Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=3cf_pSadjgY

Professor Rick McLaughlin uses his unique storytelling approach to show how chords help listeners move through a musical narrative. His tales of crossing a busy street to grab a coffee or getting busted on social media elucidate concepts of functional harmony and modal interchange in a way that only he can.