The Intuition Is Trained by the Beatles

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A great thing that I learned from watching the Beatles get back documentary was that the guys in the band have phenomenally good memories. So and that intuition is trained by the fact that we grow up listening to music, right? It's not like if you were put on a desert island as a baby, but you sort of pick up things from the air. And even if you don't like you say, you know, the names for them, certain things sound good. But let me just do a very little bit of asking about what music theory is or what it comes down to in modern Western music.

There is no human endeavor that does not have a theory of it — a set of ideas about what makes it work and how to do it well. Music is no exception, popular music included — there are reasons why certain keys, chord changes, and rhythmic structures have proven successful over the years. Nobody has done more to help people understand the theoretical underpinnings of popular music than today’s guest, Rick Beato. His YouTube videos dig into how songs work and what makes them great. We talk about music theory and how it contributes to our appreciation of all kinds of music.

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Rick Beato obtained a master’s degree in jazz studies from the New England Conservatory of Music. He is currently a producer and owner of Black Dog Sound Studios in Georgia, as well as host of a popular YouTube channel. He has worked as a session musician, songwriter, and lecturer at Berklee College of Music and elsewhere. He is the author of The Beato Book Interactive as well as other music-training tools.

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