All the chords you need for rock

Music in this episode:Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” (1981)Aretha Franklin - “I Say A Little Prayer” (1968)Jimi Hendrix - “Hey Joe” (1967)Grateful Dead - “Jack Straw” (1972)Bing Crosby - “Clementine” (1941)Lightnin’ Hopkins - “My California” (1948)JS Bach - Violin Partita No 3 in E Major - Prelude (1720) - performed by Viktoria MullovaThe Allman Brothers Band - “Blue Sky” (1972)Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” - II. Adagio cantabile (1798) - performed by Daniel BarenboimThe Beatles - “A Day in the Life” (1967)Little Simz - “Venom” (2019)References:The Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs corpus studyDavid Temperley, The Musical Language of RockTrevor de Clercq, The Practice of Popular Music: Understanding Harmony, Rhythm, Melody, and Form in Commercial Songwriting Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe