{"id":227,"date":"2025-03-05T20:33:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/how-muse-doesnt-write-a-chord-progression-artists-series-s2e3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T20:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:33:30","slug":"how-muse-doesnt-write-a-chord-progression-artists-series-s2e3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/how-muse-doesnt-write-a-chord-progression-artists-series-s2e3\/","title":{"rendered":"How Muse (Doesn’t?) Write A Chord Progression | Artists Series S2E3"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Muse (Doesn’t?) Write A Chord Progression | Artists Series S2E3 – Holistic Songwriting<\/h1>\n

Video<\/h2>\n

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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KlLmtj-1CGo<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary<\/h2>\n

### Summary<\/p>\n

In this transcript, Rio Finesse Ballistics discusses Muse’s unique songwriting approach and the key aspects of their music that differentiate them from Radiohead. The band is known for evoking emotions such as cleverness, sophistication, wonder, excitement, and tension in their music, using classical influences and focusing on conspiracies, politics, rebellion, and war in their themes. A discussed piece of music showcases the use of arpeggios, unusual triads, proper classical voice leading, and augmented chords to create a sophisticated sound. The transcript also highlights Muse’s approach to harmony in their songs and songwriting techniques used by Matt Bellamy, such as functional harmony and the use of diminished chords.<\/p>\n

Highlights<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • \ud83c\udfb5 Muse’s harmonies are often more in key compared to Radiohead<\/li>\n
  • \ud83c\udfb5 Muse’s music has influences from classical composers like Bach or Rachmaninoff<\/li>\n
  • \ud83c\udfb5 Muse’s themes tend to focus on conspiracies, politics, rebellion, and war<\/li>\n
  • \ud83c\udfb5 The discussed piece of music showcases arpeggios, unusual triads, and proper classical voice leading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n
      \n
    • \ud83c\udfb6 Matt Bellamy often omits secondary parts in his first verses to focus on the main riff<\/li>\n
    • \ud83c\udfb6 Functional harmony and diminished chords are common techniques used by Bellamy in his music<\/li>\n
    • \ud83c\udfb6 Muse’s interest in conspiracy theories influences their sophisticated sound<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How Muse (Doesn’t?) Write A Chord Progression | Artists Series S2E3 – Holistic Songwriting<\/h1>\n

      Video<\/h2>\n

      <\/p>\n

      https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KlLmtj-1CGo<\/p>\n

      Summary<\/h2>\n

      ### Summary<\/p>\n

      In this transcript, Rio Finesse Ballistics discusses Muse’s unique songwriting approach and the key aspects of their music that differentiate them from Radiohead. The band is known for evoking emotions such as cleverness, sophistication, wonder, excitement, and tension in their music, using classical influences and focusing on conspiracies, politics, rebellion, and war in their themes. A discussed piece of music showcases the use of arpeggios, unusual triads, proper classical voice leading, and augmented chords to create a sophisticated sound. The transcript also highlights Muse’s approach to harmony in their songs and songwriting techniques used by Matt Bellamy, such as functional harmony and the use of diminished chords.<\/p>\n

      Highlights<\/h3>\n
        \n
      • \ud83c\udfb5 Muse’s harmonies are often more in key compared to Radiohead<\/li>\n
      • \ud83c\udfb5 Muse’s music has influences from classical composers like Bach or Rachmaninoff<\/li>\n
      • \ud83c\udfb5 Muse’s themes tend to focus on conspiracies, politics, rebellion, and war<\/li>\n
      • \ud83c\udfb5 The discussed piece of music showcases arpeggios, unusual triads, and proper classical voice leading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n
          \n
        • \ud83c\udfb6 Matt Bellamy often omits secondary parts in his first verses to focus on the main riff<\/li>\n
        • \ud83c\udfb6 Functional harmony and diminished chords are common techniques used by Bellamy in his music<\/li>\n
        • \ud83c\udfb6 Muse’s interest in conspiracy theories influences their sophisticated sound<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}