I've been a guitar player, largely rock and pop, for 20 years. Self taught, and most of my playing and understanding of music has been intuitive. It's gotten me far enough in my respective genres, of course, but I hit a wall a few years back. My new year's resolution this year was to learn the piano and to deep dive into theory. Your channel has been a godsend in this regard-truly feels like a masterclass. Just wanted to offer my sincere thanks, as I've been a viewer and fan for months.
Even the first chord alone sent me down a practice rabbit hole that turned into a songwriting session. Thanks for everything Sean youre incredible as always
Don't do it. I know as musicians we can't help analyzing music already when we hear it but takes away from the enjoyment element when you get to 🎧 listening that closely
Doc, this is perhaps one of your best videos yet. I have to learn a lot of songs for concerts, church services, etc. on a regular basis and I no longer have as much time to practice (I am not a full-time musician, currently doing doctoral studies, self employed, a Church Elder, a father and a husband). However, I can hear those triad qualities in chords (most of the times) after playing for almost 3 decades. So it helps to shorten prep time. I am by no means as efficient technically as I should be at this stage, but the ear is so important! Knowing theory and why certain chords make sense (even when they don't seem to at a casual glance) is also vital.
@@allansoncruickshank721 my former spiritual teacher… Ask this question: are you doing all that you can do? Well, it seems like you are one of those rare individuals. And it seems that you are indeed inspired by and fired by a higher power. Keep on going and growing!
Wow Wow Wow I’ll gotta preach folks….. If you ever paid your tithes faithfuly, you’ll know that you need to bless bro Sean. If you have been blessed by these lessons and you are not on website, just for this one lesson dripping with pure gold bro Sean deserves some love…. Just think about it. Back in the day, or even now you could pay hundreds of bucks for private lessons and never get half of this stuff. I know for myself, that at some point I want to sow into bro Seans life. Even though right now I don’t even have time to get deep into this. God bless. Amen :)
I use the feeling and emotion I get from the opening chords of Round Midnight, a song I've enjoyed countless times, to help me identify half-diminished chords.
I am a guitar and keys player. But I am a novice keys player. However I love gospel and jazz chord patterns especially in worship. I keep going back and back to your video because its so good for showing the relationships and how to hear and build them.
Almost bring tears to my eyes man. All my life I've been training to hear individual notes . In less than a minute, you undid that! Im on vacation watching your videos and im heading back home changed. I prayed for you before i came out on the patio and opened this video. Im going to watch this one again and again!
17:52 really makes sense! So all the triads you are picking to play over the dominant chord are built off of the melodic minor scale with a root a half step above the root of the dominant chord! cool! So helpful!
Hi Sean I just watched your video on “A Quiet Place” from Take Six. I am supposed to run some errands but here I am absorbing all this education. As a Baptized Believer and musician this will definitely take my musicianship to a new level. I have a home studio and I am excited . Thank you so much. God bless you always.
This is another great video! As I’ve said so many times, I’ve been using a good amount of these chords over the years, but never knew the theory behind it. I absolutely agree that these are essential chords if one is going to play gospel music. Thanks again!
and now im back again haha. there's a couple of your videos that I ALWAYSSS come back to when i feel like my growth is slowing down. watching my playing transform in real time. Thanks again.@@SeanWilsonPiano
Sean u helped me organize my practice routine keeping me sounding current with a modern sound the channel is fire also your ear & skill set are pushing me to get better thnx for what u do much respect for helping other musicians thnx bro!!🎹🔥
Awesome tutorial. I love all these chords, ESPECIALLY #11, my ear loves this sound more than anything, especially with the 7 in the bass, a favorite of Oscar Petersen too. Moreover, I hear "I Believe I can fly" during your demonstration of the "spread chords" ...right during the "If I just spread my wings...." part. Thanks a milli
I wanna thank UA-cam for recommending your channel to my feeds and man a lot has changed in the way I play! Video after video of your tutorials opens a lot of understanding on how to approach "this" and "that". Thank you Sean for sharing your knowledge and helping musicians like myself. You are a blessing to all of us. I did a video covering Michael Jackson and applied the theories that I learned from you. Keep on shining Sean! Soon you will reach the 100k subs club! Congratulations in advance!
This is fantastic! I actually have perfect pitch and have been working on strengthening my relative pitch. It's been a great help for me having both, as I work to develop relative...BUT, it is like you mentioned--the harmonic vocabulary I've built up makes certain things recognizable right away even before I can tell someone the notes. Thanks for sharing this!
Wow. I would never think someone with perfect pitch would have any problems at all with relative pitch. I mean, the pitches are literally all there for the taking. If that's the case though, trust me you'll be badass once you got relative pitch down. Learn all the intervals, then all the triads, then various kinds of voicings - both closed and open, for both solo instruments and even for an entire orchestra, and you'll be golden.
@@musical_lolu4811 The biggest issue for me has always been trying to hear the intervals before I can identify the pitches. I also got ‘Rick Beato’s Ear Training Program’ that’s been helping me to get closer to feeling the quality of an interval faster than before. I’m working my way through it and 4th and 5ths are killing me right now because the pitches register right away. But, yes, there are worse problems, lol. (Thankfully)
I've never been to church where gospel like this is played, and I love this music whenever I hear it. Have any recommendations for artists to check out? I know Corey Henry of course, but would love to find more!
Yeah, I Remember On The First One (Cory Henry) Sean Wilson Also Was Impressed With The Vocalist Tambour . Thanks Sean Wilson 4 Doing What "GOD" Created U 2 Do. To Help Musicians Praise GOD through Your GOD GIVEN EAR.🔥 INSTRUCTOR SUPREME 🤔.
Sean excellent video! Definitely have some things to solidify. For the exercise you did with hearing the 4 types of chords, I surprisingly did very well. But for a different reason. For me, I can identify chords based on how I think they would resolve. I am not sure if this is they same thing as what you are recommending though. I have friends that can easily hear a major/minor chord on top of any note. I can't do that but I know when a half diminished is played because I can here where I think it would resolve. Same with minor 7, dominants and major 7 and other chords. I have experimented with different resolutions as well, so even if its not going where we would typically expect, sometimes I can tell. But I feel this has me stuck because when there are other resolutions I am unfamiliar with an often get lost. Especially where there is a lot of movement. Any advice, besides re-wiring my brain to think of chords differently. If not then, I will start pulling plugs asap 😂
the way you do it is what I called a “contextual ear” is one of the most powerful ways to hear things. It is the preferred method. My guess is to strengthen your relationship between the context and resolutions rather than trying to hear individual chords. In other words supercharge what’s already working
Major, minor, dominant 7th, sustained 4ths,Major add 2 or 9, Maj7th, minor7th, Maj9th, dom 9th, minor 9th, sharpened 9th, open shell 13ths, Major 13ths are foundations of literally all gospel songs
Something that is interesting is if you pick these chords apart a bit it almost seems like its just different ways of superimposing two dominant function things on top of each other. Like the dominant flat 5 sound specifically. It's like you are doing a tritone sub and a non-tritone sub at the same time.
haha you sure know how to order the topics if you put the 9th first I wouldn't have watched the rest 😂 glad to learn something in a different way!! thx for sharing 🎉🎉🎉
28:49 just to clarify, Sean. Tritone is not a chord, it is a relationship between chord which is correctly referred to as “tritone substitution”. So for example, dominant chords have a tritone sub relationship ( most widely used). Some people use major 7 chords etc.
As I was taught, Dominant chords contain a tritone, an interval of a #4/b5, found between the 3 and 7 in that chord. So in say G7 resolving to C, we have the two notes of B and F, the 3rd and the b7th of that G7 chord. Those 2 notes can be inverted so that B is the 7th and F is the 3rd of a Db7 Dominant chord. So instead of G7 to C, we can use G7’s TRITONE SUB(stitution) and instead now play Db7 to C. So instead of V to 1, we can sub bII to I. We have played the chord which contains the same tritone, but inverted, so that we get different bass notes.
Great stuff. Does the 13 no5 voicing work better in certain inversions? Don’t think any of the examples were in root position, but maybe in drop 2 voicings.
The way I hear them is usually without the root and in the order shown in the vid… personally I haven’t heard a lot of other inversions although I’m sure they exists
How come the Eb 7 (13no5) chord is named from the top note of the chord instead of the bottom? Db-G-C-Eb - wouldn't that be a Db Maj7b5 Add 9 🤔 .. #SendHelp
What software are you using to share your screen with the audience like you’re showing your keyboard and everything you’re doing? Hi are you at liberty to share that ?
Chordie just Displays the music score and the chord names etc. - the question certainly refers to something like OBS - it’s freeware and can be used to arrange your screen for streaming or recording consisting of different video sources like here in this video.
I am so grateful for this video. I am self-taught and I can read chords and notation which I use to write for other musicians , BUT I can’t play anything or decode a song unless I am using my ear. I thought I was the only pianist in the world who understood complex chords as “this” combined with “that” so in this brilliant video, I feel REDEEMED. And encouraged! I have been watching it every couple of days to soak in the sounds and your insights. Maybe one day I actually will be able to associate the craziest chords with their names. THANK YOU Mr. Wilson.
I do wonder how you and other masters like Quennel Gaskins derived this info. Books? Listening and replicating at the keys? Mentors over your shoulder? School? UA-cam?
I've been a guitar player, largely rock and pop, for 20 years. Self taught, and most of my playing and understanding of music has been intuitive. It's gotten me far enough in my respective genres, of course, but I hit a wall a few years back. My new year's resolution this year was to learn the piano and to deep dive into theory. Your channel has been a godsend in this regard-truly feels like a masterclass. Just wanted to offer my sincere thanks, as I've been a viewer and fan for months.
Also, 17:42 to 17:50 sounds like a Bill Evans progression-wonderful.
Thanks so much man!!
Same here. Amazing!
❤❤❤❤
One of the most profitable piano sessions I have ever watched
Even the first chord alone sent me down a practice rabbit hole that turned into a songwriting session. Thanks for everything Sean youre incredible as always
Wow man, incredible!
A whole world can be built on each of those chords
in all my years of playing, i've never thought of listening to music like this. so, interesting!!!!! this is a revelation.
Appreciate it man, thanks for wacthing!!
Hey Sean. Appreciate you, man. Could you please redo the national anthem you did in F#? I love the chords
@@joshuamonmia1387 I’ve already broken down the take six anthem and played it with them. Do a search on YT
@@SeanWilsonPiano ok, i will check thanks boss
Don't do it. I know as musicians we can't help analyzing music already when we hear it but takes away from the enjoyment element when you get to 🎧 listening that closely
Sean you are the best teacher!
Doc! Much appreciated man!
Doc, this is perhaps one of your best videos yet. I have to learn a lot of songs for concerts, church services, etc. on a regular basis and I no longer have as much time to practice (I am not a full-time musician, currently doing doctoral studies, self employed, a Church Elder, a father and a husband). However, I can hear those triad qualities in chords (most of the times) after playing for almost 3 decades. So it helps to shorten prep time. I am by no means as efficient technically as I should be at this stage, but the ear is so important! Knowing theory and why certain chords make sense (even when they don't seem to at a casual glance) is also vital.
definitely man!
Wow, you sound like an amazing person!
@@johnnyxmusic all glory to the Lord for his blessings my brother!
@@allansoncruickshank721 my former spiritual teacher… Ask this question: are you doing all that you can do? Well, it seems like you are one of those rare individuals. And it seems that you are indeed inspired by and fired by a higher power. Keep on going and growing!
Wow Wow Wow
I’ll gotta preach folks…..
If you ever paid your tithes faithfuly, you’ll know that you need to bless bro Sean.
If you have been blessed by these lessons and you are not on website, just for this one lesson dripping with pure gold bro Sean deserves some love….
Just think about it.
Back in the day, or even now you could pay hundreds of bucks for private lessons and never get half of this stuff.
I know for myself, that at some point I want to sow into bro Seans life. Even though right now I don’t even have time to get deep into this.
God bless. Amen :)
Wow! Appreciate it man!
@@SeanWilsonPiano no problem doc
Sean I deem you my teacher man! I know exactly what you are saying! God's richest blessings on you man!
I use the feeling and emotion I get from the opening chords of Round Midnight, a song I've enjoyed countless times, to help me identify half-diminished chords.
Yup that’s it!
I am a guitar and keys player. But I am a novice keys player. However I love gospel and jazz chord patterns especially in worship. I keep going back and back to your video because its so good for showing the relationships and how to hear and build them.
👆 that’s not me
This is indeed a large step for my raising up my hearing chord Qualities. I truly appreciate this lesson, thank you so much...✔️😌🌟
Thanks Sean......i definitely needed this.
I've made so much progress just from the tips and insight that you provide.
Almost bring tears to my eyes man. All my life I've been training to hear individual notes . In less than a minute, you undid that! Im on vacation watching your videos and im heading back home changed. I prayed for you before i came out on the patio and opened this video. Im going to watch this one again and again!
Wow, thank you bro!
17:52 really makes sense! So all the triads you are picking to play over the dominant chord are built off of the melodic minor scale with a root a half step above the root of the dominant chord! cool! So helpful!
Interesting way to look at it man!
Plz many of us don't have the money to follow your website pls keep it going for us
Quality insight
top to bottom
Much gratitude
God bless, Sean!
Hi Sean I just watched your video on “A Quiet Place” from Take Six. I am supposed to run some errands but here I am absorbing all this education. As a Baptized Believer and musician this will definitely take my musicianship to a new level. I have a home studio and I am excited . Thank you so much. God bless you always.
Appreciate it, thanks so much!
This is another great video! As I’ve said so many times, I’ve been using a good amount of these chords over the years, but never knew the theory behind it. I absolutely agree that these are essential chords if one is going to play gospel music. Thanks again!
Yessir man, thanks for watching!
@@SeanWilsonPianoHey Sean. Who is this ua-cam.com/channels/5gSH8vZqiGoI5wukoBu5yQ.html ?
Brilliant video.
Need to rewatch a few times...
Thank you so much for your deep quality, patient calm clear teaching. First viewing, but multi aspected new understandings.
Appreciate it!!
My favorite altered dominant chords is the 7b9 and 713 i find they work in most situations
yup, those are nice man!
This is the best I've seen so clearly explained! This video is a real godsend. Thank you so much!!!
THIS VIDEO IS A GODSEND!!! gonna be coming back to it for months Sean! Thank you🙏🏾
Yessir doc!!
and now im back again haha. there's a couple of your videos that I ALWAYSSS come back to when i feel like my growth is slowing down. watching my playing transform in real time. Thanks again.@@SeanWilsonPiano
Thanks!
You never cease to àmaze me 🎹
Sean u helped me organize my practice routine keeping me sounding current with a modern sound the channel is fire also your ear & skill set are pushing me to get better thnx for what u do much respect for helping other musicians thnx bro!!🎹🔥
Appreciate it man!! So glad to have impacted you
Awesome tutorial. I love all these chords, ESPECIALLY #11, my ear loves this sound more than anything, especially with the 7 in the bass, a favorite of Oscar Petersen too. Moreover, I hear "I Believe I can fly" during your demonstration of the "spread chords" ...right during the "If I just spread my wings...." part. Thanks a milli
Sean, one of your BEST videos ever!
Appreciate it man!
I wanna thank UA-cam for recommending your channel to my feeds and man a lot has changed in the way I play! Video after video of your tutorials opens a lot of understanding on how to approach "this" and "that". Thank you Sean for sharing your knowledge and helping musicians like myself. You are a blessing to all of us. I did a video covering Michael Jackson and applied the theories that I learned from you. Keep on shining Sean! Soon you will reach the 100k subs club! Congratulations in advance!
Trying to get that 100k club man!!! Just gotta put that work!!!’ Thanks again!!
So excited for this!
thank you Mr Sean u such a blessing to many
Thanks so much!!
Simply GREAT Teacher...PERIOD
This is really amazing...thx sir for your contribution for me I don't take it for granted..and ths one is going to take me to another level
No doubt!
older ex Berklee student, reviving his skills.. and enjoying your lessons and amazing skill levels... Bruno is an alias..
yessir!
This is fantastic! I actually have perfect pitch and have been working on strengthening my relative pitch. It's been a great help for me having both, as I work to develop relative...BUT, it is like you mentioned--the harmonic vocabulary I've built up makes certain things recognizable right away even before I can tell someone the notes. Thanks for sharing this!
That’s it!
Wow. I would never think someone with perfect pitch would have any problems at all with relative pitch. I mean, the pitches are literally all there for the taking.
If that's the case though, trust me you'll be badass once you got relative pitch down. Learn all the intervals, then all the triads, then various kinds of voicings - both closed and open, for both solo instruments and even for an entire orchestra, and you'll be golden.
@@musical_lolu4811 The biggest issue for me has always been trying to hear the intervals before I can identify the pitches.
I also got ‘Rick Beato’s Ear Training Program’ that’s been helping me to get closer to feeling the quality of an interval faster than before.
I’m working my way through it and 4th and 5ths are killing me right now because the pitches register right away.
But, yes, there are worse problems, lol. (Thankfully)
Sean, this is absolute gold!
9:06 to 9:19 that was some beautiful voicings wow
Fantastic video Sir
Holy Cow - I needed this video so badly and I didn't even know it. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful man!
This video 🔥🔥🔥
Can’t believe how good you are 🤦🏻…thank you for your God blessed teachings ✨
Wow, thanks man!
Very nice video thanks dude ..
I've never been to church where gospel like this is played, and I love this music whenever I hear it. Have any recommendations for artists to check out? I know Corey Henry of course, but would love to find more!
Your incredible! Thank you for this !
You're such a blessing man... God bless you
Great lessons!!
More grace sir
Yeah, I Remember On The First One (Cory Henry) Sean Wilson Also Was Impressed With The Vocalist Tambour . Thanks Sean Wilson 4 Doing What "GOD" Created U 2 Do. To Help Musicians Praise GOD through Your GOD GIVEN EAR.🔥 INSTRUCTOR SUPREME 🤔.
Sean excellent video! Definitely have some things to solidify. For the exercise you did with hearing the 4 types of chords, I surprisingly did very well. But for a different reason. For me, I can identify chords based on how I think they would resolve. I am not sure if this is they same thing as what you are recommending though. I have friends that can easily hear a major/minor chord on top of any note. I can't do that but I know when a half diminished is played because I can here where I think it would resolve. Same with minor 7, dominants and major 7 and other chords. I have experimented with different resolutions as well, so even if its not going where we would typically expect, sometimes I can tell. But I feel this has me stuck because when there are other resolutions I am unfamiliar with an often get lost. Especially where there is a lot of movement. Any advice, besides re-wiring my brain to think of chords differently. If not then, I will start pulling plugs asap 😂
the way you do it is what I called a “contextual ear” is one of the most powerful ways to hear things. It is the preferred method. My guess is to strengthen your relationship between the context and resolutions rather than trying to hear individual chords. In other words supercharge what’s already working
@@SeanWilsonPiano Got you! Thanks as always!
Major, minor, dominant 7th, sustained 4ths,Major add 2 or 9, Maj7th, minor7th, Maj9th, dom 9th, minor 9th, sharpened 9th, open shell 13ths, Major 13ths are foundations of literally all gospel songs
Amazing bro thanks 🙏
Appreciate it man!
Wonderful…astounding…so rich!
Thank you so much sir 💗
Amazing video Sean! Love it! ❤️
Appreciate it!! Thanks so much!
Thanks for sharing, great teaching!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks!
Something that is interesting is if you pick these chords apart a bit it almost seems like its just different ways of superimposing two dominant function things on top of each other. Like the dominant flat 5 sound specifically. It's like you are doing a tritone sub and a non-tritone sub at the same time.
Thank you!!
haha you sure know how to order the topics
if you put the 9th first I wouldn't have watched the rest 😂 glad to learn something in a different way!!
thx for sharing 🎉🎉🎉
Dig it. Really to the point. Algorithm love for you.
Much appreciated!
Thank you so much men!
28:49 just to clarify, Sean. Tritone is not a chord, it is a relationship between chord which is correctly referred to as “tritone substitution”. So for example, dominant chords have a tritone sub relationship ( most widely used). Some people use major 7 chords etc.
It's an interval between notes, to be precise.
@@tjprosper7704 correct
Didn't you watch him mention it a little further?
As I was taught, Dominant chords contain a tritone, an interval of a #4/b5, found between the 3 and 7 in that chord. So in say G7 resolving to C, we have the two notes of B and F, the 3rd and the b7th of that G7 chord. Those 2 notes can be inverted so that B is the 7th and F is the 3rd of a Db7 Dominant chord. So instead of G7 to C, we can use G7’s TRITONE SUB(stitution) and instead now play Db7 to C.
So instead of V to 1, we can sub bII to I. We have played the chord which contains the same tritone, but inverted, so that we get different bass notes.
@@m.vonhollen6673 precisely
Good lookin out sean....love yo vids bro
Thanks man, appreciate the comment!
thank you for this
Yeah man!
Gold
love this! thank you.
Appreciate it man!
LETS GO!
As a drummer. I'll just learn the piano with you while I wait to play the song you're learning.
On a scale of 1-5 what level sight reader are you? And, would you recommend classical piano training over jazz piano training
Great stuff. Does the 13 no5 voicing work better in certain inversions? Don’t think any of the examples were in root position, but maybe in drop 2 voicings.
The way I hear them is usually without the root and in the order shown in the vid… personally I haven’t heard a lot of other inversions although I’m sure they exists
@@SeanWilsonPiano thank you!
How do you really retain this if your not gigging or using it on a regular basis? Very informative of good information but definitely overwhelming 🙏🏽
It's of no use if you don't use it. I play at church but do jazz 🎷 at the house on my own personal time
@@chrisbranch231I was about to say the same. This inspires me to practice and so I can use my time more wisely when playing.
Outstanding
How come the Eb 7 (13no5) chord is named from the top note of the chord instead of the bottom? Db-G-C-Eb - wouldn't that be a Db Maj7b5 Add 9 🤔 .. #SendHelp
13 no 5 is also heard well on brian mcknight and his brothers singing "undiscovered live"
Yeah man!
Thank you for this amazing lesson.
Which software you are using to show the chord names in real time?
Best regards from Brazil!
Chordie app
@@SeanWilsonPiano Thank you!!
Do you have a list of all of the gospel songs you reference here?
Make a video on common gospel licks
I think I’ll use to video to hone my ear, play blindfolded and see if I can play what I hear
Hi Sean, what is the virtual keyboard used here?
It's chordie
@@SeanWilsonPiano thank you
The V7 #9 #5 is the easiest for me to pick up.
mans is a great communicator.
What software are you using to share your screen with the audience like you’re showing your keyboard and everything you’re doing? Hi are you at liberty to share that ?
It’s called chordieapp
Chordie just Displays the music score and the chord names etc. - the question certainly refers to something like OBS - it’s freeware and can be used to arrange your screen for streaming or recording consisting of different video sources like here in this video.
@@AlexanderNagel thank you sir
I am so grateful for this video. I am self-taught and I can read chords and notation which I use to write for other musicians , BUT I can’t play anything or decode a song unless I am using my ear. I thought I was the only pianist in the world who understood complex chords as “this” combined with “that” so in this brilliant video, I feel REDEEMED. And encouraged! I have been watching it every couple of days to soak in the sounds and your insights. Maybe one day I actually will be able to associate the craziest chords with their names. THANK YOU Mr. Wilson.
@@chiefudohyeah man, soak it all in!!
What software is that instantly transcribing the chords?
Chordie
Chordie app
🔥🔥🔥
My left hand simply doesn't stretch 10 :|
9:05 oh come on now!
Kindly transcribe fred hammond & rfc holy holy key bord chords
Can you teach in C#?
I do wonder how you and other masters like Quennel Gaskins derived this info. Books? Listening and replicating at the keys? Mentors over your shoulder? School? UA-cam?
Is there a 11sus chord?
No, because the 11th note is the 4th note. Sus chords imply the 4th is already being played
Sean is mr rogers re incarnated
😂
The relative pitch illustration is so troll but true 🤣
Lol…Yessir!
❤
Those 9 chords are a lot of Bill Evans chords.
Barry Harris did nog believe in half diminished!!! To him it was a Cm with an A in the bass!!!!
Yeah man!
Ready up 2 mins left
💪🏿✊🏿✊🏿
I've said this before: If Sean so easily hears what the "Masters" are doing, what title do we give Sean? 🤣
Lol..yes sir Doc!
«Gospel chords», now there’s a phrase I’ve never heard in all of my years as a professional musician.. Gospel chords.. lol.
Yeah man!
Idol Worship?🤔. JUDGE YE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED. Definitely NOT Idol Worship, But Praising GOD BEAUTIFULLY 🔥🙏🎶.😏.