Jibidy face has changed my whole process of sheet reading... from difficult to easy. So happy to come here on your channel everyday and learn something new❤️
I love your technical approach to explaining tonic(s) and dominate(s), etc…. I didn’t know this information at all. Thanks for piecing it together in an understandable format.
Thank you. You just turned on a light for me as I try to recover the skills I learned many years ago. I also really liked you "JIBIDY FACE" - it's a much better system. Very well presented in a down to earth and easy to understand format.
I'm 65 years old and started playing piano 5 weeks ago. So this was not a beginner lesson and I shouldn't have watched this. But you explained it so well that I was not completely lost. Merci beaucoup.
You’re welcome, Lawrence! Even though you’re not quite ready for the information yet, I think it’s always good to have a first introduction so that later on when you meet it again, you’re not complete strangers 😁
Thank you thank you!!! This is tremendously helpful to me in figuring out how to memorize the piece I’m working on! Recently found ur channel and I’m thrilled!! Ur joy of music shines thru which makes it much more fun to learn whatever is the topic you’re teaching!! Thank you and keep making these remarkably excellent videos!!
My electric keyboards are transposable but I do practice transposing myself. When I started playing, a gentleman in the music store was a professor of music composition at the local university. He saw me looking thru the sheet music section and we started talking. When he found out I just started, he handed my a book and told me I should buy it, because it would help me at understanding music. It was a music theory book called " Elementary Rudiments of Music " by Barbara Wharram. I was 28 when I bought it and after reading it, my eyes were opened and helped me understand music that I still look at that book at 62!
Marvellous ! Indeed, did not get ""it" from "the first time". Have been over this on and off for over 4 years but only now get the full "power" of this knowledge . Thank you !
Hi, Just a small but important thing. On your slide introducing the notes, their names and functions relative to each other you list the scale from the top downwards. In your description you then have to cope with the scale being physically upside down, e.g the subdominant is positioned above the dominant but you say it is under it. Easy to fix this confusion, just list the notes from the bottom of the slide upwards.So C at the bottom D above that (and ‘super’ etc etc). It then all makes logical, visual, musical and physical sense. I only mention this because the less mental transformations you have to do in order to understand something consistently the better. Clarity comes from the most direct approach, as you nicely demonstrated in your sight reading video. Love your lessons and teaching style, thank you.
So wonderful to find this new source of learning - I've no idea why your channel never appeared in suggested videos before. it's great to hear an Irish voice to join in with the American and English among the regular selection of teachers. Another angle and point of view is a always welcome. I regularly find a new perspective on the same problem will present it in such a way as the penny finally drops, or at least accelerates understanding of a previous barrier. Looking forward to more videos as you grow the channel. Go raibh míle maith agat.
One of your videos really struck a chord with me. I've had students 3 years into piano, more if I'm being honest, who couldn't jam over a 12 bar blues, 1564, 6251anything! We are losing talented children to Traditional Classical Training and its refreshing to see someone aware of the problem and trying to bridge the gap.
Looking forward to more new videos. I LOVE your channel! So incredibly helpful. Your channel seems to be the only one that gives me tips that I can put into practice. And it has helped me so much. Thank you! And I do have a piano teacher who does emphasize theory. She is awesome and so talented but she is young. After I sent her some of your videos she has started following you as well. She realizes that a more experienced teacher may have suggestions that she can incorporate into her teaching as well. I don’t know how people teach themselves without the aid of a teacher.
How fascinating!. Your analytical, yet common sense approach to memorizing makes such good sense. No wonder memorizing for me was hard. I understand the fundamentals of chord progression but didn't pay enough to its detail and flow. How refreshing this is. Thank you so much. Now the work begins.
Most enjoyable. I was taught the piano 65 yrs ago by a lovely Irish nun. Today I went down memory lane and feel so blessed. Thank you so much and God Bless You.❤
This is the third time I have watched this video lesson and it is finally sinking in. What a great lesson. Thank you very much. Have you dobe any lessons on improvisation by chance? Thank you again for this training video!!! Regards, George N. Naples
Hi George, glad you liked it! As it happens, I'm running an Improvisation Workshop on Feb. 12th - you can find out more about it here: www.lecheilemusic.com/product/improvisationworkshop/14?cs=true&cst=custom 😊
But *why* is it called “dominant”, in the first place? Dominant - how? And the other function names too. I have an idea, but like to hear what others think first. It might have a key to visualizing and help memorizing the music. Also as a bonus it helps to be aware what are the stable and unstable tones of the scale; and which are chord tones vs non-chord tones, and which beats they fall onto in the measures.
@@LeCheileMusic I concur that it helps immensely to read music as multi-layered patterns (where notes are merely letters made into words, sentences, paragraphs, ideas, concepts etc.) To illustrate my understanding of chord functions I use common tones and spacial relations between chords. See ruclips.net/video/3w5zrawxUYs/видео.html which orders the chords in a major key in root positions as ii IV iii I vi V vii° (the order of 3rds with I in the center, same as the circle of 5th alternating major/parallel minor). This "snowman" root position chords notation on the grand staff reveals the literal meaning of chord functions: Dominant and Subdominant share one note with Tonic, while the other two tones of the Dominant are immediately above the tonic "dominating" it, and Subdominant is the mirror image of Dominant -- Tonic dominates it and is it's dominant. Similarly, Mediant is above Tonic, half-way to Dominant, and shares two corresponding tones with each of them. Whereas Submediant is the mirror image below Tonic and half-way to Subdominant. Supertonic and Leading tones don't have any common tones with Tonic, yet they each share the corresponding two tones with their class-forming chords: Subdominant and Dominant respectively. Traditionally, the IV and V chords are shown next to each-other, yet they don't share any tones; similarly, ii and vii next to tonic. On the contrary, as shown here, the common-tones spacial relationship makes more sense in the original meaning of chord functions. This layout puts the I chord in its place of the tonal *center*, as it balances the tension between the two opposing forces: the inward momentum of the V and the outward of the IV (as IV is often used to change key). In the end, being dominant, the V wins over the subdued IV, and the piece resolves to I.
Thanks for the definition of tonic etc. It would be helpful if you could put the first part with the transposed part next to it so we can actually see the transposition.
@@LeCheileMusic seriously you are. I’ve never heard any of this before and I’ve never been taught any theory. I am technically an adult beginner (with a teacher) (18 years old) (4 months of progress) and I’ve learnt minuet in g maj by Petzold, a scherzo from a Haydn sonatina, and Bach’s prelude in c maj. I really thank you for this because I want to build upon my almost non-existent music theory knowledge as I know it will be worth it. Memorizing is quite tedious right now because of my lack of knowledge. I know sooner or later it will all start to click and I’ll be able to see the music as words instead of individual letters. Currently I am learning Mozart piano sonata no. 16 in c maj 1st mvt. KV 545. It’s tough but it’s so much fun. Thanks so much for making these videos even though you may not get many views. You are really helping us beginners and even helping more experienced players too. Your teaching great but it’s even better than others because I can see your passion for music. That makes them 10x more enjoyable! I am looking forward to more videos! 😃
@@derrick2251 isn't Leah fabulous! Only discovered her channel this weekend. I'm working on learning Sonata 16 as well. I'm finding this chaps channel as well.... here's the link to the 1st movement. All the best! Caroline ruclips.net/video/uqDNztEz934/видео.html
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Hi John, it might help to see it in action - if you have a look at my tutorial on the Reinagle Allegro No. 3 you can see another example of it in use 😊: ruclips.net/video/CN5loa4FOgM/видео.html
If all you take from it at this stage is that the two most important notes in a key are the 1st (tonic) and 5th (dominant), you've learned something important. Look for them in the music you play and later on the rest will make more sense if you come back and listen again. Good luck!
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Jibidy face has changed my whole process of sheet reading... from difficult to easy. So happy to come here on your channel everyday and learn something new❤️
Thanks Amit, delighted to have you aboard! 😊
I love your technical approach to explaining tonic(s) and dominate(s), etc…. I didn’t know this information at all. Thanks for piecing it together in an understandable format.
This is the most useful lesson I have ever watched thank you. 👍👍
Very helpful. You're among my favorite piano teachers.
Thank you. You just turned on a light for me as I try to recover the skills I learned many years ago. I also really liked you "JIBIDY FACE" - it's a much better system. Very well presented in a down to earth and easy to understand format.
I'm 65 years old and started playing piano 5 weeks ago. So this was not a beginner lesson and I shouldn't have watched this. But you explained it so well that I was not completely lost. Merci beaucoup.
You’re welcome, Lawrence! Even though you’re not quite ready for the information yet, I think it’s always good to have a first introduction so that later on when you meet it again, you’re not complete strangers 😁
a good refresher course, i enjoyed the lesson mostly because you get to the point and then move on. A great lesson, thanks
Wow what a great resource you're creating. Thanks! Great channel
Thank you thank you!!! This is tremendously helpful to me in figuring out how to memorize the piece I’m working on! Recently found ur channel and I’m thrilled!! Ur joy of music shines thru which makes it much more fun to learn whatever is the topic you’re teaching!! Thank you and keep making these remarkably excellent videos!!
You're so welcome!
My electric keyboards are transposable but I do practice transposing myself. When I started playing, a gentleman in the music store was a professor of music composition at the local university. He saw me looking thru the sheet music section and we started talking. When he found out I just started, he handed my a book and told me I should buy it, because it would help me at understanding music. It was a music theory book called " Elementary Rudiments of Music " by Barbara Wharram. I was 28 when I bought it and after reading it, my eyes were opened and helped me understand music that I still look at that book at 62!
Brilliant! Understanding music theory makes such a difference, doesn't it?
Greetings from Brazil. Nice video. I thank you for your attention and dedication
Marvellous ! Indeed, did not get ""it" from "the first time". Have been over this on and off for over 4 years but only now get the full "power" of this knowledge . Thank you !
Lovely! Thanks so much!
Hi, Just a small but important thing. On your slide introducing the notes, their names and functions relative to each other you list the scale from the top downwards. In your description you then have to cope with the scale being physically upside down, e.g the subdominant is positioned above the dominant but you say it is under it. Easy to fix this confusion, just list the notes from the bottom of the slide upwards.So C at the bottom D above that (and ‘super’ etc etc). It then all makes logical, visual, musical and physical sense.
I only mention this because the less mental transformations you have to do in order to understand something consistently the better. Clarity comes from the most direct approach, as you nicely demonstrated in your sight reading video.
Love your lessons and teaching style, thank you.
Good point, thank you!
Good Lord
GBD FACE is simply AWESOME 😎 THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH 🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
So wonderful to find this new source of learning - I've no idea why your channel never appeared in suggested videos before. it's great to hear an Irish voice to join in with the American and English among the regular selection of teachers. Another angle and point of view is a always welcome. I regularly find a new perspective on the same problem will present it in such a way as the penny finally drops, or at least accelerates understanding of a previous barrier. Looking forward to more videos as you grow the channel. Go raibh míle maith agat.
Thanks Damo, much appreciated 😊
One of your videos really struck a chord with me. I've had students 3 years into piano, more if I'm being honest, who couldn't jam over a 12 bar blues, 1564, 6251anything! We are losing talented children to Traditional Classical Training and its refreshing to see someone aware of the problem and trying to bridge the gap.
Looking forward to more new videos. I LOVE your channel! So incredibly helpful. Your channel seems to be the only one that gives me tips that I can put into practice. And it has helped me so much. Thank you! And I do have a piano teacher who does emphasize theory. She is awesome and so talented but she is young. After I sent her some of your videos she has started following you as well. She realizes that a more experienced teacher may have suggestions that she can incorporate into her teaching as well. I don’t know how people teach themselves without the aid of a teacher.
Thanks Barb, so glad I can help! 😊🎶
Exceptionally helpful
How fascinating!. Your analytical, yet common sense approach to memorizing makes such good sense. No wonder memorizing for me was hard. I understand the fundamentals of chord progression but didn't pay enough to its detail and flow. How refreshing this is. Thank you so much. Now the work begins.
Thanks Stan! Best of luck with it 😊🎶
Love this video which explains the theory and then how to apply it with some examples. Please keep making more videos like this!
I’ll do my best! 😊🎶
In Italian we call the leading note “sensitive”, it sounds so much better in my opinion 😂
She is a real Profie! Full of knowledge. It's Wonderful to follow her lecture.♥️👍💐🥰👏🌟🙏🙏🙏
So nice of you :-)
Great lesson. Very useful. Thank you
You are such a great teacher. Thank you so much!
Most enjoyable. I was taught the piano 65 yrs ago by a lovely Irish nun. Today I went down memory lane and feel so blessed. Thank you so much and God Bless You.❤
That's so nice to hear, thank you!
You're a great music teacher.!!
This was a truly excellent presentation. I feel like I could site read and memorize so much better just after this one lesson. Thank you so much!
You’re very welcome 😊🎶
Fabulous help! Thankyou ❤
This is absolutely excellent!!!
This has been super helpful. Seeing the underlying structure now.
Great lessons, which will make my mission accomplished
This is the third time I have watched this video lesson and it is finally sinking in. What a great lesson. Thank you very much.
Have you dobe any lessons on improvisation by chance?
Thank you again for this training video!!!
Regards,
George N. Naples
Hi George, glad you liked it! As it happens, I'm running an Improvisation Workshop on Feb. 12th - you can find out more about it here: www.lecheilemusic.com/product/improvisationworkshop/14?cs=true&cst=custom 😊
Thank you so much. You are a gifted teacher
Thank you, you’re very kind 😊🎶
Absolutely thrilled to have found this. Le chéile we will make music. I'm off now to learn terms I have only, up to now, heard vague references......
That’s great, Grainne, good luck! 😊🎶
I am but a mere flautist, but this lesson helps me tremendously. Thank you!!
There’s nothing “mere” about flautery - delighted to help!
Such great stuff!!!! Thanks Leah!
Thanks for watching!
Very clear presentation. Thank you so much.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Awesome! Thank you so much!!!👍👍👏👏
Theory is also verywelcome, ma'am. Thanks
This was very helpful and informing. I will be following your videos closely. Thank you very much. Neville Burke.
Thank you. I will examine my piece to learn about this theory.
This lady is so dope. Subscribed!!
Thank you! :-D
Very helpful tips.
Great lesson thank you for sharing.
My pleasure!
I'm a bit off sorts here, but it does make sense to learn to play..TY.
Very informative. Thank you. Subscribed.
This is just brilliant 👏 👌. Awesome. I'm planning to do my ATCL (TRINITY) can you advise regarding resources? Many thanks
Thanks James! If you're at ATCL level I'll be coming to you for resources! Best of luck with it 🤩
@@LeCheileMusic
Lol. Thank you so much for getting back to me. All the best.
Very helpful, I'm going to give it a try. Memorizing has been difficult for me. I think it is age!
Thank you for this valuable, as always, content!
Most welcome 😊🎶
Your videos are so good and to the point, feels like a real meat and potatoes version of teaching music.
Thank you! 😊
Very helpful
Thank you.
But *why* is it called “dominant”, in the first place? Dominant - how? And the other function names too. I have an idea, but like to hear what others think first. It might have a key to visualizing and help memorizing the music.
Also as a bonus it helps to be aware what are the stable and unstable tones of the scale; and which are chord tones vs non-chord tones, and which beats they fall onto in the measures.
Hi tub8r, great question, I don't actually know where the names came from; I'd love to hear your theory! 😃
@@LeCheileMusic I concur that it helps immensely to read music as multi-layered patterns (where notes are merely letters made into words, sentences, paragraphs, ideas, concepts etc.) To illustrate my understanding of chord functions I use common tones and spacial relations between chords.
See ruclips.net/video/3w5zrawxUYs/видео.html which orders the chords in a major key in root positions as ii IV iii I vi V vii° (the order of 3rds with I in the center, same as the circle of 5th alternating major/parallel minor).
This "snowman" root position chords notation on the grand staff reveals the literal meaning of chord functions: Dominant and Subdominant share one note with Tonic, while the other two tones of the Dominant are immediately above the tonic "dominating" it, and Subdominant is the mirror image of Dominant -- Tonic dominates it and is it's dominant. Similarly, Mediant is above Tonic, half-way to Dominant, and shares two corresponding tones with each of them. Whereas Submediant is the mirror image below Tonic and half-way to Subdominant. Supertonic and Leading tones don't have any common tones with Tonic, yet they each share the corresponding two tones with their class-forming chords: Subdominant and Dominant respectively.
Traditionally, the IV and V chords are shown next to each-other, yet they don't share any tones; similarly, ii and vii next to tonic. On the contrary, as shown here, the common-tones spacial relationship makes more sense in the original meaning of chord functions.
This layout puts the I chord in its place of the tonal *center*, as it balances the tension between the two opposing forces: the inward momentum of the V and the outward of the IV (as IV is often used to change key). In the end, being dominant, the V wins over the subdued IV, and the piece resolves to I.
@@tub8r That's super interesting; thanks for the video link, I look forward to checking it out!
Thanks. Now I’m going to have a look at what I’m learning to see this in action.
Have fun! Let me know how it goes 😃
Totally subbed. Great Lesson💕💕
Thanks, greatly appreciated 😁
Thanks for the definition of tonic etc. It would be helpful if you could put the first part with the transposed part next to it so we can actually see the transposition.
Good point, I’ll be doing a video on the topic of transposition at some stage and will include that 👍😊
Would be visually really helpful to use a piano keyboard and treble clef staff while explaining this music theory.
Thanks for the suggestion Alex 🙂
Awesome. You’re phenomenal
Thank you! 😊
@@LeCheileMusic seriously you are. I’ve never heard any of this before and I’ve never been taught any theory. I am technically an adult beginner (with a teacher) (18 years old) (4 months of progress) and I’ve learnt minuet in g maj by Petzold, a scherzo from a Haydn sonatina, and Bach’s prelude in c maj. I really thank you for this because I want to build upon my almost non-existent music theory knowledge as I know it will be worth it. Memorizing is quite tedious right now because of my lack of knowledge. I know sooner or later it will all start to click and I’ll be able to see the music as words instead of individual letters. Currently I am learning Mozart piano sonata no. 16 in c maj 1st mvt. KV 545. It’s tough but it’s so much fun. Thanks so much for making these videos even though you may not get many views. You are really helping us beginners and even helping more experienced players too. Your teaching great but it’s even better than others because I can see your passion for music. That makes them 10x more enjoyable! I am looking forward to more videos! 😃
That’s fantastic progress in only 4 months, well done you - keep it up! 😃🎶
@@derrick2251 isn't Leah fabulous! Only discovered her channel this weekend. I'm working on learning Sonata 16 as well. I'm finding this chaps channel as well.... here's the link to the 1st movement. All the best! Caroline
ruclips.net/video/uqDNztEz934/видео.html
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New subscriber here. Wonderful lessons.
Thanks Bryson, welcome aboard ☺️
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You might need another couple of exposures, Wendy! 😄
@@LeCheileMusic that's pretty CLOSE to what I was thinking. (More like a dozen. )
😊Thank you for all you do for us
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Hi John, it might help to see it in action - if you have a look at my tutorial on the Reinagle Allegro No. 3 you can see another example of it in use 😊: ruclips.net/video/CN5loa4FOgM/видео.html
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Im even more confused
If all you take from it at this stage is that the two most important notes in a key are the 1st (tonic) and 5th (dominant), you've learned something important. Look for them in the music you play and later on the rest will make more sense if you come back and listen again. Good luck!