Reharmonising Adele's Hello

equalsql

I love it when songs are reharmonised from there original basic chords into the more complex jazz versions. The way it opens up predictable chord patterns can be wonderous.

So you theory junkies may enjoy this.

bob21

Couldn't get past the first minute, when he started down the "I'm a jazz guy, I'm so clever" route by calling a 6/4/1/5 progression flat this and flat that by analysing it as Minor tonic.

Just smacks of deliberate overcomplication to sound clever. And that's coming from a bloke with a Jazz degree! 

bob21

Tried again, made it to the track. It's actually a slamming track, with some great musos and some pretty good harmony.
Just most of the things he says that I object to!

sweepy

The idea of good taste left the project now and again but always useful to see practical applications of harmony 

viz

bob21 said:

Couldn't get past the first minute, when he started down the "I'm a jazz guy, I'm so clever" route by calling a 6/4/1/5 progression flat this and flat that by analysing it as Minor tonic.

Just smacks of deliberate overcomplication to sound clever. And that's coming from a bloke with a Jazz degree! 

But what choice does he have? I mean, the song IS in F minor which is a minor tonic, and its chords are Fm-Db-Ab-Eb, which are i-bVI-bIII-bVII. I don’t really see what else he can do, there’s just no other way of naming the chords - he could hardly call the Fm a vi chord. That’s not being clever it’s just being correct wouldn’t you say?

It would be like saying the chords in All Along the Watchtower are vi-V-IV. 

duotone

I really like the singer on this. Tbh though I do prefer the original, even with all the 'clever' additions to this version.