you think of, The Beatles have done it before.” :)

@tophan5146 3 жыл бұрын

@@indy1061 Except making songs that are enjoyable when listening in modern age.

@cmung4952 3 жыл бұрын

@@tophan5146 lmao, then you haven’t listen to enough of their songs.

@moomoocachoo 3 жыл бұрын

@@tophan5146 you not finding it enjoyable personally does not make it universally unenjoyable :)

@HeadbangoO 3 жыл бұрын

As much as I loved the Beatles's songs, I find the production hasn't aged well. I still enjoy Bowie though...

@extremadrummer 3 жыл бұрын

"Life on Mars" is THE AUGMENTED SONG, a masterpiece.

@gillianomotoso328 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! The most roundabout and beautifully poetic sequential modulation to the subdominant I’ve ever heard :)

@gizzhead7941 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah also the entire Bitches Brew album (Miles Davis) uses augmented scale licks constantly.

@lawrencetaylor4101 3 жыл бұрын

It's been augmented with a helicopter now.

@anthonyashlin3289 3 жыл бұрын

Rick Wakeman on the piano!!!

@thefourthwall6839 Жыл бұрын

C, C+ ,C6, C7 is one of my favorite chord progressions. It has a really Beatlesque feel to it

@namibia584 Жыл бұрын

Then you'd resolute it with an F.

@Brindlebrother 9 ай бұрын

@@namibia584 Then continue it with an Fm.

@mutsisloll 8 ай бұрын

@@Brindlebrotherand then finally return to C

@CarlJung666 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like last night on earth by greenday

@doncorleole2356 7 ай бұрын

That's also used in my favourite Alanis Morissette Song "Forgiven"

@virginia7125 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't brought up, but an augmented chord is a good intro to a key change going a whole step up. Willy Nelson uses this sometimes.

@111ram1 3 жыл бұрын

Your piece with only augmented cords was real unnerving. Feels like a piece in a movie or game where they're exploring a dark cave and the suspense is just rising and just won't let up. Guess it partially explains why others like it are so rare.

@freddythepig9379 3 жыл бұрын

I love it! See my comment above (or below, wherever it shows up on your screen.)

@stevesobot5372 3 жыл бұрын

Spooooooky !

@alicefinardi1025 3 жыл бұрын

That fully augmented piece gave me anxiety

@antoinegx 3 жыл бұрын

It made me think of a Bernard Hermann score for Hitchcock - intro of some movie

@snazztacular 3 жыл бұрын

It kinda sounds like something that'd play in the terraria underground to me

@victorhugotoledocofre1366 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple musician. I see "augmented chord" and think of "Oh! Darling" immediately

@htesreyzaw6114 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao I was about to say the same exact thing

@nikolajmadsen1002 3 жыл бұрын

Just what I was thinking!

@jaizernadal 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@Chris-qn6pr 3 жыл бұрын

That or Greatest Love of All.

@shea086 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of a simple musician before but Oh Darling's first chord is an augmented one. Also, I seem to remember one or two Chuck Berry songs begin with an augmented chord. That Berry song "Up in the morning and out to school" begins with one. Can't remember the title.

@seanmccloskey3816 3 жыл бұрын

You are an unbelievably great teacher. I have been watching lots of music theory videos and have lots of favorite creators, but you are the best by far. The way you use examples and then change songs to show how they would sound using different chords or modes is super helpful.

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That really does mean a lot 😃😃

@pastichemusic3568 2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano Honestly, I like augmented chords individually, I know it is dissonant, but another way to look at it is exotic like the whole tone scale or augmented scale, yesterday, I was experimenting with augmented chords, and tried an arpeggio with it, it sounds very exotic (It was C D E C D E F# G# A# F# G# A# with both hands and so on), if you can voice them properly using arpeggios or their position between other chords, the colour of the song changes, I think this applies to diminished chords and chords which have three or more notes of the augmented scale in them like a Cb5dom7 it has C E F# and A#.

@enjoeymusic Жыл бұрын

Music, as smells, is very subjective and therefore not so easy to explain to someone once it starts to get complicated. Many teachers just AVOID the qualitative description of a chord variation (augmented, 7ths, 9th...) and they just go straight to the technical theory. How beautiful and useful it is to include descriptions such as (it adds tension, it expands the chords, it resolves in the 4th note, etc...) it makes EVERYTHING SO CLEAR! Thank you fella, you are a GREAT teacher!

@joehart3481 Жыл бұрын

Agreed - this was exactly what I wanted to hear while I was trying to wrap my head around augmented chords.

@dtpugliese318 3 жыл бұрын

David’s augmented only song really illustrates his point that Augmented chords are used to create tension. All augmented chords are nothing but tension and create an eerie, uneasy affect like the score to a horror film where death could be around any corner.

@PimJam 3 жыл бұрын

Good Western music in general is an exercise in creating tension and then resolving it. It is one of the things that give music the "umami" (foodie term) we crave.

@progmeup 3 жыл бұрын

This song fits your description to a tee - a perfect match of music and lyrics: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/atmDe9KFyL_GcYk.html

@IsaacMyers1 2 жыл бұрын

I would argue that isn’t true. My main example of where augmented chords are resolved is in sci-fi music, lots of which end on what I would call a resolved augmented major7 chord.

@Jackleong29 6 ай бұрын

That's exactly the feeling that I got after whilst listening to David's augmented-only music.

@benk.4646 3 жыл бұрын

"Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp would've been another great example

@hnnymn 3 жыл бұрын

YES!! Thank you. I'm a huge Supertramp fan, but not a huge fan of this particular song (I prefer their earlier stuff). EXCEPT, I love the augmented chord; I wait for it when the song plays on the radio. Tragically, in a very common radio mix of this song, they omit EVERY OCCURRENCE OF THE AUG CHORD! *sigh*

@progmeup 3 жыл бұрын

@@hnnymn That's the single version...

@agustintorge863 3 жыл бұрын

Im starting to learn music theory and when i listened to that chord supertramp was the first thing that came to my mind haha

@Liks_on_youtube 2 жыл бұрын

I know nothing about music, I never played an instrument or learned music theory, but when i listened to 0:33 I was like "Hey it's Goodbye Stranger !"

@sandstorm9305 2 жыл бұрын

When they said oh darling I thought they were talking about Supertramp

@loganwilliams444 3 жыл бұрын

The beginning of ‘Nobody Home’ by Pink Floyd is my favorite example of an augmented chord. That Am to Ab+ is the saddest thing you’ll ever hear.

@TheVampireKit 3 жыл бұрын

And The Gunner's Dream on The Final Cut (Pink Floyd): G G+ Em C G D Em

@DuncanLeighClassicalGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

"Don't Leave Me Now" from The Wall also makes some pretty atmospheric use of augmented chords...

@user-ks2ef2yn3d 2 жыл бұрын

shine on you the bridge if i can call it like that goes Gm to Daug

@imagamerful 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody home has a gorgeous chord progression, it’s one of fav songs on the wall to play because the chords are so pretty

@frankjuggaloheathen1035 11 ай бұрын

The second movement of Dvorak's "New World Symphony" comes to mind. There is a moment during the English horn solo when the accompaniment rises to an augmented chord that just melts the heart

@psuengineer84 3 жыл бұрын

ELO and Supertramp always come to mind for augmented chords. It is one of many reasons why the 70s music is the beginning of such rich and emotional music.

@stephanieboyce4860 Жыл бұрын

The very first example David used to show an augmented chord made me think of Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp

@snookerwither9955 3 жыл бұрын

Muse also use lots of augmented chords in their song Take A Bow, which has a fascinating chord progression that never really repeats

@urbangorilla33 3 жыл бұрын

Another good example is John Lennon's "Just Like Starting Over". It uses the A aug throughout the song, Alternating with A in the intro and again in the verse.

@michelottaviani8541 3 жыл бұрын

Another good example is Beatles song ''Its only love''.

@urskakrumpak 3 жыл бұрын

this was actually the first song that came to mind when I saw the thumbnail and then I fully expected it when he talked about the oasis song, thought they sounded similar... I also think that song is the first place I encountered an A aug as a guitarist which really made me remember it for that especially (I can play it anytime now ;)

@NicolaiRathjen 3 жыл бұрын

Another great example is "Isolation" by John Lennon

@MegaMario8888 3 жыл бұрын

@@NicolaiRathjen Yeah, it uses that same "build up" as Just Like Starting Over, I expected it to be in this video actually

@credenza1 2 жыл бұрын

ALso "Isolation".

@TenThumbsProductions 3 жыл бұрын

I love to use the augmented V instead of a dominant V to turnaround blues as well as old standards. Or augmented I on the way to a dominant V for an intro

@MrGnuifje 3 жыл бұрын

Miles Davis' All Blues has a very nice use of the augmented chord near the end of the chorus

@joshuabroyles7565 3 жыл бұрын

@@cliffpinchon2832 They "resolve" to any major or minor triad. Voice leading determines how effectively.

@joshuabroyles7565 3 жыл бұрын

@@cliffpinchon2832 bII+ sounds great moving to iii if the iii has been previously framed as a probable final. It just doesn't sound like tonal progression. V+ tends to sound like an ornament to iii. It "resolves", but doesn't sound cadential.

@joshuabroyles7565 3 жыл бұрын

If you're specifically talking about I+ and iii, my suggestion is to avoid all root position chords up to that point and put iii in first inversion, with the raised tone of I+ preceding it in the bass. You can actually do this both with an upward diminished octave (enharmonic major 7th) in the bass and a downward augmented unison (enharmonic minor 2nd) in the top voice. It just sounds like pure balls.

@joshuabroyles7565 3 жыл бұрын

@@cliffpinchon2832 It depends on you idea of "resolve". The bII+ to iii might be a good coda event for an otherwise Phrygian middle movement of a 3 movement suite.

@katorzhnik 2 жыл бұрын

Pink Floyd's "Nobody Home" opens with an augmented chord. This video made me want to incorporate more of those into my songwriting and playing. Thanks!

@sebafucile9344 11 ай бұрын

I always loved that! Augs can be also found in the song right before it, Is there anybody out there.

@sotsch6159 3 жыл бұрын

"Handle With Care" by The Traveling Wilburys also features a G+ in the Bridge, leading to a C (it's in the key of G)

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Great song!

@liquidsolids9415 3 жыл бұрын

That was the first song I thought of. Good call!

@dhammdeepbhagatdd 2 жыл бұрын

Nice song ❤️❤️

@jamesdaniels487 3 жыл бұрын

Real ones will remember the original upload

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like we are brought closer by our shared trauma of the first upload!

@FabulousKilljoy 3 жыл бұрын

Ayyy

@teamyordle23 3 жыл бұрын

Yup that's me yesterday lol

@violinscratcher 3 жыл бұрын

Why is this thought in my mind: Is there life on mars?

@jimmiethesainttech 3 жыл бұрын

It disappeared in front of my eyes!

@craigmurray1953 2 жыл бұрын

The Dave Clark Five's hit "Because" uses the augmented G chord often -- especially in its upward climb from G to G+ to G6 to G7 --- great voice leading with Mike Smith's vocal of the melody. Unfortunately, the DC5 are soon to be forgotten, but for several years were the Beatles biggest rivals, especially in the US, and not the Stones.

@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 2 жыл бұрын

God Only Knows by The Beach Boys uses the augmented chord as well.

@mbrady2329 Жыл бұрын

I can imagine that would be a very different example to demonstrate though, as it's hard to determine which key it should written in.

@robertelessar 3 жыл бұрын

Your all-augmented chord song is brilliant!

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert!

@jaakkot5440 3 жыл бұрын

First thought: "Oh darling!"

@leonardohonorato3652 3 жыл бұрын

Don't even have to watch the video to know he talked about this song

@MaquiladoraIII 3 жыл бұрын

Or “Oh Maria” by Beck, which sounds like exactly the same opening chord to me.

@grantveebeejay535 3 жыл бұрын

That was my thought but it was about David Bennett!

@johnbachner9901 Жыл бұрын

As someone who knew a lot of scales but no idea how to use them other than just noodling up and down, these lessons have helped so much with composing actual chord movement. I have a long way to go but the melodic aspect of writing is soooo much better now thank you so much.

@danpanfili8451 3 жыл бұрын

Billy Joel is my favorite artist and I think something that separates him is his use of augmented chords. For example Zanzibar, tomorrow is today, big man on mulberry street, falling of the rain, through the long night, baby grand, etc all use augmented chords. Most are used as a passing chord like in falling of the rain going from F to E augmented to Cm/Eb to D7.

@danielvillalobos4265 3 жыл бұрын

Billy Joel's music is pretty jazzy & melodically sophisticated. For pop music, that is. He's one of the artists that has helped push the genre forward for a long time.

@brionkellymusic5029 3 жыл бұрын

I just recently wrote a weird chord progression. Going Dm, Dm/G, Dm/F, Dm/G, A+, Gmadd9. Up until now I just called it "a weird A chord."

@johnnicholls5344 3 жыл бұрын

My introduction to the augmented chord was via a piano piece my mother played a lot to me when I was young (1960s). It's called Shine On Harvest Moon. The opening chord of the song's chorus is an augmented chord. It's quite astringent sounding because the singer is pleading for the sun to shine. 'Oh Shine (E+) On, Shine On Harvest Moon...' It actually looks like an E7 chord in the piano arrangement BUT the melody note on 'Shine' is C dropping down to the B for 'On'. So because of that C melody note you get E+ immediately followed by E7. It's really effective. I have never forgotten it! The music was written by a woman composer, Nora Bayes Norworth in 1908. It's a little masterpiece.

@antony735 Жыл бұрын

I love Laurel and Hardy singing and dancing to that! Great tune.

@Dmanflyin1 3 жыл бұрын

EXAMPLE of Songs starting with Augmented chord. "Please Come Home for Christmas" in key of D. A+ D Dmaj7 D7. Great advise and instruction of how a Augmented chord wants to resolve Up a 4th, I never had this information before. I have to transpose songs due to singers ranges. In which I take the original key write it out - Root to 7th - say in key of A. Then the same for the next desired key for example say is D right directly underneath it. Now problem so far for the rest of the chords lining up. However I was never sure how the "Aug chord" worked. I have play both songs, Warmth of the Sun and Oh! Darling, figuring out by ear, was very timely. But thank you for the Universal KEYS to Augmented chords. No, I have not studied that much theory, which is why I am utterly fascinated and in Awe when this music theory epiphany's happen on your channel David Bennett. Thank you seems so lacking for such Bloody wicked information that polish's a song. ~ Dennis

@lardo444 2 жыл бұрын

this guy, David Bennett is GREAT. i think he knows everything about music. wow, he really paid attention when it counted. thanks David.

@HofTheStage 3 жыл бұрын

Round 2 :)

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see you again!

@HofTheStage 3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano my pleasure

@caseygreen 3 жыл бұрын

Fight!

@ekykdrm 3 жыл бұрын

verified

@FaMinore 3 жыл бұрын

"(Just like) starting over" by John Lennon is mainly built on the A A+ cadence

@DenKulesteSomFins 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you mentioned Let there be Love by Oasis. Underrated as hell

@bluchicken_995 5 ай бұрын

Death Cab for Cutie’s use of an augmented I chord going to the IV in Passenger Seat is one of the most gut wrenching little musical moves I’ve heard

@sheranlanger247 3 жыл бұрын

This is WAY above my understanding but I still feel compelled to watch.

@OrbVroomer 3 жыл бұрын

Billy Joel in Movin Out goes from the C to the C+ on the way up to the F & puts an E on the C+ on the way to the F , Thanks for all these lessons , David.

@caronmichel412 3 жыл бұрын

Dear David: Love your videos as I learn a lot from them. I’m a seasoned musician, with a day job; about the augmented chord you should mention is that this “triad” is a series of major thirds from it’s root. As a guitar teacher, I’m adamant on teaching intervals and once a student has the basis of intervals figured out, they can create any triad when they know the root; therefore a C+ is a root, Maj 3rd plus a Maj 3rd; with a root of C, a C, E and G# or in D, a D, F# and A# and so on.

@caronmichel412 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, and as a contribution for a song, Burton Cummings (AKA The Guess Who) with many hit songs, wrote and sang “Stand Tall”. He recorded in key of G. He used the AUG chord from the get go. But, in a progression moving the 5th chromatically, upwards, then downwards, setting up new chords along the way; ie. G, G aug, G6, G7, C, Cm, G, D7, then repeat…respectively the moving tone starts as a D, D#, E, F, E, Eb, D, D(C.) So many tunes use similar progressions going way back to the 60s…great video David

@KB_piano 3 жыл бұрын

“Augmented chords are often overlooked” Liszt: is my oeuvre a joke to you?

@karolakkolo123 3 жыл бұрын

Augmented chords are really common in classical music, especially in the 20th century

@MrDooteronomy 2 жыл бұрын

So they're often oeuvre-looked?

@rk41gator 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrDooteronomy apparently not in the 20th century

@PotatoesAreUs 3 жыл бұрын

The lesser known Queen track "Dreamers Ball" off the Jazz album is what first got me hooked on the power of augmented (and also diminished) chords. They really add a unique flavour you just can't quite replicate with dominant 7ths.

@PimJam 3 жыл бұрын

Great song. I am a big Queen fan.

@jasonbagley7842 3 жыл бұрын

If I recall You're My Best Friend uses an augmented chord as well. Really neat stuff.

@santiagocalderon3261 2 жыл бұрын

Jazz is an underrated album

@martinlarre2899 2 жыл бұрын

John Lennon's "(Just like) Starting over" As usual, brilliantly explained!!!!!

@garyginther6742 3 жыл бұрын

The symmetry of both the augmented - and the double diminished 7th chords is the first thing I noticed about them when I first discovered both augmented and double chords (and scales). There are only 3 different augmented chords and 4 double diminished 7th chords as each note in those chords can be considered the root. Also, it's useful to note that augmented chords are stacked major 3rd intervals, and double diminished 7th chords are stacked minor 3rd intervals. The first song I noticed the augmented chord in was "Ain't No Good Life" by Lynyrd Skynyrd way back in my youth in 1977. It's just a dominant resolution, but it opened up that whole world. Thank you for explaining the augmented chord so well. I didn't realize that it was found in so many popular songs, and had all those other uses besides the dominant use.

@seiph80 3 жыл бұрын

"Laughing" by the Guess Who uses augmented chords very nicely.

@pcno2832 3 жыл бұрын

That would be in the opening riff of each verse? There is something similar at the opening of "Ma Belle Ami" by Tee Set and at the end of "Big Me" by the Foo Fighters.

@seiph80 3 жыл бұрын

@@pcno2832 I think you confused those. Both songs actually have dominant 7th chords, not augmented.

@ooogamerxooo792 3 жыл бұрын

Guys stop saying it was reposted he explained why in a community post. The original was manually demonetized then blocked. So he had to edit it and re-upload it.

@dbamagnet 3 жыл бұрын

Baby Hold On by Eddie Money is probably the ultimate example of these chords.

@chadracine 3 жыл бұрын

I came to the comments just to write that. Now I don't have to.

@victorwilburn8588 3 жыл бұрын

That's the song I heard right at the start of the video, when he compared C to C+. Checked the chords of the song, and sure enough. Rather than just a little intro, that's the whole chorus!

@DarthGeddy 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh, good call!

@Elwrt455 2 жыл бұрын

David you are a phenomenal music theorist. As a songwriter your KZfaq videos are invaluable

@HofTheStage 3 жыл бұрын

5:38 always reminds me of that Only Fools and Horses episode when that guy sings it "Cwying"

@benc.s.1393 3 жыл бұрын

First time I saw that scene I was cwying with laughter.

@JohnsysChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear that song I hear Cwying. Only Fools And Horses Ruined that song forever lol.

@owenbarnes773 3 жыл бұрын

like fweedom ???

@darleschickens7106 3 жыл бұрын

This is why I stopped doing that song at gigs... got tired of all the pub-goers singing "Cwying" in between 😂

@crazymusicchick 3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes

@katetanner28 3 жыл бұрын

God I love augmented chords, they're so beautiful

@davidwilliams7552 3 жыл бұрын

You explain concepts so clearly and I always learn something despite knowing most of the theory to a certain extent already. Love the examples.

@carlsalazar4490 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining the augmented chord and its uses. I’ve always liked the sound of the chord in a song. Keep up the great work.

@rodoxag9117 3 жыл бұрын

The Beatles also used augmented chords in the intro of I'll Be On My Way, with a progression of A - Aaug - A6 - Aaug, playing also a little with chromatism. John Lennon then repeated the same structure in the intro of Just Starting Over, with a little variation if my memory doesn't fail me (A - Aaug - F#m - Aaug)

@Cantor214 3 жыл бұрын

I too was thinking of [Just Like] Starting Over

@lunasorree7177 2 жыл бұрын

that was on the list but thanks for explaining it :)

@FutureAbe 3 жыл бұрын

“Watch How You Go” by Keane straight up starts off with G+ resolving back to G. Very good example

@cakemartyr5794 3 жыл бұрын

Very good song. I wish David would talk more about Keane. I think their chords are really interesting.

@samuelelazzarin297 2 жыл бұрын

It's a real pleasure to watch your videos. They are so clear and accurately made. Good job!

@noahoberlieen134 3 жыл бұрын

"Raining in my heart" by Buddy Holly is another good example.

@sergemichoels3937 3 жыл бұрын

The chord sequences with augmented chords are an essential attribute of 50-60s music.

@meadish 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I think they were around in earlier pop music as well, but became a bit more rare after the 60s. Maybe time for a revival soon.

@freddythepig9379 3 жыл бұрын

I love your All-Augmented music! If I ever finish my novel and it becomes a miniseries or movie, I want it for the soundtrack.

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

😃😃😃

@freddythepig9379 3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano BTW, I have no idea why KZfaq is using the Freddy the Pig account. Just because I'm president of the non-profit these days....

@josephlebowski7129 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 68, so so musician. Your videos hit home with me, very helpful. An example of the line cliche can be heard in the 1967 song by Herman's Hermits, 'There's a kind of hush '

@Spinz99 7 ай бұрын

I love David's videos. They always add something new to my understanding of music. I get to hear new songs as well. Great research. Thank you!

@BenjaminKassel 3 жыл бұрын

Was hoping to hear a mention of the Electric Light Orchestra’s “All Over the World” after “Crying.” It also has that same I - I+ - IV - iv move in the first part of the verse progression, and Jeff Lynne’s love of Roy Orbison’s music led to Orbison being in the Traveling Wilburys.

@angrym0nkeysh0w 2 жыл бұрын

What's that "I - I+ - IV"? What's its name in theory? I would love to understand what tjat means

@hawthorners1 Жыл бұрын

Twilight, also by ELO, uses the same I, I+, IV progression. They are very similar.

@samcoleman605 3 жыл бұрын

What I find interesting about Mamma Mia is that in the pre-chorus, there are examples of the augmented chord both just reverting back to the tonic AND resolving to the subdominant. Keep up the great content!

@carlosclaptrix 2 жыл бұрын

You have great way of explaining: very clear and focused, no sideway or distractions. Good teacher!

@caretmedia3585 5 ай бұрын

I am not in to music but I was researching augmented chords and you video was superb. Thank you and a huge appreciation for the effort you put into making your videos. Cheers.

@josecarlosgaliciasalinas2505 3 жыл бұрын

There is also more muse songs that use the Augmented Chord. "Take a bow" uses it all the song.

@michielhorikx9863 3 жыл бұрын

It's also a perfect example of when you _do_ want to use inversion notation for augmented chords. Makes the sequencing much clearer.

@user-dd3hn7lu2d 3 жыл бұрын

Also "Shine"

@jamesshort6611 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I am especially impressed by including let there be love by oasis as that was the song that immediately came to mind for me

@danieledrisian9972 2 жыл бұрын

I've learned so much from this channel. I've been playing classical piano for years but only learned how to read sheet music. This channel has opened up my eyes so much.

@tonystortini5996 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers from Canada. Discovered your vids not so long ago. For a million years all I did was hear stuff in my head and then try to put it into music. Was very frustrating at times. You're a great teacher sir and I've learned a lot from you. Your approach to explanation makes my life easier and my enjoyment in playing keeps getting better. Thanks for that David. Keep doing what you do, you are improving lives and you are a true gentleman on top of all that.

@shoman956 3 жыл бұрын

Electric Light orchestra uses augmented chords really well. The introduction and verse to Starlight. Also in the bridge of It's Over.

@seamusbrowne4909 2 жыл бұрын

Well worth remembering that Jeff Lynn like Noel Gallagher did quite nicely out of ripping off the BEATLES one way or another.😮😯😲

@PaintHerWhite 2 жыл бұрын

And in Rain is Falling.

@PaintHerWhite 2 жыл бұрын

@@seamusbrowne4909 Not even.

@hawthorners1 Жыл бұрын

A couple more ELO tunes with augmented chords: Twilight (in the chorus - goes from I to IV just like David says) and All Over the World (in the verse - also I to IV).

@anaxios 3 жыл бұрын

I know nothing about music, but I had Supertramp's Goodbye Stranger going through my head throughout the whole video. 😂

@DanSchaumann 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! I thought the same. The midi piano sound David uses is quite similar to the sound on Goodbye Stranger

@davidbeja 2 жыл бұрын

I just discovered your posts on youTube. They are interesting, clear, and very insightful. Congratulations!!

@marcintime Жыл бұрын

Fantastic instruction and super clear analysis. Thanks so much David.

@christophergetchell6490 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of those chords that I didn't think I'd ever use when I first learned as a budding guitar player because its sound literally stresses me out outside of the context of a chord progression! Glad to see you got your video back!

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris!

@Frst2nxt 3 жыл бұрын

Your own fully augmented composition was quite a satisfying example.

@jameskohlman301 3 жыл бұрын

I loved your "Augmented" song. YOU have augmented my joy and understanding! Thank you!

@GRJ-uz7kf Жыл бұрын

Excellent discussion. Your lesson on diminished chords is also really valuable.

@BrankoVT 3 жыл бұрын

Hedwig's Theme by John Williams also features many augmented chords that are used to evoke that 'magical' feeling and modulate. Augmented chords are good for modulation because there isn't a traditional scale that features one.

@franziskani 2 жыл бұрын

harmonic minor and melodic minor have an augmented chord on step 3 - I consider them traditional scales

@slobodanarodu2005 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome and very useful video!! Keep it up man

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers 😀😀😀

@juhakivekas2175 Жыл бұрын

I put you there right up with Rick Beato. I really like your way of clear, thought out language and good graphics (note lines) and exmples. Really good! Thank you!

@gavinputterill8175 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen a fair amount of your videos. I love geeking out to them. All your content is excellent!

@reginaldperiwinkle 3 жыл бұрын

John Lennon loved the augmented chord in his solo career: Isolation and Just Like Starting Over are good examples.

@Aaron628318 3 жыл бұрын

Those chords at 9:23 from Life on Mars reminded me immediately of 'Isolation'

@shea086 3 жыл бұрын

That's true. John Lennon used augmented chords every chance he got. And used them so well.

@robinhemmings2971 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh good. I came here for this conversation and found it! Yes, right at the start of the vid I thought "Isolation". And when Life On Mars came on, I thought - that sounds the same! Nice that we all thought the same.

@victorwilburn8588 3 жыл бұрын

I heard "Isolation" as soon as he played the "Life on Mars" example. Same rising line cliché.

@albertoGarayCanas 3 жыл бұрын

The sweetest use of augmented chords IMHO is "Us and them" of Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the moon", because it's not a chord which "precedes" something else. It has it's own personality and strenght. The progression is "D9 - E9/D - F+/D - G/D" It's the real taste of ethereal stuff.

@hoist8111 3 жыл бұрын

You could argue that F+/D is just Dm(Maj7).

@albertoGarayCanas 3 жыл бұрын

@@hoist8111 Yeah, but it's clear that D is a pedal note, present in all the chord progression just to emphasize the tonic. In fact you can remove that pedal note in the whole progression and the sound is almost the same. Another point is that the melody of the song also emphasizes the C+ which is the note that converts F in F+.

@rc4a0frios 3 жыл бұрын

This is NOT the chord progression. Here it is: Dsus2, D6add9, DmMaj7, G/D, Dsus2

@albertoGarayCanas 3 жыл бұрын

@@rc4a0frios My mistake. The first two chords were not minor. The third one can be seen as augmented or a minor major seventh. I think my considerations are still valid

@albertoGarayCanas 3 жыл бұрын

@@rc4a0frios sus2 and 9th chords are almost the same chords. They share the same notes. When say "sus" is to "substitute" the third by the second, but I use to add (and not sus) the 2nd when I play this song

@chazzquasar9466 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. This channel is full of interesting vids about music. You have the ability to make things understandable and you use excellent examples.

@noahr4951 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. They help so much to add neat transitions into my own song writing.

@sunmasterlvef 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video David! (again)

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Faustern (again)

@liquidsolids9415 3 жыл бұрын

Very well done. Thanks for the great explanation of augmented chords. I liked how you specifically explained how to use them and gave fantastic examples. Can’t wait for the next one!

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃😃

@menahemrosen5192 3 жыл бұрын

Another good example is Because I Love You by Dave Clark Five. Thanks for the great presentation!

@SamWattRock 3 жыл бұрын

Chromatic movement: G-G+-G6-G7 .... nice

@FabioLovaglio 3 жыл бұрын

Your augmented composition is so cool, I've never been so excited to feel so unsettled!

@AlternativeSack123 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve always thought of augmented chords as “50s mystery movie score” chords as that’s where they tend to be found most, in older dramatic film soundtracks. I feel like they show up a lot in Bernard Hermann’s scores for Hitchcock films

@michaeleaster1815 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video, as always... I really enjoy the concrete song examples. Thanks!

@kfk1988 3 жыл бұрын

As soon as I heard that first example 30 seconds in I immediately thought of Let There Be Love. So cool to know what’s happening there now. Thank you for the awesome videos!

@robertsetz 3 жыл бұрын

"Warm And Beautiful" - Paul McCartney (I think it goes: C, C+, F, Fm; C, Em, Dm, G(7) for the verse. BTW, I think the music is warm and beautiful too - possibly "onomatopoeic" to the lyrics or vice versa! Either way, a simple but powerful use of the augmented chord in a delightful verse progression. It's Macca the maestro again!!

@thesilvershining 2 жыл бұрын

I forgot about this one and you’re right!

@BuisGamesESP 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus what a great video! Congratulations

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃😃

@Beebo 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot The Rutles - I Must Be in Love

@mickeyrube6623 3 жыл бұрын

He always forgets the Rutles.

@ginny3491 3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeyrube6623 silly david!

@chetruane 3 жыл бұрын

Truly sad, the band that sculpted the cultural floor of modern society

@Willriii 3 жыл бұрын

That's actually a great idea for an analysis video. Which Beatle songwriting conventions/tricks/tendencies did Neil Innes use to parody them.

@davefriedman4641 3 жыл бұрын

And unfinished words....

@antony735 Жыл бұрын

"Raining in My Heart" by Buddy Holly! That tune came to mind when watching your video, I checked it out and yes, another eg of a line cliché. Great video. It articulates what I've been doing naturally when 'doodling around' but I never knew the theory behind it. Genius. Now on to diminished!...

@sergio2796 2 жыл бұрын

This guy always scores his points. These are the best videos series if you really want to learn harmony.

@DavidBennettPiano 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@sergio2796 2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano just for your info, I am from Brazil.

@FabulousKilljoy 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you get to keep it up this time! Sorry you had to take it down

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

I'll never let the man stop me from teaching you guys about augmented chords!

@isaiahnanez1324 3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano A true hero.

@NoWay-nj2mm 3 жыл бұрын

@David Bennett Piano Stick it to the man! Rage against the machine! Long live the augmented chord revolution!

@robinhemmings2971 3 жыл бұрын

@@isaiahnanez1324 You'd expect him to wear a cape, really

@stevesobot5372 3 жыл бұрын

You make great videos and this one is EXCELLENT - thank you ! Love the examples, really clear and pleasing to see/hear :) bravo!!!

@DavidBennettPiano 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! That means a lot 😃😃

@floor.smorenburg 3 жыл бұрын

I love the augmented chord and close after the diminished chord in "you've got a friend in me"

@enjoeymusic Жыл бұрын

This is really how music theory should be learnt! I've never got explained so clearly the particularities of the chord variations (how do they sound like, where and when are they usually used, what do they resolve...) as you just have done. Thank you so much