Determining chord progressions in a song

[Dakamum]

The best music theory in my life...she knows what she talking about.

[me12learnpolish]

Best theory youtube clip I have ever come across..Thank you.

[MarvinDaMartian89]

wow shes amazing i was writing notes the whole time! instant sub

[mannyvo]

i get lost at 4:30 can someone plz help me understand ?

[AnonymousJustified]

Now, you're going to learn about Dubstep Theory!

Drop all of that, leave your brains at the door along with some empty bags of kokane for some bum to grab, and make wobbly shit!

[MIND4eva]

I want her to be my aunt! :)

[PaulDiPietroMusic]

4:17 :P

[bongosik]

She is a brilliant teacher!!

[KCL1013]

i expected it to be like in a high school! hahaha

[c3c1c3]

Very clear and concise explanation!! I couldn't get it until now. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and talent.

[LxJhq]

I am so lost..... i came her to figure out what chord proggression is so i can sound smart to my music freinds. Can anyone plz explain! (simply)

[fbbpoa]

@LxJhq

it's simple if you study and practice enough

[rickyhoward100]

How is it some teachers can give a lesson and make it so bloody boring and others can give the same lesson and make it sound simple and interesting just like this lady she explains things so clearly and keeps it interesting all the way through.

[orwell9788]

@rickyhoward100 Well that's why teaching is a whole subject and career in itself. You can be a highly intelligent biologist or composer but be a lousy teacher of your talent. I had a music theory teacher who was amazingly dry too and I just got completely lost in the forest that is music theory but this lady explained chord progression amazingly well and simple. There's alot more too it though like using augmentation, inversions, etc. but great lesson.

[JimmothyDean]

What a great teacher!

[mckayr12]

arg. i want the complicated stuff. i know the basics

[tilden02]

Pretty good!



[dohoang1]

Best music teacher

[BigFuzzz]

Wow,... I love this video,... but I was always taught that 4th went clockwise and the 5ths went counter clockwise?

[Kingpin0072001uk]

@BigFuzzz That's how they are shown in this video, I take it yuo meant the other way around.

And yes, me too. I'm sticking with this method now though

[smithjohnson112]

Wow if I had a teacher like her in school I would have stuck with music. As it is, I'm learning DAWs by myself now.

[markgray1109]

i love howe she doesnt fuck around, she just says what you need to know without talking about a bunch of bullshit like every other video on youtube

[btyouty1]

Wow she is amazing

[AuthorisEDChicken1]

she has to be the best teacher on youtube i had to watch it a few times but i got it :D!

[AbundantmoneyFlow]

Great Teaching! We need more of these kinds of teachers! Real funny and serious at the same time. Love it!

[RevNTheogen]

I have spent years trying to understand this, thank you so very much for this.

[ECDL4]

Excellent Teacher Best on the Net !

[oaklandfla2]

I am still a newbie, however I learneed the circle of fifths the opposite way. Right = four steps apart. Left = 4 steps apart. What is correct?

Thanks, Oak

[kingsbook]

mam, 'm just an starting guitarist...... i saw ur video how to relate to chords of the major.....hw do i do dat for a minor scale....hw do i create it.....?

[tyy252]

ITS BACKWARDS ........LADY!

[GetSum63]

You are an excellent teacher thanks for posting

[whitelotus808]

I play the guitar and this was very helpful. thank you for this and all of your videos.

[aniohow]

finally i know why. Thanks! but will there be instances where the the 2nd chord is the 7th chord?

[drumaddict30]

This is very helpful!!

[Mrmaxspop]

This lady has the best explanations I have ever heard!

[TheTwiddlyBits]

Great teaching! I'm primarily a self taught a guitarist and your lessons help me greatly.

[Jixer56]

I think I love her.

[TheMistaken]

I wish that she would come and take my music theory teacher's job.

[Zogger568]

I wish she was my theory teacher.

[shakepuig1]

this is tottally awesome!!! this video is pure gold!!! :D

I love that teacher! :D

[1970GWB]

Interesting approach.

We are always trained to find the tonic.

Then we have the tools to analyze a song, but not to compose.

You told us one simple thing that makes possible to compose a progression

in minutes.

Thanks for the lesson.

[cangatis]

cool teacher

[TheNuncFluens]

why does the G have to be 7?

[richardjpugh]

@TheNuncFluens It does not have to be a seventh, but it will sound better as it follows other 7th chords.

[parakitos]

@richardjpugh Hello, isn't it because a 5(7th) chord would lead nicely back to 1 because there's a 'ti-do' sound like it's going home. i.e. If the tonic is C, then G7 would have a B, hence it would have a B - C sound (ti-do). Does this make sense? :D

[JamaicanDave1980]

@TheNuncFluens think i just fell in love with her..She makes its so easy what a great teacher

..Thanks so much for you post wish i had you as a Piano teach when i was young.

[mazzo213]

did she just claim that you can't turn a piece of paper?

[napalm5]

Piano chord demonstration reminded me of 'The living years'!

[ILLAMINDSTATE]

this video is perfect..just what i been needing..thanks!

[antyplastyka]

What about chord number 7?



[mazzo213]

@antyplastyka diminished

[StrawberryLennon9]

She's great!! She makes it look so easy.... its incredible!

[officershrute]

No way Its an old folks home.

[Minecraftinator]

Why won't this lady teach at my school... This is something I never got.

[ModernSmoke]

thats wowsome im stoned and i got that

[SuperP3T3Y]

She explains it really well. I wish she was my teacher haha.

And you may not know all the rules to music to play music, but it certainly helps to know what your doing even if you playing off of purely feelings. I think Bob Dylan would even agree with me there ;)

[ky0kster]

Thaaank yooou! Greaaat!

[nerdyandcurvy]

...aaaaaaand a year of this class is all summed up and explained MUCH clearer in a video less than ten minutes...

[unpetroleum]

Key BOARD?! Good idea.

[downhill240]

Kewl!

[upmefire]

it's basic music theory. there are a bunch of sites with more free info on the subject.

[pointofviewset]

where is this class? i wanna take it

[NaztyNayt]

I have a question, would the same principle be applied the exact same way in the Minor Scale? Basically let's say put A at 12 O Clock, still left to right?

[rockeatetodo]

@NaztyNayt the circle of fourths/fifths is exactly the same in minor or major modes. Still, you might want to make a little change. In a minor scale, the fourth and fifth degree are minor, so if you want A minor or any other minor chord as your tonic (at 12 o'clock), you may want to change the chords to the right and to the left to be major instead, to get a proper dominant function and a stronger subdominant.

[DavidADeVries]

@NaztyNayt Yes, but there is less emphasis on the 2 chord (which is diminished in a minor key) and more emphasis on the 4 (which is almost always minor).

In this lecture she neglected to mention the fact that the 4 chord could be interchanged with the 2 and that the 7 could swap with the 5.

[NaztyNayt]

Why can't everyone explain it like this? 

[dylanjstewart]

"don't show this on the internet!"

[TimeControler]

my god i was looking for this kind of info for like 8 years :O please send your thnx to the teacher from the netherlands..... here they wont teach you like that... i'm impressed... thank you for uploading and again...thank you for the teacher who explained...... with many kind regards.... from the netherlands....

Dafydd

[sickwidit951]

Incredible! It finally makes sense to me

[Lexilenia1]

lots of gray hairs in the room

[darkcrimsondeath]

really great teaching...will be watching this again...ingrates can go to hell

[baggyaxewound]

W T F is this wtich talking about , always at 12 oclock 5 left 4 right always the tonic keys spanish key f g d n c diatonic harmony ? ? ? ,

burn the witch ,

[Crissxx2]

That was very well explained, good teaching!

[nikre]

thx for making it very easy to understand

[rezzacool]

lol i wanna know what type of music this womans listening to.

[atoag]

@rezzacool justin bieber.

[richardjpugh]

It was meant to be pretty basic and strict. But do keep on looking at subsequent Boot Camps. #2 will talk about playing Five Foot Two, for three different levels of experience.

[hockeyplayer168]

This is some pretty basic and very strict instruction.  I was a little disappointed in the teaching until I saw the class is full of old people...so whatever...

[definty]

i love this woman!!

[saturngael]

This is awesome! I have to wonder how these rules change for minor keys, though.

[cachetband]

that keyboard at the top of the white board is deadly! haha. Ive never seen that before

[zsatin]

i love this instructor

[drummajorization]

I prefer composers that make this common chord progression look like beginners. I tend to find interesting chord progressions by selecting one chord such as E. Then I play an Eb, Eb minor, Eb7, 9, etc. Then I try doing the same thing as Eb only a half step up. Eventually I find a really cool variety of chords for a song.

[SaypheZonE]

treating music like math is wrong.  So what if I want to play with amp feedback like Hendrix, am I gonna have to learn theory for that. WRONG!

[ThinKing9000]

@SaypheZonE music is math dude, cmon. if this doesn't work for you, dont knock it cause it works for me!

[atib2842]

@SaypheZonE / Hendrix understood all of this and then applied the extra noise. thats why it worked so well for him. Although many have tried to imitate his sound/style, very few even come close.

[evilnarc]

@SaypheZonE Yes you will if you'll ever want to be playing good music... Nobody wants yet another band mindlessly strumming power chords all damn day long.

[DavidADeVries]

@SaypheZonE I totally agree with you. You don't have to learn Theory in order to make great music. In fact, despite what other people say, most pop/rock musicians didn't/don't know (much less apply) the rules of Music Theory to their music because these guidelines are used to explain what composers of the Baroque Period were doing and are very limiting. We wouldn't have the modern 6-4-1-5 chord progression if the artists stuck to these rules.

Just play what you feel sounds cool!

[thebeatschool]

I was waiting for the sex segment...........she promised a sex segment at 0:04

[Mybucketgone]

@thebeatschool Yeah, but she said it was going to be boring anyway.

[edthewave]

Wow what an excellent lesson! I'm learning to walk my bass to the jazz standard "Autumn Leaves" and this tutorial totally demistifies the chordal progressions! The whole song is a circle of fourths/fifths progression! Thanks!

[JbettaKing]

Hey God bless I just had a question what happens when a song goes from 1 to 5 you go back to 1 and then look for whats next?

[ThomasBCullen]

that is one fucked up circle of fifths she drew. Nevertheless cool lesson, thanks

[Russelcrewe]

Thanks.

[sexytanya89]

Please Help me, Does anybody knows a good chord transcription software also known as chord finder. I have a song but I want to find out the chord progression or the harmony to remix it.

Can you please recommend any good program please.

Thank you

[Pluckyxo]

Very helpful

[oOpumpkinheadOo]

lol at 4:16

[oaklandfla2]

very cool

[gtu734]

lol key of "si" spanish key ^_^

[wyantizer89]

sex segiment 0:03



[yakuzacruz]

I think that teaching a chord progression I-V-IV doesn't make sense. Movement from IV to V stagnates and makes the music less interesting.

[yakuzacruz]

I think that teaching a chord progression I-V-IV doesn't make sense. Movement from IV to V stagnates and makes the music less interesting.

[ynyslochtyn]

sexy babe who knows her stuff

[RTBM]

of all video's i have watched i think yours is the most clear and discreet of all, thank you for posting, i like it very much!

[SPLISHSPLOSH1]

Karen. I played solo trombone with a band for 40 years until my teeth caused problems. I have started teaching myself piano/keyboard and regularly trawl youtube and other sources for learning material.

I had a basic understanding about the circle of fifths/fourths, but didn't fully understand how to use the concept in a melody. Yours is by far the best explanation and after watching this video, I am now totally enlightened. Well done for putting it across in such a fun and interesting way

[PepePianissimo]

So many people would try and make money out of this. To film these lectures and put them on You Tube for free. God bless your kind heart.

Pepe

[SamSetti]

hi karen, this is Sam from Bangalore India. You are the best Piano Teacher on the internet. Your classes are so lively, informative and easy to remember and practice.

I also like the excercises you give for practice.

God bless you for being so generous in sharing your knowledge free on the internet. Ive spent thousands of dollars on classes but I can say your classes are the best. they are worth more than a million dollars. Thank you a million times from my heart.

Sam

[feroz77777]

thanks a zillion!

[Eddyles]

Thank you for the lesson, it's very informative.

I am having trouble understanding one thing though - in the circle of 5ths, C moving down to G is exactly 5 notes when your finger lands on G, but if you move up from C to F in the circle of 4ths, it's also exactly 5 notes, F being the note you land on.

Can somebody please explain this to me?

[maikay1403]

This is good. I play guitar and this theory work for guitar too right. Wow, this is very good lesson. Thank you so much.

[miglage]

Very good teacher!!!

[seraphlgabri]

husband, dominant, not in my house.

[MiguelDuarte18]

Where is the Bdim chord?

[ModestNeophyte]

Thank you for posting this video. I play by ear and for years I just felt like I intuitively knew where to go when writing a song. Now I can finally see the logic in it. Funny how human minds can perceive so much beauty in math without realizing it.

[mynameisBURAS]

OMG.this video really helpful ! thnx for uploading this vid.

[lotrringereras]

whats the meaning of g7?

[bassmajor]

@lotrringereras

It's a Dominant Seventh chord, meaning in this case a major triad (G-B-D) with a seventh (G-B-D-F) on top of it, creating a tension towards resolving in the tonic.

[lotrringereras]

@bassmajor thanks for that

[Tubztele]

@lotrringereras it means the chord includes the seventh scale degree in the key of G which is F#....G Major 7....or G7.... not g7 as you wrote... I know its major because her 1 chord is a C Major chord look at her chart.... With Major 7 chords like G7 you lower the 7th note in the scale by 1 degree.. so the F# turns into a F natural.. so ultimatley the notes for a G7 chord are G (1) B (3) D (5) F natural (7) << Looks like G Major right??? all you do is add the 7th degree of and lowerer it 1/2

[lotrringereras]

@Tubztele thatnks man :) but i learned that 4 months ago :)

[BB87Rufio]

freakin hell best music lesson i've ever seen

[ilmanti]

Haha don't show this on the internet :P yeah...

Anyway, great lesson and great teacher. Wish I could find a teacher that's this fun XD

[SUP3RMA55IVE]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Best lesson i've ever seen on youtube no doubt

[Fender1424]

This was an amazing video. I've been trying to learn this stuff forever and she taught it to me in a couple minutes.

[xarzzax]

What happens if you include 7dim and 8?

[steveo27545]

Yeah your a great teacher, God bless you for sharing your talents.

Don't think I have ever learn more in a few minutes .

As a guitarist I people give me a hard time cause the best lessons I feel I have had were from a drummer.

Thanks again

[steezmiester]

Now does diatonic harmony work with the entire major scale, and minor scale? And can you invert the chords as well?

[Megabyterudy]

Thanks for simplifying. I love your teaching method.

[sneakyi]

Thanks so much. This video really helped me understand the circle, which i have never really got before. You are a great teacher. Wish I could attend your classes. Please keep uploading your videos...... best ever!!!!

[MurphyDinklage]

who the fuk put all those sticky notes on her???

[sjerads]

Okay. I love this video... but what about the 'blue moon' chord progression? 1-6-4-5?

According to the teacher here, 6 goes to 2, not 4. So is she wrong?

[xarzzax]

@sjerads Thats a different Progession, the 50s Progession

[sjerads]

@xarzzax Oh. I wonder if there is a similar approach to chromatic harmony.

[dverhonich]

Does this work for Minor scales to?

[richardjpugh]

It does not make any difference which way it goes. It still works.

[MrPXavier]

@richardjpugh after many, many years you have just unlocked the PUZZLE for me

many, many thank´s

[0599609]

yeah that guy is right the flats are going the wrong way but since i don't know theory at all can anybody tell me if that would make a difference?

[0599609]

yeah that guy is right the flats are going the wrong way but since i don't know theory at all can anybody tell me if that would make a diference?

[gauldgalliersuk]

ANN WIDDECOMBE!!

[factangel]

thank you god bless you lady u just shed some great light

[richardjpugh]

The 7 means that the G chord, G, B, D, has the seventh note in the scale added to it, so now the G7 chord consists of G, B, D and F.

[prk4321]

@richardjpugh thank you. U guys are doing an amazing job. I've learnt many things in a very short time. Please keep the videos coming.

[jeroenguitar]

@richardjpugh It has a small seventh, it is a has a major base (1,3,5) and the seventh of the aeolic scale (7)

the G7 doesn't have the 1,3,5,7 of a gmajor ladder, it has the 1,3,5,7 of a g mixolydian ladder

[themandikat]

@jeroenguitar Actually, Mixolydian is a major mode.

(I figured since we were getting nit picky, [not just you!!] I wanted to play too!)

[prk4321]

what does suffix 7 (G7) mean ? She hasn't covered that in her previous lessons.

[drpeck104]

This is definitely the one thing I have been missing in all my years of playing guitar. I never really bothered to do "theory", but, after so many years and hitting a block, this has opened up that locked door in my mind, and, I may just pick up and start going at it more creatively. Thank you!

[jangel2771]

Can I use this same technique for minor chord progressions like in Am its all natural.so can I use 1-any 2-5 3-6 4-1 or 5 5-1 6-2?

[londonsteve]

really learning so much!

thankyou

[flaredfairy]

dude this lady RULES!!! :D

[mullicklion]

awesome stuff mam

[freeaman]

She is an awesome music teacher. I have learned so much from these videos. Keep up the good work.

[1chichimec1]

I'm gonna tell your husband!

[universaldave999]

Excellent Lesson!  Very sweet lady.

[rahooligan]

You're a very good teacher

[Jeremo18]

does this only work in major keys?

[juggaloSwisS]

why the hell are people hatin on this lady?

[mthomas73]

What a brilliant teacher!

[kspkido]

Tnx mam I learned alot with ya

[jesus77755]

Outstanding!!!...Can hardly wait for your Chord Book to go on sale.

I have learned a lot!

Al

[babyshuttle]

This progression perfectly suits Bacardi Rum`s theme song :)

Been longing for these kinda stuffs for way long time.. Thanks so much :)

Cheers!!!

[Shaunis56]

What if you choose to go to 7.B after 1.C ???

[rexel666]

Em can also go to F or G

Am can also go to F or G(7)

[stellarjilt]

you are so cute and a good teacher!

[Sh3lz123]

HAHAHAHA THAT CIRCLE OF 5TH IS THE WRONGE WAY

[richardjpugh]

@Sh3lz123 It works either way you do it.

[Sh3lz123]

@Sh3lz123 but still, there is a way to do it and thats not the right way. GDAEBF#and C# are on the right and FBbEbAbDbGb and Cb is on the left. thats just like saying that it dont matter if you call a F# in the key of G a Gb, there is a right way of doing things

[rootvalue]

@Sh3lz123 HAHAHAHAHA YOU ARE PROBABLY A VERY INSECURE PERSON IF YOU POINT OUT FLAWS INSTEAD OF THANKING PEOPLE FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

[Sh3lz123]

@rootvalue guess what??? i am insecure....and so what?? so are alot of people but what in the world does that have to do with this video? nothing, so hush and mind your own comments ok? the circle is going in the wrong direction. Did i learn something from this video?? yes i sure did, but that dont change the fact that the direction is going in the wrong way!

[OnyxSunrise]

@Sh3lz123 Its the Circle of Fourths...Like she even says in the video. Most people learn the Circle of 5ths because the Fifth is the most common Resolution in music...I'm not old just a music major I can understand your confusion.

[Sh3lz123]

@OnyxSunrise i am a music major aswel and i know what i am talking bout

any book you read, any teacher yiou go to, any circle of 5ths you see anywhere will have the sharps on the right side of c major NOT THE LEFT SIDE

and clearly she has them the WRONG WAY!

[xPlanetEarth78x]

@Sh3lz123 That's because it is a circle of 4THs. You should learn to listen better.

[Sh3lz123]

@xPlanetEarth78x no no no that is NOT the CYCLE of 4ths, that is the circle of 5ths but its the WRONG WAY, the flats are on the left of c major and the sharps on the right of c major, now look at that video again and tell me what direction the flats and the sharps are going in, thats right, THE WRONG WAY! you trolz make me sick smh

[itturnstoashes]

@Sh3lz123 Nice spelling... Ignoramus.