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Intro: 00:00
Required knowledge: 00:14
What notes in a melody: 00:36
What The Beatles did differently: 01:34
Yesterday: 01:57
Non-chord tone (NCT) types: 03:13
Metrical accents: 03:28
Effects of NCTs: 04:18
Without NCTs: 05:15
In My Life: 06:23
Chord extensions: 07:26
Caution with complex chords: 10:16
Chromatic NCTs: 12:46
Get Back: 14:21
Eleanor Rigby: 16:08
Modal mixture: 17:25
Suspensions with NCTs: 18:54
Golden Slumbers: 19:27
Other Songs: 21:14
How many NCTs to use: 29:54
How did The Beatles know: 30:36
Rick Beato and Seal: 31:30
Outro: 32:28
References:
Several examples referenced from chapter 9 of "How Music Really Works" by Wayne Chase: https://www.howmusicreallyworks.com/
Learn music theory in 29 minutes: https://youtu.be/xZgU57B3ZGg?si=Cn9XOcTqmZZ-CIri
Rick Beato’s interview with Seal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhgoli8klLA
(Timestamps 7:50 to 10:30, 13:15 to 14:05, and 30:05 to 31:45)
Cover recordings used:
Yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s320dsgAcqo
In My Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jpRzWk0saA
Maria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3C4-9i42v4
Get Back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIm-Jr09aVo
Eleanor Rigby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMTFTzbybOE
Golden Slumbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCk4A8DwqM
You Are So Beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=von6JLAS5Ag
When A Man Loves A Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlbcREmzs-Y
Once In A Lifetime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOmeQHf6dA
Kiss From A Rose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpozQc7VMVs