12tone

Some songs are obviously interesting and deserving of study, but others... others surprise you. I'll be honest, when I got the request to look at Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart I wasn't expecting much, but I'm happy to admit that I was very wrong. Jim Steinman, the composer, baked in a lot of really cool ideas, turning what could've been a pretty straightforward pop ballad into a deep, intricate exercise in harmonic ingenuity. The tools he uses are all pretty simple, but the way he uses them is anything but. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Merchandise Store: http://12tonevideos.storenvy.com/ Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos Twitter: https://twitter.com/12tonevideos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/12tonevideos/ Email: 12tonevideos@gmail.com Last: Total Eclipse of the Heart: https://youtu.be/lcOxhH8N3Bo Modulation video: https://youtu.be/QGFvTlA1l8k Functional Harmony video: https://youtu.be/Ot_lbUcb-uE Chord Substitutions video: https://youtu.be/0YDnJyHBBP8 Stairway to Heaven video: https://youtu.be/jvA2wKtqi2Q Huge thanks to our gold-level Patreon supporters: Ron Jones Jill Jones Susan Jones Howard Levine Elaine Pratt Ken Arnold Mark Yachnin Gabi Ghita Kaylor Hodges Nicholas Kehonen Dialup Salesman Joe Mensor William (Bill) Boston Nicolas Mendoza Irvine Garrett Brian Etheredge Justin Donnell: https://www.youtube.com/user/jsterj1 Khristofor Saraga And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Logan Jones, Eugene Bulkin, Abram Thiessen, Anna Work, Oliver, Jc Bq, Adam Neely, Jon I, nico, David Zahara, Harold Gonzales, Lucas van Loomis, rhandhom1, Michael Fieseler, Rick Lees, Ben LaRose, Marc Himmelberger, Chris Borland, Scott Lavoie, jason black, Dutreuilh Olivier, Olivia Andersson, Jason Mantei, Nick Olman, Joey Strandquist, Daniel Gilchrist, billy roberts, Elliot Burke, Alex Atanasyan, Davis Sprague, Amlor, Miles Strand, PlayTheMind, Noah Quilantan, Greg Borenstein, Tim S., David Tocknell, Elias Simon, David Hunter, Paul Huff, Gargron, and Jordan Nelson! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!