#15 Music Theory: Scale degrees, Tonic & Dominate

In this lesson on how to use scale degrees in music theory. I teach on the topic of tonic and dominate, but also the flow of music by using chord progressions.

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• tonic
• dominate
• leading
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[Avatarhackpiano]

Im about a month into my piano lessons thanks to your highness awesomeness andrew, but u sayd something in another lesson that made me stop myself from playing the mozartesque pieces that im studying, u sayd something like "the alternating notes in moonlight sonata actually come from "this" scale" "Thats where beethoven got all those cool notes from" I realized that i know nothing of scales. What im trying to say is will it gimp me if i dont practice scales, should i memorize all of them?

[Lypur]

@Avatarhackpiano it's good to know a little bit of both. Do scales and pieces every day with practise :)

[djfredm]

this is a great help with my theory class. One question though, my teacher says that in harmonic progression I should avoid using minor ii and iii within the circle, Whats your opinion and if this is correct what could I substitute for them?

[Lypur]

^_^ if you're teacher has an opinion, stick with that!

[Lypur]

Lol...i just realized there are sirens going on at 2:10

[Naerbu]

My AP music theory teacher's method of teaching this is very cofusing. i think you are a great teacher.

[Lypur]

thanks! this topic was hard for me to explain this simply for you guys, I hope i did a good job!

[WoodbridgeHigh]

Funny.. cause i've learned alot from this user "Lypur". he doesnt look 'dorky' at all, :) he looks COOL! :)

[domesticbark]

Awesome! I know stuff about music. Thanks alot for these lessons. I've had a keyboard for almost 10 years now and I haven't learned to play it. I've wanted to, but my parents never put me in lessons. This is helping with my break up as well. Investing myself in music makes me feel better :D I'm very grateful. It takes time to learn to play a song that I'm not skilled enough to play! I've gotten better though ^^

[PlacidDecay]

Watch some...piano lessons!

[EBoo77]

Thank you so much for this video! I am currently taking a music class and have an exam in 6 hours and this helped tremendously!

[maxpanchoo]

no canadian 'about' in this vid?

[PIANODAWN66]

I think your great and so funny, i love the little stories you come up with.

how old were you when you started studying music? sometimes i feel left behind, your lessons help.

only thing is can you bring the board closer to the screen or write a little larger, it's kind of difficult to see on screen what you are doing.

Dawn from the uk

[nazorulesall]

@WoodbridgeHigh ive come back to view all my old comments.........woooooow on this one lol, glad maturity came into play in my life

[lonelystoner39]

@WoodbridgeHigh actually he does lol, no offense (andrew). but id rather take lessons from a guy that looks like he plays piano than a guy who looks like he plays . . . like . . . football or cricket or hockey or beer pong and builds houses and stuff

[TZLproductions]

Your an awesome piano teacher!! I hvae really gotten better since taking your lessons :) but this lesson confuses me D: i will watch again though :)

[massgilms]

lol at the police sirens in background... lypurs been robbing banks again

[TheDavid2222]

I have memorized how to create the circle of fifths, but I still don't know how to use it properly. Is there a video that explains how to use it?