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And there it is IVm, add instead of IV. I can fix it in a couple minutes but I would have to re upload the video with that correction and then I would lose all the views. That's such a stupid mistake but I played it right:) Thanks for pointing that out!

Smoke and mirrors is a good description.

Thank you for the feedback. This kind of feedback is very helpful point :)

When you write "Classical" with a capital letter, it means around the time of Mozart. Not earlier and not later. I think you are talking about classical music. If I have not yet convinced you how important chords are for all kinds of music then I am frankly wasting my time.

@@garydlloyd7718 Dear Gary, you are certainly not wasting you time, I value your input. In regard to Classical, not just the Classical period but music from the Masters of years ago. In regard to the Chords, would it be unusual to see the Chords represented as block Chords, but rather as broken Chords. If the Chords are presented as broken, would not the score be played as Sight Read, similar to the rest piece with little attention paid to the three or four fingered Block Chord representation. Just curious.

You can't overestimate how powerful major and minor chords are for establishing moods. Minor plus chromaticism usually equals dark.

I think all of us can tolerate a lot of darkness when there is hope at the end.

It never ceases to surprise me that Mendelssohn gets less attention today. I had initially planned to play a whole bunch of these Songs without Words but I gave up because I got almost no viewership.

ruclips.net/video/aOn7lkUr_eM/видео.html This is not exactly what I did but it is close. I originally thought about calling this tribute to Dvorak. It is also a waltz so that is why I picked pictures of people waltzing.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I had a lot of fun writing this.

I have no idea what this is about.

I think this works well for nailing down what a German 6th chord is.

Did I say something wrong?

@@garydlloyd7718 I was checking for confirmation.

That's pretty quirky.

You are very welcome, Andrew. I thought Labor Day was a good time to do this!:)

Great!

That's a really nice thing to say and thank you.

I don't understand your question.

I don't know why most explanations of the circle of fifths goes in the opposite direction to the way we usually hear it in music.

Many thanks!

It blows my mind that these older composers confluently read all these different clefs,

:)

I have always absolutely loved this sonata.

It's a virtuoso piece and so many top pianists play it so well that there would be no point.

Just keep going.

Good.

I am trying to master teaching them.

It is very important

I am going to build on this idea.

You can't trust anything on youtube.

This is something I'm going to be able to use more and more in the future.

I don't know what you mean by that comment but I very much enjoyed visiting your channel and hearing your music.

If only we could link each inversion of each chord to just one tune!

As you know the huge challenge is to write music that people can play that doesn't bore them while they are learning.

I guess so :)

It is great to be able to visualize scales as a unit without worrying about the fingering.

Thanks Gary. Important correction! The diminished seventh is a tower of minor thirds, of course, like an octave pie cut into 4 equal pieces then used to model a skyscraper

@garydlloyd7718 : " *A diminished triad always contains two MINOR thirds.* " This is absolutely correct, and an important clarification. It's how I keep things straight in my head when I start to get confused -- string two minor thirds together in sequence and voila! you have your diminished triad. Thanks Gary.

You are right and unfortunately after several hundred views no one pointed that out. A diminished triad always contains two minor thirds and a diminished 5th!

I'm not a viola player but as far as I know you are correct.

Viola is called “Alto” in French

That's a win win for me if something helps you remember it quicker and it also makes you smile!:)

My main concern at the time that I made this video was about when it was used for a keyboard music.

I am about to post a video about the idea of Highlander Chords.

The idea of doubling your money is a good one.

It may change how your mind processes the concept of key signatures.

Excellent!

Apparently he was so flexible that he could read just about any clef with no problem.

I did not write this one for students, although I would be very pleased if a student can play it.

I had to rewrite it to make it work for me.

I think it is an amazing romantic fugue.

I think in general humor is undervalued in teaching.