Thanks for the kind words, and I concur. It's starting to become more than a hobby for me now, and of course anything worth doing is worth doing right.
Absolutely right. The E major scale is E(1)-F#(2)-G#(3)-A(4)-B(5)-C#(6)-D#(7)-E(8). Now, if you take the intervals there and apply it to the chord progression, you get vi-II-V-I, or 6-2-5-1 of E, which is about as common a progression as it gets. Think how many songs have an A minor, a C, F, and G, which are the 6-2-5-1 of C major. Note that in any major scale, the notes will ALWAYS be in alphabetical order (often with sharps or flats to keep the intervals in major). That's why it's a G#.
And one more thing, keeping the notes sharps in a key with sharps (rather than flats) makes it easier to apply scales and modes when improvising over the changes. Keep in mind, though, with advanced harmonizations (Say, #11s, b9s) they'll sometimes actually be a flat or a sharp when the key is opposite. A D7b9 in D, the b9 is going to be a Eb, not a D#, because counting up from D you need to go to an E for the 9, and in this case, flat 9 makes it Eb. Out of room again but I hope it made sense.
CTD, that should ready D, not F, for the 2 of C. Sometimes it's a D major (Piano Man Billy Joel, which I'm sure you can play, has that D major on the turn to G, which moves to C at the top after the Lalala part. The 2-5-1 is the most common progression in music). But otherwise, yeah, C, G, F, D major, and A minor. Pretty much the same old chords you always see. If you know the scale, you can easily tell which is the 2nd, 3rd, etc, and when you go to play in another key, it's easy.
Technically you're right that the right hand is playing an F#dim (or Cdim, or Eflat dim, or Adim. Its all of those), but with the A flat in the left hand, it makes an A flat7 (flat 9). Thats what the chord is in the context of the song.
I went looking around for something free for you and found a decent channel here on youtube for it. The channel name is Lypur. He's got a 10 hour or so music theory course in 49 parts, all on youtube for free. I took two years of theory in college and a year of jazz theory, and while he's not the flashiest teacher, he covers most of what you'd want to know.
Well the song was nailed perfectly by your ears, but you've definitely got too much talent to put off learning a bit of theory (and not talking about sight reading sheet music, just a bit more advanced chord structures, scales they're built from, and a look into how these chords want to resolve). Would speed up your playing by ear if you had a good idea of where the next chord was going before you even hear it, and theory gives you that.
Thanks man, I really appreciate you taking the time to help me understand what I'm doing. it's gonna take sometime to absorb, but I'll get it.
Thanks for the kind words, and I concur. It's starting to become more than a hobby for me now, and of course anything worth doing is worth doing right.
Absolutely right. The E major scale is E(1)-F#(2)-G#(3)-A(4)-B(5)-C#(6)-D#(7)-E(8). Now, if you take the intervals there and apply it to the chord progression, you get vi-II-V-I, or 6-2-5-1 of E, which is about as common a progression as it gets. Think how many songs have an A minor, a C, F, and G, which are the 6-2-5-1 of C major. Note that in any major scale, the notes will ALWAYS be in alphabetical order (often with sharps or flats to keep the intervals in major). That's why it's a G#.
And one more thing, keeping the notes sharps in a key with sharps (rather than flats) makes it easier to apply scales and modes when improvising over the changes. Keep in mind, though, with advanced harmonizations (Say, #11s, b9s) they'll sometimes actually be a flat or a sharp when the key is opposite. A D7b9 in D, the b9 is going to be a Eb, not a D#, because counting up from D you need to go to an E for the 9, and in this case, flat 9 makes it Eb. Out of room again but I hope it made sense.
hey thanks a lot man.. I definitely be checking that out.
CTD, that should ready D, not F, for the 2 of C. Sometimes it's a D major (Piano Man Billy Joel, which I'm sure you can play, has that D major on the turn to G, which moves to C at the top after the Lalala part. The 2-5-1 is the most common progression in music). But otherwise, yeah, C, G, F, D major, and A minor. Pretty much the same old chords you always see. If you know the scale, you can easily tell which is the 2nd, 3rd, etc, and when you go to play in another key, it's easy.
Second chord of bridge is not an Abdim, it's a G#7b9 (just a technicality, as the Cdim/Ab voicing you're playing achieves the same thing).
Right. That stuff always confuses me. I tend to keep everything in flats.
Question for ya.. Songs in the key of E right? So is that why it's G#7b9 and not Ab7b9?
5.45 is F# dim not Ab dim, yes I agree that you should call C# F# instead of Db Gb.
Technically you're right that the right hand is playing an F#dim (or Cdim, or Eflat dim, or Adim. Its all of those), but with the A flat in the left hand, it makes an A flat7 (flat 9). Thats what the chord is in the context of the song.
Cdim7 !
I went looking around for something free for you and found a decent channel here on youtube for it. The channel name is Lypur. He's got a 10 hour or so music theory course in 49 parts, all on youtube for free. I took two years of theory in college and a year of jazz theory, and while he's not the flashiest teacher, he covers most of what you'd want to know.
Well the song was nailed perfectly by your ears, but you've definitely got too much talent to put off learning a bit of theory (and not talking about sight reading sheet music, just a bit more advanced chord structures, scales they're built from, and a look into how these chords want to resolve). Would speed up your playing by ear if you had a good idea of where the next chord was going before you even hear it, and theory gives you that.
you talk to much just show us how to play the song. this guy took more than 75% of the video talking and explaining the same things over and over
right!