WHAT IS THIS?? No annoying intro, no clickbait title.. just a straightforward explanation with no tangents, including real world examples to back up the lesson, with well-edited video and no volume issues... you did everything right. Subscribed!
This guy is a musical treasure trove! Amazing depth. Simply phrased, & Respectfully simple (no condescending buzzword overkill - matter-of-fact links to background info, for we less educated 😉), and it is fast, but clear; intriguing but relevant; info-packed, yet brilliantly interesting, every second. 5 Stars 🌟 for this man * his fine channel! 🙂
yes! also, no annoying thumbnail with some dude cutout sporting a shocked face with his hands to the sides of his head titled "is this the craziest chord progression trick you've never heard of?!?!" 😄
I took Music theory for a couple years in school and struggled for years afterwards trying to understand why anyone would want to use secondary dominants, and how to use them myself; you sir did that in 20 minutes, and it all clicked for me, a true music hero.
So, dominants are used to pull the song in a direction - to make the change sound "right" to the listener... You are the best teacher on youtube... Basically doing for music theory what Bob Ross did for painting.
I've been a musician for 18 years, multiple instruments. You have taught me theory and helped me grow more than any other UA-cam teacher. Thank you for everything you do.
You are the most ideal person to be in a band with. You have so much to offer. I appreciate all of the hard work to do to offer us information to make us become successful at the art of music. You have helped me with so much at becoming closer and closer to a professional musician each time you create a video, and I’m sure that other people feel this way too. Thank you Jake Lizzio. We all do. 👍🏻
This single, short video has exceeded any music theory taught to me growing up. I’ve been playing guitar my entire life, now in my 50s, and while I do these things naturally or by trial and error, this brings all of it together for me. Young players you live in a wonderful time where people like Jake put this out there so easy to understand. TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT!
i always figured you can make a iii into a III7 like in hotel california. but the way you say a 5th of a minor = Bm in D = F#7, which was the iii to D anyway,.
As Tom Petty used to say: "dont bore us, get to the chorus." Your vids are always spot on: a highly vauled respite in an ocean of bad intruction. Thanks for helping me navigate!
Jake I am a drummer and I write my own orchestral-ish prog instrumentals, last month I watched 80% of your music theory tagged videos, I learned a lot! Not only you are a awesome teacher, you are an amazing guitar player. Thanks for this exceptional educational material! PS: Do a favor to yourself and make a demo for the voiceover industry!!
Definitely buy the poster. I did and I constantly use it as a reference. I use it so much, the info packed into that poster starts getting burned into your brain.
@@gbormann71 You are right there though Mike Beatham (Fretjam) only shows via graphs etc and audio. What he tries to do is at mainly an intermediate to advanced level. (A lot of Fretjam support comes from the USA whereas he is based in the UK. I only found this out in an email a few years back when I asked why he used USA clearing for donations.) Another good one is Justinguitar who was one of, if not the originator of lessons on YT. There are very few intermediate guitar channels on YT and especially those that don't bore you to tears. It needs to be interesting, keeps your attention and makes you want to try out what you have learnt.
@@lordbeebus9842 just for my own knowledge, why "learnt" isn't a word? I think British people use it a lot, while American people use "learned". Let me know if I'm wrong, English isn't my mother language.
Seriously, how can you do this? I spend hopeless hours trying to understand some concepts then you make a 11 minute video and sudenly it's clear as water. Thanks again!
What I love about these videos is that they aren't prescriptive and feel simple, but really just open up a whole new musical cave to explore. It equips you with the tools and knowledge, but they aren't going to get you writing songs like Hey Jude overnight. The magic really comes from when you combine ideas from multiple videos (and elsewhere from the realms of music theory) to create something new and interesting. I think it's like the video you did on God Chords. By themselves, they sound cheesy and cliché, but in context in a well-written song they can be epic. Here again secondary dominant chords can get old quickly, but there are still plenty of ways we can experiment with them with a well-composed melody.
You are seriously the most underrated theory teacher on all of youtube, I always get excited whenever I see that you have a new upload. Thank you so much for making it fun interesting to learn about music!
You have some of the clearest, most concise videos on music theory that I've seen to date. I'm trying to digest everything that you have offered, and will definitely consider being a patreon member soon. You have my gratitude!
I'm a programmer who always wanted to write music, but as you've said about yourself, I thought you had to be 'born with it. Your videos show the rules of music are just as logical as programming. I never thought I could sit down and PLAN how I wanted a song to sound, yet with your fantastic knowledge and teaching style, I'm getting there after 40 years of thinking I just didn't have it in me. Of course, this is not to diminish the genuine musical talent of great musicians - applying the rules is one thing, creating a fantastic and original song is quite another. Having said that, now when I have a chord progression in my head, at least I can try and work it out rather than stabbing away at the keyboard until I find it or (much more often than not), forget what I was trying to achieve in the first place. THANK YOU!
I started learning code about 5 years ago and was astonished at how much i was able to relate to music composition. Abstraction in music theory is as helpful as it is in CS- you don't have to understand every bit of underlying theory, just how to manipulate and use it! Likewise you don't need to know assembly language to write an android app =)
Not to burst a possible bubble, but it's impossible to write original music. You can, however, write some original lyrics...so if by a song you mean your thoughts, just write a daily happenings diary, it'll be easy to use that for lyrics.
@@icanfartloud There some truth in what you say, but every now and again another great song comes along. It may be using well worn chords, but have an interesting rhythm, a great new hook, good vocals etc. What you say is akin to saying is impossible to paint an original picture. That's only true until someone with the right talent comes along and does it. As for keeping a diary for lyrics - it wouldn't work for me; I'm a software developer and I don't think people want to hear songs about spending hours debugging some business app! Anyway, for me at least, I don't care if I churn out original stuff - it's a hobby and if I ended up with something that sounded like Hey Jude by accident, I'd be well happy.
I´m a bass palyer since decades and never used secondary dominants because I did not understand what it is. You changed my view. Your teaching is straightforward, very well explained. Thanks.
Jake, im not kidding, bud- you have taught me more about music than any person or source combined times a hundred. Im not over exaggerating. I spent years refusing to play anything other than chromatic metal just because i didnt want to make noob music in another genre. You have given me the tools in a comprehensive fashion and i owe so much to you. I hope nothing but the best for you, my brother.
Yep! I was going to use In My Life as an example for the V7/IV in the verse which is in A Major but uses an A7 to pivot to the IV chord then follows up with a borrowed iv chord to get back home to I. But I already used that song once as an example in my video on the minor plagal cadence, and besides, Hey Jude is a masterpiece IMHO.
@@SignalsMusicStudio I never really appreciated the Beatles before because I couldn't hear the emotion in the tracks, they felt too old to and far away from my own life and unrelated to me but when you walked me down that IV, IV/Bb, ii, IV 6/4 I nearly cried. That dominant led me right into a heart wrenching walk down something that really resonated with me. And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain Don't carry the world upon your shoulders For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder When he says that and then walks you down those chords man... I've done that before. Could you explain to me how to walk people up and down chords like that so that when I sing about something I can lead into those same feelings?
I know this is an old video but I've played and read cello music for about 8 years, guitar for about 10 years, and music theory has NEVER been clear or tangible to me until this channel. I almost felt like childish joy when realizing how powerful these tools are and how much sense it all makes! Thank you for this incredible content and for being one of the best teachers on this platform. Hell, on any platform!
Jake I really appreciate this one! You absolutely rock, my friend! I love that you are hitting this sweet spot of intermediate theory that I just really don't know enough about, and it makes a huge difference because I can really see teaching my students better on account of what you do. Very great stuff. Once I can support you I want to, you're really worth it. Thanks again!
I've been playing guitar for years mostly by heart, putting chords together as they sounded good to me. But without really knowing about music theory until now. Thank you for all these videos!!
Jake´s videos are all worth the time spent seeing them over and over. Plenty of knowledge presented in very didactic ways, great verbal ability, perfect speed. Thanks!
I just realized that after learning secondary dominant you don't have to think of progression but movements. A chord progression is a movement rather than a Formula. Excellent video.
I’ve never had any musical training, but the way you explain music theory makes so much more sense than other sources I’ve tried to learn from. I’m already learning a lot and I’ve only been subscribed for like a week. Thanks for posting videos!
Incredible! Can't get enough of these lessons! Been learning guitar for a while now and never really understood a lot of theory but you help people at least get a direction to go somewhere. Not only that, you also give them a free ride for a while in that direction with these videos! I really like how you edit everything and piece it together. Big fan of your teaching!
You are the best. I learnt from you in like few minutes what I couldn't learn from others for an year. And also you easily put things that even beginners like me can understand
Musical vocabulary expanded! Great and useful as always. Im teaching (or at least trying to teach) my friends the basics of basics of music theory and I mostly use knowledge from your videos. Thanks, Jake!
DUDE! I have taken Jazz lessons for months, and this f*kn 11 minute video has taught me MORE than I’ve learned at lessons in months. THANK YOU!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is gold! I was sceptical to watch it since I know the theory behind secondary dominants very well, yet you still managed to suprise me with some intricacies of it and inspired me again to pursue different approaches/concepts to write music. Thanks a lot, your channel is something special!
Jake, I'm 65yo playing mandolin for just under 2.5 yrs and am just starting improving over UA-cam backing tracks. You are an amazing teacher, great voice, presentation and organization, beyond your technical talent. Thank you.
True, but I think that a time is coming soon when more and more people will get worn out on the tires old 4-chord formula. The pendulum always swings the other way eventually. (Here's hoping anyway.)
Steve W The problem with that hope, if one accepts Plato's theory as fundamentally correct (which I do not mean to say by this that I personally do), is that all there may really be to draw potential "philosophers" from is people who would technically be poisoned by "actual philosophy and reason" and therefore want "mere propaganda" although ideally there should be some given person for whom this is false. However, the strange part about the whole matter is that modern critics of Plato are doubtful of how truly he himself believed this (he even goes so far as to admit rather bluntly that he is technically prescribing lying propaganda to be used in his "ideal" Politeia).
Rubbish. People want to hear good music. Good music can be made with very simplistic chord progressions or complex chord progressions. The unifying characteristic is that it's good music.
Been self teaching myself for years and couldnt kept finding myself in a rut. Anyone just starting out, i would advise to stop kidding yourself and get a good teacher, otherwise you are gonna waste a lot of time like myself . I could play most of the song i wanted to, but really ignored the most basic lessons, which was imo made it a little more harder in the long run. Watching and practicing 1-2 of your vids a week have expanded my playing to a level i never thought id be. Sounded like another language at first, but really rewatching it over and over again it just sort of clicks. Thank you, truly
This young man is a really, really good teacher. Gets right to it without rushing. Seems like the down to earth patient type. That's what ya what in a teacher, for sure.
OMG Jake, I love the way you teach. 1-teach a principle, 2-demonstrate/play the principle, 3-experiment with the principle and show how it can be used, 4-take familiar songs and dissect them and show how they use the principle. I learn a lot by hearing the music, and at the end of your videos, I always "get it...totally." Thank you!!
Cause the V7/iii would be the Dominant chord of vii which is a Diminished Triad (with b5 instead of perfect 5th) It probably wouldn't sound good
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@@gabrielrothley No. V7/iii is the dominant of the iii, not of vii. An example would be B7 moving to Emin in the key of C major. I'm also looking for a real example.
Diminished chords are their own little bag of tricks. They do a lot of stuff. They're the weird guy that has few friends but a lot of different skills.
In fact what Jake is calling a diminished chord is actually the half-diminished or the minor 7th with a flat 5. It's a normal part of harmony - fits in both major and aeolian minor modes and it has a function entirely separate to the diminished. Not sure why he's calling it diminished - but it's simply inaccurate to do so. The half-diminished is beautiful in it's own right - it can act as the ii chord in a minor key - leading to the dominant and then to the minor. This is it's most common function.
@@pollardfamily5688 And yet it is called diminished everywhere you look. Whilst everyone might be wrong, it's probably best to stick to convention (rather than pedantry) so that when people go look it up, they don't get confused. They'll get the fine point once they're at a stage where they can (and want to) dig deeper.
There's a place for both. I am the first to say that a good teacher is best but many cannot afford, or have the lifestyle to make that feasible. YT, etc can add to what a teacher provides and vice versa. However choosing the right teacher is essential and then you may not have one close to you. Most of the good on-line YT Guitar Teaching channels are also teachers in their own right and have their own private clients. (Some of the channels started up as a resource for their own students.) Besides the likes of Patreon and donations they rely on the monetising of the channel from advertisement revenue to make the channels possible. That is why it is such a big thing when a video gets demonetised especially if you have a large subscription and viewer base.) YT has been good for many channels as it has given them access to people and organisations that they would not normally have as well as in some instances provision of gear. However that does depend on the size of the channel.
The problem is exactly that. Instead of many teachers making a decent amount of money, now there are only a few because of online platforms. There are always two sides to every story.
I basically agree with you though there are different levels of teachers on YT. Many of those concentrating on those new or just at a basic level. I actually use Patreon to support some of the teachers not just with regards to music and also buy some of their content as a means of support. Their is also the fact that when they get to a certain level of views and subscribers they can earn on YT. The downside is that they often lose out by others copyright claims. There has even been claims when the musicians own the copyright themselves. Yes there are organisations out there claiming that copyright on everything hoping that it won't be disputed.
I am about 86 listening to Glen C. sing By the time I get to Phoenix and I hear a progression he plays that just lights my ear and I am thinking secondary dominants and chromatic movement and I want to understand and fate places me on this video. Just awesome teaching, young man. Perfect! Many thanks...
If there was to be only one introductory music theory series on youtube, I would think it would have to be this one. Thank you very much Sir, for enlightening me on a lot of concepts that may seem intimidating at first.
Increasingly, your videos are becoming my default choices for learning more guitar related music theory. I watched a bunch of videos today made by other renowned and well intentioned UA-cam teachers on this topic.I became more and more frustrated and confused and full of self deprecation the more I watched . I almost gave up entirely until ( Thank God) I found this video. I understood everything that you talked about and unlike the other videos I watched today , i didn't have rewind to rewatch any of this one. I can say the same things about your videos regarding modes of the major scale vs . the videos of some of your peers. You're a natural teacher Jake- your videos and concise and understandable and pleasurable, all at the same time. Thank you soooooo much 🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎸😊
A few years ago, I watched this video and a few others from Jake's channel and it totally opened up music for me. I'd written dozens of songs before, but they were comparatively bland. In songwriting circles, I almost always have the most interesting chord progressions, and it's all thanks to Jake's videos. I'd kill to have more songwriting tips from Jake. There were too few videos in this series.
So much love from India, you literally make us learn a ton of knowledge worth years in minutes. I love how you uncomplicate it and explain it with clarity. You are the reason an above average musician becomes an amazing musician. At what you do, you are the king.
Dude, I've played the piano for 45 years and I've never ever seen anybody explain theory as plainly and understandably as you. Truth be told, I have never been much good with theory, and I think I'm going to watch you for hours. Very, very well done.
I.ve been a teacher of music and language for 23 years - You are the most gifted clear communicator I have ever ever heard. Who are you instructional design heroes? You are mine, but I would like to know how you developed your skill with the psychology of learning theory. Let me guess, you simplified these ideas for yourself and are just sharing that with us? Tonification should be in the dictionary . Genius innovation. Thank you for your work - so so much.
You are possibly the best theory teacher on UA-cam. Although I do play guitar, I mostly use these videos for my music production chord progression writing. I typically draw the scale and follow it religiously, but after watching countless tutorials, I've realized how simplistic and immature this approach is. Thanks!
I think of secondary dominants like this: In a chord progression where a chromatic chord would add some welcome color from the diatonic chords of the scale, select any degree of the scale, other than the tonic, to which you want to go ("target chord"); but instead of going to the target chord immediately, go to its V7 chord first and THEN to the target chord. So, in key of C Maj, instead of, say, I - IV - vi - V - I (C - F - Am - G - C), where Am is the target chord in the progression, try I - IV - III7 - vi - I (C - F - E7 - Am - G - C) .
I have been playing guitar since the sixth grade and have just done it for the love of it, at 38 I just got diagnosed with severe RA and I don’t know how long I will be able to play. With your videos I can now get all of these ideas from all these years and make them into something. Thank you for the videos.
There is nothing like the infectious enthusiasm of someone who truly inspires epiphany based learning and excels in providing the tools for efficient leaps in skill level. 35 years and a million hours but this guys methods have a way of strengthening my good habits and subtlety correcting the bad (and I finally learnt practical ways to understand not just apply modes 🙄) A must have channel for any level musician but a necessity for songwriters and composers. 🖖
Man! Just lucked onto this channel. Subbed immediate. This guy really knows theory. You can't teach something that you don't really understand. This fella nails it.
Both this video and your Borrowed Chords video have helped me understand so much. I've learned so many classic rock songs and a lot of them made no sense when I looked up their key.. My favorite songs almost always had an out of place chord. These two videos explained 84% of my confusion.
A# half diminished, B major key, G# minor key, use the E blues scale wth flat 5 Bb. 6th strng open E, 5th strng 1st fret A#/Bb, 4th strng 2nd fret E, 3rd strng 3rd fret A#/Bb, open 2nd strng B natural, open 1st string E, use an E phrygian dominant mode, A harmonic minor and E pentatonic and E blues scale.
All my life it was in my ear! Alllll your videos have answered EVERYTHING i knew should happen in songs but didnt know how to contextualise or even verbalise to my Muso friends "Surely certain chords lead to certain chords" Thank You!
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this is fake and also is not true!
How so? Seems to work to my ear. Not trying to call you stupid or something, but what I am missing?
Why has Jake pinned this ? 🤔
This is real and right. Jazz 101.
What isn't true? The V7 of ii in G major isn't E7? Cause it is. Real News!!
Confirmed, this is very not true
WHAT IS THIS?? No annoying intro, no clickbait title.. just a straightforward explanation with no tangents, including real world examples to back up the lesson, with well-edited video and no volume issues... you did everything right. Subscribed!
very true brother..
you also notice it!!!
This guy is a musical treasure trove!
Amazing depth. Simply phrased, & Respectfully simple (no condescending buzzword overkill - matter-of-fact links to background info, for we less educated 😉), and it is fast, but clear; intriguing but relevant; info-packed, yet brilliantly interesting, every second.
5 Stars 🌟 for this man * his fine channel! 🙂
yes! also, no annoying thumbnail with some dude cutout sporting a shocked face with his hands to the sides of his head titled "is this the craziest chord progression trick you've never heard of?!?!" 😄
There are even hidden 2-5-1s in this video!
Amazing isn’t it?
I took Music theory for a couple years in school and struggled for years afterwards trying to understand why anyone would want to use secondary dominants, and how to use them myself; you sir did that in 20 minutes, and it all clicked for me, a true music hero.
So, dominants are used to pull the song in a direction - to make the change sound "right" to the listener...
You are the best teacher on youtube... Basically doing for music theory what Bob Ross did for painting.
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Yes! His hair is even kinda bushy in this vid.. not quite Bob’s hair
Ross is kitsch.
Awful artist paint by numbers..you need to apologize.
@@xxxrdc brilliant tutors bring art to the masses.
Jake your no fake .
I've been a musician for 18 years, multiple instruments. You have taught me theory and helped me grow more than any other UA-cam teacher. Thank you for everything you do.
You are the most ideal person to be in a band with. You have so much to offer. I appreciate all of the hard work to do to offer us information to make us become successful at the art of music. You have helped me with so much at becoming closer and closer to a professional musician each time you create a video, and I’m sure that other people feel this way too. Thank you Jake Lizzio. We all do. 👍🏻
Agreed 100%!
So true xD
"Here, let me teach you while I also play and sing" -Jake Multitasker.
Couldnt have said it any better.
This single, short video has exceeded any music theory taught to me growing up. I’ve been playing guitar my entire life, now in my 50s, and while I do these things naturally or by trial and error, this brings all of it together for me. Young players you live in a wonderful time where people like Jake put this out there so easy to understand. TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT!
Liking and commenting before watching because I know he kicks ass. I'll be writing better chord progressions in 48 hours.
LOL thanks, and I bet you will be - this is a very practical and usable concept that you'll hear all over the place!
Same here 😃
Best intermediate music teacher on UA-cam.
i always figured you can make a iii into a III7 like in hotel california. but the way you say a 5th of a minor = Bm in D = F#7, which was the iii to D anyway,.
@@commentfreely5443 Oh no, don't mention that!! 😱
As Tom Petty used to say: "dont bore us, get to the chorus." Your vids are always spot on: a highly vauled respite in an ocean of bad intruction. Thanks for helping me navigate!
Jake I am a drummer and I write my own orchestral-ish prog instrumentals, last month I watched 80% of your music theory tagged videos, I learned a lot! Not only you are a awesome teacher, you are an amazing guitar player. Thanks for this exceptional educational material! PS: Do a favor to yourself and make a demo for the voiceover industry!!
The most professional and accessible teacher on the tube. I almost feel guilty watching these without sending him money. Maybe I’ll buy the poster...
Definitely buy the poster. I did and I constantly use it as a reference. I use it so much, the info packed into that poster starts getting burned into your brain.
Jake, you're the absolute best music teacher on UA-cam, I've seen a lot of your videos and learnt a lot... As always, thank you!
Yes, I second that! Together with fretjam!
@@gbormann71 You are right there though Mike Beatham (Fretjam) only shows via graphs etc and audio. What he tries to do is at mainly an intermediate to advanced level. (A lot of Fretjam support comes from the USA whereas he is based in the UK. I only found this out in an email a few years back when I asked why he used USA clearing for donations.) Another good one is Justinguitar who was one of, if not the originator of lessons on YT. There are very few intermediate guitar channels on YT and especially those that don't bore you to tears. It needs to be interesting, keeps your attention and makes you want to try out what you have learnt.
Jeah, Jake is the best!
He destilles the info into very short and down to earth videos and looks like he loves what he is doing
Totally agree but maybe jake can teach English too. Learnt ain’t a word. Lol. I’ll see you in class. Jk. You’re on point.
@@lordbeebus9842 just for my own knowledge, why "learnt" isn't a word? I think British people use it a lot, while American people use "learned". Let me know if I'm wrong, English isn't my mother language.
No boring intro but only real business with real song application..
Rare to find a teacher like you
Hats off to you brother.
Thanks a lot
Seriously, how can you do this? I spend hopeless hours trying to understand some concepts then you make a 11 minute video and sudenly it's clear as water. Thanks again!
What I love about these videos is that they aren't prescriptive and feel simple, but really just open up a whole new musical cave to explore. It equips you with the tools and knowledge, but they aren't going to get you writing songs like Hey Jude overnight. The magic really comes from when you combine ideas from multiple videos (and elsewhere from the realms of music theory) to create something new and interesting. I think it's like the video you did on God Chords. By themselves, they sound cheesy and cliché, but in context in a well-written song they can be epic. Here again secondary dominant chords can get old quickly, but there are still plenty of ways we can experiment with them with a well-composed melody.
You are seriously the most underrated theory teacher on all of youtube, I always get excited whenever I see that you have a new upload. Thank you so much for making it fun interesting to learn about music!
You have some of the clearest, most concise videos on music theory that I've seen to date. I'm trying to digest everything that you have offered, and will definitely consider being a patreon member soon. You have my gratitude!
I'm a programmer who always wanted to write music, but as you've said about yourself, I thought you had to be 'born with it.
Your videos show the rules of music are just as logical as programming. I never thought I could sit down and PLAN how I wanted a song to sound, yet with your fantastic knowledge and teaching style, I'm getting there after 40 years of thinking I just didn't have it in me.
Of course, this is not to diminish the genuine musical talent of great musicians - applying the rules is one thing, creating a fantastic and original song is quite another.
Having said that, now when I have a chord progression in my head, at least I can try and work it out rather than stabbing away at the keyboard until I find it or (much more often than not), forget what I was trying to achieve in the first place.
THANK YOU!
I started learning code about 5 years ago and was astonished at how much i was able to relate to music composition. Abstraction in music theory is as helpful as it is in CS- you don't have to understand every bit of underlying theory, just how to manipulate and use it! Likewise you don't need to know assembly language to write an android app =)
Not to burst a possible bubble, but it's impossible to write original music. You can, however, write some original lyrics...so if by a song you mean your thoughts, just write a daily happenings diary, it'll be easy to use that for lyrics.
@@icanfartloud There some truth in what you say, but every now and again another great song comes along. It may be using well worn chords, but have an interesting rhythm, a great new hook, good vocals etc. What you say is akin to saying is impossible to paint an original picture. That's only true until someone with the right talent comes along and does it.
As for keeping a diary for lyrics - it wouldn't work for me; I'm a software developer and I don't think people want to hear songs about spending hours debugging some business app!
Anyway, for me at least, I don't care if I churn out original stuff - it's a hobby and if I ended up with something that sounded like Hey Jude by accident, I'd be well happy.
Are you 60?
@@icanfartloud LOL only if you are a pop listener. prog metal completely disagrees with you. jazz too
I´m a bass palyer since decades and never used secondary dominants because I did not understand what it is. You changed my view. Your teaching is straightforward, very well explained. Thanks.
I could never understand what secondary dominant chords were until now. Thanks for explaining so clearly. Much appreciated.
I am an educated musician. This is the most articulate and concise introduction to secondary dominants I have ever heard.
Why would anyone give thumbs down??! For a detailed and informative video.
Sometimes the finger misses the target. With only seven thumbs down it’s probably just random error.
"hurdurr I wanted metallica tabs wtf"
Because theory is not needed when scratching.
User has no opposable thumbs!
because it's wrong. or at least not properly explained.
the 5th degree of a natural minor ISN'T dominant, it's min7.
Jake, im not kidding, bud- you have taught me more about music than any person or source combined times a hundred. Im not over exaggerating. I spent years refusing to play anything other than chromatic metal just because i didnt want to make noob music in another genre. You have given me the tools in a comprehensive fashion and i owe so much to you. I hope nothing but the best for you, my brother.
Beatles songs are peppered with secondary dominants.
Yep! I was going to use In My Life as an example for the V7/IV in the verse which is in A Major but uses an A7 to pivot to the IV chord then follows up with a borrowed iv chord to get back home to I. But I already used that song once as an example in my video on the minor plagal cadence, and besides, Hey Jude is a masterpiece IMHO.
Sgt. Peppered with secondary dominants
@@SignalsMusicStudio I never really appreciated the Beatles before because I couldn't hear the emotion in the tracks, they felt too old to and far away from my own life and unrelated to me but when you walked me down that IV, IV/Bb, ii, IV 6/4 I nearly cried.
That dominant led me right into a heart wrenching walk down something that really resonated with me.
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
When he says that and then walks you down those chords man... I've done that before.
Could you explain to me how to walk people up and down chords like that so that when I sing about something I can lead into those same feelings?
@@SignalsMusicStudio Exactly! And those chords you play at 8:10 are pretty much exactly the chords to "Another Day" by Paul McCartney
>man with shaking index finger in awe.gif
I know this is an old video but I've played and read cello music for about 8 years, guitar for about 10 years, and music theory has NEVER been clear or tangible to me until this channel. I almost felt like childish joy when realizing how powerful these tools are and how much sense it all makes! Thank you for this incredible content and for being one of the best teachers on this platform. Hell, on any platform!
Jake I really appreciate this one! You absolutely rock, my friend! I love that you are hitting this sweet spot of intermediate theory that I just really don't know enough about, and it makes a huge difference because I can really see teaching my students better on account of what you do. Very great stuff. Once I can support you I want to, you're really worth it. Thanks again!
this is the kind of theory lesson most regular Joe strummers can use in the real world. easy and great songwriting tool. keep'em coming!
I've been playing guitar for years mostly by heart, putting chords together as they sounded good to me. But without really knowing about music theory until now. Thank you for all these videos!!
It's good to know what you like and what you don't, both by heart and the brain!
Jake´s videos are all worth the time spent seeing them over and over. Plenty of knowledge presented in very didactic ways, great verbal ability, perfect speed. Thanks!
Anyone else take a half hour to watch this 10 minute video? lol
7:29 is where the light bulb went off
Same. This is a concept you need to take to heart as a foundation
Yep, I rewatch it multiple times so I can learn the concept
i rewatch all his vids everytime!!!
10 watching, 10 rewatching, 10 taking notes
I just realized that after learning secondary dominant you don't have to think of progression but movements.
A chord progression is a movement rather than a Formula.
Excellent video.
I’ve never had any musical training, but the way you explain music theory makes so much more sense than other sources I’ve tried to learn from. I’m already learning a lot and I’ve only been subscribed for like a week. Thanks for posting videos!
Incredible! Can't get enough of these lessons! Been learning guitar for a while now and never really understood a lot of theory but you help people at least get a direction to go somewhere. Not only that, you also give them a free ride for a while in that direction with these videos! I really like how you edit everything and piece it together. Big fan of your teaching!
You are the best. I learnt from you in like few minutes what I couldn't learn from others for an year. And also you easily put things that even beginners like me can understand
aditya mohan absolute same. Never bothered with patreon until this channel
much appreciated!
I just love when you give examples of scales, progressions, and other stuff with you playing, so I can hear that everything makes perfect sense
Musical vocabulary expanded! Great and useful as always. Im teaching (or at least trying to teach) my friends the basics of basics of music theory and I mostly use knowledge from your videos. Thanks, Jake!
DUDE! I have taken Jazz lessons for months, and this f*kn 11 minute video has taught me MORE than I’ve learned at lessons in months. THANK YOU!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is gold! I was sceptical to watch it since I know the theory behind secondary dominants very well, yet you still managed to suprise me with some intricacies of it and inspired me again to pursue different approaches/concepts to write music. Thanks a lot, your channel is something special!
Watched a dozen hours of UA-cam to try and find a video that would explain this exact concept. Thank you!
Great lesson - love how you are concise, yet still thorough and lay out your lessons well. Thanks so much
Jake, I'm 65yo playing mandolin for just under 2.5 yrs and am just starting improving over UA-cam backing tracks. You are an amazing teacher, great voice, presentation and organization, beyond your technical talent. Thank you.
"A 'Jazz-handsy-show-is-over.kind of chord'" I just love that phrase!
You teach more visually than any of your peers, and for visual people like me that helps a lot.
Always helpful....I started writing songs seeing these videos
Hi Naskar, this is TAB
I suddenly just now understand cycling in jazz thanks to you. These videos are so well laid out! Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I’ve learnt that just recently but this video is like adding life to that lesson that I’ve learnt😊
What an absolute gift to guitar players in particular this channel is
All this time learning ways to make better progressions and then I get sad because in reality all people want to hear is l - V - vi -IV.
True, but I think that a time is coming soon when more and more people will get worn out on the tires old 4-chord formula. The pendulum always swings the other way eventually. (Here's hoping anyway.)
Steve W The problem with that hope, if one accepts Plato's theory as fundamentally correct (which I do not mean to say by this that I personally do), is that all there may really be to draw potential "philosophers" from is people who would technically be poisoned by "actual philosophy and reason" and therefore want "mere propaganda" although ideally there should be some given person for whom this is false. However, the strange part about the whole matter is that modern critics of Plato are doubtful of how truly he himself believed this (he even goes so far as to admit rather bluntly that he is technically prescribing lying propaganda to be used in his "ideal" Politeia).
Rubbish. People want to hear good music. Good music can be made with very simplistic chord progressions or complex chord progressions. The unifying characteristic is that it's good music.
Even with all the stuff I've learned, I still just go to I V vi IV if I want something to singable and catchy. It works so well!
Shhh. Just Let It Be, Let It Be.
Been self teaching myself for years and couldnt kept finding myself in a rut. Anyone just starting out, i would advise to stop kidding yourself and get a good teacher, otherwise you are gonna waste a lot of time like myself . I could play most of the song i wanted to, but really ignored the most basic lessons, which was imo made it a little more harder in the long run. Watching and practicing 1-2 of your vids a week have expanded my playing to a level i never thought id be. Sounded like another language at first, but really rewatching it over and over again it just sort of clicks. Thank you, truly
Love this channel. Thanks to u i can sit down and be given a mode and play it on trombone. And on guitar im learning some serious theory. Thank you
I love his humbleness in explaining things. Maybe there are thousands of great youtube teacher but his is the greatest!
Thank you for this, it helps so much
This young man is a really, really good teacher. Gets right to it without rushing. Seems like the down to earth patient type. That's what ya what in a teacher, for sure.
I just heard Evanescence's new song "Wasted on You" and immediately recognized that V7/VI chord.
OMG Jake, I love the way you teach. 1-teach a principle, 2-demonstrate/play the principle, 3-experiment with the principle and show how it can be used, 4-take familiar songs and dissect them and show how they use the principle. I learn a lot by hearing the music, and at the end of your videos, I always "get it...totally." Thank you!!
Ok. Left that comment before I got to the 10:00 mark. Lost you there. 😉
Thank you! I've always wondered what the theoretical justification for C D7 F in Cee Lo Green's song.
Dude I love this guy. Literaly the single guitarest on youtube that can explain theory without any bullshit... Keep up great work. You helped me a lot
marry me omg i get it now this is revolutionary
This is the most easy to understand, yet thorough, explanation of secondary dominants I've come across.
Excellent!
Why didn't you do V7/iii? It's bugging me.
Great video though
Cause the V7/iii would be the Dominant chord of vii which is a Diminished Triad (with b5 instead of perfect 5th) It probably wouldn't sound good
@@gabrielrothley No. V7/iii is the dominant of the iii, not of vii. An example would be B7 moving to Emin in the key of C major. I'm also looking for a real example.
You’re the kind of person I wish I had as a dad.
I love my dad and all no doubt but, I wish I had a dad like you
Poor diminished :(
Oh, I don't know. It has it's moments. Listen to "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison.
Diminished chords are their own little bag of tricks. They do a lot of stuff. They're the weird guy that has few friends but a lot of different skills.
In fact what Jake is calling a diminished chord is actually the half-diminished or the minor 7th with a flat 5. It's a normal part of harmony - fits in both major and aeolian minor modes and it has a function entirely separate to the diminished. Not sure why he's calling it diminished - but it's simply inaccurate to do so. The half-diminished is beautiful in it's own right - it can act as the ii chord in a minor key - leading to the dominant and then to the minor. This is it's most common function.
@@carltaylor4942 listen to Yngwie J Malmsteen,,,,
@@pollardfamily5688 And yet it is called diminished everywhere you look. Whilst everyone might be wrong, it's probably best to stick to convention (rather than pedantry) so that when people go look it up, they don't get confused. They'll get the fine point once they're at a stage where they can (and want to) dig deeper.
Our man is handing out the infinity stone of music composition for free. Insane!
And all the private music teachers in the world went broke..
There's a place for both. I am the first to say that a good teacher is best but many cannot afford, or have the lifestyle to make that feasible. YT, etc can add to what a teacher provides and vice versa. However choosing the right teacher is essential and then you may not have one close to you. Most of the good on-line YT Guitar Teaching channels are also teachers in their own right and have their own private clients. (Some of the channels started up as a resource for their own students.) Besides the likes of Patreon and donations they rely on the monetising of the channel from advertisement revenue to make the channels possible. That is why it is such a big thing when a video gets demonetised especially if you have a large subscription and viewer base.)
YT has been good for many channels as it has given them access to people and organisations that they would not normally have as well as in some instances provision of gear. However that does depend on the size of the channel.
The problem is exactly that. Instead of many teachers making a decent amount of money, now there are only a few because of online platforms. There are always two sides to every story.
I basically agree with you though there are different levels of teachers on YT. Many of those concentrating on those new or just at a basic level. I actually use Patreon to support some of the teachers not just with regards to music and also buy some of their content as a means of support. Their is also the fact that when they get to a certain level of views and subscribers they can earn on YT. The downside is that they often lose out by others copyright claims. There has even been claims when the musicians own the copyright themselves. Yes there are organisations out there claiming that copyright on everything hoping that it won't be disputed.
i learned how to follow my intuition when writing chord progression but never learned how they truly worked. your videos have helped me out a lot
Little. Tiny. Modulations.
There are no mistakes, only happy chromaticisms.
@@EversonBernardes as usual, you're a half step ahead of me
@@TrueGritProductions I'm just trying to set the tone, man.
Everson Bernardes so punny
I don't think I've heard anybody explain music theory so well. Seriously this channel has helped me out so much!
* Hears the G-E7-Am-D7 *
My brain:
*ROUND ROUND GET AROUND, I GET AROUND*
2:56
Probably the best explanation on what these chords are, what they are/do, and how to use them.
Here's the comment for you.
You are the best music teacher on UA-cam and it's not even close
i wish i found ur channel years ago, you opened my eyes more in three videos than any other teacher i’ve had in years
Dude, you absolutely rule. Most concise method of portraying the theory and in immediate context. Keep making lessons please!
Number one teacher,those little notes that pop while you talk are so helpful,that’s a 10/10 buddy,Well done👏👏👏
I am about 86 listening to Glen C. sing By the time I get to Phoenix and I hear a progression he plays that just lights my ear and I am thinking secondary dominants and chromatic movement and I want to understand and fate places me on this video. Just awesome teaching, young man. Perfect! Many thanks...
Amazing videos. Short, helpful, to-the-point, contains examples - thank you!
If there was to be only one introductory music theory series on youtube, I would think it would have to be this one. Thank you very much Sir, for enlightening me on a lot of concepts that may seem intimidating at first.
Wow...wealth of knowledge. People like yourself and responsible for so many of the hits we cherish.
Increasingly, your videos are becoming my default choices for learning more guitar related music theory. I watched a bunch of videos today made by other renowned and well intentioned UA-cam teachers on this topic.I became more and more frustrated and confused and full of self deprecation the more I watched .
I almost gave up entirely until ( Thank God) I found this video. I understood everything that you talked about and unlike the other videos I watched today , i didn't have rewind to rewatch any of this one.
I can say the same things about your videos regarding modes of the major scale vs . the videos of some of your peers. You're a natural teacher Jake- your videos and concise and understandable and pleasurable, all at the same time.
Thank you soooooo much 🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎸😊
Your videos are the best! I'm learning to play piano, not guitar, but I still get so much from your videos! Thanks man!
A few years ago, I watched this video and a few others from Jake's channel and it totally opened up music for me. I'd written dozens of songs before, but they were comparatively bland. In songwriting circles, I almost always have the most interesting chord progressions, and it's all thanks to Jake's videos.
I'd kill to have more songwriting tips from Jake. There were too few videos in this series.
I swear this is a key I've been missing to add some color to a progression. Thanks for explaining it so concisely with great examples!
So much love from India, you literally make us learn a ton of knowledge worth years in minutes. I love how you uncomplicate it and explain it with clarity.
You are the reason an above average musician becomes an amazing musician.
At what you do, you are the king.
Dude, I've played the piano for 45 years and I've never ever seen anybody explain theory as plainly and understandably as you. Truth be told, I have never been much good with theory, and I think I'm going to watch you for hours. Very, very well done.
This is the clearest video on UA-cam describing this topic. Thank you!
Best music channel on UA-cam
I.ve been a teacher of music and language for 23 years - You are the most gifted clear communicator I have ever ever heard. Who are you instructional design heroes? You are mine, but I would like to know how you developed your skill with the psychology of learning theory. Let me guess, you simplified these ideas for yourself and are just sharing that with us? Tonification should be in the dictionary . Genius innovation. Thank you for your work - so so much.
Definitely the best theory teacher on youtube
You are possibly the best theory teacher on UA-cam. Although I do play guitar, I mostly use these videos for my music production chord progression writing. I typically draw the scale and follow it religiously, but after watching countless tutorials, I've realized how simplistic and immature this approach is. Thanks!
I think of secondary dominants like this:
In a chord progression where a chromatic chord would add some welcome color from the diatonic chords of the scale, select any degree of the scale, other than the tonic, to which you want to go ("target chord"); but instead of going to the target chord immediately, go to its V7 chord first and THEN to the target chord.
So, in key of C Maj, instead of, say, I - IV - vi - V - I (C - F - Am - G - C), where Am is the target chord in the progression, try I - IV - III7 - vi - I (C - F - E7 - Am - G - C) .
I have been playing guitar since the sixth grade and have just done it for the love of it, at 38 I just got diagnosed with severe RA and I don’t know how long I will be able to play. With your videos I can now get all of these ideas from all these years and make them into something. Thank you for the videos.
Jake you are a natural teacher holy cow!
I'm so blessed to come across such an amazing teacher on UA-cam.
There is nothing like the infectious enthusiasm of someone who truly inspires epiphany based learning and excels in providing the tools for efficient leaps in skill level.
35 years and a million hours but this guys methods have a way of strengthening my good habits and subtlety correcting the bad (and I finally learnt practical ways to understand not just apply modes 🙄)
A must have channel for any level musician but a necessity for songwriters and composers. 🖖
your videos about chord progression is literally the best on youtube, thanks a lot !
Man! Just lucked onto this channel. Subbed immediate. This guy really knows theory. You can't teach something that you don't really understand. This fella nails it.
dude you are so good. best teacher on the internet.
Both this video and your Borrowed Chords video have helped me understand so much. I've learned so many classic rock songs and a lot of them made no sense when I looked up their key.. My favorite songs almost always had an out of place chord. These two videos explained 84% of my confusion.
A# half diminished, B major key, G# minor key, use the E blues scale wth flat 5 Bb. 6th strng open E, 5th strng 1st fret A#/Bb, 4th strng 2nd fret E, 3rd strng 3rd fret A#/Bb, open 2nd strng B natural, open 1st string E, use an E phrygian dominant mode, A harmonic minor and E pentatonic and E blues scale.
All my life it was in my ear! Alllll your videos have answered EVERYTHING i knew should happen in songs but didnt know how to contextualise or even verbalise to my Muso friends "Surely certain chords lead to certain chords" Thank You!