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  • To me this is what the Net is made for! Thanks a lot for the great lessons

  • Great lesson! I'm really enjoying your instruction. What I have learned thus far has deepened my appreciation for music.

    Your teaching style is welcoming and informative. What a service you are doing to those of us who cannot afford such expertise. Thanks.

  • i thought the flat 5th was the ''devil's note''

  • The minor second wasn't actually illegal. It was just very frowned upon. The whole illegal thing is just urban legend.

  • @alexandergreenb Sorry, I meant augmented second.

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  • got finals on this...

    im so screwed :(

  • How do we know whether our first note is Major or Minor has it anything to do with flats and sharps? Thanks

  • If it is minor scale it shoulf starts with flat note?Thanks

  • No the clef doesnt matter. It would only affect where your placing the notes

  • im confused... in the last video u told us to draw the scales with both clefs, would the clef affect the way the scale's written or would it stay the same..? :/

  • The harmonic minor sounds Egyptian. Is this a popular scale for Arabian music?

  • IT'S FUNNY HOW THE FIRST VID IN THE SERIES HAS 600000+ VIEWS AND NUMBER 29 HAS 8000+ VIEWS. I BET THERE ARE ABOUT 1000 STUDENTS AND SOME PEOPLE VIEW THE VIDS A FEW TIMES TO GET IT RIGHT. AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUS THAT WANT TO BE A REALLL PIANIST.

    THIS IS SOME HIGH QUALITY STUFF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE...

  • I really enjoyed the brief history, you should include more historic musical stories!

  • how do you play when same clef is written in the grand staff ? I mean two bass or two treble clef in the grand staff sometime s small clef in the middle of another clef

  • Thank you for turning the light on with regards to major and minor scales. I understand them now. I'm going to spend a few days trying to memorise the different T and sT. Regards Sue.

  • if you had a scale that started in fb. how you find that key signature? i know that with sharps the last sharp is always "ti" but how about with flats?

  • So is an augmented 2nd the same as the flat 5th interval? Thank you so much for the lessons! I'm jumping from grade 3/5 straight to uni 2nd year in composition so your tutorials have been a blessing.

  • omg,i love you! your awesome!!

  • Great educational videos with great sense of humor!

    You always explain everything accurately, give extra information which is really interesting and make me laugh.You're so smart and funny.It's a pleasure to learn music theory with such a great teacher and intelligent person like you!

  • @patricia19w crush much?

    

  • @WBmusicify well, what do you mean? I was just saying that he's a great and kind teacher.

  • Dood, youre bad ass

    

  • Some pieces by Shostakovich ends with you hanging. But thats not scales. So never mind.

  • oh you are silly arent you.lol. love ur lessons, funny and educational

  • You are amazing man!

  • brown haired shermanator from american pie, great video, helped alot

  • How many of you looked up the Augmented 2nd after watching this video???

  • I love the videos, but you said something in this one and you didn't explain it and now I'm super curious. It's not a big deal, but you said the rudiments are divided into three sections and harmony is divided into another three. I was curious how these are usually divided up.

  • a good way to remember minors is the 6th note of the major scale starts the natural minor of that same note

  • Wow, everything is falling into place :O cheers!

  • this lessons really help me !!!!!

    You can expain it very good, you're a excalent teacher

    Thank you

    from Belgium

  • Hey Andrew, will Learn Free Music Theory cover all the way until Grade 8, or at least Grade 5 of music theory? Cause I really need music theory in order for me to enter the University.

    Your videos have been great! Thank you!

  • this is awesome...you're the man -- this is very helpful im definitely learning alot...so thanks!

  • thank you so much for the lessons :{D Your the best teachers I've ever had! theory has always fritted me but theses lessons are helping me so much to over come my fear, especially now that I'm studying music at CIT, it helps keep me sane. I play guitar and my main issue is remembering where the notes are on my threat board, especially past the first 3 frets. If these anything you know that can help I would be very great full, If could get anymore great full than I am already :Pagain ty :D

  • @GroovyJoe13041992 I like your name for the fret board lol. Threat board makes it sound pretty hardcore

  • @w1ll3r5 :| ..............Ha! Brutal! XD

  • may i ask if you are canadian sir?

  • You make learning music theory fun!!! You kill me with your illustrations and also the way you crack yourself up. Keep up the good teaching, we all need a fresh (not

    stuffy) way to learn!

  • ooohhh! so if you either talk about natural and sharps or natural and flats, right? o.O

  • i hope that when i'am finished with your lessons that i know as much as you have forgotten . your a great teacher! thanks ----------------------musicall­y happy in Santa fe, New Mexico.

  • thanks for the video i understand most of it, but can anyone answer a question for me?

    We were told that to go from a major to a relative minor we go down 3 semi tones right... but Minors aren't on the keyboard.. so how does that work i'm confused. minors are scales and chords/triads not notes? :S

  • @TheJShone93 Each Note in a scale has a value, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. in C Major it is C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C, each individual value has a name. 1- Tonic, 2-supertonic, 3-mediant, 4-sub-domininant, 5-dominant, 6-Sub-mediant, 7-Sub tonic and 8-Octave. Minor is Just a mode, in which the Sub Mediant is used as the Very first Note in the scale. So you Play From A, Using the Accidentals of the C Major Scale. Which happens to be A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A. He's helping simplify the process by saying 3 semi tones down.

  • @MrTwe3k thanks

  • I think you should tell everyone to watch the video in the How to Play Piano series that corresponds with this lesson. seeing it played out on the piano visually really helps

  • Thank you andrew, WE ALL APPRECIATE your theory music lessons 5 stars

  • Fudge make good boys happy ;-)

  • omg 18:41-18:54 LOL it was just a complete mood switch haha, thanks a bunch dude!

  • I love your teachings. I've been in music all my life playing guitar and some other instruments and I'm 53 year of age but have never taken official music lessons. You've made my day with your lessons. I'm currently on lesson 11 and I really hope you do add the harmony and other more advanced lessons so that I can also learn these as well. Thank you very much for putting all this all together for us. I'm also looking forward to your piano lessons.

  • thx for ur teach ... that's very good.

  • tnx

  • Instead of comparing parents to key signatures, just tell your followers that they share the exact same notes of the given scale, but they start and end in a different order. CMajors relative minor is Am, so CDEFGABC will now be ABCDEFGA. Ionian(Major), Aeolian(minor) First degree, 6th Degree of the diatonic modes. I'm sure you'll get to that much later. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. You're a fine instructor.

  • So a relative minor is a minor scale that closest sounding to a major scale??

    like A minor is almost like C minor? they relatives hehe. Am I sorta close?

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  • @Salaina5555 they are the same scale, just starting from different note. BTW it is Aminor and Cmajor

  • so im a bit confused on the purpose of the whole idea of relative major/minor...i understand how to get to each from what you taught, but not sure what the purpose is for it :S

  • @JohnPetrucci251 to make the scale sound happy or sad. run up the scales on your instrument, you will hear it.

  • Have you ever heard the phrase "if you're good at something don't do it for free". Thanks for completely ignoring that phrase and please continue making these.

  • if your drawings make you laugh whenyou make the videos, I'm imagining you ROFL-ing as you're making your boards... or would that be ROPL-ing? RUPL? my parents never let me climb onto the piano. I appreciate u taking time for theory. I was a lil brat and thus never learnt it =(

  • These lessons are very much appreciated, thanks so much for taking the time to do this!

  • The best Music teacher , Even better then the ones from my music school

    Peace from morocco

  • For those of us who can't afford an instructor and are learning on our own these you tube posts are gold! Greatly appreciated!! Please continue! :) Thank you!

  • Hi Andy,

    Another student from across the Atlantic, UhUu! (can't spell this).

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Your schedule is swift. and you've turned a monster subject into an enjoyable ride.

    Keep going.

  • what do you say when the major's relative minor is a sharp or flat? Like would you call the relative minor scale of A Major f# minor or gb minor? I hope my question make sense.

  • @rapperSkater The correct answer is F# minor not Gbminor. Reason being, in the key signature, there are sharps right? There's F# C# G#. So when you go to F, the Sharp brings it to F#. There's no Gb in the key signature. :) Hopefully that's not too confusing and makes sense!

  • @Lypur thanks i understand better after watching 12 and 13

  • @Lypur I usually think of it as a minor third (hope that's right, the reason I'm watching your lessons is because I can't remember my intervals very well :p) below the relative major, but your way of describing it is much better.

  • @Lypur But they include the same semitones? Just expressed differently?

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  • @rapperSkater Either one

  • Get them out as a cd. course Andrew I'd buy them tomorrow.

  • You're a master

  • Another fantastic video, thank you so much! I've been following your courses for months now, and although our apartment doesn't have the space to house a piano (although once our living accomodations change, I will be able to shortly thereafter) I've been practicing and going over the basics on a relatively cheap keyboard. I've been discouraged not to learn this way and "you shouldn't be learning on a keyboard" but I think once I transition to a real piano, I'll already have a slight advantage.

  • @SINthetikTerror Yes if a keyboard is all you have, then work with it :) it's far better to practice with a keyboard than to wait however long to get a piano and then start. You'll be ahead in the long run to use what you've got.

  • rudiments ...? Modes? Levels? *brain fries*

  • Have you always had this hair like as a child, That would be funny xD

  • Please do harmony too! You have done alot but I just want you to know that I am SUPER excited and LOVE to learn this. :)

  • So you are going to study music and become a professor of music ;-p

  • I take it you like Ice cream sandwiches? I'd mail you some but they'd probably melt. you'd get excited when you see the box :) (major) but then you see they melted and your smile would go 3 semi-tones down :( (minor) ._. guess we're both cheesy

  • @ThexArchangel0 hahah :) that's a funny image!

  • I love your lessons. You are a great person!

  • Cheers for that background. Last time I learnt this stuff I was twelve and, even if someone did give me all the whys and wherefores (leading tones etc.), I didn't understand them. So I quit music theory.

    It makes sense now, though. :)

  • NEVER STOP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING!!! God Bless You!

  • Brilliant!

  • Hey Lypur can you say that the relative scale is the 6th of the given scale

    eg. G# is the 6th of B.

  • @buju exactly. if C is the I (roman numeral 1), then the " natural minor"(also known as Aeolian) A in C, is the 6th mode and yes, the relative minor. One thing to note:

    the 2 is the Dorian minor, the 3 is the Phrygian minor, the 4 is Lydian Major, the 5 is the Mixolydian(Maj/Dominant) and the 7 is Locrian minor(or half-diminished). They make some fun scales. These are the modes. So the natural minor is actually also a "mode", the 6th mode as you have noticed. :)

  • I've been playing guitar for 6 years and I taught myself due to lack of cash and all that jazz. I've gotten technique down but, the main thing holding me down was my complete lack of knowledge of theory. I just played without really knowing what I was playing. You are a savior, man. I love music but I just hate teachers. You are the first person to lay this out for me in a well designed manner and not a rushed "wheres my money?" Anyways, THANK YOU! This was a really nice thing you've done.

  • You are correct...very cheesy....BUT!...Lots of great information. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.

  • HEY, can you play Flight of the Bumblebee?

  • hey andrew, great video but I was confused about something. The mnemonic FCGDAEB on the treble clef for example, how do I know which DEFG to use? G ----F-- E ----D-- C ----B-- A ----G-- F ----E---
  • thanks for your videos! It really helps!

  • great work man...

  • Really appreciate these videos! I can't really put into words how much I appreciate what you've done here.

  • you make me laugh...so cool!

  • Thank you SO much. You really have no idea how much you've helped me out. You're a GREAT great teacher and it's really amazing that you're doing all this for everyone and taking the time to create a better music community. I can't thank you enough. I would have never gotten anywhere without your videos. Thank. You!

  • for me don't have money to get some education on playing piano this is very very helpful and useful thanks a lot. You are really an educator. God bless you :-)

  • Keep up the good work. This lesson I need to view again as it is not clear ((misty ) like Whistler Mountain in Vancouver !

    How do they manage to ski in that visability.

  • nothing scary with you ^_^ thanks !

  • Thanks for your work here man!!! Keep it up!!!

  • your a superstar, im doing this and the piano one to learn to play both, i cant thank you enough as i have come so far in just 2 weeks! superstar -=]

  • ^_^ awesome to hear you're progressing quickly!

    Nah, I'm not a superstar!

  • It would be more effective if you would show and play a keyboard or guitar so we could HEAR the concept.

  • This are great videos! I've learned more here than 4-5 years of piano (with a change of attitude, of course). I think if you did all the levels for the rudimentary, harmonics, analysis and history you'd have a very great referencing tool. That's more work for you, of course, but it's great to have one source to come to for any questions, whether basic or advanced. Also, for organization sake, you might want to label the videos on the specific topic. That way we don't have to search through them.

  • :) I'll be making a reference page for the subjects with links on my website down the road.

    :) yea, I'm planning to go pretty far hopefully. At least until the end of rudiments.

  • thanks a lot again!!

  • It would be great if you would cover all the harmony levels too. Your lessons are very fun to watch and really educational. Certainly one of the best ways of learning music theory! I've played piano for over 1 year and I know most of this easy music theory but I still learn new things when watching your vidoes (for example chromatic and diatonic intervals and how different rests are placed in sheet music).

  • Awesome as always.

  • Emo creativity = teh lulz

  • Here with a 5* ;) ... keep going! :)

  • thanks thomas!! ^_^

  • I can't BELIEVE you have a 27 minute videos! and a 37 minute one!? You have some massive internet projects that make me feel humbled.

  • ^_^ I do my best, I just try to take it one video at a time!

  • So if every major have a relative minor, how one still can be happy and one sad, when they have the same notes? What is deciding about the mood of the song, if not the selection of notes? Because we can say that a sad minor scale song is also using a relative major I understood?

  • What makes a minor scale "sad" is actually the placement of the semitones in the scale.

  • It has to do with the chord progression Ray. For example in the scale of C it would use a progression of say C major, G major, and A major. However, in a minor scale it would use A minor, E minor and F minor if the progression were the same. I hope that helps a little

  • your a really good teacher, Thanks I appreciate the time you put into sharing your knowledge with us.

  • Thanks for taking the time to leave the nice comment!!

  • Heyyy!! You got a bigger board : )

    Thank you, I can't express myself anyfurther

  • haha :) yep! I wanted to get a bigger one so you guys could see it more clearly.

  • ow yes, this fill some gaps on my scarce music knowledge indeed - thankyou Lypur and keep up!

  • Major, Minor (the 3 kinds).. diminished? what other scales are there?? how many are there???

  • I'm into composing music, and I would like to know what the harmony does when a minoric melody is played over it. As you said, it goes -up- according to the melodic minor scale, and -down- according to the natural minor scale, but what do chords do that are played under it? Do they just follow the harmonic minor scale?

    Great video, and PLEASE do some harmony when you get there!

  • very nice once again! thank you so much ^^

  • Agree with farinha keep the videos coming.

  • hey lypur ^^ really good clean lesson =) easy to follow and understand ^^ it would be amazing if you could also do harmony levels later :p its really hard to find good lessons on that unless you pay for them xD and not everyone can afford them :p though i figure it will be a lot of work for you =p but who knows ^^ might be worth it xD

    Keep on shooting those lessons sensei! xD

  • Yea, if there's enough demand and I have the ability to do it, then I probably will, but we'll see!

  • Minor is just starting a major scale from a different point.

  • I love these videos, :)

  • Thanks you so much!

  • I'm New to music theory and piano. I've been following all of your lessons, and I thought it was really easy to understand and clear. Thank you Andrew :D

  • Emo creativity! ^.^

  • THANK YOU SO MUCH

  • I can't hear happy vs sad when listening to a major or a minor scale piece. I wonder why people just keep teaching that major scale is happy and minor scale is sad?

  • @hvpsmart minor sounds more like conflct and drama , rather than sad

  • @hvpsmart because music reflects psychology emotion

  • What is the relationship between C major and c minor called?

    I think it is called the parallel minor.

    I know Relative= the minor is a third down from the major (or the sixth note)

  • C major to c minor is called a "Tonic minor" or "Tonic Major"

  • THanks I just founds I was right to, it can be called the parallel of tonic major/minor. It was one of those things that have different words, like whole/semi tones, I learned whole/half steps. Still a good vid keep it up!

  • yayy thanks.

  • AWESOME I LOVE THESE VIDS

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