I was recently made aware of the fact that if you look at the upper part of the keys where the black and white keys are there are actually equal (or extremely close to equal) distance between each key and for that reason you could take a piece of paper place it above the black and white heys and jot out a scale, chord interval or any other melodic/harmonic pattern and slide it around and transpose thd pattern to any key and use it as a composition/arranging tool or checklist. That was a total game changer for me in teaching music to someone new to music and music theory as i have always thought of piano as a non-isomorphic (or non-symetrical) instrument in contrast to ex guitar where one fret up of down always equals one half step, resulting in learning one chord or scale pattern you have simoultaneously learned it in all keys as the pattern on the fretboard stays the same. This is the next level version of this!! Thank you so much for your passionate dedication!! 🤩 I am definitely going to buy the print out version and try using it in my teaching praxis (if that is ok with you??) and share the word around!! 😊🙏
Best explanation of modes I've seen, the strip is genius and it's great to hear the different modes exemplified in a single key so you can compare their sonic flavor.
This is one of the best crash courses in music theory I've ever found. Ill be recommending this to anyone and everyone that wants to learn music. Subscribed.
Sharing this video with as many people as I can. Thank you for putting such an educational video together, and the accompanying PDF. As someone else said in the comments: you make the world a better place.
I've been looking for something like this for years. Coming from a rock background but wanting to move into jazz, I've been finding progress slow and it's hard to remember all the chord structures and relationships. And you made this just as I got my new keyboard! Thank you so much dude! I will come back to this video regularly.
I literally just love this video. I have an interesting idea that could make your videos look really cool. You could use a multiply effect on your visuals and make them look like they’re actually on the wood.
I love how this uses major Roman numerals even though it's in Aeolian. This makes sense because it's the relative minor of the key. The only downside to this graph is that the Chord functions in other modes will be confusing. Because the 1 on their respective modes will be labeled differently
Yes, that's right. I go on a bit later in the video discussing why I feel re-numbering roman numerals for each mode is a hassle, though having the tonic in each mode defined by a I or i symbol would make more sense. In any case, it's a trade off that I think simplifies things in the long run.
Nice video! Good strategy for learning chord scales. The video is confusing for beginners I sent it too. The PDF was easier for them to follow. Starting with the theory of sound and waves confused them for nothing. Good work but could use some re organizing if target audience is total beginners.
I made my life easier and got me a sequencer KORG SQ-64. You can set the scale and key, then every key you press is in key. Having said that, this paper strip is a great idea, but having slight color blindness can be a bit challenging. I was considering to place colored dots on my keyboard to a desired scale before playing/composing.
The piano keyboard is isomorphic if you cut off the keyboard horizontally at the bottom of the black keys (which is why the dots can work). The bottom half of the white keys are there as a helpful cheat code (for one of each of the modes... C ion, d dor, etc). Playing with your fingers high up all the time and not tripping on the raised black keys, however, is difficult :)
Did no one else have a thin cardboard sheet with chords printed out you could slide it up and down behind the keys and it would show you which keys to play for each type of chord in any key? I think now because a computer can do chords people just click a mouse and expect the computer to just put together what sounds good and they don’t know what what chords are being used but brag they don’t need to. Very lazy but it’s made me appreciate and learn chords more now
@@KeenBulldozerhaha he’s the type that brags they don’t need to know chords or notes and clicks the mouse a few times and lets the computer do everything and claims he wrote a song which sounds bad 😂
Whole step is an interval, meaning distance between two notes (pitches). A whole step is 2 semitones (so like between C and D) Whole note is a duration. It means a note that gets 4 beats or counts. You're talking about how long a note is held
A better metaphor is not color vs Harmony. It's more like superimposed images or visual illusions. So for instance, an afterimage of staring at an outline and then looking at a blank surface, or crossing your eyes while each one is looking at a different color. This is because harmony in music, or two different fundamentals, is totally different from a singular color. The eye doesn't have that ability because that ability does not exist, in ears or eyes. They're not the same thing
It's not a metaphor my guy, it's pure physics. When two light frequencies (like red and green) are mixed, our brain blends them into a single perceived color (yellow), making it impossible to distinguish the original wavelengths. In contrast, when two notes are played together, we can hear both frequencies simultaneously. The negative afterimage effect happens when photo receptors in your eyes get fatigued, causing the opposite color to appear when you look at a blank surface. It’s a temporary optical illusion and doesn’t change how light frequencies mix. Check out Music by the Numbers by Eli Maor-it's a great resource on this topic.
I believe the standard size for a piano should be the 178 mm version, sometimes the 179 mm one. Can you confirm that it wasn't an error in measurement? I believe the instruction images show what length needs to be measured. If you still need the 181 mm, I can send you a custom version.
8:51 you dont play a c in ur arpeggio for c dorian. Ur playing Bb D F which as far as i understand is the second chord in C dorian. Does that mean even when you change modes you still use the scale degrees for the relative major mode? At that point whats even the point of a mode? Srry if my comment seems accusatory I just never really “got” modes. Maybe this is an editing mistake which happens but I imagine it isnt?
So the example at 8:38 is in C Dorian, which means that the ii chord is our tonic. The chords in C Dorian are the same as in Bb Ionian (that's why the I chord you pointed out isn't the C minor chord but the Bb major chord). Here, the emphasis is put on the C minor chord, which is the ii chord. By playing a certain chord longer than the others or by starting your progression with a specific chord, you imply in the listener's mind that it's the home base of that bit of music. This is explained in more detail in the 'Chords in Other Modes' section, including the justification for not re-numbering roman numerals for each mode. The other example you pointed out is in a different key, you can see the paper strip has been slid sideways. I know the video is very dense, there's a lot covered, but if you have other questions, don't hesitate.
clever and very niche but not suitable for people with colour deficiencies or visual impairments as is - the colour strip's way too busy for me and adds a new level complexity to the whole shenanigans of music theory -- you end up memorising patterns either way. I rather keep them "black and white" where whole and half steps are very obvious by their physical size. Good luck.
Dude, the lo fi clipping is more brutal than a meshuggah track. That, combined with the pitched 808, that is often out of key, i Makes it impossible to focus all on what you are trying to communicate. ua-cam.com/video/rS0_rkKde-Q/v-deo.html Such brutal sonic onslaught. If that's what you going for, you achieved it.
I like how it sounds. I spent a lot of time tuning the kicks and snares to the tonics or fifths of each key and the places where they go out of tune a bit are intentional.
The clearest explanation on intervals, scales, and modes I've ever seen
I was recently made aware of the fact that if you look at the upper part of the keys where the black and white keys are there are actually equal (or extremely close to equal) distance between each key and for that reason you could take a piece of paper place it above the black and white heys and jot out a scale, chord interval or any other melodic/harmonic pattern and slide it around and transpose thd pattern to any key and use it as a composition/arranging tool or checklist. That was a total game changer for me in teaching music to someone new to music and music theory as i have always thought of piano as a non-isomorphic (or non-symetrical) instrument in contrast to ex guitar where one fret up of down always equals one half step, resulting in learning one chord or scale pattern you have simoultaneously learned it in all keys as the pattern on the fretboard stays the same.
This is the next level version of this!! Thank you so much for your passionate dedication!! 🤩
I am definitely going to buy the print out version and try using it in my teaching praxis (if that is ok with you??) and share the word around!! 😊🙏
Nothing would make me happier than hearing that you included this tool in your teaching, thank you for the comment!
Haha yes! I’ve just said I had a sheet that did that, before you seeing you’d said similar, it was really helpful
People like you are the ones making this world better
Hotra jumpscare
Completely agree, I didn't get this concept completely for the last 10 years until now
Except for the obnoxious square waves. Why? Why use them? Geesh
Nicest comment on the internet ❤
Nicest comment on the internet ❤
For an absolute beginner like me this video is incredibly helpful. I’m saving this and will frequently reference back to it.
Best explanation of modes I've seen, the strip is genius and it's great to hear the different modes exemplified in a single key so you can compare their sonic flavor.
This is one of the best crash courses in music theory I've ever found. Ill be recommending this to anyone and everyone that wants to learn music. Subscribed.
Thank you, appreciate it!
Sharing this video with as many people as I can. Thank you for putting such an educational video together, and the accompanying PDF. As someone else said in the comments: you make the world a better place.
Thank you for the kind comment!
this video is legendary. thank you for your heart and effort!! love the compositions in it too.
Great video - shared on the Sonicstate site this morning! 👏
Thank you for sharing!
I've been looking for something like this for years. Coming from a rock background but wanting to move into jazz, I've been finding progress slow and it's hard to remember all the chord structures and relationships.
And you made this just as I got my new keyboard! Thank you so much dude! I will come back to this video regularly.
I literally just love this video. I have an interesting idea that could make your videos look really cool. You could use a multiply effect on your visuals and make them look like they’re actually on the wood.
I already know all of this stuff but I think you explained it really well
I love videos like this! Very excited to watch the rest of this video. Very visually pleasing and in depth information
I'm an instant fan. 🙏🏼
I love how this uses major Roman numerals even though it's in Aeolian.
This makes sense because it's the relative minor of the key.
The only downside to this graph is that the Chord functions in other modes will be confusing. Because the 1 on their respective modes will be labeled differently
Yes, that's right. I go on a bit later in the video discussing why I feel re-numbering roman numerals for each mode is a hassle, though having the tonic in each mode defined by a I or i symbol would make more sense. In any case, it's a trade off that I think simplifies things in the long run.
Crazy video, shocked at the view count. Keep going and you'll blow up in no time man.
Cheers!
insanely good and easy to understand educatioanl video
Definitely one of the best videos i've seen so far, hope it gets to way more people
How does this only have 200 views? I’d have assumed it have hundreds of thousands
It’s a new channel with only two proper length videos, but he’s got 35k views now so it’ll probably get big soon
Nice video! Good strategy for learning chord scales. The video is confusing for beginners I sent it too. The PDF was easier for them to follow. Starting with the theory of sound and waves confused them for nothing. Good work but could use some re organizing if target audience is total beginners.
I watched this and understood nothing. But i still enjoyed it
Excellent video! Great for when you get lost on the piano 👍🌱
This is an amazing video - really educational and edited so well!
I saw this months ago and was looking for it for a while and never found it omg
Fricking phenomenal video, this really helped. Love the visuals!!
It's very well explained and i learned a lot!
I made my life easier and got me a sequencer KORG SQ-64. You can set the scale and key, then every key you press is in key. Having said that, this paper strip is a great idea, but having slight color blindness can be a bit challenging. I was considering to place colored dots on my keyboard to a desired scale before playing/composing.
Oh my goodness. I had that exact little piano as a child.
Sweet baby jesus this is good!
Awesome resource, thanks for this!~
those noisy beats made this awesome video, more awesome
soo much to learn, I am looking forward, thanks! :)
I got this keyboard too 😎 second hand store for $10
Thanks for the video
what model is it?
@@virobloca6424 Yamaha HandySound HS-500
someone else said it's Yamaha HandySound HS-500
The piano keyboard is isomorphic if you cut off the keyboard horizontally at the bottom of the black keys (which is why the dots can work). The bottom half of the white keys are there as a helpful cheat code (for one of each of the modes... C ion, d dor, etc). Playing with your fingers high up all the time and not tripping on the raised black keys, however, is difficult :)
legendary video, thank u 😃
This is really an amazing video. Such a cool way to explain this.
im going to make my kid watch this when she wants to know about music.
Did no one else have a thin cardboard sheet with chords printed out you could slide it up and down behind the keys and it would show you which keys to play for each type of chord in any key?
I think now because a computer can do chords people just click a mouse and expect the computer to just put together what sounds good and they don’t know what what chords are being used but brag they don’t need to.
Very lazy but it’s made me appreciate and learn chords more now
Thank you.
Brb stealing your chords ❤
This is a year of university in under an hour 😭
Thanks from india..
♪ When you ♪ know the ♪ notes to ♪ sing ♪
🎶 _You can sing most any-thing!_
This is cool even if I’m a piano roll musician
🤯🤯🤯✨✨✨✨
This is awesome!!!!!
This goes from like 15mph to 100mph when you introduce non diatonic chords
This is insane
What is the name of that little 25 key keyboard?. Thank you for this excellent video.
Yamaha HandySound HS-500
@@RoryMcLeanMusic Nice, it's a kind of rarity compared to all the Casios
@@bonistik Yeah I've become obsessed with getting a vintage keyboard, really don't need one! :D Is a swarm of casios you're right
wowza!
wow i thought this had 600k views not 600. im amazed
cuz it sucks
@@ili626 lol. found the person that never created anything before.
@@KeenBulldozerhaha he’s the type that brags they don’t need to know chords or notes and clicks the mouse a few times and lets the computer do everything and claims he wrote a song which sounds bad 😂
Zajebisty film polecam!
Did you Play "Punch Out" that first tune reminds me of the Training montage.
Increíble!
what keyboard model
is this?
someone else said it's Yamaha HandySound HS-500
What's the difference between a whole step and a whole note?
Whole step is an interval, meaning distance between two notes (pitches). A whole step is 2 semitones (so like between C and D)
Whole note is a duration. It means a note that gets 4 beats or counts. You're talking about how long a note is held
Could I know what synth that is?
someone else said it's Yamaha HandySound HS-500
What about tones and semitones!!
Whole steps and half steps. Same exact idea
Did Mozart use modes apart from 1 and 6?
Good question, I can't provide a definitive answer.
A better metaphor is not color vs Harmony. It's more like superimposed images or visual illusions. So for instance, an afterimage of staring at an outline and then looking at a blank surface, or crossing your eyes while each one is looking at a different color. This is because harmony in music, or two different fundamentals, is totally different from a singular color. The eye doesn't have that ability because that ability does not exist, in ears or eyes. They're not the same thing
It's not a metaphor my guy, it's pure physics.
When two light frequencies (like red and green) are mixed, our brain blends them into a single perceived color (yellow), making it impossible to distinguish the original wavelengths. In contrast, when two notes are played together, we can hear both frequencies simultaneously.
The negative afterimage effect happens when photo receptors in your eyes get fatigued, causing the opposite color to appear when you look at a blank surface. It’s a temporary optical illusion and doesn’t change how light frequencies mix.
Check out Music by the Numbers by Eli Maor-it's a great resource on this topic.
Also i cant buy the strips that fits my piano dimensions (181mm)
Step 1: pause the vid
Step 2: get some colors and a 181 mm paper
Step: Get busy! 😅
I hope this isn't a silly question, but did you remember to measure the top part of the keys instead of the bottom?
I believe the standard size for a piano should be the 178 mm version, sometimes the 179 mm one. Can you confirm that it wasn't an error in measurement? I believe the instruction images show what length needs to be measured. If you still need the 181 mm, I can send you a custom version.
I had to watch this video 3 times bruh im so dumb:(
It took me so long to make sense of all of this. One day at a time!
i'm always confused when people say "above" or "below" in these kind of videos. i have no idea what that means.
8:51 you dont play a c in ur arpeggio for c dorian. Ur playing Bb D F which as far as i understand is the second chord in C dorian. Does that mean even when you change modes you still use the scale degrees for the relative major mode? At that point whats even the point of a mode? Srry if my comment seems accusatory I just never really “got” modes. Maybe this is an editing mistake which happens but I imagine it isnt?
9:01 wait… here the IV is the 4th chord in Db ionian… i guess it was an editing mistake?
oh ionian is just a major scale 😅 i get it now
So the example at 8:38 is in C Dorian, which means that the ii chord is our tonic. The chords in C Dorian are the same as in Bb Ionian (that's why the I chord you pointed out isn't the C minor chord but the Bb major chord). Here, the emphasis is put on the C minor chord, which is the ii chord. By playing a certain chord longer than the others or by starting your progression with a specific chord, you imply in the listener's mind that it's the home base of that bit of music. This is explained in more detail in the 'Chords in Other Modes' section, including the justification for not re-numbering roman numerals for each mode.
The other example you pointed out is in a different key, you can see the paper strip has been slid sideways.
I know the video is very dense, there's a lot covered, but if you have other questions, don't hesitate.
clever and very niche but not suitable for people with colour deficiencies or visual impairments as is - the colour strip's way too busy for me and adds a new level complexity to the whole shenanigans of music theory -- you end up memorising patterns either way.
I rather keep them "black and white" where whole and half steps are very obvious by their physical size.
Good luck.
He keeps using the word “simple”
Dude, the lo fi clipping is more brutal than a meshuggah track. That, combined with the pitched 808, that is often out of key, i Makes it impossible to focus all on what you are trying to communicate. ua-cam.com/video/rS0_rkKde-Q/v-deo.html Such brutal sonic onslaught. If that's what you going for, you achieved it.
I like how it sounds. I spent a lot of time tuning the kicks and snares to the tonics or fifths of each key and the places where they go out of tune a bit are intentional.
That’s cool but you want to upgrade that calculator to an actual piano.
Use whatever you've got available.
This is unwatchable, why chose the most annoying excruciating sounds for the demo. Gave up after 5 minutes