My take on Pyramid Song.

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0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Timing
9:01 - Why is it confusing?
12:53 - Chords
24:31 - Melodies
30:47 - Arrangement
34:52 - Thanks for watching!
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@iximusic Месяц назад

Thank you so much for watching this! For song & album requests and to support my channel and musical projects, please consider joining my Patreon (I can't monetize these videos): www.patreon.com/iximusic 🙌 You can also commission me to analyze your original music or do a piano cover. 🎹 And I teach private & group lessons, do film/video game scoring, and music transcriptions 🎶 TIPS: www.buymeacoffee.com/iximusic 💄

@facepalmjesus1608 2 месяца назад

producer: what is the time signature of this song? radiohead: yes/4

@brandonlovatt Месяц назад

I love RU-vid for this reason. A little wine with my spaghetti, and next thing you know I'm 30min into a video of a stranger deep diving into Pyramid Song. Thank you so much for putting your time into such a detailed video!

@lauradecker9086 Месяц назад

Wild because this is literally me right now, eating my spaghetti and drinking wine. Cheers! 🍷

@mateusl.b.teixeira1863 4 месяца назад

I wish my life had the clarity of this explanation.

@jedtulman46 2 месяца назад

So beautifully put!

@seatclub1 2 месяца назад

Love hearing someone gush about the chords as much as I feel them

@thermalegoogle 4 месяца назад

This is unquestionnably the best, ever, explanation/tutorial video for Pyramid Song.

@gridplan 4 месяца назад

All these years later, this song still gives me chills. It still feels eerie. Thank you for the detailed analysis.

@brandbird 4 месяца назад

"If you grew up listening to blues or jazz, you're free".

@alastairwinner Месяц назад

There are not many pieces of music that bring a lump to my throat and that keeps me totally captivated from the very start to the end, but this is one of those.

@guillaume6761 4 месяца назад

I am always "no more subscriptions I am following too many channels already". And then I discover you with this video ...

@HanSolosRevenge 4 месяца назад

I think this may be Radiohead's best song, and you're raising my appreciation of it even higher. Excellent analysis!

@murilocostarosa 4 месяца назад

everything's in 4/4 if you're not a nerd

@griffinromley4165 2 месяца назад

😂

@kjpg2005 3 месяца назад

The intimacy of this presentation is wonderful.

@Mackerdaymia 4 месяца назад

For me the lyrics give the song a dark nostalgia by twisting with songs I knew in my childhood. The way Thom plays on the lyrics from Swing Home, Sweet Chariot ("I jumped in the river and what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me" seems to mimic "I looked over Jordan, and what did I see? ...I saw a band of angels coming after me") and lifts that line from The Clapping Song ("And we all went to heaven in a little row boat") makes me feel simultaneously like I'm home but something isn't right. Like a strange dream where you're somewhere familiar but things are slightly off and scary. Powerful to play with those memories burned deep into your psyche.

@stevejacksonuu 4 месяца назад

pyramid song is a modern 'negro spiritual' which is a genre Sweet Home Sweet Chariot belongs. You're bang on in making that connection

@KnjazNazrath 4 месяца назад

As Masta Killa once said: The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum. So many folks are caught up in the timing that they neglect the lyrics.

@guiyome325 3 месяца назад

Very interesting !

@jorgepeterbarton 3 месяца назад

Its based on Dante's divine comedy. I think this is the crossing of the Archeron with Charon and 'coal black eyes'. Charon is a greek deity kind of like an angel of death i suppose. Well, he does go to heaven, in Paradiso but he has to catch the ferry into the Inferno (hell) first.

@Eshttzer 2 месяца назад

For like 9 years I had no idea how to count this thing. One day I got that exact "It's a clave!" eureka moment you had, because I realized if you ignore the harmony, that pattern of "3-2 / 3-3-2 / 3" becomes "3-3-2 / 3-3-2" which is two claves in a row. And just like you said "I could just feel, confidently" I felt the exact same thing.

@danielsolomon63 4 месяца назад

This must be the most beautiful music piece that will ever be created. I am obsessed with this song for 20 years now. I am glad thatyou only showed the 4 note stripped down chord shapes as i have a 4 note polyphony synth and it are perfect to play this.

@Dunbar0740 4 месяца назад

Try the original, "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis", by Vaughn Williams: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ihx5LCF1yJY.html

@hughgrection5674 4 месяца назад

Agreed. The most beautiful composition ever submitted to vinyl, by my favourite band of all time. Timeless 👍

@judsonwright 4 месяца назад

@@Dunbar0740very interesting. Thanks for the share.

@phatmhat9174 2 месяца назад

@@Dunbar0740 wow many similarities. How does that "Great artists..." quote go? Creation always comes from something before it already there.

@1966wilky 2 месяца назад

@@Dunbar0740Beautiful! And certainly very similar to Radiohead’s Pyramid song, so thank you for posting. Have you heard the original of “Exit music (For a Film)”? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FDT_gtC5faQ.htmlfeature=shared

@cloerenjackson3699 4 месяца назад

This is the first time I have watched this content creator. I have seen dozens of "Music expert reacts to a popular recording" type videos and this is absolutely the best I have seen. It fills all the gaps left by all the other "experts" who do similar content. It does far more than just pretend to love it, or shout out the basic chords (which only makes me wonder if they looked them up on a tab from a Google search and noted them down before recording the video). As it goes it actually describes why the music sounds like it does.

@hellostove 4 месяца назад

Ugh, once again time for my eyes to inexplicably well up with tears while you go over chord progressions

@billyalarie929 4 месяца назад

ESPECIALLY this song, oh my G O D

@ajagoff 4 месяца назад

I feared I might be the only one! 😅

@adamdalpozzo 4 месяца назад

You're never the only one...

@ahobimo732 4 месяца назад

@@adamdalpozzo Shit man, that was unexpectedly moving! Thank you for that. 🥹

@annettecorbett9842 4 месяца назад

Same. Isn't it weird?

@SamChaneyProductions 4 месяца назад

I love how the song can be very reasonably interpreted in different ways like how a pyramid looks like a triangle from some angles and a square from others

@alecwoodruffmusic 4 месяца назад

Interesting point. Sounds like something that idk, like a really talented vibraphone player would say? ;)

@watamatafoyu 4 месяца назад

Or a diamond or a flame

@Mackerdaymia 4 месяца назад

That G# you talk about at 20:47 is what makes the song. It'd be beautiful anyway, but that simple note choice opens up the harmony and makes it sound so unique.

@nigelsmith721 4 месяца назад

For me, that’s where Egypt is hiding in plain sight.

@mdhazeldine 2 месяца назад

I've been a drummer and a Radiohead fan for many years, and I could never work this song out. The fact that it is in 4/4 blows my mind, but you're right. In the end I just kinda worked it out through repetition and feeling it, but now it seems so much simpler to understand. Thank you!

@bigchunkybubbles 3 месяца назад

When this album came out I spent an entire day obsessively notating this song and it’s stayed with me ever since. It’s a perfect example of cyclical hypermeter and this is the best explanation online I’ve seen. The ambiguity is core to the experience.

@1966wilky 2 месяца назад

Thank you! I’ve been searching for a way to express this point but you said it perfectly with “The ambiguity is core to the experience”. 👌

@kylefox8153 3 месяца назад

I get the way you break it down but I can't fathom how complicated it must have been to write and record in the studio...trying to explain your vision to producers and other members...mind blowing.

@myfluteatemyhomework 4 месяца назад

I've always thought that Pyramid Song is a slow and sad bossa nova. :) Also, we do have a specific name for notes that aren't included in a scale but are used a few times in a song (e.g. in Hungarian we call them pien notes ). Also I'd like to say a super huge THANK YOU for analyzing my all time favourite Radiohead song!

@GreatistheWorld 4 месяца назад

Oh man I thought there was something Hungarian about it. Not being familiar with a lot of Hungarian music, but as a Gabor Szabo fan

@deadmessengers 3 месяца назад

This song has always felt like being on large wooden sail ship in heavy seas at night under the stars, hanging on for dear life as it sways side to side, to me.

@aaronalbores3999 4 месяца назад

i was playing those chords and suddenly realized how similar it is to Everything in its right place, YET it feels so different... And it's so touching... How beautiful it is to keep discovering new things in their music, after so many years... Thank you

@graxxor 3 месяца назад

I am still convinced that this song is incomparable after 20 + years... simply because there is literally nothing to compare this to.

@adrian.kingdom 3 месяца назад

And a lot of Radiohead song are incomparables, never heard a band with such unique songs

@James-J-J-J 2 месяца назад

Only thing it’s comparable to is other Radiohead songs

@sw6579 2 месяца назад

It really loosely reminds me of Swim by Oh No Ono.

@jeffbrown-hill7739 3 месяца назад

What I love about Thom's vocal melodies is how they flow from one note to another. It's a very fluid style.

@mipmipmipmipmip 3 месяца назад

Autotune would go crazy on this

@jacobmorris3664 2 месяца назад

Yes, it's called legato 🙂

@JvS1711 3 месяца назад

My eyes have been dry and sore all day. Pyramid song has always been one of my favourite songs, and is deeply connected with a friend who killed herself 20 years ago. My eyes are no longer dry.

@richardcmelanson 3 месяца назад

Though I’ve been playing music for 30 years, I don’t know anything about theory, so I rarely watch videos like this. But this was one of the best breakdowns of any piece of music I’ve ever seen. Even the technical parts which I didn’t fully understand seemed to make sense to me on a core level, and it’s made me fall even more in love with a song I’ve loved since its release. What a an absolute pleasure to watch…and listen to. Thank you. 😭

@jaybee1844 3 месяца назад

this seems right to me. If you go to the original on youtube and put the playback time at 2x you can hear exactly what ixi is saying

@kdkseven 3 месяца назад

Yeah i played it at 1.75 and it made a lot more sense, especially as someone who knows very little about music theory.

@knew_man 4 месяца назад

Mind blown. When you first counted 4/4 it’s like I could hear in another dimension. Haha I got emotional. I’ve never heard the song in that way. I always just dismissed it as a weird time signature and loved it for what it was. What a rare and gorgeous tune. Thanks for explaining it with such detail and feeling. ✌️

@gpfedalto 2 месяца назад

Hi ixi, you're probably aware of this, but I believe the strings part have that eerie, flowy vibe due to an Ondes Martenot that Jonny was playing. The electronic instrument was one of the first history pieces to be created just like the Theremin back in late 1920/1930 and it is known to have this glissando/sliding sound, which surely give this song a great touch. Placing it on top of real strings and Ed's e-bow guitar is probably a match made in heaven. Jonny also used the Ondes Martenot in How to Disappear Completely and The National Anthem, including live versions of it. Anyway, great take on this incredible piece!! Thanks for the upload as always.

@colinbaker3916 4 месяца назад

David Bennett Piano also did an excellent video on Pyramid Song.

@01gabito 4 месяца назад

Lovely. Your discovery of the clave rhythm is the key.

@zorromono 4 месяца назад

It is wonderful to dive with you into so many subtle details hidden in this beautiful song. I was moved in many passages. Thank you for doing it this way

@BradleyHansonPhotography 4 месяца назад

I can’t tell you how much your analysis has enhanced my enjoyment of this masterpiece. I’m a bass player that occasionally plays guitar and am trying to teach myself music theory on piano. I have been a Radiohead fan since The Bends in 1994, seeing them play live only once in Vancouver, BC in 2001 for the Kid A tour. Thank you for sharing this.

@Toddricious Месяц назад

watched this video knowing hardly anything about music theory and i feel enlightened

@moondog548 4 месяца назад

This song hit me right away and pulled me back while I was still reeling from Kid A. Pure beauty. Thank you yet again!

@JFDR0319 4 месяца назад

I remember feeling the same, came out almost as a side feel to kid a.

@chadlyfromcharlotte4298 4 месяца назад

I have been a Radiohead fan since I really got into them in college, over 20 years ago. This song has slowly risen to the top for me as my favorite Radiohead song.

@danielkoschalka3955 4 месяца назад

Fun fact, this song was initially called Egyptian Song. A live version was kicking around the internet for a couple of years before Amnesiac was released.

@ericfoster5267 4 месяца назад

That is a very fun fact

@user-gq6nf6vl8c 4 месяца назад

Interesting, especially as ixi's demonstration of Phrygian Dominant sounded distinctly Arabic (to my ears anyway!)

@Danny-wv8ec 4 месяца назад

Oh I didn’t know that, i was like a kid back then. Is that version inline now?

@danielkoschalka3955 4 месяца назад

@@Danny-wv8ec Not a clue! It was one of the MP3s obsessives like me were sharing through Napster or something. Along with True Love Waits, Lift, Follow Me Around, Motion Picture Soundtrack. All unreleased at the time. Pyramid song barely changed from that early version, as I remember. So you’re not missing much.

@starygregor119 4 месяца назад

This is the best Radiohead song. Isn’t it? And one of the best ever written.

@perasperas 3 месяца назад

I just want to clap 👏👏👏 This haunting song deserved this beautiful analysis

@danmallin6018 4 месяца назад

This is music from the heart…when Thom wrote this I guarantee you that time signatures were the last thing on his mind…all he knew was that it was distinctive and different….what a beautiful song though 🎼

@watamatafoyu 4 месяца назад

I very much have appreciated Radiohead's intuitive mathematica.

@jameslandon9194 4 месяца назад

I’ve been waiting for this one. Thank you so much.

@Crazyness2122 4 месяца назад

This is song never fails to rip me apart. I feel every note every word. I wish I could swim with the black eyed angels. I am envious.

@zoerose3478 4 месяца назад

I guess we all get to swim with black eyed angels, someday or another, someway or another

@natenate1981 4 месяца назад

Such a gorgeous song. One of my all time favorites. The melody and harmonic modulation in this song, Everything in its right place, and Ill wind evoke thoughts, feelings, and visualizations I had as a toddler. Like a mind that’s rapidly and joyfully developing while simultaneously being aware of its own limitations. Paul McCartneys compositions often do the same.

@ghaleon1103 3 месяца назад

Jesus... I'm listening to Radiohead with my future wife right now. We initially bonded over our love for the band. After watching the official Pyramid Song video again, your video (this one) was in my recommended list. I checked out your channel and it seems like it was made for my partner and me. I'm looking forward to the rest of this video, and so many others that I see you've uploaded. Thank you so much for all you do. She and I will be binging your channel tonight.

@x-ray4639 3 месяца назад

There is a channel called ‘ listening in’ that also explained it very well. The deeper meaning of the song and how it all connects. There is more to it than the ears can catch. It’s well worth checking out.

4 месяца назад

I’ve been waiting for this for SO long. Thank you! Diving right in!

@georgehugo561 4 месяца назад

LOVED this! Thank you!

@carlmartin2945 4 месяца назад

What a great analysis! Thank you for your awesome videos!

@FRETW1ZARD 4 месяца назад

Your channel is incredible. Keep up the great work!

@gonesavage 4 месяца назад

Thanks for doing this one, ixi. Loved it.

@arvo1980 4 месяца назад

Brilliant analysis. Thanks for a great video!

@andremichel2892 4 месяца назад

You're amazing

@_CoasterNinja 4 месяца назад

Such an enjoyable listen. Thanks so much!

@andrewcasey472 4 месяца назад

Thank you, your passion is contagious!!

@allanstelmach 4 месяца назад

This is a great analysis of a classic eternally confusing song! Thank you for taking the time to work this out. I’m going to sit with this for a while and try and finally master those timings

@steveleeatfullmeasure 4 месяца назад

Fantastic breakdown and I love your open style.

@yungkimchee7172 4 месяца назад

you are my favorite creator when it comes to all these analyses, you actually got me into nine inch nails! pyramid song is up there among my all time favorite weirder radiohead cuts and this video REALLY helped me demystify learning it!

@themuse11 3 месяца назад

when this album came out I was captivated by this song! still in my top 5, love it so much. I figured out the rhythm the same way you did. Then I was at a friend's house (jazz drummer) and I said 'listen to this awesome song!' And he said, within a few seconds 'it's 4/4!' and my head exploded (in a good way). I love your video - subbed!

@neilhowellmusic 4 месяца назад

This song has given me fits for years trying to figure out the structure. I can usually decode a song in no time, but this one has always tripped me up. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Awesome video!

@kevinhicks1999 3 месяца назад

What a flipping great video describing this wonderful song.... Brilliant!

@AntonioSantos-qk7bn 4 месяца назад

IXI. I absolutely love your work… thank you!!

@nigelhaywood9753 4 месяца назад

There are plenty of those 'wrong notes' in Mozart, too. In the second variation of the Theme and Variations which opens his Piano Sonata in A (KV331) you get a D natural in the right hand over a repeated A, D#,E pattern in the left hand. This is an amazing song by Radiohead, thanks for your interesting and illuminating observations.

@PieterLaroy 4 месяца назад

Wow ... Wat a fantastic 'analysis' of one of my favorite songs of one of my favorite bands. And you bring it soooo good! Thank you for this one 🙂

@brookebrownwv 4 месяца назад

Thank you for this. I have always felt a kindred sort of connection with this song. Your incredible analysis highlights the many chords and harmonies that resonate with me. I’ve subscribed and look forward to more!

@alvaro.makes.music1 4 месяца назад

I love this song so much! Thank you for explaining it so clearly and extensively Ixi, it makes me enjoy it even more!

@bobseago1513 4 месяца назад

This is the first time I have seen this channel, and it gave great insight to me, not trained in music but fascinated by this song.

@esabaliauskas 4 месяца назад

Thank you for such in depth analysis. This is great! Love this song, now I really want to play it.

@boicutOne 4 месяца назад

very interesting analysis of a song that still gives me heavy goosebumps ages after I have first listened to it.

@stevedunning7367 3 месяца назад

Thanks! I love this song. It’s been a companion through some tough times and it still hits me with the same power every single time I hear it.

@markpalmer932 4 месяца назад

Outstanding insight. Thank you so much, for uploading. I really enjoyed this, and i already know, I will watch this many times in the future.

@drcustomblades2984 3 месяца назад

I love your videos!! Thank you!!

@ngardos 4 месяца назад

thanks for everything about your take here, it's exactly what i needed after non stop rain and a bunch of songs i need to write where i'm trying not to use expected chords...love...subscribed!

@robalid 4 месяца назад

I love how much you love certain chords. That gmaj7 sigh really made me smile. I absolutely feel it just like that. Another great video, brilliantly put together

@Broken_Arcade 4 месяца назад

thank you so much for this video, ive been learning this song recently and could not for the life of me get the timing correct. you helped me understand this song more

@steve2483 3 месяца назад

What a beautiful tender reading of this song. Thank you

@johnkim1043 4 месяца назад

Thank you for enriching my appreciation of an all time favorite song. I’m a bit in awe of your analysis.

@Diseased_Mr_T 2 месяца назад

What a brilliant, clear breakdown this was. Superb content, subscribed. Thanks!

@laurenzwinklhofer7397 4 месяца назад

I really love this video! Thx so much!! 🎉

@Narsufin 4 месяца назад

Brilliant break down. I haven't listened to this song in a while and it reminded me of how I listened to it walking to work, every day for about 6 months. Loved the analysis.

@ThatsMistaTwistToYou 4 месяца назад

This has completely blown my mind, yet makes absolute sense, thanks for breaking it down!

@MichalKobuszewski 4 месяца назад

Wow, what a journey - both for the rhythmic and harmonic part! Thank you for taking us along for the ride, I feel I have learned a lot. This song will never feel the same again.

@Then. 3 месяца назад

Wonderful video. As lovely and haunting as the song.

@jeancharles788 29 дней назад

Who knew that I could love this song even more? Thanks for your post!

@nb1608 4 месяца назад

Brilliant exposition on this amazing song. I really enjoy the highly analytical approach and explanation of how other theories can be explained. You know when a song is special when there are so many videos trying to explain how the song is put together. This song is a masterpiece.

@SebastianAnklamm 4 месяца назад

You are amazing. Great video to one of the greatest song ever.

@Funeral_Potatoes 4 месяца назад

Your videos are so cathartic to watch. I love your way of exploring music and your keen attention to every note and chord. You take songs that we already know and love and give us an even deeper appreciation for them, often helping us understand the nuances that we could never put our fingers on. It's like you're guiding us through a journey in every video. Thank you!

@Feelgoodbodystrong Месяц назад

Phenomenal take on the song! I love seeing you react and perk up to the same things that I gush about this song. Definitely deserving of a subscribe!

@TexasDarlin 4 месяца назад

Gahhh I love this song. Have always been in the 4/4 swing beat camp myself and glad to hear your analysis.

@Littleboyfatman45 3 месяца назад

Best breakdown of this song I’ve seen, and explaining it with music theory, and also feeling, helps any audience digest this heavy song. Really cool, thanks made my day.