Layla - Analysis

Anthony Peña said:

This is awesome. I love watching analyses of songs. Thanks for sharing these with everyone!

I do have one question (which means I probably will break off into ten questions):
I'm studying music theory in college right now, and I've learned a lot about how harmony commonly works.
But how do you personally go about more complex progressions, such as your analysis of Roman Sky? I knew that song had some insane stuff going on, but you were able to pinpoint exactly what that insanity was.

Do you just listen to it over and over, and mess around on the fretboard until you figure it out? Or have you developed your ear to just hear all of the changes??

Thanks in advance.

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Ids Schiere said:

Basically what I do is I learn the chord progression a for all the different parts and actually learn the chord names. When I know the chord progression I look for the changes that resolve tension and those are the ones I focus on, Sometimes they are a bit harder to find but that kinda makes it more interesting too.

I also try to keep it simple as much as I can.

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