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I don't remember ever learning so much in one hour. Not only is this extraordinary lesson packed with essential information, but the concepts are delivered with such clarity. As a beginner at jazz piano, I know it will be enormously helpful, and I will refer back to it repeatedly. You thanked us for being kind enough to take the time to watch it. Thank YOU for being kind enough to take the time to make it!
Amazing video dude! This is an incredibly in depth yet simple tutorial that has shown me how much I want to learn about music while making me learn how to play music!
Back to Major scale mastery first! ....but finally this theory feels like something I may be able to eventually wrap my arms around. I know now WAY more than when I got up this AM. Thanks Dan!
There's so much teaching in this video and I shall be spending a lot of time with it, You answer numerous questions explaining and demonstrating the way you see chords and extensions. I like that inversions don't exist in water pianism, I've worried so much over inversions. By the end of an amazingly informative hour which has brought so much together to make sense I feel easier and I've got lots to practice, both away and at the piano. Thank you Dan.
I very much like (what I think is) the idea behind this tutorial. Get rid of 'inversions' and 'voicing'. Inversions triple the amount of information I tries to become friend with. Then voicing adds even further up the amount. Instead, focus on scales. 'See' the scales. What is the third of a scale, what is the sixth etc. Get THAT under your skin and weld it to your brain. Them you gets inversions and voicings for free. Thanks, Very useful.
Thankyou as a beginner I had learnt the four major chords for each key and the major and minor scales. Later the theory around sus, aug, dim, 9, 11 and 13. I understood fully what you said and affirms that my practice routine has brought me this far. Still I feel like a small fish in the ocean there are so many talented players out there.
Amazingly, you can pack in many essential “chord” theories into one hour lesson. Just brilliant, Dan If one can comprehend the content of the lesson he or she does not need to read the chapters including “diatonic triads”, “diatonic seventh chords” , and “voice leading” etc. in most of “Music Theory” books. 👍👍
Brilliant video Dan. Your chord videos in the past were great too, but this one is next level. I have watched this a few times now over the past couple of days and it is sinking in. I know all the scales well and I am confident in finding all the different chords mentioned in this video now, but often it takes me a few seconds to find the more "complicated" chords. My aim is to get to a point where there is no unconscious interference and I can find them in an instance, like you do. Thanks again for your videos, it's so admirable that you provide this kind of quality free of charge to help people.
Thank you. It's very kind of you. Glad to share the moment with you :) Looking forward to what this year brings you both at and away from the piano! Best, Dan
Excellent practice procedure. I find it to be fun and interesting I made a list beginning to end, I enjoy 36251 it boggles the brain, thanks DB and Happy New Year!
Hi Dan. Thanks for all your great videos and sharing your approach to playing the piano. When creating chords in a particular scale do you think of creating all the chords based on the scale degrees rather than the chord being a dérivation of it’s own major scale or is there a place for both approaches. Regards Howard
Oh no! Now I've got to add the +7 to my routine for the challenge! I don't remember you mentioned it before… (well, nothing scary there, just have to remember sticking it after the + arpeggio.) As always, nice video, nice sum up, and thanks for making inversions not more important than unordered voicings, another door just opened! 🤯😃
Great stuff, wow! Is there a video on your channel that deals with using the pedal? I find it hard to get a nice sound with it and when to use it properly.
Watched the whole thing straight through! Thank you for the great video and will be returning to reference parts of it as I continue to learn. Dan - at the end you mentioned you can flatten or sharpen the 9 while the 11 you can only sharpen it. What if you're playing a minor 7 chord with a sharp 9? Wouldn't the sharp 9 duplicate the minor third similar to how the flat 11 duplicates the major third when playing a 7 or major 7 chord?
Thank you once again. Glad you enjoyed. You're absolutely correct (I thought I said it in the video, obviously not, but it's definitely in the main chord mastery video) about the #9 being the same as minor.. that's also why you can't #13, because it's the same as the dominant 7th! You also can't play a sus4 with an 11 or #11 with a diminished (due to the b5). You name the chord based on the most logical label (and usually non-extension chord types win). The more scores you experience, the more this becomes obvious! Best, Dan
Makes very much logical sense in the naming of chords. Just in briefly playing around with them I noticed I like the sound of a minor 7 augmented. Very bright and homely. A good ending sound.
hey thanks, this is very accurate and concise, but aren't you missing one important chord, the "dim7"? meaning a mayor chord, whit the dominant 7th, and flat 5.. or have I missed it?
Hello there, thanks for your comment. I never use the name 'dim7' because I find it ridiculous. It's also not correct. I use 'whole diminished' and 'half diminished'. Hear me out: 'diminished' refers to the triad of: b3 and b5. 7 refers to b7 but there is no b7 in a whole dim (dim7).. it's a 6th. Diminished may mean 'bb7' in classical western theory but in this case, is the dim in dim7 referring to the dim triad (as it should), or the double b7 (6th)? If so, that means the dim doesn't refer to the dim triad so it's even more ridiculous. You'd have to say dimdim7.. which is very dim to say! One for the dim triad and one for the dim7 (bb7... 6). So I strongly propose you remove 'dim7' from your brain and replace it with 'whole dim' which also makes sense since it's a group of minor 3rds (a 'whole' collection of them). Hope this helps! Best, Dan
@@danthecomposer Hello Dan, thanks for the comment. I was wrong... and I think actually not 😁So I did a little research (cause I see your point in the comment) and found out that people use the term "dim7" when referring to a whole diminished chord, and as you say, that's incorrect and ridiculous. But I didn't know that, so I was thinking about a MAYOR chord with b5 and b7 (cause I thought "dim" only applied to the 5th of the chord, not the 3rd, not the 7th). So that's the chord I was asking about. Now I know it's correct form is "7b5". Maybe I missed it, but I didn't find any mention to this chord in your video and I wanted to know if there was a reason why. Thanks again!
The 9 works with everything. I’m literally about to record a video on this topic today! The 13 is good with the augmented too. Check back later tonight 🤓 Best, Dan
Hi Dan, I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel as the material you are providing is very valuable. How does your "Water Pianism Syllabus" course compare to this material on youtube? Also, is there a similar section available for minor scales mastery? Thanks again for all the great content!
Hello there! Thanks for your comment and welcome to my channel. Basically, the syllabus has 4 categories but you must complete category i. first because it's all major scales, chords, technical exercises and internal philosophies with what I call 'minimum expectations'; these are personalised during the opening call we would have based on your own specifics. Minor are not included but can be if you want. I have a video on minor scales here: ua-cam.com/video/nvyMPyFdbZc/v-deo.html The link to more info is here, which includes an overview PDF to help you decide if you'd like to take it on! www.dan-the-composer.com/docs/WPSyllabusOverview.pdf Best, Dan
@@danthecomposer Thanks Dan! I'm going try to implement as much content on here as I can then look into your program for further progression! Appreciate all the info!!
I wanna be a Jazz pianist too should I follow this playlist Piano Lessons Recommended order? Should I also go ahead with the Absolute major scales mastery playlist? Or what should I do please guide...want to play Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Chet Baker etc so far I know the 12 major and 12 minor chords and now have printed like 200 chords pictures....have picked up piano after a long time and now learned how to play songs like rhythm part of many popular songs......right now was also working on learning So What by Miles Davis....but which playlists to follow and should I spend more time on mastering the major scales instead and what about minor scales? or should I just learn all the chords? and what about reading piano music/sheet?
Hey. Enjoy this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL4cPpP-Ua6NXIaHkt-DBE7asr582uS5ku.html When you know the major scales away from the piano on your internal piano, and you'll know when that happens, then you'll be ready for the jazz stuff. Working on songs is ok but how? I have an article to help (and loads of video tutorials for songs) piano-jazz.blogspot.com/2016/12/learning-songs-quickly.html / ua-cam.com/play/PL4cPpP-Ua6NUh1zopQKUb3T0kyyu88L1Q.html - these contain jazz theory too. Don't worry about minor scales since the natural minor is already a major scale based on the 6th degree of a major scale. Does this make sense? It should if you're wanting to play jazz stuff and acquire that theory! Let me know... Best, Dan
@@danthecomposer No worries.. thx for the great video... making a goal to play every day in 2020 and will see how much progress I can make... will follow this tutorial to get started!
Practormance" los estudio en contexto musical , por eso te quería hacer una pregunta en un acorde maj7 que diferencia de sonido tiene cuando se toca como Imaj7 y IVmaj7 ? Saludos
La única diferencia es la posición del acorde en una progresión. IM7 e IVM7 son ambos M7, pero el primero actúa como primer acorde y el segundo como cuarto. La plantilla del acorde en sí sigue siendo la misma. En otras palabras, ¡no hay mucho que decir sobre ellos! :)
Dan, in the first few minutes of this video, you pick Ab as an example and when you start poking notes you say “I can only see Ab”. How does that happen? Does one remember Ab consists of Ab-C-Db and remember those notes? When I add the G to that for the Abmaj7, and start poking, all I see is a blur, primarily when I move out of root position. What is the “hurdle” we all must get over to only see the Ab chord notes?
Internal piano! If you can't poke in your mind, you can't poke at the piano! You need to embed the shapes away from the piano. The piano is distracting you... this is the problem. The major scale mastery playlist constantly reinforces away-from-the-piano mastery: stay on one key for a few days until you are as familiar with it as you are the alphabet, or counting to ten, or walking around your house blindfolded. This is the only way. See shapes, connection emotions to them for each key. See colours or words. Eb is the key of water for me. A is pins and needles. D is the circus (because it looks like a tent shape with the F# and C# as support poles). F is a Canada key for me since I learnt a lot of songs in F when I lived there in my late teens. And each one's shape appears as a whole 7 notes. I knew a guy who did it using binary code (0 for white, 1 for black) and memorised those in his mind and knew them from nothing to all 12 in a week! You simply have to go through them in this way. But once it's done, it's done! Good luck. Best, Dan
Thank you Dan. I can see that now. I really am a very “visual” guy like that and often say that there’s always a “trick” to learning or doing something that appears difficult. I see your point exactly. Now, I’m off to retrieve my bag of tricks, THANKS SO MUCH..
Dan, is there such a chord as a minor 7 augmented? For example, an F minor 7 augmented with F, Ab, Db, and Eb. I noticed this is also a Absus4 with a 6 in it. What would you call this chord?
Exactly! You're realising that you can call any collection of notes anything; it's all about the BASS note. It may provide an inversion or root position, it may be extensions... just have a look around and see what you like! But remember, it's all about the bass. Play some triads or 4 note chords, change the bass and see how the note values change. Very important learning curve! Best, Dan
Nope. Diminished implies flat 5 with the minor too. Dim7 is a wrong label. I’ve never liked it. It’s called a whole diminished with it’s the 6 on top and a half dim when the b7 is on top. Any minor 6 chord is first inversion of a half dim chord 🙏🤓 Best, Dan
27:00 - Does this imply that a '#5' chord would contain no 3rd? Answered! (39:51). A 'b5' chord would contain a MAJOR third. What type of 3rd would a '#5' chord contain?
Indeed, chords with an altered 5th contain a third of some kind. The options of triads are: major (1 3 5), minor (1 b3 5), augmented (1 3 #5), diminished (1 3 b5 - rare, they always contain the 6th or dominant 7th), sus4 (1 4 5), sus2 (1 2 5). That's ya lot! What type of 3rd would a #5 chord contain? A major third, because if you play a minor third with a #5, you get a major triad, first inversion of the b6! (e.g.: C, Eb, G#... same notes as Ab (the b6 of C) in first inversion: C, Eb, Ab). Best, Dan
19:20 - Up until recently, I would mistake a sus2 chord for a 9th chord! ALSO I've seen elsewhere where sus2 chords ARE notated as 9th chords on occasion! My brain hurts!
As mentioned already, a sus2 can't be a 9th since no 3rd is present. It's a unique choice to play a sus2 (lower the 3rd) and a unique reason to play a 9th (with the 3rd). A lot of notation is wrong through ignorance so I hope this video clarified a few things! Best, Dan
Thanks for putting "Diminished 7" to death! It now has a stake through its heart, and has been riddled with silver bullets and buried in a mirrored coffin full of garlic.
Yes, nothing for a dim triad. A circle for the whole dim (as if writing a degree temperature) and the circle with a line through it from top right to bottom left for half-dim. Best, Dan
🤓 Take them off and go through the major scale mastery playlist...! Note letters don’t matter anyway; they’re all numbers so the stickers are utterly futile to you anyway 🤯🎶 Update requested! Best, Dan
Excellent. Perhaps now break the pattern (it’s limiting and a cheat) and see if you can poke around the notes of the scales when they are not in order.... just like in real repertoire?
Dan.... as a kid grow ing up in th 70s I was aware of Liberace but not exactly my thing. For some reason he came up in my UA-cam streamed today. Very diverse... classical to boogie woogie. Saw this and thought of you ... ua-cam.com/video/XYK5Bopk2X0/v-deo.html..... music apart, he obviously knew it.... the flow of energy down his arms as you say and there is no way he is sending instructions to his fingers.... they are just doing what his mind is imagining. It's like God level. Where would you put him on a scale of 1 to god level ?... not everyone's cup of tea especially the later years.... but the man could play.
The link doesn't work I'm afraid. Try again... Very dangerous of me (or anyone) to rate a player on a scale but I remember reading an article on him... I'll find it... Here it is: www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/arts/music/liberace-examined-as-a-piano-player.html - I think it answers your question well. Best, Dan
I don’t know why you are getting rid of your keyboard and replacing it. I had a problem with the same one. Every Eb and B in every octave across entire keyboard stopped working. No one knew how to fix. Probably a chip? Any way I have a new one now. Unfortunately I didn’t play 6 months while saving funds for another keyboard.
Well I won't get rid of it since I like to keep sentimental things but in terms of replace, it's 10 years old this year! I've opened it twice in that time to hoover it (I have 2 cats) and fix some key issues but this F# refuses to let me fix it so I have to live with it for now. Hopefully later in the year I'll get a much newer DGX6XX... Best, Dan
Nooooo way! I won't let you think C is any different to any other key!! I think you need this: ua-cam.com/play/PL4cPpP-Ua6NUAnf54mQbk1xjbc4xDfu4K.html Best, Dan
@@danthecomposer I realise that C is not a special key, and you were having trouble with your keyboard. But I wanted to take away the intervals between the notes for the various chords to understand the structure of them, and C is just easier to visualise. Like you said in the lesson, it was more theory than practical and you could do it without the keyboard. Anyway thanks for your work, and I learned a lot, particularly about the extended chords.
@@martinwragg8246 I mean he did say master the major scales in the beginning... so it would be pretty intuitive to know what he's playing outside the c major scale. Plus you also get different sounds which can aid in building intuition hearing wise. Even though it isn't a technical lesson i find it useful for that reason.
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Timestamps:
Intro: 00:02
Four primary chord types: 07:05
In-octave chord types: 17:40
Extensions: 40:23
Voicings and conclusion: 59:00
I don't remember ever learning so much in one hour. Not only is this extraordinary lesson packed with essential information, but the concepts are delivered with such clarity. As a beginner at jazz piano, I know it will be enormously helpful, and I will refer back to it repeatedly. You thanked us for being kind enough to take the time to watch it. Thank YOU for being kind enough to take the time to make it!
Thank you so much for this video. Also, says "this isn't really music" and proceeds plays a flurry of chords so beautifully :D
Dan you dont know how much I have improved since I met you. God bless you for all your efforts.
No other explanation could be better than this one. May you flourish Dan.
damn this is like the clearest extension explanation in the world, love you byeeee
🙏🙏
Amazing video dude!
This is an incredibly in depth yet simple tutorial that has shown me how much I want to learn about music while making me learn how to play music!
Back to Major scale mastery first! ....but finally this theory feels like something I may be able to eventually wrap my arms around. I know now WAY more than when I got up this AM. Thanks Dan!
Geez...it feels like a great outline for 6 months of practice. My head is hurting. I’m guessing I’ll watch this 6 times over the next couple weeks.
Phil Ackerman yea he is the best teacher on UA-cam his methods go in significant detail he covers mental and physical as well
You, good sir, are an INCREDIBLE teacher
There's so much teaching in this video and I shall be spending a lot of time with it, You answer numerous questions explaining and demonstrating the way you see chords and extensions. I like that inversions don't exist in water pianism, I've worried so much over inversions. By the end of an amazingly informative hour which has brought so much together to make sense I feel easier and I've got lots to practice, both away and at the piano. Thank you Dan.
I very much like (what I think is) the idea behind this tutorial. Get rid of 'inversions' and 'voicing'. Inversions triple the amount of information I tries to become friend with. Then voicing adds even further up the amount. Instead, focus on scales. 'See' the scales. What is the third of a scale, what is the sixth etc. Get THAT under your skin and weld it to your brain. Them you gets inversions and voicings for free.
Thanks, Very useful.
Thankyou as a beginner I had learnt the four major chords for each key and the major and minor scales. Later the theory around sus, aug, dim, 9, 11 and 13. I understood fully what you said and affirms that my practice routine has brought me this far. Still I feel like a small fish in the ocean there are so many talented players out there.
On the same boat with you
Amazingly, you can pack in many essential “chord” theories into one hour lesson. Just brilliant, Dan
If one can comprehend the content of the lesson he or she does not need to read the chapters including “diatonic triads”, “diatonic seventh chords” , and “voice leading” etc. in most of “Music Theory” books. 👍👍
absolutely incredible, i'm taking so much from this one video great work!
Brilliant video Dan. Your chord videos in the past were great too, but this one is next level. I have watched this a few times now over the past couple of days and it is sinking in. I know all the scales well and I am confident in finding all the different chords mentioned in this video now, but often it takes me a few seconds to find the more "complicated" chords. My aim is to get to a point where there is no unconscious interference and I can find them in an instance, like you do. Thanks again for your videos, it's so admirable that you provide this kind of quality free of charge to help people.
Agree..
Amazing Dan! 100K subscribers, I knew it was a matter of time ! Congrats
Congrats on 100k I’ve been supporting for a couple years now you’ve helped my piano go to the next level 💯
My pleasure! Thanks for sharing the moment with me 🙏🎶
Best,
Dan
You've been such a great help to me. It's exciting to see you about to top 100k subs. You deserve it! Thanks, Dan. You're top shelf mate.
Thank you. It's very kind of you. Glad to share the moment with you :) Looking forward to what this year brings you both at and away from the piano!
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Dan
Absolutely stunning lesson!
Such a lot of information.... thanks for the great video... now to digest it all,
Congrats on 100k subs milestone!
Thank you kindly! 🙏🤯
Excellent practice procedure. I find it to be fun and interesting I made a list beginning to end, I enjoy 36251 it boggles the brain, thanks DB and Happy New Year!
THANK YOU!!!
Happy New Year and thanks for your continued work!
This is your best video yet!
I was curious about 10th and 12th chords. Are there such beasts?
A 10th is just a major third and is a common interval to use in the left hand for accompaniments. A 12th is just a 5th.
Best,
Dan
Thank you so much ! You are the best
Hi Dan. Thanks for all your great videos and sharing your approach to playing the piano. When creating chords in a particular scale do you think of creating all the chords based on the scale degrees rather than the chord being a dérivation of it’s own major scale or is there a place for both approaches. Regards Howard
Dan the Man!!!!!!
Oh no! Now I've got to add the +7 to my routine for the challenge! I don't remember you mentioned it before… (well, nothing scary there, just have to remember sticking it after the + arpeggio.)
As always, nice video, nice sum up, and thanks for making inversions not more important than unordered voicings, another door just opened! 🤯😃
Thanks I can’t wait to see the notes of a chord. Lot’s of practice think.
great practice techniques...thanks
revolutionary ! :)
15:10 - I'm guessing harpsichord pieces would be a good start (no pedal!)
Makes total sense.
Big thank you!
thanks so much man
Great stuff, wow! Is there a video on your channel that deals with using the pedal? I find it hard to get a nice sound with it and when to use it properly.
Watched the whole thing straight through! Thank you for the great video and will be returning to reference parts of it as I continue to learn. Dan - at the end you mentioned you can flatten or sharpen the 9 while the 11 you can only sharpen it. What if you're playing a minor 7 chord with a sharp 9? Wouldn't the sharp 9 duplicate the minor third similar to how the flat 11 duplicates the major third when playing a 7 or major 7 chord?
Thank you once again. Glad you enjoyed. You're absolutely correct (I thought I said it in the video, obviously not, but it's definitely in the main chord mastery video) about the #9 being the same as minor.. that's also why you can't #13, because it's the same as the dominant 7th! You also can't play a sus4 with an 11 or #11 with a diminished (due to the b5). You name the chord based on the most logical label (and usually non-extension chord types win). The more scores you experience, the more this becomes obvious!
Best,
Dan
Makes very much logical sense in the naming of chords. Just in briefly playing around with them I noticed I like the sound of a minor 7 augmented. Very bright and homely. A good ending sound.
hey thanks, this is very accurate and concise, but aren't you missing one important chord, the "dim7"? meaning a mayor chord, whit the dominant 7th, and flat 5.. or have I missed it?
Hello there, thanks for your comment. I never use the name 'dim7' because I find it ridiculous. It's also not correct. I use 'whole diminished' and 'half diminished'. Hear me out: 'diminished' refers to the triad of: b3 and b5. 7 refers to b7 but there is no b7 in a whole dim (dim7).. it's a 6th. Diminished may mean 'bb7' in classical western theory but in this case, is the dim in dim7 referring to the dim triad (as it should), or the double b7 (6th)? If so, that means the dim doesn't refer to the dim triad so it's even more ridiculous. You'd have to say dimdim7.. which is very dim to say! One for the dim triad and one for the dim7 (bb7... 6). So I strongly propose you remove 'dim7' from your brain and replace it with 'whole dim' which also makes sense since it's a group of minor 3rds (a 'whole' collection of them).
Hope this helps!
Best,
Dan
@@danthecomposer Hello Dan, thanks for the comment. I was wrong... and I think actually not 😁So I did a little research (cause I see your point in the comment) and found out that people use the term "dim7" when referring to a whole diminished chord, and as you say, that's incorrect and ridiculous. But I didn't know that, so I was thinking about a MAYOR chord with b5 and b7 (cause I thought "dim" only applied to the 5th of the chord, not the 3rd, not the 7th). So that's the chord I was asking about. Now I know it's correct form is "7b5". Maybe I missed it, but I didn't find any mention to this chord in your video and I wanted to know if there was a reason why. Thanks again!
Wax on wax off.... brilliant!
Hi, are there extensions(9,11 and 13) for argument and diminish chords?
The 9 works with everything. I’m literally about to record a video on this topic today! The 13 is good with the augmented too.
Check back later tonight 🤓
Best,
Dan
Hi Dan, I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel as the material you are providing is very valuable. How does your "Water Pianism Syllabus" course compare to this material on youtube? Also, is there a similar section available for minor scales mastery? Thanks again for all the great content!
Hello there! Thanks for your comment and welcome to my channel. Basically, the syllabus has 4 categories but you must complete category i. first because it's all major scales, chords, technical exercises and internal philosophies with what I call 'minimum expectations'; these are personalised during the opening call we would have based on your own specifics. Minor are not included but can be if you want. I have a video on minor scales here: ua-cam.com/video/nvyMPyFdbZc/v-deo.html
The link to more info is here, which includes an overview PDF to help you decide if you'd like to take it on! www.dan-the-composer.com/docs/WPSyllabusOverview.pdf
Best,
Dan
@@danthecomposer Thanks Dan! I'm going try to implement as much content on here as I can then look into your program for further progression! Appreciate all the info!!
its very helpfull, Thankyou🙏
My brain is tired but happy!
Merci beaucoup for this.
I wanna be a Jazz pianist too should I follow this playlist Piano Lessons Recommended order? Should I also go ahead with the Absolute major scales mastery playlist? Or what should I do please guide...want to play Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Chet Baker etc so far I know the 12 major and 12 minor chords and now have printed like 200 chords pictures....have picked up piano after a long time and now learned how to play songs like rhythm part of many popular songs......right now was also working on learning So What by Miles Davis....but which playlists to follow and should I spend more time on mastering the major scales instead and what about minor scales? or should I just learn all the chords? and what about reading piano music/sheet?
Hey. Enjoy this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL4cPpP-Ua6NXIaHkt-DBE7asr582uS5ku.html
When you know the major scales away from the piano on your internal piano, and you'll know when that happens, then you'll be ready for the jazz stuff. Working on songs is ok but how? I have an article to help (and loads of video tutorials for songs) piano-jazz.blogspot.com/2016/12/learning-songs-quickly.html / ua-cam.com/play/PL4cPpP-Ua6NUh1zopQKUb3T0kyyu88L1Q.html - these contain jazz theory too.
Don't worry about minor scales since the natural minor is already a major scale based on the 6th degree of a major scale. Does this make sense? It should if you're wanting to play jazz stuff and acquire that theory!
Let me know...
Best,
Dan
9:30 - don't see that link in the comments - you may want to add it.. thx for the video... quite helpful!
Oops! I’m literally ready for bed but I’ll do it first thing in the morning! Many apologies. Thanks for letting me know. 🙏🎶
Best,
Dan
@@danthecomposer No worries.. thx for the great video... making a goal to play every day in 2020 and will see how much progress I can make... will follow this tutorial to get started!
Hi Dan, what do you think about using space repetition software such as anki to practise chords?
Amazing content Dan! What piano sample are you using?
Thanks 🙏 Synthogy Ivory.
Thanks for this more practice 2020
Practormance" los estudio en contexto musical , por eso te quería hacer una pregunta en un acorde maj7 que diferencia de sonido tiene cuando se toca como Imaj7 y IVmaj7 ? Saludos
La única diferencia es la posición del acorde en una progresión. IM7 e IVM7 son ambos M7, pero el primero actúa como primer acorde y el segundo como cuarto. La plantilla del acorde en sí sigue siendo la misma. En otras palabras, ¡no hay mucho que decir sobre ellos! :)
@@danthecomposer Gracias por tu respuesta Saludos
Dan, in the first few minutes of this video, you pick Ab as an example and when you start poking notes you say “I can only see Ab”. How does that happen? Does one remember Ab consists of Ab-C-Db and remember those notes? When I add the G to that for the Abmaj7, and start
poking, all I see is a blur, primarily when I move out of root position. What is the “hurdle” we all must get over to only see the Ab chord notes?
Internal piano! If you can't poke in your mind, you can't poke at the piano! You need to embed the shapes away from the piano. The piano is distracting you... this is the problem. The major scale mastery playlist constantly reinforces away-from-the-piano mastery: stay on one key for a few days until you are as familiar with it as you are the alphabet, or counting to ten, or walking around your house blindfolded. This is the only way. See shapes, connection emotions to them for each key. See colours or words. Eb is the key of water for me. A is pins and needles. D is the circus (because it looks like a tent shape with the F# and C# as support poles). F is a Canada key for me since I learnt a lot of songs in F when I lived there in my late teens. And each one's shape appears as a whole 7 notes. I knew a guy who did it using binary code (0 for white, 1 for black) and memorised those in his mind and knew them from nothing to all 12 in a week! You simply have to go through them in this way. But once it's done, it's done!
Good luck.
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Thank you Dan. I can see that now. I really am a very “visual” guy like that and often say that there’s always a “trick” to learning or doing something that appears difficult. I see your point exactly. Now, I’m off to retrieve my bag of tricks, THANKS SO MUCH..
Dan, is there such a chord as a minor 7 augmented? For example, an F minor 7 augmented with F, Ab, Db, and Eb. I noticed this is also a Absus4 with a 6 in it. What would you call this chord?
This is also a Db major triad with a 9 added in. So many different names you could call this one!
Exactly! You're realising that you can call any collection of notes anything; it's all about the BASS note. It may provide an inversion or root position, it may be extensions... just have a look around and see what you like! But remember, it's all about the bass. Play some triads or 4 note chords, change the bass and see how the note values change. Very important learning curve!
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@@danthecomposer Will do. Thanks Dan!
Thanks, very handy! I like your accent! Where in the UK are you from?
Thank you and welcome to my channel. Surrey.
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Dan
Is the minor 6 the same as the diminished 7? for example C min6 and A dim7, both chords has the same notes
Nope. Diminished implies flat 5 with the minor too. Dim7 is a wrong label. I’ve never liked it. It’s called a whole diminished with it’s the 6 on top and a half dim when the b7 is on top. Any minor 6 chord is first inversion of a half dim chord 🙏🤓
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@@danthecomposer ohh i just got mixed up with the label. I get it now, thank you very much
27:00 - Does this imply that a '#5' chord would contain no 3rd?
Answered! (39:51). A 'b5' chord would contain a MAJOR third.
What type of 3rd would a '#5' chord contain?
Indeed, chords with an altered 5th contain a third of some kind. The options of triads are: major (1 3 5), minor (1 b3 5), augmented (1 3 #5), diminished (1 3 b5 - rare, they always contain the 6th or dominant 7th), sus4 (1 4 5), sus2 (1 2 5). That's ya lot!
What type of 3rd would a #5 chord contain? A major third, because if you play a minor third with a #5, you get a major triad, first inversion of the b6! (e.g.: C, Eb, G#... same notes as Ab (the b6 of C) in first inversion: C, Eb, Ab).
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19:20 - Up until recently, I would mistake a sus2 chord for a 9th chord! ALSO I've seen elsewhere where sus2 chords ARE notated as 9th chords on occasion! My brain hurts!
9th chord has a 3rd in it while sus chords don't have
As mentioned already, a sus2 can't be a 9th since no 3rd is present. It's a unique choice to play a sus2 (lower the 3rd) and a unique reason to play a 9th (with the 3rd). A lot of notation is wrong through ignorance so I hope this video clarified a few things!
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@@danthecomposer yes it clarified so much indeed for every viewer and reader
Thanks for putting "Diminished 7" to death! It now has a stake through its heart, and has been riddled with silver bullets and buried in a mirrored coffin full of garlic.
29:26- Does this imply that there's no notation for a 'diminished triad'?
Yes, nothing for a dim triad. A circle for the whole dim (as if writing a degree temperature) and the circle with a line through it from top right to bottom left for half-dim.
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Still got the note stickers on lol, only been playing 3 months though, still pretentious on taking them off lol
🤓 Take them off and go through the major scale mastery playlist...! Note letters don’t matter anyway; they’re all numbers so the stickers are utterly futile to you anyway 🤯🎶
Update requested!
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Dan
@@danthecomposer ok i will, i've mastered the major and minor scales anyway and see them as patterns, not letters
Excellent. Perhaps now break the pattern (it’s limiting and a cheat) and see if you can poke around the notes of the scales when they are not in order.... just like in real repertoire?
@@danthecomposer ok i 'll give that a go thanks Dan
Dan.... as a kid grow ing up in th 70s I was aware of Liberace but not exactly my thing. For some reason he came up in my UA-cam streamed today. Very diverse... classical to boogie woogie. Saw this and thought of you ... ua-cam.com/video/XYK5Bopk2X0/v-deo.html..... music apart, he obviously knew it.... the flow of energy down his arms as you say and there is no way he is sending instructions to his fingers.... they are just doing what his mind is imagining. It's like God level. Where would you put him on a scale of 1 to god level ?... not everyone's cup of tea especially the later years.... but the man could play.
The link doesn't work I'm afraid. Try again...
Very dangerous of me (or anyone) to rate a player on a scale but I remember reading an article on him... I'll find it... Here it is: www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/arts/music/liberace-examined-as-a-piano-player.html - I think it answers your question well.
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@@danthecomposer Interesting.... I think it is a difficult thing to judge and probably more so the more references you have.
I don’t know why you are getting rid of your keyboard and replacing it. I had a problem with the same one. Every Eb and B in every octave across entire keyboard stopped working. No one knew how to fix. Probably a chip? Any way I have a new one now. Unfortunately I didn’t play 6 months while saving funds for another keyboard.
Well I won't get rid of it since I like to keep sentimental things but in terms of replace, it's 10 years old this year! I've opened it twice in that time to hoover it (I have 2 cats) and fix some key issues but this F# refuses to let me fix it so I have to live with it for now. Hopefully later in the year I'll get a much newer DGX6XX...
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It would have made more sense if you had kept it in C!
Nooooo way! I won't let you think C is any different to any other key!! I think you need this: ua-cam.com/play/PL4cPpP-Ua6NUAnf54mQbk1xjbc4xDfu4K.html
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@@danthecomposer I realise that C is not a special key, and you were having trouble with your keyboard.
But I wanted to take away the intervals between the notes for the various chords to understand the structure of them, and C is just easier to visualise.
Like you said in the lesson, it was more theory than practical and you could do it without the keyboard.
Anyway thanks for your work, and I learned a lot, particularly about the extended chords.
@@martinwragg8246 I mean he did say master the major scales in the beginning... so it would be pretty intuitive to know what he's playing outside the c major scale. Plus you also get different sounds which can aid in building intuition hearing wise. Even though it isn't a technical lesson i find it useful for that reason.