Songs with One Note Melodies 

True true

Karaoke hours

So true 😂

That's beyond true!

Pctyd :(

I’m glad 😁

I feel you

I wanna like the comment but it has 69 likes

@@DavidBennettPiano You get to be his music teacher lmao.

one note at a time

It also sounds a lot like Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, especially the bridge

Honestly same-

Same, but you cannot imagine my disappointment.

Me to got it mixed up with Mr Blue sky

@@rogergreen9861 Welcome to good music and live concerts

yo me too! 🎻

I do this too lol

I use to be able to play the Star Wars theme on my violin.

Oh same!!!! I duetted someone on tiktok doing mr. Brightside on my fiddle and I just realized "hang on-"

This is me! But on my flute. Like the song will be so fun to listen to and sing and then I realize how repetitive the notes are and it’s like “oh this really isn’t that much.”

This is really what makes a video about music good. I've seen people who talk about a song and its different parts for 15minutes, but NEVER play even a 3 second song sample. It just sucks.

agreed. he's getting his sweet sweet money

@@sinner272 Would you like to work lots of hours to make a video to get nothing of it?

@@zeus-os3fb uhm, my point was that he deserves the revenue. no point arguing.

This actually works?

Elio e le Storie Tese

It's a really great song.

What you are describing sounds like neither a song nor a melody.

Its not famous if you have to tell us what it is...

@@bootsnc4ts611 Because they said it's Italian the song may only be famous in Italy.

😂😂

I think we have the same dad

yeah she described it exactly this way

REMEMBER WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES TOO SOOON??

Haha that’s amazing

name some then

@🌟༻🅹🅰🆈🅵🅰༺ ✓ • 5 years ago That's not 2010-11...

What were some of them?

skyblaze eterno what the hell by Avril Lavington, California girls, teenage dream, e.t. by Katy perry, grow a pair by Kesha, everything by Kesha, basically anything written by Max Martin at the time... SO many more though. 😂

".. it's all in my head now.."

I just can't look. It's killing me and taking control.

Same here

I too can do that just fine.

There's 6 beats in the rhythm. Try counting to 7 to cut the cycle and get onto a fresh page.

YES!

So I'm not the only one who does this. lol

Stop it, Get some help.

Little details like this in the song are the reason why it's my favorite of all time

the exact intention of the song!

Me too, I love it to death

Same! I love that song so much! 💕❤️

It‘s literally aggravating, and I can‘t figure out whether to admire it for being intentional or consider it just another example of how modern pop music is intentionally overpowering to prevent people tuning it out and force itself into people‘s head.

@@raylast3873 it's supposed to resembled the anxiety she felt while she was in a very delicate, already crumbling relationship, she has much more soothing songs (example: her entire new album 'Folklore')

If it's a love ballad you can get away with 3/4.

In pop it's usually 6/8. Listen to the drums: if the snare hits in every other bar (while you're thinking that the song is 3/4), it's actually 6/8 and in one single bar. If the song was 3/4, the usual drum beat would be bass-snare-snare, bass-snare-snare...

Don't forget to include a decent male vocalist singing about falling in love or finding the love of his life...or a female vocalist singing about losing the love of her life and how she is now stronger than ever as a result. Guaranteed hit right there.

Excuse my ignorance but why is vi in lowercase?

@@guillaumefelix9655 because its a minor chord, major chords are written with big letters. Its a minor chord starting on the 6th (vi) note in the scale. If its a Cmaj scale the vi chord would be A-C-E. The major chord starting on 6th (VI) note in Cmaj would be A-C#-E Sorry if i misspelled something

I'm glad! Thank you 🙂

And no awful begging for likes and subs

skogis and interestingly, or ironically, i liked and subscribed 😅

@@skogis06 No, we gotta like and sub immediately because his content is unique and outstanding. I've been curious and learning about music for over 50 years, and I'm delighted to learn something every single time I check out one of his videos.

Thanks! I love your work too 😀

thanks

HEY! ROOMIE! NICE!

My teacher sent me here and I find this🤣🤣

Didn't expect to see you here😳

I’ve always noticed it, I really like the fact it changes when it repeats for the second time

The note isn't the same if it's a harmony, dumbass. It is.one octave up.

@@MrParkerman6 rude much.

there’s a descending part? i only notice the repetitive one note part and find it annoying lol

@@nate_storm yes there is. Listen very closely to the second repetition in the chorus and especially in the 2nd time singing the chorus. It’s very subtle but very pleasing. While singing a single note over and over on rhythm is technically difficult to accomplish in itself I actually like singing along to the descending harmony.

Great suggestion!

or most of the verses from Come Together

Baby you're a rich man was the first thing to come to mind when I saw John Lennon in the thumbnail

Or the ironic "I get by with a little help from my friends, Get high... gonna try..", which is mostly a single note backed up by a half dozen chord changes.

Also the first bars of the chorus in All You Need is Love

thanks!

You are Blessed!!! I adore the alto section!!! They really fill in So Many Holes!!!!

Queer?

Aren't they? Lol

@@mariaz6359 They aren't music. They are noise.

@Dazzy Bakemono Rhythm is all there is. Rhythmic noise of power tools isn't music. A lot of the time there is no melody. There's a RU-vid video that documents that, but I am having trouble finding it now.

@@billbauer9795 ???

@@billbauer9795 Maaan, you must hate batucadas

Great point!

I think Julia is really about Yoko, and John rewrote it before it came out. It's typical Lennon misdirection, like McCartney climbing up a tree in Strawberry Fields. The long drawn out melody and the way the first syllable of Julia is spoken the normal reaction of an Englishman being taught to pronounce Yoko correctly the first time. The first syllable is long, the second short. Yo-o-ko. The name means ocean child, the next words of the song. Much the rest of the song is plays on the ocean theme or expresses his attraction to her.

@@bernardfinucane2061 That also makes a lot of sense

@@bernardfinucane2061 But John first met Yoko at the end of 1966 and Julia was released on Rubber soul in 1965, so yeah it's about his mother who's name is actually Julia, who'd have thought it huh

@@fantasypgatour No, "Julia" was released on The White Album in 1968.

i dunno just kinda feels like a kid asking if they're there yet

@@vaclavjebavy5118 The song is about a snowmobile accident that her and Harry Styles got into, as well as her anxiety about their relationship since it was always under media microscope. She explained it in great detail in an interview that is on Billboard.com website. :)

Václav Jebavý Sometimes the rawest and most authentic feelings we feel on a relationship can be almost considered childish, cause they’re simple and the base of other complex feelings. The verses and bridge of the song show other aspects of the relationship, but the chorus focus on the anxiety and tension of a relationship where both partners know that it is bound to end, and so the repeated question intensifies this and shows that she’s know it is doomed to end - but she has no idea when

@@tiagoadulis Yea I just don't see it.

Václav Jebavý honestly, I don’t either. It’s wonderful that she put so much thought into it, but most people who are just casual listeners probably didn’t get that vibe; they probably thought the same as you and I, it’s just like an annoying kid. I‘ve heard a lot of music where the artist either tries to make you feel anxious or tries to channel a childlike essence and it’s all really good, I’d put it on repeat. This just isn’t that. If a song is actually annoying to listen to, you probably didn’t do a good job writing it. Just imo tho, glad other people are into it at least.

SERIOUSLY thats what i was waiting for too

Genuine thanks for getting this stuck in my head.

Check out Adam Neely's video on the history of the One Note Solo

Or Neil Young’s guitar solo in Cinnamon Girl. which he enjoyed so much he played the 4 bars a second time. I like Neil, he can be and is sometimes brilliant . But I figure he was stoned out of his mind at that time 😉

Moon age daydream.

While I agree, the Taylor Swift song "out of the woods" is a great example of it being done horribly

@@LiamDePaux yup, lazy ass chorus.

@@LiamDePaux I agree. To me personally lyrics can (almost) never be the basis for a piece of music. (And because of that I will not evaluate her lyrics, and that's the reason I have never cared much about Bob Dylan) A piece of art has to have something. You can remove or reduce one or more defining elements, but there have to be something left that triggers some feelings or is somewhat interresting or surprising. A lot of new pop music lacks harmony, melody, rythm or timbre (or lyrics) that I care about. I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of good music, but jeez, there's a lot of uninspiered shite. To me the music video, the music, and the lyrics seems completely disconnected in Out of the Woods.

Maybe there's not right way, but there are for sure terrible ways, like one-note songs.

@@egilsandnes9637 edgy

Well spotted!

Well played sir, well played

Tom Perry? Is that Katy Perry's brother?

Taylor swift makes me hate music, young girls, life itself

@@abaker2921 okay

She said on the grammy museum that the anxiety part was intentional

@@abaker2921 then do the world a favour and give up on life 👍🏾

No that's literally just how the UK is. Mr Brightside is played at *everything*.

@@Sevenseasick everyone over the age of 10 knows the lyrics

Ben Townsend I knew them all when i was 4

hey just curious do you like the Killers?

Hey I know a couple who's theme song is Lips of an Angel lol

That's what you get when prolific genius dominates a genre. They're the "Simpsons did it" of music.

@@matthewhart9585 The Beatles knew more than you might think. Not formally trained, but they grasped a fair amount of it. You should watch David's video on how much theory the Beatles knew.

I was going to say you can do this for Radiohead too but ironically they're nowhere to be found in this video

Be careful watching my 20 mins "Did The Beatles know theory?" video then... you'll need to pre-book your ambulance!

Watched that video very interesting

Thank you David! It was a great idea for a composing brief! Pleasure to work with you 😊

love this crossover! :')

yeeyee

Well said.

And at the same time Lennon overdubs himself singing the 5th - at least on the white album. Simultaneous resolution and tension.

yeah it is but sounds like shit

YEA

He doesn’t have any

@@jfgibson73 the video just gave an example

Honestly I immediately thought about Tomorrow Never Knows.

It definitely breaks the mold of pop songs being in a major key, giving that signature Billie edge to it.

I think it sounds so good because of the sheer amount of stacked harmonies and the really catchy bass line that makes it more interesting

She's a hack.

@@chipgaasche4933 As opposed to?

That’s a good point, the guitar riff is effectively a counter melody 😊

Give me the link plz lmao

@@NathanPlays395 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GfVSHAFkuD4.html

Exactly what I thought of

Gotta have my bowl

@@bipbipletucha gotta have cereal

Wait... Which song is that?

Nevermind found it.

In the Philippines, we have a worship song titled Dalawang Akorde that literally translates to two chord. Not too connected to the video but, yeah hahaha

Straight from their official channel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lRq0TzYBris.html ...but it is pretty difficult to understand for non native speakers.

È la canzone mononota.... una canzone poco nota

@@mb_entity che non scende a compromessi e se lo fa il compromesso é piccolo, tipo.... questo

Cultura! 🇮🇹

YESSS

I think the delicate beauty of the changes when the word "Julia" is sung would be lost in a "busier" melody

John seemed to do the "one note" thing a lot actually.

Agreed. This monotony of the song is broken and the note gets its relief only when the word Julia is sung, imo symbolising John's relief when he speaks his mother's name.

The problem with that would be everyone has different tastes in music

@@ieuanphillips4963 True - Maybe turn it into a medley/review situation? Instead of teaching kids one song, teach them snippets of several? That could give them a greater chance of finding something they like while helping them recognize patterns early.

yeah lmao I was about to check the posting time

As compared to other examples from 40-60 years ago, yeah it’s recent.

Considering music has been forever, it's recent af.

Yeah, of course music was just created on the 2000's and there is not music before so that song is recent

@@kingloser4198 I don't know why he did it in the first place. He's too good for that!

King Loser it was last year at glasto

King Loser why?

Glad someone brought it up

@@kingloser4198 It was only last year.

Yes! Not that i complain though.

Yes! Not that i complain though.

Thanks! 😊😊

Like a chicka cherry cola! 🎵

anytimeineedtoseyourfaceijust close my eyes

The G Note

Love that song. My mom always plays it.

imthekindofguywhoendorsesadeepcommitment

That's a double track, one take singing B and the other singing D. Great some

@@User-jk8wq That would be a melody and a harmony.

Good suggestion - perhaps in a future video!

@@DavidBennettPiano All My Life by Foo Fighters too. The guitar stays the same too. I could be wrong. Let me go listen... (well just the first bit)

@@DavidBennettPiano Check out Elio e le storie tese "La canzone mononota"!. Really brilliant!! Greatings from Italy

i know this is just a a joke but i appreciate when people don't care about being "basic" instead of irrationaly despising anything that is popular 🥺

@@meowimg Basic ≠ popular.

But what if its a boy?

Well I came for John Lennon

I've been a huge Taylor fan since 1989 and started watching David's videos a little while before this particular video came out, so when I saw her in the thumbnail I KNEW he was going to talk about Out of the Woods 😁

Great suggestion! I should have covered that one!

My favorite song on Anima, so gorgeous

i didn't even notice it, nice one. it works so well

Uhh… didn’t expect to find you here lol

Gdgdgdg

Lol

Well you know, how recent is recent? If it's in the past decade I think its fine.

i was gonna say yes but....

The comment I was looking for

Yeeeeah I was waiting for it to appear :(

mi hai fottuto sul tempo mannaggg

I know every single song by Elio e Le Storie Tese, and I do believe La Canzone Mononota is their greatest masterpiece. It's middle C in every possible harmonic combination. And it even turns out to be the dominant, as the very last note Elio sings is an F. The song is full of quotations from classical to pop and jazz. You have to be Italian to grasp the whole meaning, more or less as you've got to be a Brit to catch the meaning of Thick as a Brick, but listening to the song will be pure pleasure for the ear and brain of every musician and music respectful lover.

Here is the link to the official video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lRq0TzYBris.html

Your profile pic fits this comment so perfectly

I feel you man

I believe it also happens in "And Your Bird Can Sing".

Thank you! 😃😃

Bro I never noticed that before! That’s wack

Nice pfp

If she isnt an elitist then she wouldn't have had a problem

Music is music. Stop gatekeeping notes.

@@sarasthoughts I'm not trying to gate keep, I wad just making a joke about the fact the song was popular and some so my mum would have heard it several times a week on recorder. Think of how much everyone ended up listening to songs like let it go. You can like the song, there's nothing wrong with that. But you have to admit, it's repetitive, especially when instrumental.

@Anne Day Oh ok, thanks! I'm not always the best at tone or making myself clear *especially* over the internet so thank you

Cheers!

Agreed!

*calls for the police*

Thank you! That means a lot. 🙂

Great piano solo!!!!

Thank you!!

Nice to see a fellow countryman :")

creeper aw man sorry i had to do it its because of your profile pic im sry ahahdsegefdf........hgfd

Thanks Joe!

Thanks Lydia 😄

I was hoping this would be in the video, but at least we could count on a hero like you to mention it in the comments. 🦸

Bill Evans' version really illustrates this.

More like Hot Cross Buns, Three Blind has a pretty wide melody all the way through

jajajaja (laughs in Spanish) c mamo

Thanks to Gta V I know that this song exists

Came to the comments just for this.

i wanna go to the waypoint please kind sir

Hahaha este era el comentario que estaba buscando.