Knowing something may be a talent or the result of hard work but knowing how to teach something to grasp the attention of the audience and make it understand is a blessing, and always a pleasure to watch.
That's a clean and clear explanation on transiting between chords and making it colorful. Will be great if we have more levels on this with respect to the passing chords and special chords. Great Work Buddy
i mean if the root note is black note, how could you represent it in Romanian scale? Like, all the white notes are numbered from 1 to 7. What about the black notes? @@Persun_McPersonson
This is a good conversation! Please be aware that the merits of this conversation COULD be lost on beginners and those who are less experienced...which seems to be his target audience. Just an observation. 🙏🏾
This video was extremely helpful to me. Thank you for presenting the content in such a clear (and beautifully played!) way, and never getting unnecessarily complicated. What though-provoking ideas I will now go apply to things I have been playing for years. Many, many thanks.
Level 6, add E7 instead of G# diminished. Nothing more, nothing less, just a fancy secondary dominant. Level 7, do the same, but put G# in the bass, so E7/G# to Am. Level 8, add the note D to the first C chord to get Cadd9, add the note A insted of B in your right hand as you play the G/B chord to get Gadd9/B then E7/G# to Am11(add D to your Am7) to finally end up on F6/G (add D to your F major chord) I could go on and on...
Big up the big DBP 🧑 🎹 always great to see David guesting on other channels! Love this emphasis on the harmonic ways to make your 1 5 6 4 unique, but don't forget rhythmic changes too! One chord per bar will sound wildly different to one chord per beat, will sound different to playing with triplets or a different time signature etc.
David is as always. Informative, quiet and very easy to follow or understand. Well the pause button does help yea, but music theory itself is amazing. Mr. Bennett just helps to get it onto everybody. Great video.
This man is a genius compared to me and an amazing teacher! That said, at 13:13, F C F G A might be better labeled as Fadd9 because it has a major 3rd (the A) kept from the Am7. Still, I learned so much from this video.
Is there some kind of logic as to why you added the G# dim chord. It's not in the key of C, it seems so random. Could you just add other diminished chords as well? Guess I'll have to try out
In another Asian piano tutorial video, the author referred those derived chords as "Invincible chords", where you can mix and match all those sus2, sus4, maj7, add9, and add11 into the basic chord progression. While you can also extend the 4 chord progression into 6 or 7 progression, and that Asian tutorial referral the chords as: From Home, going to work, going to lunch, going back to work, going back home, and then home. So the emotional response elicited might have been because it is lunch time where we are getting food satisfaction.
Would the inverted F sus2 shown actually be an inverted F add9 since you're leaving A in the chord? I really don't know and not trying to challenge you. You're an excellent teacher.
Yes, you are correct. Fsus2 means "no A," and Fadd9 means "keep the A." I also see it as Fadd2, which makes more sense if the "G" is in the middle of the chord somewhere.
You are very special. Your style of teaching is so simple, yet very effective. You could easily make this so much more complicated, but you explain it so elequently, that complex concepts actually make sense. One off humble genius😊
I disagree. I was screaming at the screen for the guy to finish the progression at every level. I found it very frustrating that he didn't complete the progression at first, let everyone hear it a few times, and then talk about it. To play only bits before giving a lecture, drove me nuts and I wasn't able to concentrate.
Best music teachers on YT: David Bennett - Piano and theory. Ian Stitch - Guitar and soloing. I have no relationship to either one of them, either financial or otherwise. They are both just really, really good teachers.
This is a very good explanation of chord progressions and the logic in choosing the right inversion of chords to create a smoother and more harmonic music. The reason it sounds better than just playing the basic chords is due to the vertical and horizontal relationship between the different notes. This is called contrapunct, or counterpoint (point vs point). When you're playing the bass note and add 3 more notes using your right hand, think of it as a choir consisting of 4 singers: bass, tenor, alto and soprano. If you look at it like that, every singer has a unique melody and together they form chords. When you use the right inversions and don't jump from one basic chord to another you actually create a more balanced melody for each singer 😎 If you want to learn more, I suggest you buy the Bach Chorale book which is the holy grail of western harmony and advance from there. 😀
I love to play around with the 1-4-5 chord progression. This man is basically telling you guys how to improvise and make something beautifully designed out of something simple. This is cool to see the explanations for the things I already do 😮
"This man is basically telling you guys how to improvise and make something beautifully designed out of something simple" I wasn't sure about the purpose of the video. Thanks a lot for the explanation.
The inverted pedal point immediately brought to mind the Johnny Cash version of The Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt"... the G note rings out over the vi-IV-I-V (Am-F-C-G) in the chorus creating much the effect shown here albeit with the progression rearranged.
Indeed. Shows the power of a bassist to influence the entire harmonic direction of a song. For good when tastefully done, terrible when we screw up since we take the whole ensemble with us lol
David, I love your stuff and have already learned a lot from you. It was a great surprise to see that you8 are one of the Pianote instructors! I have been with Drumeo for 3 yrs and since they combined Drumeo, Guirareo, Singio and Pianote all thogether, I have access to Pianote so I will be checking our your courses. This lesson is great, showing how to take the same chords and by small tweaks, spicing them up and actually changing to whole flavor and feel. Thanks David for another great video.
Excellent video 😊. Thank you very much David. Clear and unambiguous. Just watched a competitors video who skipped all the different parts ancillary things like inversions and rhythm which left me really confused.
Those "sus" progression chords are often used also in jazz-ish music :) They're also called _sus_ just because there is an _impostor_ among them, if you know what I mean ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
Hey brother, this is actually really helpful and well-explained. Also didn’t add too much salesy stuff is nice. Clear examples, not jumping instantly to complicated chords, etc. Great job!
This was really educational. I'm going to try to incoporate this into my daily jam sessions. I hope my family notices the improvement in sound. Explaining the suspense, and relief was such a brilliant way of putting it. Thank you young man.
Awesome! Been following David Bennett for a while now. I'm a fan! Just wanted to clarify though: isn't the Fsus2 supposedly an F add 9? coz it still has an A - the third of an F Major - it wasn't suspended into a G - the G was added on to the F major Triad.
Awesome! thanks for the clarity David. I have been following you for a while now. I'm a fan and a student of what you do. Thank you for sharing your expertise man. Blessings.@@DavidBennettPiano
Prefer to read? Get a summary of this lesson on our blog >> www.pianote.com/blog/5-levels-of-1564-chord-progression/
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so good
Knowing something may be a talent or the result of hard work but knowing how to teach something to grasp the attention of the audience and make it understand is a blessing, and always a pleasure to watch.
It's understandable
Seriously, this is the compendium of chord composing techniques! Thanks David for making this a free tutorial! Appreciate it!
That's a clean and clear explanation on transiting between chords and making it colorful. Will be great if we have more levels on this with respect to the passing chords and special chords. Great Work Buddy
How do you write C# or Bb in Romanian scale?
@@diarbeatz
What exactly are you asking?
i mean if the root note is black note, how could you represent it in Romanian scale? Like, all the white notes are numbered from 1 to 7. What about the black notes?
@@Persun_McPersonson
@@diarbeatzit’s the same for the black notes. It’s all about the scale you’re playing in, which will determine the note numbers.
Great video! The chord he played at 13:14 is an Fadd9 since he is also playing the 3rd of the chord
Why not an add2? Its played at the 2nd and not thé 9th, technicly..
@@gregoirebertho They're basically the same thing, but technically with chord extensions like this it's called the ninth :)
It's just a tradition to call it add9, keeping in mind, that european chords are made with triads (1-3-5-7-9)@@gregoirebertho
Yes but if we say sus2 and not add2, normally it means the third is not played so their is not this tension made by having the major 2nd and the 3rd
This is a good conversation!
Please be aware that the merits of this conversation COULD be lost on beginners and those who are less experienced...which seems to be his target audience.
Just an observation. 🙏🏾
Thousands of videos trying to explain it, that's the only one that worked for me. Thanks a lot.
It felt like “variations on Let It Be” for 14 minutes. Good stuff!
thought of it too
Wonderful, clear lesson. One might even say you're "🎶...speaking words of wisdom, let it be" 😉
Omg I loved this. Diminished chords are a game changer!
David Bennett is brilliant!!
This video was extremely helpful to me. Thank you for presenting the content in such a clear (and beautifully played!) way, and never getting unnecessarily complicated. What though-provoking ideas I will now go apply to things I have been playing for years. Many, many thanks.
Level 6, add E7 instead of G# diminished. Nothing more, nothing less, just a fancy secondary dominant.
Level 7, do the same, but put G# in the bass, so E7/G# to Am.
Level 8, add the note D to the first C chord to get Cadd9, add the note A insted of B in your right hand as you play the G/B chord to get Gadd9/B then E7/G# to Am11(add D to your Am7) to finally end up on F6/G (add D to your F major chord)
I could go on and on...
the collab I didn't know I needed
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David bennet is amazing at explaining this topic!
Big up the big DBP 🧑 🎹 always great to see David guesting on other channels!
Love this emphasis on the harmonic ways to make your 1 5 6 4 unique, but don't forget rhythmic changes too!
One chord per bar will sound wildly different to one chord per beat, will sound different to playing with triplets or a different time signature etc.
Thank you 😊
Lovely. Everything! The info, the design, the velocity of explanation, great job! Thanks
Excellent lesson teaching. Please keep it going next time around!
Very helpful video! Thank you!
I’m loving the new ending as well!
I needed this❤
Really helpful
We're very glad to read this!
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!! I LOVE DAVID BENNET AND PIANOTE! such a great collab
Somehow you make it all do-able with practise . About as goood as it gets I reckon .. so, again, a big big thank you !
Thank you David Benett
David is as always. Informative, quiet and very easy to follow or understand.
Well the pause button does help yea, but music theory itself is amazing.
Mr. Bennett just helps to get it onto everybody. Great video.
wao i am so glad i came across this video, thanks for this value. i will love to take any course you teach.
Wow
I love your light set up
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Thank you!
Thank you
Real nice. Great ideas and very well explained. Great music teacher.
wow. it all made sense to me now. kudos
This man is a genius compared to me and an amazing teacher! That said, at 13:13, F C F G A might be better labeled as Fadd9 because it has a major 3rd (the A) kept from the Am7. Still, I learned so much from this video.
Forever Young...
This was enlightening.
This is fire🔥🔥🔥🔥
A diminished chord will always make me feel some sorta way
Is there some kind of logic as to why you added the G# dim chord. It's not in the key of C, it seems so random. Could you just add other diminished chords as well? Guess I'll have to try out
to step between G and Am
7:20 It's actually Fadd2 but it doesn't matter that much
Very helpful!
Thank you!
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I really Love detailed stuff not just demonstrations, thanks for the good work though.
Awesome video
WHEN I FIND MYSELF INN TIMESSSS OF TROUUUUBLEEEEE, MOTHER MARY COMES TO MEEEEE
WHY DID THAT DIMINISHING CHORD ELICIT AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE FROM ME WHY IS IT SO PRETTY 11:20
YOURE SO RIGHT ABOUT THE SENSE OF RELIEF IN THE A MINOR AFTER OMG ITS SO BEAUTIFUL
@@yasminh
The power of music...!
In another Asian piano tutorial video, the author referred those derived chords as "Invincible chords", where you can mix and match all those sus2, sus4, maj7, add9, and add11 into the basic chord progression. While you can also extend the 4 chord progression into 6 or 7 progression, and that Asian tutorial referral the chords as: From Home, going to work, going to lunch, going back to work, going back home, and then home. So the emotional response elicited might have been because it is lunch time where we are getting food satisfaction.
@@danny1103 ooh cool!
Omg this is awesome
Thanks
Let it Be
Gracias 😊
Wonderful ❤
At 7:25, why is that written as Fsus2 instead of F2 or Fadd2? The A note is still being played alongside the G.
nice one, homeboy better references a radiohead song in this video
That’s only g# half diminished. It should be noted by a circle with a strike through it.
That distinction only exists between diminished 7th and half diminished 7th chords. The chord he used didn't have any 7th so it's not applable here.
The I-V-VI-IV Beato.
The F chord is an Fadd9, not an Fsus2. The sus2 wouldn’t have the third in the chord.
Fsus2 on level 3 is not actually sus cause there is A that gives no suspension, am I right? Should be Fadd2?
A musician plays G instead of F and it sounds nice. I play the same and it’s a mistake
Would the inverted F sus2 shown actually be an inverted F add9 since you're leaving A in the chord? I really don't know and not trying to challenge you. You're an excellent teacher.
Exactly what I was thinking as well but I also dont have an answer :(
Yes, you are correct. Fsus2 means "no A," and Fadd9 means "keep the A." I also see it as Fadd2, which makes more sense if the "G" is in the middle of the chord somewhere.
Yes. That was actually a mistake made by the transcriber. 😂 the chord should be labelled Fadd9 not Fsus2
Wait. David Bennett and Pianote in one place??? We don’t deserve 😭
i want to help you but UA-cam does not allow me to
why?
The “Let it be” progression.
Im a natural level 3 at first. cuz it sounds good so😂
You are very special. Your style of teaching is so simple, yet very effective. You could easily make this so much more complicated, but you explain it so elequently, that complex concepts actually make sense. One off humble genius😊
Couldn't agree more ❤
Thanks, Mommie
I disagree. I was screaming at the screen for the guy to finish the progression at every level. I found it very frustrating that he didn't complete the progression at first, let everyone hear it a few times, and then talk about it. To play only bits before giving a lecture, drove me nuts and I wasn't able to concentrate.
When David played the G# diminished I literally audibly went “ooooooh” like it sounded so positively spicy
That's the best explanation I've seen on sus and diminished chords. Thank you!
We’re glad it was helpful! ✨
Come on David… we were all waiting for THE SONG… just.. Let it be…😊
Best music teachers on YT: David Bennett - Piano and theory. Ian Stitch - Guitar and soloing. I have no relationship to either one of them, either financial or otherwise. They are both just really, really good teachers.
thats just who was recommended to you
kinda sus to mention that you dont have something going on with them! I dont buy it fully 😂❤
And this is Let it Be Chords and progression I V VI IV ❤
That's true
This is a very good explanation of chord progressions and the logic in choosing the right inversion of chords to create a smoother and more harmonic music. The reason it sounds better than just playing the basic chords is due to the vertical and horizontal relationship between the different notes. This is called contrapunct, or counterpoint (point vs point). When you're playing the bass note and add 3 more notes using your right hand, think of it as a choir consisting of 4 singers: bass, tenor, alto and soprano. If you look at it like that, every singer has a unique melody and together they form chords. When you use the right inversions and don't jump from one basic chord to another you actually create a more balanced melody for each singer 😎
If you want to learn more, I suggest you buy the Bach Chorale book which is the holy grail of western harmony and advance from there. 😀
Voice Leading
I love to play around with the 1-4-5 chord progression. This man is basically telling you guys how to improvise and make something beautifully designed out of something simple. This is cool to see the explanations for the things I already do 😮
"This man is basically telling you guys how to improvise and make something beautifully designed out of something simple"
I wasn't sure about the purpose of the video. Thanks a lot for the explanation.
i want to help you but UA-cam does not allow me to
This is the best teaching I've ever had when it comes to piano lesson.
Subscribed already ❤️
I check out the guys channel too he always does stuff like this 👍
Always love the passing chord practice. Something I need to think about a lot. Thanks
Really helpful... Thank you
The F/G can also be thought of as a G11, functions as a dominant V11, at the end of a verse. The Mowtown sound.
Thank you. Basically in the video it's a F9 chord without the 7th interval.
This is an excellent lesson. I am a beginner and it really opens my eyes to writing progressions. Thanks!
The inverted pedal point immediately brought to mind the Johnny Cash version of The Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt"... the G note rings out over the vi-IV-I-V (Am-F-C-G) in the chorus creating much the effect shown here albeit with the progression rearranged.
I've watched a bunch of these videos, it's time to finally get a piano
This is so good! 💚👍🏼🥳 You are the chord-progression King! 👑 And this sounds ahmazing! 😇😊
*I always substitute the 5 chord with 4/5!*
As a bass player, root note one at a time, this has really helped me understand my place in the mix. Thank you!
Yes. Of course. Root note. Who would have guessed? But you must be a bassist, so I assume your just slow on the up-take. JK, BTW.
@@jamespeebles9781 Well aren't you a nice person.
Indeed. Shows the power of a bassist to influence the entire harmonic direction of a song. For good when tastefully done, terrible when we screw up since we take the whole ensemble with us lol
Great lesson !!!!! thank you ❤❤❤
You are so welcome!
In 4 decades as a musician (primarily lead guitar/drums), this is the most worthwhile 14:13 I have seen for keys, ... ever.
When i find myself in times of trouble..
Inspiring lesson with Intelligible explanation of sus and dim chords roles in progression. Thank you!
Wow! Wonderful, thanks a lot
I feel like my brain just leveled up! Now I just need to get in front of a piano.
Is that really an Fsus2 (with the major 3rd?)
David, I love your stuff and have already learned a lot from you. It was a great surprise to see that you8 are one of the Pianote instructors! I have been with Drumeo for 3 yrs and since they combined Drumeo, Guirareo, Singio and Pianote all thogether, I have access to Pianote so I will be checking our your courses.
This lesson is great, showing how to take the same chords and by small tweaks, spicing them up and actually changing to whole flavor and feel. Thanks David for another great video.
Hey, It's David! This man is a brilliant enthusiast and analyst of musical theory. Great talent score!
Thanx, I finally wrapped my head around what 1-5-6-4 means 😂
Wait, it’s Canon isn’t it?
Excellent video 😊. Thank you very much David. Clear and unambiguous.
Just watched a competitors video who skipped all the different parts ancillary things like inversions and rhythm which left me really confused.
Very refreshing to see a video that shows how to do something in 5 different levels in which they don't get completely crazy after level 1 haha
Those "sus" progression chords are often used also in jazz-ish music :)
They're also called _sus_ just because there is an _impostor_ among them, if you know what I mean ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
Part 2 with cadences, modal interchanges and substitutions please!
Bravo, what a great video.
You are such a great teacher, explaing it in such detail ❤, now I know better and have more confidence to try it out.❤❤😊
Chord progression makes songs sound different 🎉. great video
Hey brother, this is actually really helpful and well-explained. Also didn’t add too much salesy stuff is nice.
Clear examples, not jumping instantly to complicated chords, etc. Great job!
ahhhh I am trying to produce and my brain is stuck in 1 5 6 4 send help ;-;
This was really educational. I'm going to try to incoporate this into my daily jam sessions. I hope my family notices the improvement in sound. Explaining the suspense, and relief was such a brilliant way of putting it. Thank you young man.
Awesome! Been following David Bennett for a while now. I'm a fan!
Just wanted to clarify though: isn't the Fsus2 supposedly an F add 9? coz it still has an A - the third of an F Major - it wasn't suspended into a G - the G was added on to the F major Triad.
Yeah you’re correct, the chord is an Fadd9, not Fsus2. That was a mistake made by the editor/transcriber. 😅😊
Awesome! thanks for the clarity David. I have been following you for a while now. I'm a fan and a student of what you do. Thank you for sharing your expertise man. Blessings.@@DavidBennettPiano
This is much more detailed than it appears. This will be useful.
Love it!!!!!!!! An excellent teacher ❤️❤️❤️
- This is explicit and easy to assimilate. Thanks for sharing your gift.