David Bennett Piano

Introduction

Rip Off

Japanese examples

A Song That Actually Uses Locrian

Western examples

other songs that use the Creep progression

Music That Sounds Like The Lyrics

Microtonality in Western Music

why does it work?

How much music theory did The Beatles know?

Songs with a Downwards Key Change

When Did Rock Stop Being Pop?

Songs with One Note Melodies

the lawsuits

Minor 2nd

Major 2nd

Triads

Songs that don't have a chorus

the Axis Progression

Piano outro

Minor 3rd

Examples

The modes ranked by brightness

Songs That Skip a Beat

Major 3rd

Tritone

Why Does Music Only Use 12 Different Notes?

Seventh chords

Why does the chorus end with 'Tonight'?

97% of pop is in 4/4... let’s look at the 3% that's not

Songs that only use one chord

Songs that use 5/4 time

Outro

Major 7th

4 Inventive Key Changes in Pop Music

Songs that use the Harmonic Minor scale

Japan's favourite chord progression and why it works

Perfect 5th

Pyramid Song

Conclusion

the OTHER Axis Progression

the Andalusian cadence

How Radiohead use Time Signatures

Minor 6th

Upper chord extensions

Minor 7th

Why are Minor Chord Songs so rare?

Can you guess these Beatles songs in under 1 second?

The Beatles

Songs that use Polyrhythms & Polymeters