Radiohead: Pyramid Song - Analysis

Pre-order my new book! UK: https://shorturl.at/enn27 US: https://shorturl.at/4LIAP More info: https://www.barnabymartin.com/the-quiet ‘Pyramid Song’, written by Thom Yorke with contributions from Jonny Greenwood and Philip Selway, is one of Radiohead's most enduringly popular songs. In this essay, I analyse the harmony, rhythm and form of the song and suggest that the hypnotic feeling you get whilst listening to it comes about as a result of the music’s complex substructure. A lot of the content and inspiration for this essay comes from Brad Osborn's fantastic book 'Everything in its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead'. If you're interesting in diving into the complex theory behind Radiohead's songs, then I thoroughly recommend you purchase this book (link below). ▶ Support my channel:   / listeningin   ▶ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2PlVaMS ____________________ ▶ Website: http://www.barnabymartin.com ▶ Twitter:   / barnabymartin   EXPLANATION OF MOTIF NAMES Intro: First motif to be heard in the song Pyramid: Most used motif in the song Radix: When the notes of the major/minor thirds in each the chords of this motif are plotted against time (number of beats), the sequence looks like a square root sign (√), called a 'Radix' (Radix comes from the Latin for 'root') BACH: The major/minor thirds in the chords in this motif are, in order, A♮, G#, B, A#. If you transpose this sequence up a semitone (half-step), you get B♭, A, C, B♮. This is known as the 'BACH' motif - in German musical nomenclature, 'B' signifies a B♭ and 'H' signifies a B♮. FURTHER WATCHING Radiohead - Pyramid Song [Music Video]:    • Radiohead - Pyramid Song   Everything In Its Right Place: A Conversation with Brad Osborn:    • Everything In Its Right Place: A Conversat...   FURTHER READING/RESEARCH Everything in its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead (Brad Osborn) - https://global.oup.com/academic/produ... #radiohead #pyramidsong