Understanding Hotel California
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of colitas rising up through the air... So begins one of the most famously disorienting journeys in rock history, but how exactly does Hotel California manage to make you feel so lost? It's got a lot of tricks up its sleeve, from unresolved dominants to falling motifs to a guitar solo that never actually ends. But don't worry: You can check out any time you like.
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Last: https://youtu.be/y90pAizMmqs
Hotel California (live version): https://youtu.be/Sm3b4_XLCOU
Functional Harmony video: https://youtu.be/Ot_lbUcb-uE
Secondary Dominants video: https://youtu.be/keY3Dk3RC70
Relative Modulation video: https://youtu.be/QGFvTlA1l8k
Comfortably Numb video: https://youtu.be/K6HCykbHtBM
Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11an61veXH19TZfSo9fr8nmtKiA_29S937RxcK74Bxrs/edit?usp=sharing
SOURCES:
https://www.bigbasstabs.com/eagles_bass_tabs/hotel_california_bass_tab.html
https://guitaralliance.com/ROMTOP100/songs/hotel_california/Eagles%20-%20Hotel%20California.pdf
https://www.uberchord.com/blog/andalusian-cadence-the-most-common-guitar-chord-progression/
https://books.google.com/books?id=QWBPAQAAQBAJ
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