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Speaking of Harmony

Gabriel Santiago

A daily music-related Podcast, from the perspective of a professional musician. Thoughts on Harmony, Melody, Improvisation, Composition, Guitar and the day-by-day challenges of being a music...

Episodes

20 of 66 episodes

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 66 | Anatomy of a Song - All The Things You Are

Here it is guys! The podcast is back! I finally was able to get back into a schedule to make these videos. Excited to be doing another break...

34:48Jun 28, 2022

Speaking of Harmony - Ep.65 | 2021 Album Launch

Hi everyone, it's here! the 2021 album launch - My newest record upright is out and I couldn't be happier! Lots of work went into this and I...

8:24Feb 23, 2021

Speaking of Harmony - Ep.64 | Chord Duality

Why do these chords sound so good? That's a great question. In this episode I'm gonna attempt to answer that - by looking at this particular...

29:55Jan 30, 2021

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 63 | Anatomy of a Song - All I Need Jacob Collier

You asked, you shall receive! a deep insight on the All I Need Challenge by the great Jacob Collier. That's what we are covering on this epi...

24:15Dec 28, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 62 | Anatomy of a Song - Christmas Time is Here

A lot of you have asked: How did I Orchestrate Christmas Time is Here, the gorgeous Vince Guaraldi classic! That's what's gonna be answered...

21:26Dec 25, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 61 | Walking Bass

All right, some of my Patrons at Patreon (and some of you guys in the comments as well) have been asking me about walking bass for the past...

36:12Dec 22, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 60 | Anatomy of a Song - Upright

All right gang! Here's the new podcast episode, another Anatomy of a Song one where I do a full breakdown of the just released new single Up...

17:20Dec 20, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 59 | Anatomy of a Song - Giant Steps

Playing Giant Steps on guitar was always quite a challenge for me. The "go-to" tune when it comes to master your technique, harmonic...

26:39Dec 4, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 58 | Anatomy of a Song - Displaced Tiles

You have been asked for more anatomy of a song videos and here we go - You ask you shall receive! On today's episode of the Speaking of Harm...

19:22Nov 20, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 57 | Anatomy of a Song - Gimme5

How's a song composed? So many processes, many possibilities that are hard to quantify. With this Anatomy of a Song, I'm breaking down the p...

31:16Nov 7, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 56 | Improve your Fluidity

I get asked all the time about fluidity and transitioning throughout the fingerboard with ease and on a smooth way. In this episode of the p...

19:18Nov 2, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 55 | Implied Harmony

In this episode of the podcast I address a common concept that I use to create harmony without the vertical aspect of the chord structures -...

15:05Oct 31, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 54 | Top 5 Mistakes on Samba Guitar

In this episode I talk about the top 5 common mistakes I see guitarists do while playing samba on guitar. Those are very foundation-based on...

13:56Oct 27, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 53 | Avoided Notes

You've probably read somewhere that you should avoid certain notes while playing certain chords or avoid landing in a certain note while wor...

15:33Oct 25, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 52 | Come back & Gift

In this episode I'm showing these two chords - both subdominants - which have the same notes and the exact same voicings and are labeled dif...

14:39Sep 1, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 51 | Come back & Gift

I'm back! Yes! it's great to have the podcast back in action after a considerable hiatus. I'll be doing a few episodes during the week, inst...

6:24Aug 28, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 50 - Non-Harmonic Tones | Anticipation & Retardation

In this episode I talk about two non-harmonic tones closing out this mini-series of my mostly used ones. This time I'm covering both anticip...

18:31May 5, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 49 - Non-Harmonic Tones | The Escape Tone

In this episode I cover another frequently used non-harmonic tone: the escape tone. I show most of the instances in which it appears and dif...

14:44May 4, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 48 - Non-Harmonic Tones | Appoggiatura

In this episode I address one of my favorite non-harmonic tones: The Appoggiatura. I show the different ways one can use it, how it opens up...

18:54May 3, 2020

Speaking of Harmony - Episode 47 - Non-Harmonic Tones | Passing Tone

In this episode I continue to talk about non-harmonic tones. This time I address the passing tone, with some examples and different ways you...

11:05May 2, 2020