but the syncopated chord placements give them a very different feeling from Mozart et al. Also, the occasional C7 chords are technically V7/IV chords, but in context they feel more like a gesture towardthe blues. There’s plenty of blues in the vocal melody too:...
I originally wanted to take a joyful approach to “You Are So Beautiful.” With the band, we had worked up a D’Angelo-type sounding groove and some jazzier chords over it. But CeeLo was suggesting that we strip it down. I’d never really had a really vulnerable moment on the show....
Art gives you a sense of making parts (notes, chords, melodies, rhythms, or acts, characters, plot lines) relate to each other and form a coherent whole. It also makes you aware that there is an inner view on a piece of music or a play, as seen by the artist, but also an outer...