Piano tutorial: chord progressions and dominant chords

[TheAssirampiano]

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[roflcoptersoysoy]

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[thefuryabstract]

You did touch on it a little but I would have explained a bit more about how a Seventh Chord is interpreted to mean a minor 7 regardless of major/minor quality, which confused me for a while, but altogether a great video. Very informative

[canaan1967]

Haven't you changed key by playing intervals with sharps and flats? Sorry I'm a beginner

[billhiltonbiz]

Hi @canaan1967 - nope, not necessarily. For example, between 0.55 and 1.08 I play this sequence:

C | F | Fm7 | Fmaj7/G | C

Now, you could say that Fm7 isn't one of the basic chords of the key of C (which, for the record, are C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim). However, many progressions use chords from "outside" the key. As long as it's not a strongly dominant chord that changes the key (as, say, Ab7 would have done here, to Db) you can still work your way back to the original tonic.

[jimdog1964]

Having not been a trained musician (self-taught)m I have a serious hunger for music theory. You deliver. Thank you for taking time to make these vids.

[MamaMiaPianist]

Thanks for the post, I reaaaally like it.

This is the stuff needed for more advanced players

[MissingAmongPeople]

i wouldn't mind having your knowledge but your hands are just a bit fast on that keyboard for me. i'm an electronic music producer but the only books or information i can find on chord progressions and harmony is about triads only. i want more interesting music than that. any advice on an all round music theory book? i'm talking voice leading, harmony and counterpoint.

[billhiltonbiz]

Yep, sure thing, though it'll probably take a couple of videos to cover in reasonable detail. I'll try to get something done and posted soon :)

[SangBoi10]

you explain that well but can you do a video on passing chords to the 1-4-5 progression