Comments on: Mick and Keith Still Have Some Stuff To Teach Us https://tonyconniff.com/mick-and-keith-still-have-some-stuff-to-teach-us/ Songwriter, Producer, and Coach, based in New York City. Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:35:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/mick-and-keith-still-have-some-stuff-to-teach-us/#comment-6572 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:59:15 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2156#comment-6572 In reply to Ed Dzubak.

Good point, Ed!
Thanks,
Tony

]]> By: Ed Dzubak https://tonyconniff.com/mick-and-keith-still-have-some-stuff-to-teach-us/#comment-6571 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 20:30:34 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2156#comment-6571 In reply to Steve Tarshis.

The II major chord was also quite common – called the “lydian II#” by classical types you’ll find it all over the place in 60’s pop tunes, especially in early Beatles. It functions essentially as a V of V.

Still, the Stones were interesting songwriters and their music holds up thanks in part to the twists and turns Tony mentions.

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/mick-and-keith-still-have-some-stuff-to-teach-us/#comment-6570 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:02:37 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2156#comment-6570 In reply to Steve Tarshis.

Steve,
Your insights are always on the money and your perspective is always welcome. Please come on back and post anytime!
Best wishes,
Tony

]]> By: Steve Tarshis https://tonyconniff.com/mick-and-keith-still-have-some-stuff-to-teach-us/#comment-6569 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:19:05 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2156#comment-6569 Not to take anything at all away from Mick and Keith, but there is some precedent to interesting rhythmic uses of I-Iv-V in both classical music and afro-pop…also in the Brown Sugar progression Eb-C-Ab-Bb-C, the technique of using chords from the relative minor and resolving to I major is found in classical, and was a common device in the 60’s-70’s, Beatles used this a lot. Rock on Tony, great insight and see you tonight with Pork Chop Willie…

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/mick-and-keith-still-have-some-stuff-to-teach-us/#comment-6568 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:02:38 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2156#comment-6568 In reply to Karl Madden.

Karl,
Thanks for mentioning the tuning – definitely a factor here!
Best wishes,
Tony

]]> By: Karl Madden https://tonyconniff.com/mick-and-keith-still-have-some-stuff-to-teach-us/#comment-6567 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:56:49 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2156#comment-6567 Yes indeed, Tony! When I started playing Keith’s open-G tuning, i noticed how easily it was to shift tonality with ambiguousness btw I-IV-V — (‘Start me up’ is an example, and ‘Take it so hard’ from Keith’s solo album ‘Talk is Cheap’ is another prime example). So that ‘exploding V chord’ can be set up from a bunch of unexpected places. Crazy-Cool!

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