About a year ago I was at a family members funeral. At the funeral there was someone playing the piano. I was never a musical person and really had no interest in classical music or in the piano. I have no idea what piece the person played but it just hit me. It was the first time i really listened to someone playing the piano and it was beautiful. After the funeral I tried searching up the song but never found it. And also that day I ordered my first electrical piano. I've been playing the piano almost everyday since then and I thought about writing some pieces myself and ended up here. This was a really good and clear video and I'm gonna be watching alot more of you in the future.
Im a pretty young pianist you could say, at 13 years old and have been playing for 6 years. I really want to progress even more and get better I take part at the school band for example and my teacher actually gives me motivation. I don’t want to flex or anything, just want to tell you that this actually helps, because ppl always ask me to play things, and chords are pretty important in plying by ear. You really make me happy with your piano vids, so fun to have fun learning something😝greetings from Germany bro👍
They definitely are important for playing by ear! I’m glad you like my videos and find it fun. 😊 At 13, imagine what you will be able to do on the piano in 10 years time. 🤯
Hey I'm from Germany too and always wished to play the piano but just had the possibility to start as an adult with nearly 40 years so your son lucky to start early and that consistent! Whish you all the best!! 🎹💖
@@matticawoodim currently learning last Campanella, and what can you say it’s really difficult🥲I just hope I can learn more classical pieces because I’m really interested in that
@@LadanzaTubehi ich schreibe mal auf English falls es andere interresiert: thanks for the kind words, I wish I could actually do some videos, I have actually thought about it several times but I just don’t have the time to. Because of school especially but one day I will :)
Difficult to put into words how helpful this video is. Your editing is also insane! You put so much work into all your videos. Criminally underrated channel!
You have the gift of teaching. You make the concepts easy to understand. There are a lot of outstanding piano players on RUclips as you are, but don't know how to teach effectively. But you do. Thank you
I believe Advanced vs. Professional are at best subjective terms and are interchangeable. I know plenty of people who play professionally but play at intermediate/advance level.
Indeed…the entirety of music is subjective really so it is more about; how well can you produce the sound that you want - then it’s trying to remove the limiting factors, either information or technical. I also happen to know many that play professionals that are limited in either knowledge or technique and therefore can’t produce the range of ideas that they would like to. The level names don’t really mean anything, it’s just a more fun way of labelling them rather than “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”. 😊
Nothing totally new for me but what a fantastic video all explained so good and well structured. Best video on that topic I watched!! But please now make as such a video that is about playing song covers with melody in the right hand and left hand patterns in the left. Please focus on left hand patterns and when to use which one and how and why in the left hand. Talk about arpeggiated patterns and rhythmic patterns so we can play a cover on the piano if we know the melody for the right and know the chords (no matter if we have a Leadsheet or sort it out by ear) Please do such a video. I would really appreciate 🎹💖🎹💖 and I'm sure more people would too 🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗
You are such an amazing educator, who can effectively demystify many seemingly complex theories. It is demoralizing for self-teaching learners to build technical skills without proper instruction and guidance. I didn't even know what I didn't know before watching your videos.
Just came by to tell you, that videos like this trully make a difference. As a classical pianist, I have been struggling to understand how to play pop and rock songs on piano so that they dont sound plain and empty and your video "8 levels of playing chords" really helped me in that and this one is even more in depth! Thanks for doing this, I will be looking forward to other videos like this!
This is painless music theory with clearly illustrated practical examples in one short video. Congratulations for a well thought out and presented comprehensive lesson. Thank you. I am subscribing from Malaysia.
EXCELLENT articulation! I really like you facilitator style, easy to follow and apply. High quality production and presentation! Thanks for a great share!!
Wow, Matthew, you've just given me a clear road map to understand components of a melody and how chords (as a starting point) relates to each other. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Wow! 🤩 I saw so many videos on YB for beginners and no one could to explain this so well! THANK YOU! 😇 You are really able to teach. It is a unique gift! 😊
That makes this great is that you can apply all of this to the different scales. Making it sound different to appeal to emotion which I love so much. Thank you man
Wow what a lot of clear lessons in one, at least if you do the "searches" or "homework" given at the end of each of the four levels in the lesson. Brilliant.
Really good video as always, another dimension to my piano playing. I'm almost 16 and have played piano seriously for about a year and a half, and I'm very happy with my progress. And you've been a part of my progress! Thank you again👍
Incredibly EXCELLENT! It summarises every aspect of chord formation. It has proved me I am learning theory the correct way since I am a selftaught student. This video is an invaluable jewel. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
Lately i've been trying to learn some piano again, used to play a little as a kid but then guitar and drums took over, and i just program chords in my daw. This was a great reminder of what you can do with those simple triads. Thanks for the lesson Maestro!
This sounds like a brilliant starting stage for learning piano, fantastic,im 66 and been swayed about buying an electric piano,now im going to buy a cheap piano.
Ohhhh holy cow.. ohhh, you are superb amazingly and incredible at teaching the unknown with lessons to know how to play. I'm astonish, bro! All these past years for 20 years of my life loving piano but don't really understand the process of about piano this much! Just found your piano lesson vids last night and damnnnn.. it opened up my lock braincells that were closed many years ago. I never did go take any class lessons, just by hearing the sounds by ear and learning basic chords and notes by myself. I'm so grateful, thanks to you suddenly! For many years.. I've been trying to compose my own songs but don't know much of the patterns that musicians use. Now I totally understand how a piano works! I gotta go back to my lab and rework my nooby songs that I created and improve it. Wow, these kinds of videos I watched from your teaching have unleashed my braincells with new knowledge. Thanks man, I appreciated very much! Now I have the urge to be competitive and compose music without any limits. Like I heard this quote.. If you know your chords, notes, and the melody.. then the sky has no limits.
The difficulty I have is quickly grasping where the inverted chords are and still be in time with the music. Additionally I am trying to learn jazz 7th chords which as you know have four notes and it’s blowing my mind.
Ok, you have inspired me to dust off my full-size Cassio keyboard, put in in batteries, and pick up where I left off 13 yrs ago after a bad motorcycle accident. Almost lost my left hand. 99% 👍🏾 use of it, and that's good enough piano 🎹 ♥️
I've been playing by ear all of my life, and it's crazy to see that I learned these concepts naturally without even knowing it! Now I can learn theory and apply it 20x better 👍🏽
Thanks you Matthew- You have resumed nicely my 2 years of studying the piano- Would you also kindly explain to me how to find out from a lead sheet which progression to follow since there are so many popular one
My understanding is Pro, my ability is intermediate to advanced depending on how well my hands are working that day...I love noodling and coming up with weird stuff!
Thank you, it is relevant for me to understand the music harmony. But sharp means one semitone up. “One key up” is quite confusing, for instance D is one (white) key up from C.
No problem 😊 The closest key to the right of a C (up 1 in pitch) is the next black key rather than the white key. The reason it’s better to think of it that way is because an E# is the same as playing an F 😊
hi matthew thank you so much. now im one of ur loyal subscribers. i got a question, what if playing in other scales other than major scale? then it wont be M m m M M m diminished,, would be something else, right? are there similar fomula or how to decide... i heard there are tons of weird scales out there.
It’s in G minor - G A Bb C D Eb F and it’s: chord 6 (Eb G Bb) chord 1 (G Bb D) chord 7 (F A C) chord 1 (G Bb D) Just with arpeggios and a melody (and a randomly loud section) 😊
Hello there! Just discovered your chanel and this is the kind of thing i have been trying to understand recently so this help a lot! Really well explained. I have a question though, is there a video explaining the rules of changing key when playing a song? Like playing in c major, and sometimes using a B minor or things like that. And the melody, that is played in the same key if i don't mistake? how does it work? are there tips or rules? Or am I just mistaking. Idk if i'm clear.... An example of chord progression that i found recently, but i don't understand which key it's playing into : CEGB BD#F#A BDEG ACDF
In music “dominant” means note 5 or chord 5 in a scale. So in C major, the dominant chord is a G chord. A dominant 7th is chord 5 in a scale with the added 7th to it. So the dominant 7th in a C major scale is a G7 chord (GBD-F). A dominant 7th is a unique type of 7th that has the important function in music of confirming the scale that’s being used. The reason for this is because it’s the only chord type where it’s notes can only be seen in 1 scale. So a G7 (GBDF) confirms the key of C major because a G7 won’t be seen in any other scale. 😊
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This isn't just brilliant, This is the best Music theory introductory method I've ever come across!
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About a year ago I was at a family members funeral. At the funeral there was someone playing the piano. I was never a musical person and really had no interest in classical music or in the piano. I have no idea what piece the person played but it just hit me. It was the first time i really listened to someone playing the piano and it was beautiful. After the funeral I tried searching up the song but never found it. And also that day I ordered my first electrical piano. I've been playing the piano almost everyday since then and I thought about writing some pieces myself and ended up here. This was a really good and clear video and I'm gonna be watching alot more of you in the future.
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Im a pretty young pianist you could say, at 13 years old and have been playing for 6 years. I really want to progress even more and get better I take part at the school band for example and my teacher actually gives me motivation. I don’t want to flex or anything, just want to tell you that this actually helps, because ppl always ask me to play things, and chords are pretty important in plying by ear. You really make me happy with your piano vids, so fun to have fun learning something😝greetings from Germany bro👍
They definitely are important for playing by ear! I’m glad you like my videos and find it fun. 😊
At 13, imagine what you will be able to do on the piano in 10 years time. 🤯
Hey I'm from Germany too and always wished to play the piano but just had the possibility to start as an adult with nearly 40 years so your son lucky to start early and that consistent! Whish you all the best!! 🎹💖
What about doing some piano videos on your channel?
@@matticawoodim currently learning last Campanella, and what can you say it’s really difficult🥲I just hope I can learn more classical pieces because I’m really interested in that
@@LadanzaTubehi ich schreibe mal auf English falls es andere interresiert: thanks for the kind words, I wish I could actually do some videos, I have actually thought about it several times but I just don’t have the time to. Because of school especially but one day I will :)
Difficult to put into words how helpful this video is.
Your editing is also insane! You put so much work into all your videos.
Criminally underrated channel!
Very simply explained and I watched the entire video in one go but now my brain really hurts !
You have the gift of teaching. You make the concepts easy to understand. There are a lot of outstanding piano players on RUclips as you are, but don't know how to teach effectively. But you do. Thank you
The absolute BEST explanation for beginners on RUclips!!!
this video is incredibly helpful for beginner to compose music, thank you
No problem! I hope you get some use out of some of it 😊
Yes you're right absolutely for that use it's awesome or for playing just acommpaintment.
Although I already know music theory, the way you explain it to new people is so amazing. Not everybody can do this. Keep up your great work!
I believe Advanced vs. Professional are at best subjective terms and are interchangeable. I know plenty of people who play professionally but play at intermediate/advance level.
Indeed…the entirety of music is subjective really so it is more about; how well can you produce the sound that you want - then it’s trying to remove the limiting factors, either information or technical.
I also happen to know many that play professionals that are limited in either knowledge or technique and therefore can’t produce the range of ideas that they would like to.
The level names don’t really mean anything, it’s just a more fun way of labelling them rather than “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”. 😊
Nothing totally new for me but what a fantastic video all explained so good and well structured. Best video on that topic I watched!!
But please now make as such a video that is about playing song covers with melody in the right hand and left hand patterns in the left. Please focus on left hand patterns and when to use which one and how and why in the left hand. Talk about arpeggiated patterns and rhythmic patterns so we can play a cover on the piano if we know the melody for the right and know the chords (no matter if we have a Leadsheet or sort it out by ear)
Please do such a video. I would really appreciate 🎹💖🎹💖 and I'm sure more people would too 🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗
You are such an amazing educator, who can effectively demystify many seemingly complex theories. It is demoralizing for self-teaching learners to build technical skills without proper instruction and guidance. I didn't even know what I didn't know before watching your videos.
This video is GOLD! Master class on chord patterns!!!
I’m glad you think so! 😊
Someone give this man an Oscar award.
Absolutely fantastic lesson, so much great stuff here. Best music theory video i've seen. Nice one.
amazing bro ly
Thank u❤
Please make more videos like this, it was really helpful!
this is so helpful! im so thankful that videos like this exist!
I’m glad I could be of some help! 😊
Brilliant video! So much explanations in about half an hour without any danger of boredeom. Thanks!
Such a well designed and well delivered tutorial. So much of piano playing condensed into one 40 minute tutorial.
Superb video - Very helpful for me, who is just starting out - Thank you
Just came by to tell you, that videos like this trully make a difference. As a classical pianist, I have been struggling to understand how to play pop and rock songs on piano so that they dont sound plain and empty and your video "8 levels of playing chords" really helped me in that and this one is even more in depth! Thanks for doing this, I will be looking forward to other videos like this!
Brilliant! Sus2 and Sus4 now makes more sense as explained here ... thank you!
Best lesson ever, I wish every music teacher teach like this
This is painless music theory with clearly illustrated practical examples in one short video. Congratulations for a well thought out and presented comprehensive lesson. Thank you. I am subscribing from Malaysia.
I play piano i just want to say thank you for help my piano practice
You are very welcome! 😊
Thanks man for your videos.....they really help me playing the piano
No problem! 😊
EXCELLENT articulation! I really like you facilitator style, easy to follow and apply. High quality production and presentation! Thanks for a great share!!
Wow, Matthew, you've just given me a clear road map to understand components of a melody and how chords (as a starting point) relates to each other. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Well explained. Can you make a video on dynamics with independent fingering?
Wow! 🤩 I saw so many videos on YB for beginners and no one could to explain this so well! THANK YOU! 😇 You are really able to teach. It is a unique gift! 😊
Thank you so much for the video and the notes!!
Just started watching but hot damn, I can tell this is gonna chock-full of some really useful stuff.
Thanks please u made the lesson so simple to me a beginner. I love that
i'm always enjoy piano lesson by this man
That makes this great is that you can apply all of this to the different scales. Making it sound different to appeal to emotion which I love so much. Thank you man
Brilliant job. Thanks, I don't feel so stupid, I understand 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹
Then what level includes altered chord extensions, chord substitution and modal interchange? level Jazz!!😁
Wow what a lot of clear lessons in one, at least if you do the "searches" or "homework" given at the end of each of the four levels in the lesson. Brilliant.
Really good video as always, another dimension to my piano playing. I'm almost 16 and have played piano seriously for about a year and a half, and I'm very happy with my progress. And you've been a part of my progress!
Thank you again👍
Incredibly EXCELLENT! It summarises every aspect of chord formation. It has proved me I am learning theory the correct way since I am a selftaught student. This video is an invaluable jewel. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
Lately i've been trying to learn some piano again, used to play a little as a kid but then guitar and drums took over, and i just program chords in my daw. This was a great reminder of what you can do with those simple triads. Thanks for the lesson Maestro!
This sounds like a brilliant starting stage for learning piano, fantastic,im 66 and been swayed about buying an electric piano,now im going to buy a cheap piano.
THE GRAEAT TEACHING THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO
Ohhhh holy cow.. ohhh, you are superb amazingly and incredible at teaching the unknown with lessons to know how to play. I'm astonish, bro! All these past years for 20 years of my life loving piano but don't really understand the process of about piano this much! Just found your piano lesson vids last night and damnnnn.. it opened up my lock braincells that were closed many years ago. I never did go take any class lessons, just by hearing the sounds by ear and learning basic chords and notes by myself. I'm so grateful, thanks to you suddenly! For many years.. I've been trying to compose my own songs but don't know much of the patterns that musicians use. Now I totally understand how a piano works! I gotta go back to my lab and rework my nooby songs that I created and improve it. Wow, these kinds of videos I watched from your teaching have unleashed my braincells with new knowledge. Thanks man, I appreciated very much! Now I have the urge to be competitive and compose music without any limits. Like I heard this quote.. If you know your chords, notes, and the melody.. then the sky has no limits.
That’s a fantastic video. You explained it very well.
This explains so much, I didn’t realise I played so many inversions
You are a good teacher. I am going to stay in your class
Your channel is the absolute best piano channel on RUclips, thank you so much for your work
Uh, as someone that just started learning a couple weeks ago… this is frickin awesome. Thank you bro!
This pretty much covered music theory in the best way possible
Thank you
Thanks for a great lesson
No problem, thanks for the super! 😊
Matthew, you are an amazing teacher.
Amazing ! Nobody can do it better !
If youtube had a ❤️ button, this video deserves it.
Sadly, we only have a like and subscribe button....so i had to settle for those.
First 13 minutes filled up my ageing brain, but really well explained, thanks!
Best chord patterns video ever, really clear and really simple to understand, great work!
What a great video! Thanks for sharing it.
The difficulty I have is quickly grasping where the inverted chords are and still be in time with the music. Additionally I am trying to learn jazz 7th chords which as you know have four notes and it’s blowing my mind.
Great infographics!! Lots of work..thanks!!
Well explained!
Ok, you have inspired me to dust off my full-size Cassio keyboard, put in in batteries, and pick up where I left off 13 yrs ago after a bad motorcycle accident. Almost lost my left hand. 99% 👍🏾 use of it, and that's good enough piano 🎹 ♥️
wonderful lesson. Thank you. very clear"
Thank you.
I am a 53 year old newby😅 ,this is absolutely excellent THANK YOU.
55 year old newbie here!
Great lesson
I've been playing by ear all of my life, and it's crazy to see that I learned these concepts naturally without even knowing it! Now I can learn theory and apply it 20x better 👍🏽
You make it look so easy!!! Hahaha when I tried to do it, I mistaked one note which lead me to get the scale and triad wrong😭😭😭😭
Love how you break things down!
This is such a good video! It pretty much explains everything I was confused about before. Thank you very much!
You definitely have to earn my subscription 1 million times
Thanks you Matthew- You have resumed nicely my 2 years of studying the piano- Would you also kindly explain to me how to find out from a lead sheet which progression to follow since there are so many popular one
My understanding is Pro, my ability is intermediate to advanced depending on how well my hands are working that day...I love noodling and coming up with weird stuff!
👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Amazing 😍
Can you do some covers with each level 🤩
Great tutorial for beginners ❤❤
this was awesome!! thank you very much for this video!
Great content.👌🇿🇦
Thanks for a useful keyboard lesson how to play chord and triad R 3 5 in various position level of difficulties using both hands.
Top quality lesson.
Amazing. Underrated fr
What keys should we learn
May i ask what keyboard you’re playing?
That was greatly helpfull, thank you !
Wow, thanks for all the effort you put into making this video. Did you make all the animations yourself?
No problem! I did make them 😊
@@matticawood Multi-talented!
great stuff! ty so much!
amazing, thank you.
This is really good stuff
Thank you, it is relevant for me to understand the music harmony. But sharp means one semitone up. “One key up” is quite confusing, for instance D is one (white) key up from C.
No problem 😊 The closest key to the right of a C (up 1 in pitch) is the next black key rather than the white key. The reason it’s better to think of it that way is because an E# is the same as playing an F 😊
I'm gonna be so happy just at the beginner level 😂
Fantastic lesson 💯 also lots of laughs quality meams 😅
hi matthew thank you so much. now im one of ur loyal subscribers. i got a question, what if playing in other scales other than major scale? then it wont be M m m M M m diminished,, would be something else, right? are there similar fomula or how to decide... i heard there are tons of weird scales out there.
0:05 "If you really understand how chords work, you can play pretty much any song you want"
*Tries to play unravel*
It’s in G minor - G A Bb C D Eb F
and it’s:
chord 6 (Eb G Bb)
chord 1 (G Bb D)
chord 7 (F A C)
chord 1 (G Bb D)
Just with arpeggios and a melody (and a randomly loud section) 😊
When is the improvisation course coming out ?
Incredibile video. Sub earned!!
Hi at what stage should a self taught of 2years be doing ?
Hello there!
Just discovered your chanel and this is the kind of thing i have been trying to understand recently so this help a lot! Really well explained.
I have a question though, is there a video explaining the rules of changing key when playing a song? Like playing in c major, and sometimes using a B minor or things like that. And the melody, that is played in the same key if i don't mistake? how does it work? are there tips or rules? Or am I just mistaking. Idk if i'm clear....
An example of chord progression that i found recently, but i don't understand which key it's playing into :
CEGB
BD#F#A
BDEG
ACDF
Is adding 7th notes in triad called dominant 7th? Is this the same?
In music “dominant” means note 5 or chord 5 in a scale. So in C major, the dominant chord is a G chord.
A dominant 7th is chord 5 in a scale with the added 7th to it. So the dominant 7th in a C major scale is a G7 chord (GBD-F).
A dominant 7th is a unique type of 7th that has the important function in music of confirming the scale that’s being used. The reason for this is because it’s the only chord type where it’s notes can only be seen in 1 scale. So a G7 (GBDF) confirms the key of C major because a G7 won’t be seen in any other scale. 😊
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