Ep. 23 : Chromaticism
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Episode 23 of Season 2 of THE HARMONIOUS BLACKSMITH
In this episode, we are exploring CHROMATICISM, the CHROMATIC SCALE, MAJOR and MINOR TONALITY, BASS LINES, TRIADS, CHORDS, CHORD PROGRESSIONS, CHORD INVERSIONS, and CHROMATIC MELODIES. The Blacksmith goes into 2 epic songs for analysis :
‘Hey Joe’ by Jimi Hendrix and
’Stairway to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin
The Blacksmith reviews concepts like KEYS, SCALES, INTERVALS, HALF-STEPS and WHOLE-STEPS, CHORD INVERSIONS, and more!
HB explains how one of these songs has an obvious Chromatic Melody and the other one has a hidden one. Special NEW character makes Cameo in this episode! Don’t Miss it!
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Chapters
1. Musical Introduction : ‘Wabash Canonball' / Banjo (00:00:00)
2. Podcast Introduction and Call To Action (00:00:43)
3. Episode Material Introduction : CHROMATICISM (00:03:32)
4. DEFINITION : What is CHROMATICISM? (00:04:26)
5. DEFINITION : What is the CHROMATIC SCALE? (00:05:57)
6. AUDIO EXAMPLE 1 : The Chromatic Scale from A to A (00:07:05)
7. AUDIO EXAMPLE 2: The Chromatic Scale from G to G for analysis (00:08:15)
8. AUDIO EXAMPLE 3: Chromatic Analysis- ‘Hey Joe’ / Arrangement-Jimi Hendrix (00:09:19)
9. DEFINITION : What is a CIRCLE PROGRESSION? W/ Audio Examples (00:10:42)
10. Acoustic Performance of ‘Hey Joe’ (00:11:39)
11. Chromaticism Analysis : ‘Hey Joe’ (00:12:40)
12. Chromaticism Analysis : ‘ Stairway to Heaven’ w/ Audio Examples (00:17:11)
13. Breakdown / Summary of Episode (00:26:22)
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