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The Chords That Should Not Work: Pop's Harmonic Rule Breakers

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Following on from last week’s episode, I had in my mind the idea of discussing unusual chord progressions in pop music: modern pioneers that pushed the boundaries of what was permissible to listen to. In this week’s podcast, let’s pick three perfectly eccentric examples of harmonic oddity in popular music classics, analyse their content, and speculate on how they get away with it! Following a brief reminder of David Bowie’s ‘Changes’, we’ll look at the following:

Wuthering Heights Kate Bush

Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan

Mad About The Boy Noel Coward/Dinah Washington

Please write in to the podcast if you have other examples you think merit a mention - there are many - we just picked three here to keep the show short!

For more information: whaviland.com/podcast

Happy piano playing/learning!

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39 episodes

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Manage episode 498078186 series 3611264
Content provided by William Haviland. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by William Haviland or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Following on from last week’s episode, I had in my mind the idea of discussing unusual chord progressions in pop music: modern pioneers that pushed the boundaries of what was permissible to listen to. In this week’s podcast, let’s pick three perfectly eccentric examples of harmonic oddity in popular music classics, analyse their content, and speculate on how they get away with it! Following a brief reminder of David Bowie’s ‘Changes’, we’ll look at the following:

Wuthering Heights Kate Bush

Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan

Mad About The Boy Noel Coward/Dinah Washington

Please write in to the podcast if you have other examples you think merit a mention - there are many - we just picked three here to keep the show short!

For more information: whaviland.com/podcast

Happy piano playing/learning!

  continue reading

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