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I guess if its first white key of any key block i.e. C & F... major 7 or 7th note is just one less from octave so if I just relax my octave grip it will land on it.. like for my medium hand. Or u can think it as 5 white keys apart as 6th is 4 key apart ..5th 3 keys apart & 4th 2 keys apart. Anyway for other white keys its just the corresponding black key from same block but in next octave ..so similar hand grip. Like C# for D ..D# for E... F# for G.. G# for A and so on. For major 7 of black keys. sorta reverse the process... just go to corresponding white key from same block but in next octave... So C for C# ..D for D# ..F for F# etc. Again just one hand grip but in kinda reverse or upside down. 😀 For dominant 7 u sorta reverse the logic u do for major 7... Its Bb for C .. Now for D, E, F etc.. u go flat forward ignoring flats ..simply just 5 white keys apart.. or just prev white key from octave one. So u using the same 5 keys apart grip that u used for major 7 ..but sorta reversing it for types. Like B&W for corner keys like C & F and flat 5 white keys apart for rest white keys. For 6th I use similar trend or logic like... I mean comes handy if u have to do jazzy kinda broken 7th chord i.e. like C E G A Bb ..or for finding stuffs like corresponding relative scales. For first two key of any block like for C D & F G keys just go 4 keys apart. For other white key like for E or A & B ..just corresponding black key from next octave .. so for E its C# ..for A & B they F# & G#.. i.e. 1st and 2nd black keys. 😀 ..again just two hand grips for all. 😀 Oh yeah! ..about black key.. just as usual one less key from white keys case. So for C# or F# just skip skip 3 black keys or corner key from opposite block of next octave. And for rest just go for white keys from same block but in next octave. So for D# it C... for G# its F and for Bb or A# its G. I mean I find it easier to visualize keys or corresponding note or interval positions on my physical keyboard this way.. it kinda sumarize things to one or two variations. I mean at first it might look confusing since lil different variation in different note or interval types patterns. But if u try memorize patterns one interval type at a time it wont get confusing than when u try learning patterns of all intervals types in one go or sitting. So go to next interval when u can deal if one interval type. This way u will clearly see or notice consistent progressive incremental changes among them too. As u go from 4th to 5th or 6th or 7th.
Are there ways of shortening piano chords like their are on guitar by dropping a certain interval or two,such as power chords? I don't mean by just playing the root but if we play a major 7th could we just play root + major 7 or a minor 7 by doing the same thing by playing root and b7? Or would this sound very flat( no pun meant) and lifeless with no colour to it?
I like ve all the detail in your explanations and on screen. Thank you! I am so glad I found your channel. I am sure you will get many more subscribers.
Great video! can you do one on minor scales and their relative majors. I have been practicing the major scales and I think it would help to know their relative minor as well. Keep up the great work I have been playing piano for 6 months and I really want to start progressing more.
There is a plethora of teachers of everything on the net, some bad but a lot of good ones too, I think you must be one of the best, not just for piano but across the board, I can expand but I don't think it's necessary.
I'm confused. I thought a dominant 7th chord is so called because it is based on the dominant note of a chord. IE the C major dominant chord would be G,B,D,F, not C,E,G Bflat
I see the mix up - the dominant chord in the key of C is G Dominant 7(G B D F) because G is the 5th of C. A C dominant 7 chord itself is C E G Bb and would be the dominant chord in the key of F, C is the 5th of F. You were mixing up what a dominant chord is itself with which would be the dominant chord in a particular key. Hope that helps!
Thanks for your quick response. I am taking my Royal Conservatory Level 5 practical exam (Canada) in a week's time and the Technical Requirements for Dominant 7th chords that I will be asked to play are based on the dominant note of a particular chord. ie, I might be asked to play the dominant chord progression, broken and/or solid/blocked for A major. I will be expected to start on the dominant note, which is E. So, as far as the Conservatory is concerned they seem to consider that the dominant 7th chord of A major is E,G#,B,D,. So I am still confused.@@PianoFromScratch
That’s right, the dominant chord (chord 5) in the key of A major is (E G# B D) but that chord itself is called an E dominant 7 because the root of the chord is E. The key is A, the chord you want begins on the 5th of the key (E), the chord can be called the dominant chord in the key of A but the chord itself begins from E so it’s called an E7 chord.
Awesome teaching methods. However, I don't think a person should learn the C chord first. I think you should start with a so the student doesn't have a fear of the black notes. Learning A, D and E first being a 1 4 5 pattern, has it's advantages. Many teachers agree.
With theory though and then picturing the intervals in a new chord or scale for the first time actually on the piano, it's much much clearer for people to get and easier to memorise the formulas in C because all the white notes are major/perfect intervals and the blacks are minors etc. Once you have a firm understanding of how it's built, that makes it easier to start making sense of them in other keys. Totally agree it's good to start using the black keys early on from a practical standpoint, which I always do with my students but using C as a clear reference point for theory, I always find to be very helpful.
Those dominant chords, unstable und with tension cause of the tritone(three tones) betwenn the third(major) and seventh(minor) of the chord. The devil interval who servers in tonal music to substitute dominant chords. Thanks for your efforts und well explained videos. Really good job!
7th Chords are a real stumbling block for me . I find it difficult to hit all keys at once since my hands are rather small & hitting 4 keys at once isn't easy for me! I also forget which keys to hit so this vid is going into my library!👍
@ROBYNMARKOW - I have the same problem because of my small hands. But just as there are inversions of major triads, there are inversions of four-note chords also. At least, that's what I've read. It's still takes me time to figure out the best inversion. I really hate playing four-note chords. I know you can roll the notes, but if you don't play them fast enough, it sounds choppy.
Thank you. I know this is a more advanced question, but I am curious about splitting up the 7th chords between the 2 hands. I know in jazz the pianist often plays the 3rd and 7th, while leaving the R and 5th for the bassist to play. How do you handle this in solo piano?
Well that depends on the arrangement and style you're playing really and there's lot of ways. You can just include the root underneath in your voicing in solo piano too. It may be that you're playing some kind of stride type movement in the left hand so playing a low bass note then coming up to a chord voicing whilst the right hand plays the melody. That voicing may be rootless (as you played the root down low) so it could just contain the 3rd and 7th although in Jazz, you'll quite often use extensions too, 9ths etc. Sometimes you also play parts of the chord between your hands too and have the melody in the top part of your right hand at moments or if you're playing a walking bass you may incorporate the chord with the melody in your right hand/ play chords in between the gaps of the melody. Tbh, there's all kinds of things that can be done in terms of arrangements and voicings, it's a little tricky to explain in words. I recommend Aimee Nolte's Channel, she is an amzing jazz pianist/singer
@@PianoFromScratch Thanks so much! I also found one helpful video on The Key of One Channel about using both hands. The example was in G. When I adapted it some and transposed it to F, I realized I was playing the opening intro to Watermelon Man!
I literally have sections on 4 different types of 7 chords going through how to build each one and using the same example in C as you just did as well as other keys too. Of course they’re different that’s the whole point of the video to learn each one, I even talk about how they sound different. I never said they’re the same at all. By the way, you got the notes in a Cmin7 incorrect , it’s a Bb not B.
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Great explanation--makes it easy to understand and remember. Thanks!
Glad it all made sense!
Thank you, thank you and thank you! Very clear explanation of the different 7th chords.
You're welcome!
Your teaching is truly unmatched would love to have lessons in person from you. Take a bow. Just about to purchase my rd2000 and carry off where I left off some 16 years ago!
I guess if its first white key of any key block i.e. C & F... major 7 or 7th note is just one less from octave so if I just relax my octave grip it will land on it.. like for my medium hand. Or u can think it as 5 white keys apart as 6th is 4 key apart ..5th 3 keys apart & 4th 2 keys apart.
Anyway for other white keys its just the corresponding black key from same block but in next octave ..so similar hand grip. Like C# for D ..D# for E... F# for G.. G# for A and so on.
For major 7 of black keys. sorta reverse the process... just go to corresponding white key from same block but in next octave... So C for C# ..D for D# ..F for F# etc. Again just one hand grip but in kinda reverse or upside down. 😀
For dominant 7 u sorta reverse the logic u do for major 7... Its Bb for C .. Now for D, E, F etc.. u go flat forward ignoring flats ..simply just 5 white keys apart.. or just prev white key from octave one. So u using the same 5 keys apart grip that u used for major 7 ..but sorta reversing it for types. Like B&W for corner keys like C & F and flat 5 white keys apart for rest white keys.
For 6th I use similar trend or logic like... I mean comes handy if u have to do jazzy kinda broken 7th chord i.e. like C E G A Bb ..or for finding stuffs like corresponding relative scales.
For first two key of any block like for C D & F G keys just go 4 keys apart. For other white key like for E or A & B ..just corresponding black key from next octave .. so for E its C# ..for A & B they F# & G#.. i.e. 1st and 2nd black keys. 😀 ..again just two hand grips for all. 😀
Oh yeah! ..about black key.. just as usual one less key from white keys case. So for C# or F# just skip skip 3 black keys or corner key from opposite block of next octave. And for rest just go for white keys from same block but in next octave. So for D# it C... for G# its F and for Bb or A# its G.
I mean I find it easier to visualize keys or corresponding note or interval positions on my physical keyboard this way.. it kinda sumarize things to one or two variations. I mean at first it might look confusing since lil different variation in different note or interval types patterns.
But if u try memorize patterns one interval type at a time it wont get confusing than when u try learning patterns of all intervals types in one go or sitting. So go to next interval when u can deal if one interval type.
This way u will clearly see or notice consistent progressive incremental changes among them too. As u go from 4th to 5th or 6th or 7th.
Very helpful and clearly explained. Cheers
Are there ways of shortening piano chords like their are on guitar by dropping a certain interval or two,such as power chords? I don't mean by just playing the root but if we play a major 7th could we just play root + major 7 or a minor 7 by doing the same thing by playing root and b7? Or would this sound very flat( no pun meant) and lifeless with no colour to it?
I like ve all the detail in your explanations and on screen. Thank you! I am so glad I found your channel. I am sure you will get many more subscribers.
Thank you for lessons
No problemo
Great video! can you do one on minor scales and their relative majors. I have been practicing the major scales and I think it would help to know their relative minor as well. Keep up the great work I have been playing piano for 6 months and I really want to start progressing more.
I have a video up on how to understand/ find the relative minor :) ruclips.net/video/m6lLt9qxuJE/видео.html
I still did not understand the 'Eb' thing you told so as to why it is not called as D#
I can play the piano but I don't have one
There is a plethora of teachers of everything on the net, some bad but a lot of good ones too, I think you must be one of the best, not just for piano but across the board, I can expand but I don't think it's necessary.
Appreciate it, thanks 🙏
You are a great teacher, keep up the good work.
Can you do a video explaining circle of 5ths please?
At some point I will, yes
Dear friend, great one, do you have similar ones for 9 11 and 13 as well?
Thanks ❤
Thank you so much for the lesson! May I know what about diminished chord?
Well structured and explained lessons - easy to understand. Very much appreciated - thank you so much for all your hard work!
I'm confused. I thought a dominant 7th chord is so called because it is based on the dominant note of a chord. IE the C major dominant chord would be G,B,D,F, not C,E,G Bflat
I see the mix up - the dominant chord in the key of C is G Dominant 7(G B D F) because G is the 5th of C.
A C dominant 7 chord itself is C E G Bb and would be the dominant chord in the key of F, C is the 5th of F.
You were mixing up what a dominant chord is itself with which would be the dominant chord in a particular key. Hope that helps!
Thanks for your quick response. I am taking my Royal Conservatory Level 5 practical exam (Canada) in a week's time and the Technical Requirements for Dominant 7th chords that I will be asked to play are based on the dominant note of a particular chord. ie, I might be asked to play the dominant chord progression, broken and/or solid/blocked for A major. I will be expected to start on the dominant note, which is E. So, as far as the Conservatory is concerned they seem to consider that the dominant 7th chord of A major is E,G#,B,D,. So I am still confused.@@PianoFromScratch
That’s right, the dominant chord (chord 5) in the key of A major is (E G# B D) but that chord itself is called an E dominant 7 because the root of the chord is E.
The key is A, the chord you want begins on the 5th of the key (E), the chord can be called the dominant chord in the key of A but the chord itself begins from E so it’s called an E7 chord.
Thank you. You explain the concept well for a beginner to understand.
Merci. I learned all my chords 3 months ago with a great video, and now it's 7s.
Thank you, its very helpful!
Well and clearly explained. Many thanks.
You taught me something!
Awesome teaching methods. However, I don't think a person should learn the C chord first. I think you should start with a so the student doesn't have a fear of the black notes. Learning A, D and E first being a 1 4 5 pattern, has it's advantages. Many teachers agree.
With theory though and then picturing the intervals in a new chord or scale for the first time actually on the piano, it's much much clearer for people to get and easier to memorise the formulas in C because all the white notes are major/perfect intervals and the blacks are minors etc. Once you have a firm understanding of how it's built, that makes it easier to start making sense of them in other keys.
Totally agree it's good to start using the black keys early on from a practical standpoint, which I always do with my students but using C as a clear reference point for theory, I always find to be very helpful.
Those dominant chords, unstable und with tension cause of the tritone(three tones) betwenn the third(major) and seventh(minor) of the chord. The devil interval who servers in tonal music to substitute dominant chords. Thanks for your efforts und well explained videos. Really good job!
Yup that's right man!
good
7th Chords are a real stumbling block for me . I find it difficult to hit all keys at once since my hands are rather small & hitting 4 keys at once isn't easy for me! I also forget which keys to hit so this vid is going into my library!👍
@ROBYNMARKOW - I have the same problem because of my small hands. But just as there are inversions of major triads, there are inversions of four-note chords also. At least, that's what I've read. It's still takes me time to figure out the best inversion. I really hate playing four-note chords. I know you can roll the notes, but if you don't play them fast enough, it sounds choppy.
Thank you. I know this is a more advanced question, but I am curious about splitting up the 7th chords between the 2 hands. I know in jazz the pianist often plays the 3rd and 7th, while leaving the R and 5th for the bassist to play. How do you handle this in solo piano?
Well that depends on the arrangement and style you're playing really and there's lot of ways. You can just include the root underneath in your voicing in solo piano too. It may be that you're playing some kind of stride type movement in the left hand so playing a low bass note then coming up to a chord voicing whilst the right hand plays the melody. That voicing may be rootless (as you played the root down low) so it could just contain the 3rd and 7th although in Jazz, you'll quite often use extensions too, 9ths etc. Sometimes you also play parts of the chord between your hands too and have the melody in the top part of your right hand at moments or if you're playing a walking bass you may incorporate the chord with the melody in your right hand/ play chords in between the gaps of the melody. Tbh, there's all kinds of things that can be done in terms of arrangements and voicings, it's a little tricky to explain in words.
I recommend Aimee Nolte's Channel, she is an amzing jazz pianist/singer
@@PianoFromScratch Thanks so much! I also found one helpful video on The Key of One Channel about using both hands. The example was in G. When I adapted it some and transposed it to F, I realized I was playing the opening intro to Watermelon Man!
The way you explained it you are saying that a Cminor7 is the same as a C7. That is wrong. A Cmin7 is C Eb G and B. A C7 is CEG Bb
I literally have sections on 4 different types of 7 chords going through how to build each one and using the same example in C as you just did as well as other keys too. Of course they’re different that’s the whole point of the video to learn each one, I even talk about how they sound different. I never said they’re the same at all. By the way, you got the notes in a Cmin7 incorrect , it’s a Bb not B.