Uploaded April 2011 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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Sometimes I like to hear some German,
Sometimes I like to hear some French,
Sometimes I like to hear a nice diminished seven,
Or some other chords that I won't even mention...

The German chord resolves "le so" and "fi so",
The French chord is just like it, but with "re" instead of "me"
But though I love these nationalities so,
Neapolitan makes my day;
Neapolitan makes my day.

©2011 David Newman

Don't understand what you're hearing? I've made videos explaining it in a bit more detail. (If this is all way over your head, don't worry; I'll eventually post some more beginning explanations.) See the following two videos:

How to hear French and German augmented 6 chords:
youtube.com/watch?v=dnwv66SFFAM

How to hear Neapolitan 6 chords
youtube.com/watch?v=oc5tDappgsM