Part 2: Determining the Key of a Song

[ffbossy]

Very smart woman. She explains like Einstein very easy to understand.;-)

[burger1113]

I thought accidentals only worked in the same octave.

[Kingpin0072001uk]

She is brilliant, I'm on my second video and already learned so much. SHe makes it so easy to understant.

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[swapniltherocker]

richard i love you

[AKASLOVERBOY]

I love music

[soho2014]

@MrROTD, she says that in a later video, when explaining the circle of fifths.

[TheNuncFluens]

This lady is awesome.

[shadshaoud]

and when we put the sharp mark next to F all next F will be sharp or will stay natural ?

[DCOLLINS21]

Wow! she's good thats my kinda teacher

[edthewave]

I'll be jammin' to jazz tunes in no time with her help!

[igorshcheglakov]

She is so enthusiastic about what she is doing! I wish she was my teacher:) ...she is actually:D

[TheJHMin]

Great teaching : ) thanks.

[8bitSlave]

I have to say, your videos are phenomenal, you explain in a simple, easy & concise manner which anyone should be able to appreciate. I like your videos since they let me brush up on rusty skills and forgotten basics. A+++

[MrROTD]

I don't understand what makes an F sharp also G flat. How do you know what to call it? they are the same tone so why does it matter?

[kourii]

@MrROTD They sound the same, so they're the same not, but they aren't the same as far as music theory goes. you wouldn't make a chord D-Gb-A, it would be D-F#-A

[shinybald36]

@MrROTD it matters in there relationship to other notes in a scale

[razvan2314]

@MrROTD it does not. She say's f sharp and not g flat in this video just to learn it easier. There is a rule to learn scales easier that say's u add a sharp at every fifth note scale. So you take the C scale and go to the fifth note and know that the G major scale must have one sharp( and that sharp is F). than u can take the g scale look for the fifth and so on. This goes for flats too but for every fourth note. i hope this helps and i'm not making any mistakes

[zincplug]

wish that I had a music teacher like Karen when i was at school I love music now but it was A drag then.thanks for sharing

[BernardoJLVinagre]

i am watching all the lesson videos of urs, GREAT , SIMPLE, AND UNBORING TEACHING :D

[shelly10538]

Very informative. What a cool teacher.

[boxerhook1]

tyvm madame been looking for these teachings for a while:)

[Disp90731]

very nice, where does she teqach?

[chrlmack]

Great! She is a very good teacher.

[jimbang]

shes a good teacher

[13elieve]

Yes! Karen rocks!! :)

[bernadinestringer5]

amazing videos!! god bless you ^_^

[blitzkreiz]

i really love the way she teaches!

[TheMagnel777]

I gotta BIG you up Karen!!! Make no mistake, you are an awesome music teacher. Many thanks for taking the time to make and post these fantastic videos!!! You know how to reach a beginner with what are sometimes very difficult concepts.

[duhorn15]

To answer the question at 6:40, the Asociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music sets the rules. They publish the AB series which sets the standard on which music publication takes place in the Western world.

Additionally I would like to point out that Ms. Ramirez is incorrect when she says that accidentals affect notes of different octaves. The accidental only affects that SINGLE note for that SINGLE octave. The high F in her example would remain sharp (regardless of the previous tie).

[nitoc2008tm]

@duhorn15 if u know the staff then why are u watching shut the hell up

[Andelusion]

@nitoc2008tm What an intelligent reply, well done. Don't you think it's useful for people to contribute extra information to a video like this, any good teacher should want to continuously improve their knowledge and teaching techniques, I'm sure Ms Ramierz would be interested in duhorn15's post!

[Eternal56]

you're right.

[yngvaibucketrucci]

@duhorn15 not only that single note but that one and the other one at the lower octave isnt it?

[sackings23]

i love her little speech at the end. i love music!!

[grozengyz]

Great!

Thank you for posting this.

[pdod09]

i think..to determine the key...we cant just look on the first and last chord only...not always...sometimes sad song use minor key..