Elliott Smith's Toolbox, "Strung Out Again" Analysis

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Diving deeper into mode mixture, relative key modulations, chromatic voice leading, etc. FUN. Thanks everyone for your support!
Tonal Pairing and the Relative-Key Paradox in the Music of Elliott Smith, Schultz
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Strung Out Again working score
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00:00 Intro
00:54 Pt. I Parallels
04:11 Pt. II Relatives
08:44 Pt. III Strung Out Again Analysis
18:07 Play through

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@addyd.3140 7 месяцев назад

Finally got my act together and put together a nice looking chart of my arrangement. PDF for sale at link below! www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1428614/Product.aspx

@philipperoijers3772 7 месяцев назад

These are absolutely amazing!! Would love to see even more Elliott Smith analyses

@castronautical7744 8 месяцев назад

You're correct major is the saddest. Minor often sounds more angry than sad, but the saddest music I've heard in any genre uses major tonality intuitively to convey a more genuine sadness.

@oldmanbanjo 5 месяцев назад

Video request: All the techniques Elliott Smith borrowed from the Beach Boys and Beatles. Tentative title: The Musical Origins of the California frown. Hit me up I'll do the thumbnail. Great video!

@user-xt9dt1mw3f 7 месяцев назад

when I first started listening to Elliot's later bodies of work it bewildered me to say the least; it's originality and complexity reminded me more of composition than anything else.

@Peter-gf4qd 5 месяцев назад

Still can’t believe Anthony Fantano said this album was C tier

@brandouni 4 месяца назад

Man this analysis is veeery intrigante! Made me think about a “quantic” way to express music. To me that’s way feels so powerful and kinda authentic, true. Thank brother

@NiiicBlack 5 месяцев назад

This video blew my fuckin mind. It inspired me to write my very first composition yesterday and I’m really proud of how it turned out. Thank you🥰

@addyd.3140 5 месяцев назад

Oh that's wonderful to hear you're finding inspiration! All the best wishes on your journey

@ezracarson4543 8 месяцев назад

Never seen figure/ground as a musical term, super cool. Great video!

@Khayyam-vg9fw 8 месяцев назад

I'd need to check, but I'm pretty sure that the notion crops up in at least one of Leonard Meyer's books.

@riordanskt 8 месяцев назад

Amazing. Once again, congratulations and thanks for taking your time to present us with these videos. I think i can speak for all of us here that, the more Elliott Smith song analysis you bring, the better! I know it might take some of your time, but Elliott's music is incredible and a series wouldn't be a bad idea, even if you brought these analysis every now and then... Anyway, once again thanks!

@addyd.3140 8 месяцев назад

I appreciate your kind words!

@brianearl362 5 месяцев назад

More videos like this, please!!!!!

@8nlooney 8 месяцев назад

Bravo!! I really appreciate these. It helps me better understand why Elliott's song writing was so unique and amazing.

@addyd.3140 8 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@justinroconnell 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, Addy! Very important content here. I am comfortable listening to music and imagining what is going on, etc. Unless it is Elliott Smith, one of my long time faves. To this day, I put it on, and my mouth is agape.

@Tuckermoore 8 месяцев назад

So great and helpful for aspiring songwriters!! I’d watch an entire series of you analyzing Elliott’s tunes

@Tuckermoore 8 месяцев назад

Your arrangement and performance are achingly beautiful too

@addyd.3140 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@BenOnBass 7 месяцев назад

beautiful analysis. I often find it difficult to express my joy for Elliott when his music is such a hard sell, but it's so good it hurts

@addyd.3140 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm with you there, buddy.

@masonmag 8 месяцев назад

So glad you did this follow up to your last one. The other video helped me understand modal interchange so much better. I even wrote a song using it that i really like. Can't wait to watch this again and try to absorb this excellent info even more. Elliott's music is so amazing and you have really helped me understand it better. Thanks dude

@addyd.3140 8 месяцев назад

TY so much! Glad it resonated with you.

@washburnandtheriver4607 7 месяцев назад

incredible stuff! thank you for this!!

@My_whole_life123 8 месяцев назад

This is amazing. Thank you!

@willmatson3103 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for sharing!

@morganrickman1889 2 месяца назад

Love this video! Thank you

@kaitlyn6021 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant! Thanks so much for offering this analysis!

@camerriam 5 месяцев назад

This is absolutely brilliant, great work

@patrickcolinwalsh 4 месяца назад

well done!

@jawdust3 7 месяцев назад

Well done, really smart and perceptive analysis

@yeet-dv8yk 7 месяцев назад

This was a phenomenal video. Very entertaining and informative. Keep it up!

@refusedone 7 месяцев назад

I know nothing about music theory, but I love Elliott’s music and your videos give them a new perspective and richness …keep em coming please! …and I’d totally pay for a piano course from you!

@rohiogerv22 4 месяца назад

I know it was kind of an aside here, but the idea that V-bIII can work as a sort of minor-side deceptive cadence had never occurred to me, and that's really cool.

@junkiemozart 7 месяцев назад

thank you addy, obsessed with elliott smith is an understatement of my current status. the unique stylistic choices he’s made is beautifully elaborated on in both your analysis videos- looking forward to watching more!!

@addyd.3140 7 месяцев назад

thank you for you kind words!

@ProdCashmere 7 месяцев назад

Really great diagrams. Especially the one that illustrates the relationship between parallel/relative keys

@DaveElke 8 месяцев назад

This is gold. That final arrangement was amazing. Thanks for making this!

@addyd.3140 8 месяцев назад

Thanks, Dave!

@mydemonsareorganized 3 месяца назад

What a unique way of analysing Elliott Smith's beautiful songwriting!

@addyd.3140 3 месяца назад

Wow, thank you for writing!

@josephedwards4325 5 месяцев назад

I could listen to you do his songs on the piano all day. Very nice.

@Bhuyakasha 7 месяцев назад

I'm sure this will have at least 100k views in 12 months from now, so good!

@addyd.3140 7 месяцев назад

THANKS

@user-gk8vn1mz5m 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant, best explanation I’ve come across yet.

@addyd.3140 5 месяцев назад

Thanksss!

@user-gk8vn1mz5m 5 месяцев назад

@@addyd.3140 what would it take to do the same for waltz no1

@addyd.3140 5 месяцев назад

@@user-gk8vn1mz5m Haha, just more TIME to do these! Been a busy winter. That would be a fun one though, it's on my list along with EMNTM. Hang in there friend

@user-dy5xi2sv9n 7 месяцев назад

thanks for making this, it's actually mind-blowing, and made me so happy!!! my bonus trivia answers: (probably haven't named all of them) a) easy way out b) - *couldn't think of any for kid as an adjective, but for noun there's needle in the hay, going nowhere, single file.* c) all cleaned out, the last hour, waltz #2, can't make a sound

@addyd.3140 7 месяцев назад

Ooh, I love it, you're actually the first to do the trivia. What I meant was kid with an adjective in front of it, i.e. "stupid kid, silent kid." You had the idea! but I apologize if unclear. BTW nice job on the clowns. Thank you for the feedback, all the best to you!

@user-dy5xi2sv9n 4 месяца назад

Ohhh I get it now, thanks for replying! All the best to you too :D@@addyd.3140

@catface101 8 месяцев назад

Between the vase. I tend to agree about Majors. My most depressing song is all major. It hurts to play.

@giringuha4229 2 месяца назад

nice

@prefabclout 3 месяца назад

Great video and break down of Elliott’s genius. Btw where did you get those frames?

@addyd.3140 3 месяца назад

Thanks! nice username, lol. Love PFS. Are you asking about my glasses?

@prefabclout 3 месяца назад

Would love to see a PFS analysis! And yes your glasses lol

@addyd.3140 3 месяца назад

Friggin COSTCO @@prefabclout , my partner has a membership card ;)

@tyler361t2 6 месяцев назад

if anyone wants to do further reading theres plenty of reddit posts in the elliott smith subreddit covering his most common techniques

@mark1800 7 месяцев назад

Wow, awesome work. I’ve been waiting for someone to make a channel like this! Do you give private harmony lessons by any chance?

@addyd.3140 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! I teach piano and theory in Portland Or. On online platforms, nothing organized yet, I just kind of dive into what sounds interesting to me at the moment, make fun videos.

@mark1800 7 месяцев назад

I’d love to take some theory lessons from you if you’d do that! Even just to understand a couple of ES songs better and lend some knowledge to my own writing. Do you have an email/social media I can message?

@addyd.3140 4 месяца назад

@@mark1800 Hey Mark! Sorry for the late reply, I didn't get a notification you wrote back. I'd be happy to try and set something up. If you look at the links on my profile there's my Instagram and you can message me there. If you don't have that, you can email me at addisondesantis@gmail.com

@anthonysbar1116 7 месяцев назад

Bro u gotta do one of these on son of sam, the chord changes on that song are sick asf

@ianhoey8159 6 месяцев назад

ive yet to watch the full video but you mention an actual Am chord is never used in the song. Does he not play Am when it walks down chromatically in the bass from C to G/B then it would be Am. And we would now be in the parallel minor. Elliott does this all the time and it's always to Am never A. Also from the live video at ford theater it looks like Am as well. I could be wrong. Awesome vid

@addyd.3140 6 месяцев назад

Interesting! I always heard it as an A major on "know my," I used the FABOTH recording as my reference, and to be fair it's pretty hard to hear what the 3rd is doing in that moment, especially with that #4 in the melody. I guess my ear wanted that Lydian sound. After your note I went back and listened harder, you're totally right, it's A minor. Dang, nice attention to detail. I guess this version is now my reharm/interpretation. Totally adds to the mystique/ambiguity of his music in my opinion. Thank you, All the best!

@yossif2504 7 месяцев назад

Can You Open The CC? I Did Not Understand Everything, And It Is Very Interesting

@addyd.3140 7 месяцев назад

Hey thank you for nudging me, I am meaning to get to this.

@user-gk8vn1mz5m 5 месяцев назад

If you could do the same for waltz #1 I’d be very grateful

@user-gz1nv6nw3q 7 месяцев назад

Wrong

@addyd.3140 7 месяцев назад

all music theory is wrong.

@user-gz1nv6nw3q 7 месяцев назад

@@addyd.3140 Music theory is an oxymoron. Saying music has any theory, is like saying someone is the tallest midget. Or like saying "british person", etc. So forth, so on and such. You get the idea.