As a guitar player....In C MAJOR/A min The C MAJOR pentatonic will work over any C MAJOR chord The F MAJOR pentatonic will also be within all the notes of the C Major scale The G MAJOR pentatonic as will.... It's easier to do it on the guitar becuase the PATTERN or scale shape looks the same..no matter what pitch you play it in. The guitar fretboard is like a SLIDE RULER... That's why it's easier for me to improves or shift keys on the fly. notice..they're relative G Major/Emin C Major/Amin F Major/Dmin This allow you to MODULATE...if you know INTERVALS You simply add the two notes accordingly for different modes example C ion = 4, 7 C lydian #4. 7 C mix 4, b7 in other words you can easily shift keys. It's the samething with minor pentatonic A aeo = 2, b6 A dor = 2, 6 A phry = b2, b6 A loc b2, b5, b6 There's also the DOMINANT PENTATONIC 1...x..2....x..3...........5...........b7..x...R The same concept You can use it as a template to play over any DOMINANT modes to MODULATE A dominant chord simply will act as a TONE CENTER to harmonize over. Modes from scale aside from the MAJOR scale Mix mix b2 mix b6 mix b2, b6 mix #4 mix #2, #4 Mix b2, #4 These are also possible dominant....the b4 has the same pitch as Maj3 loc b4 loc b4, Maj6 Loc b4, bb6 phrygian b4 example... Mix b2, b6 is the V of Harmonic min The Mix #4 = IV of melodic min mix b6 = V of melodic min mix b2 = V of Harmonic MAJOR
@Donte I figure this out a couple of weeks ago....how to apply it over the Melodic minor scale, ( ion b3 or dorian Maj7 or Harmonic min with Maj6) Lets say you're in A Melodic minor. ( F#, G#) You can play the B minor pentatonic over the II chord ( B dorian b2) You can also play the Dominant pentatonic over the IV ( D mix #4) and the V ( Mix b6) You'll still be within all the notes of A melodic minor. it helps me play it in different ways ( I mix them up) but to keep it simple...(as a point of reference) Im going to play the ....II, V, VI of melodic minor it's sort of like playing I, IV, V... D dorian b2..............E mix b6..........F# aeo b5 if I play D Dominant pentatonic over the D Mix #4 ( lydian dominant) Im going to count from the D as a sort of tonic,..( it;s just for reference) I......................III..........................V D mix #4 F# aeo b5 A melodic min E dominant over the Mix b6 E mix b6 G# loc b4 B Dorian b2 The Melodic min ..is a Dorian with a Leading tone ( Maj7) If you want to play D melodic minor on the piano.. Simply play the C# note...or play A7 into D minor ( then just pretend you're in F MAJOR/D minor ( play the Bb note) anyways.....the mode in the 5th degree of the dominant pentatonic. It's sort of dorian becuase of the Maj6 R.................b3............4..........5...........6...................R Jazz and blues player play the melodic minor forward and backwards.lol sometimes I play it like this..using min penta or dominant over each chord. A min.......D min E min A min D min E7 A min D7 E7 or A min B7 to E Major7 to E Major via E Harmonic MAJOR) or I can play G#7 into C# min or A min.......B7 ...into E min ( it'll be as if I modulate to G MAJOR/E min so it's sort of an overlap ( COMMON chords) A min......D7......to E min A min B min to E min A min B7 to E harmonic minor A7 B7 to E melodic minor
@Donte yes and No...I played the flute in second grade Then the Sax in middle school and HS. ( marching band..ect) I knew the circle of 5th before I knew algebra.lmao My dad got me my own electric guitar when I was 12... becuase he didnt want me to scratch his gibson LP.lmao My dad is a better musician than I am..we had all kinds of instruments in the house. The keyboard...ect He sings, plays in blue grass or folk band. He plays more instruments than me.. Anyways..Plenty of music books. Sometimes dad would give all the kids music lessons.lmao He wasnt into hard rock. metal...ect..So I had to figure out all that stuff on my own..but it was good ear training. Dad also had a music studio (LOCK)...i was a kid. I'd break in and play with all his toys.lmao I also had one on one lessons (class) during school hours on top regular band class...Then i had music history. All of this was while I was in middle school. It was insane...I had to play the flute in the middle of school yard every day..everyone in school can hear me.lol i was into rock and metal..so i had to figure out all my favorite songs by ear.... i also had guitar class ...on top of marching band class. I tried out for the HS rock band...but the music teacher put my in the Jazz band instead, ( that sucks..but I got go to Hawaii) I had...Marching band, Jazz band, classical Guitar class .. then came home and play rock and metal all might.
@@MangoldProject hello what is the name of this scale E F# G A Bb Db D which sounds very good over E minor 2 5 1 (F#m7--B7--Em) ? I need the name so i can learn it in other keys thanks.
i have a guzheng. even though it's tuned to an uncoventional scale (japanese iwato scale) i love how it's basically impossible to make it sound dischordant.
Thanks for the video content! Forgive me for chiming in, I would love your thoughts. Have you tried - Riddleagan Smart Hands Remedy (do a search on google)? It is a smashing one off product for learning piano fast minus the headache. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my BF at last got astronomical results with it.
It would be great to do a video with a different reharmonizations of Shape of You. Kind of curious how "far" one could push it and still it would sound great.
I'd love to, but UA-cam would probably shoot it down. Tried similar things before, it didn't go well. Dealing with its copyright system and the fear of channel strikes is too much of a hassle for me.
MangoldProject Yeah, have seen that it can be a problem. Some rather famous music theory UA-camrs (don't need to name them here) even made a videos about how UA-cam is basically blocking sharing of music education according to IDing snippets of music that is being played in the video. In that case I will have to try it myself. :-) Anyway, thanks for the brilliant content and keep up the great work! Your channel is a great inspiration for me as a songwriter and producer.
Guitar player here and I love pentatonic. It can be used everywhere. Even a minor pentatonic works over a major chord. So A minor pentatonic works over a A major chord, even though the 3rds are different
Another guitar player here. In my case, the electric guitar (Randy Rhoads) sparked my interest in classical guitar (Bach, Villa Lobos), which then led me to piano (Liszt, Rachmaninov) back when I was 18. Though still a complete failure, I really enjoy the piano and hope to some day play it decently. Your channel is awesome, keep up the good work!
Yet another guitar player here. I have had a couple of attempts at trying to play piano in the past and failing miserably. But watching your channel is inspiring me to have another go, but I don't currently have a keyboard. Must get one!
As a guitar player I can say you are absolutely correct! One thing which we are fond of doing is combining the major and minor pentatonic. How would that translate to piano?
Agree but you still have to be carefull with the C in the Cmaj scale right? Is an avoid note of the Emin Gmaj Bdim . Am I right? I geuss you can't leave out the C because its the tonic. So my conclusion is lot's of freedom but still be carefull with the C.
its funny i figured out the pentatonic scale just messing around on my keyboard. i didnt know much music theory i just found that this pattern of notes fits on whatever chords i play and then i started to notice it in other songs
Hi. I am no expert but my guess is that the semi tone intervals are removed. The Major pentatonic is missing the 4 & 7. The minor pentatonic is missing the 2 & 6. This leaves three chord tones and two of the “stronger” remaining tones. The result is a more versatile scale with less clash. Of course that could also be viewed as more boring. I hope that helped. 🙂
it's possible to have pentatonic scales with semi tone intervals. in fact, i make most of my music using the Iwato scale which has two sets of notes with only a semitone interval. My guzheng is tuned to A, B, C, E, F. even so if you improvise over other music sticking to that scale, it's impossible to sound dischordant.
So, I'm new to music: what do you mean that all chords "fit" the pentatonic scale? Is it that there's no dissonance? I just struggle to understand by what metric does a chord "fit" a scale in the sense you mean it. Like, a standard major scale has 7 diatonic triads, but obviously you can't have 7 in a pentatonic scale without going chromatic, so wouldn't the lower amount of notes limit it more?
Yes and yes. Personally I think children should be taught the pentatonic scale first, as getting unintended dissonances can put a damper on the willingness to improvise, while the pentatonic scale is "safe" to improvise with. There are of course songs that require more tones & dissonance.
When you say any chord of the scale fits do you mean, using a note in a scale as a root note in a chord. I'm new to music theory lol. Great content, true genius
Well, not necessarily must be the root. It could be the third or the fifth - in order to sound "perfect". But, it could be any note of the scale (but, in this case, if you play a C major as a chord and your melody is playing a D at the same moment, you will have a felling that the current chord is a Csus2 or a C9 chord...but this could be done without any problems)
You can construct chords off of any scale. For C major, those would be C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim. If you want to know more, look for my Full Jazz Piano Course here on UA-cam (it's totally free).
As a guitar player....In C MAJOR/A min
The C MAJOR pentatonic will work over any C MAJOR chord
The F MAJOR pentatonic will also be within all the notes of the C Major scale
The G MAJOR pentatonic as will....
It's easier to do it on the guitar becuase the PATTERN or scale shape looks
the same..no matter what pitch you play it in.
The guitar fretboard is like a SLIDE RULER...
That's why it's easier for me to improves or shift keys on the fly.
notice..they're relative
G Major/Emin
C Major/Amin
F Major/Dmin
This allow you to MODULATE...if you know INTERVALS
You simply add the two notes accordingly for different modes
example
C ion = 4, 7
C lydian #4. 7
C mix 4, b7
in other words you can easily shift keys.
It's the samething with minor pentatonic
A aeo = 2, b6
A dor = 2, 6
A phry = b2, b6
A loc b2, b5, b6
There's also the DOMINANT PENTATONIC
1...x..2....x..3...........5...........b7..x...R
The same concept
You can use it as a template to play over any DOMINANT modes to MODULATE
A dominant chord simply will act as a TONE CENTER to harmonize over.
Modes from scale aside from the MAJOR scale
Mix
mix b2
mix b6
mix b2, b6
mix #4
mix #2, #4
Mix b2, #4
These are also possible dominant....the b4 has the same pitch as Maj3
loc b4
loc b4, Maj6
Loc b4, bb6
phrygian b4
example...
Mix b2, b6 is the V of Harmonic min
The Mix #4 = IV of melodic min
mix b6 = V of melodic min
mix b2 = V of Harmonic MAJOR
OneEyE Monster this is easily the most useful comment I ever saw on youtube! Appreciate it!!
Thanks!
@Donte I figure this out a couple of weeks ago....how to apply it
over the Melodic minor scale,
( ion b3 or dorian Maj7 or Harmonic min with Maj6)
Lets say you're in A Melodic minor. ( F#, G#)
You can play the B minor pentatonic over the II chord ( B dorian b2)
You can also play the Dominant pentatonic over the IV ( D mix #4)
and the V ( Mix b6)
You'll still be within all the notes of A melodic minor.
it helps me play it in different ways ( I mix them up)
but to keep it simple...(as a point of reference)
Im going to play the ....II, V, VI of melodic minor
it's sort of like playing I, IV, V...
D dorian b2..............E mix b6..........F# aeo b5
if I play D Dominant pentatonic over the D Mix #4 ( lydian dominant)
Im going to count from the D as a sort of tonic,..( it;s just for reference)
I......................III..........................V
D mix #4 F# aeo b5 A melodic min
E dominant over the Mix b6
E mix b6 G# loc b4 B Dorian b2
The Melodic min ..is a Dorian with a Leading tone ( Maj7)
If you want to play D melodic minor on the piano..
Simply play the C# note...or play A7 into D minor
( then just pretend you're in F MAJOR/D minor ( play the Bb note)
anyways.....the mode in the 5th degree of the dominant pentatonic.
It's sort of dorian becuase of the Maj6
R.................b3............4..........5...........6...................R
Jazz and blues player play the melodic minor forward and backwards.lol
sometimes I play it like this..using min penta or dominant over each chord.
A min.......D min E min
A min D min E7
A min D7 E7
or
A min B7 to E Major7 to E Major via E Harmonic MAJOR)
or I can play G#7 into C# min
or A min.......B7 ...into E min ( it'll be as if I modulate to G MAJOR/E min
so it's sort of an overlap ( COMMON chords)
A min......D7......to E min
A min B min to E min
A min B7 to E harmonic minor
A7 B7 to E melodic minor
@Donte yes and No...I played the flute in second grade
Then the Sax in middle school and HS. ( marching band..ect)
I knew the circle of 5th before I knew algebra.lmao
My dad got me my own electric guitar when I was 12...
becuase he didnt want me to scratch his gibson LP.lmao
My dad is a better musician than I am..we had all kinds of
instruments in the house. The keyboard...ect
He sings, plays in blue grass or folk band.
He plays more instruments than me..
Anyways..Plenty of music books.
Sometimes dad would give all the kids music lessons.lmao
He wasnt into hard rock. metal...ect..So I had to figure out
all that stuff on my own..but it was good ear training.
Dad also had a music studio (LOCK)...i was a kid.
I'd break in and play with all his toys.lmao
I also had one on one lessons (class) during school hours on top
regular band class...Then i had music history.
All of this was while I was in middle school.
It was insane...I had to play the flute in the middle of school yard
every day..everyone in school can hear me.lol
i was into rock and metal..so i had to figure out all my favorite
songs by ear....
i also had guitar class ...on top of marching band class.
I tried out for the HS rock band...but the music teacher
put my in the Jazz band instead, ( that sucks..but I got go to Hawaii)
I had...Marching band, Jazz band, classical Guitar class ..
then came home and play rock and metal all might.
so much information here ...thanks bruh....
I noticed that most of my favorite music is in these scales, so I really enjoy the breakdown about what makes them so special
I'm never too old to learn! Thanks so much for this, Jennifer.
You're welcome! It's not a race.
@@MangoldProject hello what is the name of this scale E F# G A Bb Db D which sounds very good over E minor 2 5 1 (F#m7--B7--Em) ? I need the name so i can learn it in other keys thanks.
Thanks for your sharing, In China we really enjoy pentatonic, I really hope to explore more about this scale by Western and Chinese different view.
FYI only, don't be surprised and too disappointed, Pentatonic is seen as Primitive form of music , missing two notes for sure
it is like that all over the world, europeans are weird with these extra notes
@@ptah23 nope. Indian classical music. Check it out
i have a guzheng. even though it's tuned to an uncoventional scale (japanese iwato scale) i love how it's basically impossible to make it sound dischordant.
I want to hear more about PSYCHO-ACOUSTICS!
Are you being serious or just trolling me right now? ...
all black note = pentatonic
Yes!
In B Major Pentatonic Scale
Bryan Macasu isn't it F# or Gflat?
Thanks for the video content! Forgive me for chiming in, I would love your thoughts. Have you tried - Riddleagan Smart Hands Remedy (do a search on google)? It is a smashing one off product for learning piano fast minus the headache. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my BF at last got astronomical results with it.
@@SolarMumuns Yes, "B major" isn't even one of the black notes! LOL
It would be great to do a video with a different reharmonizations of Shape of You. Kind of curious how "far" one could push it and still it would sound great.
I'd love to, but UA-cam would probably shoot it down. Tried similar things before, it didn't go well. Dealing with its copyright system and the fear of channel strikes is too much of a hassle for me.
MangoldProject Yeah, have seen that it can be a problem. Some rather famous music theory UA-camrs (don't need to name them here) even made a videos about how UA-cam is basically blocking sharing of music education according to IDing snippets of music that is being played in the video. In that case I will have to try it myself. :-) Anyway, thanks for the brilliant content and keep up the great work! Your channel is a great inspiration for me as a songwriter and producer.
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@@timmysegers883 Thanks so much!!! Lol 😁
Guitar player here and I love pentatonic. It can be used everywhere. Even a minor pentatonic works over a major chord. So A minor pentatonic works over a A major chord, even though the 3rds are different
Hey, nice to have a guitar player on board. I always wonder what gets you guys onto a piano oriented channel ...
I like music theory and new ideas and your videos deliver that. Doesn't matter what instument to me it's all music. I've always like the piano
Another guitar player here. In my case, the electric guitar (Randy Rhoads) sparked my interest in classical guitar (Bach, Villa Lobos), which then led me to piano (Liszt, Rachmaninov) back when I was 18. Though still a complete failure, I really enjoy the piano and hope to some day play it decently. Your channel is awesome, keep up the good work!
Yet another guitar player here. I have had a couple of attempts at trying to play piano in the past and failing miserably. But watching your channel is inspiring me to have another go, but I don't currently have a keyboard. Must get one!
im happy i found your channel
Welcome aboard!
Hey is there another part to this explanation about harmonizing using different chords outside of the original pentatonic scale?
Thank you. I look forward to the video explaining the theory behind it as well!
i hate when tutorials just spam keys and expect me to understand and be able to see it smh
The genius from the genius! Thanks for another great video. Hmmm now to give it a whirl and see what can be created
Thank sir
5 years late but this helped me so much ty
As a guitar player I can say you are absolutely correct! One thing which we are fond of doing is combining the major and minor pentatonic. How would that translate to piano?
In terms of soloing, exactly the same way as for guitar. In terms of chords, that would probably restrict some. Never thought about it, really!
I love your insight man, great stuff
wonderful advice
You’re so good at explaining how to play piano. Thanks so much!
For me it is like manual how deffinitelly not to play 😅
Hey mangold, What is the software you use to auto interpret chords in real time?
ChordieApp.
David Youn
@@MangoldProject.... Thank you!!!
Great explanation thankyou soo much
What's the software name you are using while playing keys
Was hoping you’d demonstrate for us!
Another song by Ed Sheeran called "Nancy Mulligan" , the intro back Melody has been written in pentatonic scale. Listen it cause it's really unique .
Interesting! Not a Sheeran fan, so never heard that one.
This is why your "magic notes" use 4 of the 5 major pentatonic notes!
Who were waiting for shape of you exercice?
Lol me, but I'm actually glad it didn't come. I've been trying to get the song out of my head for hours now!
Thanks for the lesson man.
Agree but you still have to be carefull with the C in the Cmaj scale right? Is an avoid note of the Emin Gmaj Bdim . Am I right? I geuss you can't leave out the C because its the tonic. So my conclusion is lot's of freedom but still be carefull with the C.
It is called mohana raagam in karnatic music
Thank you👍
Also in choruses?
read somewhere that it was mainly in verses
Great video and great view - what software do you use for that?
ChordieApp.
Well Ed Sheeran does it with many songs, Thinking Out Loud and Perfect just to name the most famous ones
Brilliant 👏
MANGOLD IS SUPERHUMAN xx Love every lesson THANK YOU - Really, your brain amazes me! X
its funny i figured out the pentatonic scale just messing around on my keyboard. i didnt know much music theory i just found that this pattern of notes fits on whatever chords i play and then i started to notice it in other songs
Well, it's right there in front of every piano player: it's the black notes played in sequence ...
MangoldProject True. I figured it out in A minor I just thought it was cool because I was using it for a long time before I found out it had a name
I love you! Thank you! Bless you!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent
Well guided video!
Thanks!!
great trick!
Why the pantatonic notes are arranged in this way particularly, i mean what's the Idea & theory behind making such pantatonic scales..?
Hi. I am no expert but my guess is that the semi tone intervals are removed. The Major pentatonic is missing the 4 & 7. The minor pentatonic is missing the 2 & 6. This leaves three chord tones and two of the “stronger” remaining tones. The result is a more versatile scale with less clash. Of course that could also be viewed as more boring. I hope that helped. 🙂
it's possible to have pentatonic scales with semi tone intervals.
in fact, i make most of my music using the Iwato scale which has two sets of notes with only a semitone interval. My guzheng is tuned to A, B, C, E, F. even so if you improvise over other music sticking to that scale, it's impossible to sound dischordant.
Great lesson
love you bro
Aw, shucks.
wich program it is ? please thanks!
May bro
I could not get past the bit when you mentioned Ed Sheeran
Thanks so much
hi thnaks for your video! which plug in you use to see the writing notes synchronised with your keyboard please!
ChordieApp.
Oh thanks so much. that was so what I was looking for. :D
"It's a lazy man's trick, or you know, womans" bruh 😂
Gotta keep that gender equality thing going.
yeah i know just made me laugh the way you said it, great vid btw
So, I'm new to music: what do you mean that all chords "fit" the pentatonic scale? Is it that there's no dissonance? I just struggle to understand by what metric does a chord "fit" a scale in the sense you mean it. Like, a standard major scale has 7 diatonic triads, but obviously you can't have 7 in a pentatonic scale without going chromatic, so wouldn't the lower amount of notes limit it more?
Yes and yes. Personally I think children should be taught the pentatonic scale first, as getting unintended dissonances can put a damper on the willingness to improvise, while the pentatonic scale is "safe" to improvise with. There are of course songs that require more tones & dissonance.
Interesting!!!! 🤔 thank you 🙏
Exactly how many remixes of "Shape of you" by Ed Sheeran are there on Spotify??? lol
Can you name any other songs that do the same thing ?
Many many many. Off the top of my head, try Maroon 5, they use this a lot.
Love you
When you say any chord of the scale fits do you mean, using a note in a scale as a root note in a chord. I'm new to music theory lol. Great content, true genius
Well, not necessarily must be the root. It could be the third or the fifth - in order to sound "perfect". But, it could be any note of the scale (but, in this case, if you play a C major as a chord and your melody is playing a D at the same moment, you will have a felling that the current chord is a Csus2 or a C9 chord...but this could be done without any problems)
You can construct chords off of any scale. For C major, those would be C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim.
If you want to know more, look for my Full Jazz Piano Course here on UA-cam (it's totally free).
Not a tutorial for newbies. Your explanation of pentatonic is too big.
Interesting
do it slower I already know u have talent
this is chinese pentatonic
use pitch control on your keyboard while using this pentatonic sounds better :)
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Nothing wrong with using words that include everyone, unless you think women can't be lazy
This is nothing but mohana raaga in carnatic classical music
I'm assuming those are Indian music theory terms. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with them.
KD Dharmender Bhupali Raag in Indian Classical
Ok madam