The Most Important Chord Progression: The 2-5-1 (Part A: Definitions)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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The 2-5-1 progression is probably the most important concept in modern harmony you will encounter. It underlies much of jazz, pop and contemporary music. In this 3-part video tutorial series we will the 2 5 1 progression, starting with definitions (this video) and following up with particular voicings (part B) and musical context (part C). Stay tuned as we explore this highly important musical idea!
Links to the Piano Quickies series (playlist):
• Piano Quickie 1: Namin...
THE BEGINNING IS THE MODT BEAUTIFUL THING I’BE EVER HEARD
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This is probably the most complete piano channel out there. I really like your approach. I can listen to you all day. Thank you for your generosity.
the intro is so op:-)
op?
overpowered:-). hey i actually saw circle of fifths in there:-), i havent watch the whole vid, will watch tmr cuz its late aready
i have to confess u are actually one of those youtubers that helped me alot through videos you guys made. thanks!!! god bless y! avalokitesvara.
@@jouishe I need the chords mann
Your online lessons are sooooooooooo much better than all the others I've come across. Far more dynamic and interesting content, regardless of the level you are teaching at. So good. Thank you very much from Toronto, Canada.
The semitone explanation is gold for fretted instruments like the electric bass!
This is the best explanation of 2-5-1 I've seen. I haven't seen anyone talk about the Fourths.
When I perform my guitar improvisation I really enjoy bringing out the two, five, one progression because it is very emotional I feel.
I like D minor, G, C.
All your videos are very easy to understand and inspirational. Best piano tutorials I've came across! Thanks for sharing :)
Understood completely..thank god😅....there are very few tutorials in this whole UA-cam scene where they show a proper detail to understand these chord progressions..😍😍
thank you thank you! i was doing your 2-5-1 runs practice and really help me understand chord structures and finger positions! this refined series is even clearer in understanding the beauty for 251. look forward to the next two parts! THANK YOU SENSEI!
That k you so much!!!!!!! This is my first time doin learning this!!! I've been playing the piano since I was 8 years old!!!! And I'm still playing it!!!! I understand now!!!!!!! You should do more of this please!!!!!
can't wait for the next one. thanks!
Very well made video on this topic! I really like how you take it down the the basics and definiteitons first to make sure everyone understands. Thanks for sharing!
you are the best piano youtuber...I ve been getting a lot from your videos.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is the exercise I am currently concentrating on, learning the 2-5-1 in all 12 keys. The trick of using perfect fifths to remember which chords to use in any given key is your gift to us today. :D)
Thank u soo much.. this really help me improve😇
thank you so much! I finally bought a piano though I am 30 years old now. I was inspired to you
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. YOUR TEACHING STYLE RESONATED WITH ME PERFECTLY. I am a bass player just starting out and this is what i needed. I am learning electric jazz bass, and this video is right to the point. Thank you to the Professor.
Your vid tutorials are just so great!...simple to understand and teaches techniques to remember👍👍👍
Thank you for this clear explanation. I'm very exciting to learn more with you.
Great Video! I love how clear you are able to explain these things. Its fun to listen and practice. One thing that came to attention: In the beginning of the video you say: "This is one of the most powerful harmonic concepts" - however you dont give an example or where you would need this concept. :-) Keep up the good work!
That's because the "good stuff" will come in the next two videos ... :)
Wow! What a great explanation! I'm in 8th grade, and my band director said he didn't learn about this stuff till college. I love UA-cam :) Thanks Mangold!
Beautiful chords‼️
love the perfect 4th trick thanks man!
This and Piano pig are the best piano youtube channels
Why, thank you.
great tuition, easy to follow at a great pace.
The trick of using perfect 4ths was new for me, even if I know this stuff more or less for quite some time now. It was cool, in music you learn something new everyday, that's fer sure.
I appreciate your lessons. You are the best teacher
1:38...yes I'm so happy I clicked on this.
awesome lessons!
*Thank you very kindly for this tutorial Sir.You explained it so clearly that anyone can understand it.Thank you as well for part B which you subsequently made.You're helping to create stars out of beginner pianists like myself.*
okay, this was awesome. thank you!
The intro sound like a song I've heard but I can't remember.
Probably "Misty"
All your videos are great thanx so much,love yr little melodic lead ups to the chords,wish I could do them.
Your course is very good, I always can learn something useful and practice your instructions. Now I am anxious to get the B C ... of the 2 5 1 progression. It has been over two weeks since A
thanks from Turkie.
god bless you.
AWESOME STUFF. THANK YOU!
Intro is GROOVY
I need the keys man
This is very good musical information! Lee
Wow, 25 years never knew this out there!!!!
251 years
Thank you not assuming I knew what a 2-5-1 was all about.
your lessons are life
great stuff my man ... thank you for sharing your gift with us! best wishes Rod (Oz)
So well explained thanks
Thanks you very much.
i love mangold so much for doing this, im a beginner btw
Thanks your the best!
Very nice sir
Love from India
Oh my gosh thank you sooo much 😩
You're welcome.
Double dominants, those make it so strong in changing keys midsong if performed well
Look forward to Part B
Already up! Link in the description.
Would be nice to see part B!
You’re the best on here x
Thanks Risa.
This is easy to understand. I have minimal knowledge but I can understand. thanks
I had used 251 without realizing it
i learn something interesting...tq sir
You sounded so good and sweet from the beginning. God bless ya
You are the best. Teacher I have ever known. Thank you for explaining how to practice 251! Do you have any books written?
Dangit! I thought this was an old video and I can go ahead and watch parts B and C. Errgh. Digital Age and On-Demand has made me impatient. JK. Love your vids and I'm learning so much! -Tim VH (2/22/17)
Thanks Tim. 2nd and 3rd parts are in the making and should come out by next weekend!
I cant wait. I cannot thank you enough for your videos and the way you transfer knowledge.
great video! do you have the intro's score/chords? i loved the sounding of it
Thank you so much respected sir. You are the best.
6:44 your cat scared me i thought random cat was in my house making noise :D
I experience the same thing listening to other people's videos!
I hope to be able to play as graceful as you someday.
Great stuff Yes songs that use this would be great too. If you get the time.
just perfect thank you
Thanx
If you use the circle of fourths (the opposite direction to the circle of fifths) they are in order of the 2-5-1 progressively all the way around....
Great!
Thanks brother
Thank you very much. From VietNam
I benefited from this video and that's all that matters. thank you.
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The chord progression sounds like Little Red Corvette by Prince
You're a beast.
Thanks! Assuming you meant that as a compliment.
@@MangoldProject probably
thanks, Mangold
I wish I could just play that piano bar jazz you're amazing I got notifications set for when you post a a video haha
also question: in a progression when one is at the end does that always imply that it's on the next octave, or would there be a way to signify to play the one at the beginning of the scale?
The progression is "octave independent". You could equally play the C major above or below the G major chord (in the key of C). I just like highlighting the C above the G because it's visually pleasing.
MangoldProject Oh ok then thanks so much can't wait for the next vid. :)
you are the best
So, basically the 2 5 1 means the 2nd, 5th and 1st notes in the particular scale that you're playing, and then you use the chords for those notes?
Thadnill correct
@@JohnnieRadical Thanks,
So what is the scale then that people usually refer to? Is it major per default
Yes, all built on the major scale, unless otherwise specified. It's 2 minor to 5 major to 1 major (e.g. Dm to G to C in the key of C, or,in the spirit of using 7th chords, Dm7 to G7 to Cmaj7, all of which are built on the C major scale).
I love it when you use f major key
Keep moving
F major key is awesome. I don't know why but it just has many possibilities
Great tutorial.. how about using the virtual keyboard so that we can master the notes effortlessly
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I am learning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice
waiting so bad for the next two videos... :(
I have really enjoyed your videos and find them to be easy to understand my good sir. But I have a question, I am a beginner, I understand how to invert triads. But can you, if not done already, show us how to invert 7th chords? I always find it confusing how to invert 4 note chords....please help! thank you
Watch my "piano quickie" series.
Example:
C7 = C E G Bb.
1st inv = E G Bb C
2nd inv = G Bb C E
3rd inv = Bb C E G
Thanks! I will check it. Another question (lol) regarding voicings/tonality in chords, take an Eb Major chord: I noticed that you played it with the Eb octave on the left hand and then a G, Bflat, D, G octave on the right hand. I play it with the Eb octaves on the left, but I double the D (octaves) instead and keep the G & Bflat.
Is there a particular theoretical reason that you voice the Eb major chord that way or is it just by choice?
What chords did you play in the intro, please could you list them kindly? Thanks
I think one of the big turn offs for anyone learning to play music is doing things like ‘learning to play 2-5-1’ in every key before even appreciating some music they enjoy or even better - both recognize and enjoy; preferably a song they already know and like. Without that everything is like torture and meaningless.
God bless you bro, you could have charge for this lesson and still make money from youtube but thanks for the love.
verygood
so the 2-5-1 in C Major is basically the notes of a Gsus chord, right?!
yes. the notes 2-5-1 always make up a dominant(sus) chord
Why does the wikipage of a 2 5 1 progression says the following ?
quote
It is a succession of chords whose roots descend in fifths from the second degree (supertonic) to the fifth degree (dominant)
unquote ;
YOu are moving by fourths ?
Moving by a fifth DOWN is the same as moving by a fourth UP.
So D to G to C (moving upward) is a motion by fourths.
D to G to C (moving downward) is a motion by fifths.
INTRO SONG NAME PLEASE?
Just an improvisation.
Sounds a bit like Misty
@@MangoldProject Hi I really like the improvisation, could you explain the chords used? I can see a lot of 2 5 1 in C, but there are several other very nice changes, could you explain those? Thank you so much!
Silvertortoise just look at the bass notes. They're mostly the corresponding numbers. He uses a lot of diminished major 7 starting on 3 and 7 of the 2&5. he has another video on this technique
Would the 2 5 1 work on a minor key? 🤔
Yes. Search for "2 5 1 minor mangoldproject" on UA-cam and you'll find some ideas.
Intro sounds like blueberry faygo but improvised
Lmao its in the same key; the some was remixed off an old jazz song and this progression is like the main go to in the genre lol
@@kiddkuzu9094 it actually wasn't. The producer who made was he's influenced by jazz but why did u point out that it was in the same key. Of course it is, that's obvious, I'm just saying that cuz he used this same progression, this progression is used in many songs in the genre and the producer knows stuff about music theory.
@@kailzedillo I need the chords man
Wats the song in beggning
I don't understand why there are 8 notes in a chord scale, there are only 3 notes in a major chord right?
There is no such thing as chord scale, there is a chord and a scale, separate beings, but a chord is about a combination of notes within a scale, and there are chords with 4 notes too. A scale has 7 notes or 8 if you count the root note twice (C to C for example). A triad(1-3-5 chord) has 3 notes but there are also chords like 1-3-5-7 so four notes. This is said with my limited knowledge so there is way more than what im telling you lol.
This was very enlightening +MangoldProject thank you for an excellent tut.
Elevator music!
An elevator riding straight up to heaven!
hey this is from the key change vid
Well there is some common ground that must be covered. I'll get to the cool stuff in the next two videos :)
Could you give some examples of songs that use this?
My favorite example: The Beatles' "Yesterday" is an exercise in 2-5-1s. You can also just pick any jazz standard! It might be difficult to recognize at first because people use substitutions and funky voicings. Once we get to part C and you've seen how to "use" the 2-5-1 I will be able to really show you where it pops up.
Saint Laurent Maroon 5-sunday morning. that's a classic 251.
I know this is a year late but Boredom by Tyler the creator also uses this. In the hook it loops a 251 but in the intro and first verse he does a 251, then switches the 1 to minor and does another 251 off of that, then does it again. It's great
Love Mode - Joakim Karud
Shan Michael Escasio just watched a seperate video about 251 and first song to pop in my head was Sunday Morning.
Wow
Can't find next two videos. Do they exist?
Second part is up. See link in description.
MangoldProject thanks so much. Really appreciate your videos. They're great. Already watched part B, last night. Looking forward to part C! Thanks again!