Rick, every Saturday morning my time I look forward to "what will Rick teach us", you are such a great human being just sharing your love of music with the rest of the world. Let's give Rick and his crew a standing ovation 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I wish I could start my life over again knowing you can get that good. At 6 years old I would ask for a guitar instead of an Atari telling my parents « I really need to start now because I know what I want to be »
I beg you to buy yourself a piano and/or guitar no matter what age you are. If not, and you still want to master an instrument? Try a ukulele. Very cheap and most chords involve 1 or 2 fingers only. 20-50 gbp to buy a decent starter ukulele for an adult.
Rick, I already have the Beato Book 4.0 and the Beato Ear Training, but I confess that I really, really enjoy being back in music class again. Thank you for all you do.
@@tomclaeren169 I bought the Beato Book 3 PDF, upgraded to the Beato Book 4 PDF and then bought the online training for both the Beato Book online and Beato Ear Training. Both are excellent products.
Idk why I'm watching these lol. I don't play any instruments and I don't really plan on learning, but each one of these lectures have been super interesting to me. I guess it's like unraveling the mystery of music for me.
If you already know the theory, why not pick up a second hand guitar or get a cheap midi keyboard for the computer? Who knows? Maybe you‘ll really enjoy it 😊
Ty Rick! This truly has helped me. I wish I had started learning this stuff before getting 20 yrs into being self taught. But, better late than never I suppose. Never tooooo old to learn. Learn til we die
45:00 I think the best explanation I can think of for feel vs. theory is to think of speaking a foreign language. You can express feeling with the tonality of your voice and your facial expressions, but you won't be able to SAY what you feel. With theory you aren't limited in your expression :) There are many times I hear melodies or chords in my head but I can't play them without tinkering. Again, it's like trying to have a fluid conversation when you're constantly flipping through a translator. You may find out where the nearest bathroom is, but you won't be having any meaningful conversations 😄
Thanks Rick! 2 years ago i started watching your channel, and it was all chinese to me. Now i can follow exactly what you’re saying and i can apply it. Thanks to you, i feel like i’m going to college for free! You’re awesome.
That's good to hear. I'm listening for the first time and followed just fine until about half way through and am lost at the second dominant chords being transposed from letters to numbers. Guess I need a break and try listening again.
you're the best! I'm a disabled vet who is recovering from surgery for a broken ankle. You have made learning guitar, at boomer age level very interesting and knowledgeable!
I grew up with musicians who hadn't access to theory training, so they like many of us appreciated the myth that learning detracts from feel. I''ve spent long years shedding the limits of that myth, still such a long way to go, but it's a beautiful road. Great video.
To work out which chords are in the parallel minor, they are simply the chords from the flat III Major key. So the parallel minor of C Major are the chords of E flat Major. Just put the C below the C and move up by step through the chords. It's worth noting that if you see the diminished triad in diatonic music, it will either be the vii of the Major key or the ii of the minor key.
I can’t believe the amount of amazing content this man puts out. Completely revived my interest in music and gives me hope that future musicians will be inspired to make interesting music
Sir our 10 yrs old language delayed child having a gr8 love 4 music n started watching ur valuable music theory frm basic !! We ll continue learning frm ur valuable teaching videos 1 after d another , slow but steady frm our side of d world . We r so thank full 2 u.....all ur teachings specially d ear training n theory course videos r lk Nature's blessing 2 us🙏💕......pls keep on uploading ur valuable gem lk teaching to all of our children on net through out d wide world so that one day we really cn heal d world !!....Last hope to mk our mother Earth....our only habitat , a place frm where we don't hv 2 go 2 ny other planets in search of impossible journey of life !! WE BELIEVE....AT THIS 11th HOUR ONLY MUSIC CN DO IT , 2 CALM DOWN....2 LEARN WHERE TO STOP N FRM WHERE 2 START AGAIN TOWARDS A POSITIVE OUTLOOK....2 SAVE ALL OF US !! 🙏💕
Rick you are a master or Music Theory. I also enjoy your passionate upbeat style. I wish I had you as a music director in the mid 70s. Keep the videos coming they are Stellar.
In 1969 I found Walter Piston's Harmony and began teaching myself. In college at UGa in Athens, I was in a special class taught by Dept. head. Mr. Gershevski was teaching us the Shillinger system of cyclic composition. My future wife was a vocal major from Carson-Neuman and was appalled that I had not learned circle of fifths. She put me between 2 PhD basses at the Athens Presbyterian church for voice training. It worked. I later found West Side Story had songs which started with various intervals. I have found Rich to be the best music teacher I have ever had. Carry on, Rick.
Music Theory takes a lot of the brute force memorization that would be necessary to understand how music works. Thanks Rick for teaching a logical and thorough method that makes this easier and more fun. 👍
I worked out music theory on my own when I was 16 30 years ago from working out why dongs had certain scales and chords in and I've worked it out correctly and it been foundational. I highly recommend it and understand it for yourself then once you know the rules you can break them when appropriate in interesting ways so your music doesn't sound like all modern pop. A borrowed cord sequence I love in G is |F Cm| G Dm| C| G| Also nice is G mixolydian
I have been following Rick since the start and I didn’t have any idea what he was talking about. Now a few later after reading his book and other lessons and understand everything he says. You just have to keep at it.
Here I go again...I was away to the coast this weekend and what better way to come back to reality than watch a music theory video? Which I hate, but I always listen. Today is better than most, however, because I'm still here at the 25 minute mark. So, good stuff here. When I was younger, I'd just read the notes and play. Now that I'm older, I hear the song and play, and videos like this help me to reach into corners and dark spaces that I would otherwise never inhabit. I started playing double bass in 1970 in the Seattle area and I took some introductory lessons from Bruce Lawrence of the Seattle Symphony. Many years later I worked in the bass shop where I first met Bruce (that's where I got my start in lutherie) and Hammond told me a story one night about how Gerard Schwartz of the Seattle Symphony had chastised Bruce for not practicing. Bruce muttered under his breath "Well, I'm not paid to practice..." and that's funny and rings so true with me. That's how I feel about theory. Anyway, thanks again. :) This is fascinating stuff and I'll have to watch it again.
One of the very best music theory videos in existence. I bought the Beato Book based on this one. To cover so much ground on chords in a single video is impressive.
I want to absorb this so much more than I am. Although, when he said lets go from A- to G what's next. I got out my guitar and what sounded good to me was a F and then F-... a minute later, that was his conclusion. (I'm a very amateur player and haven't played music since high school Trombone.) I think it's time to retire and just study music and theory.. from Rick!
Obviously, you have good ears... Go for it! Your music knowledge will be yours for the rest of your life. I now live in south FL, and I have so many adult music students coming out of the woodwork. Keeps the mind very "sharp" (excuse the pun)!
Great info Rick ... one of the easiest ways to explain music is to teach it as a language ... which you do Eloquently and Precisely without gimmicks or tricks ... As a guitarist who has studied for years ... picking up mandolin's and fiddles ... learning Bass technique ... It was not till I took lessons on Piano from a good friend where the focus was "Music Theory" ... instead of practicing scales till my fingers hurt ... Then suddenly all the missing pieces of this huge "Tapestry" of styles and tunings and modes and beats and rhythms and etc. ... suddenly I hear things and play them ... Who knows where they come from ? They just do ... Thanks Rick ! please keep doing what you are doing ... for all of those young musicians just starting ... and all those older ones who may have forgotten how much Joy there is in what they do ...
That hand signal thing is really nice! We used to show hand signals for each key like 1 for C, 2 for D and so on and any sharp or flat signs will follow afterwards.
excellent work rick, trimming the fat, condensing it down to its the most useful elements. you are probably helping more musicians than anyone im aware of, ever, really. your success is well earned and deserved. peace brother.
Secondary dominants resolve to the 4th on the circle of 5ths. Map your formula for the scale you are in and work your way counterclockwise, just keep in mind you will need to keep track of the minor/maj/dim of the chords per what scale you are in...
MANNNN thank you sooo much. I knew these borrowed chords existed, especially playing gospel, but i didnt know why. It bugged tf out me but now i know. Thank you😊
Really wish this series would've kept going, I've been working on learning theory for a looong time and I've never seen anything even come close to this level. You make it so easy to understand. Hope you're doing well and I look forward to seeing your videos in the future. Hopefully we'll see a continuation eventually.
I was just playing all the 5ths in the circle of fifths, and when I got to the A-E interval, I couldn't help singing Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. And dang it, I was right, it's in A major. That's a small victory for someone who struggles to learn any theory or instrument.
Thank you Rick your channel brings real happiness and joy !!! I wish I had a guitar teacher like you when I was a kid. We grew up in the sticks and all we had was one battered Mel Bay book
Rick, your enthusiasm is awesome. I liked your story about the old school piano player on the gig you played on years ago and the hand signals. Keep up the great work!
This is pretty sweet. Im starting to nail the major scale. The move into borrowed chords and what not is perfect. Im also printing out your book today Rick, something I recommend to anyone. Now: time to practice
All fantastic info. Your channel is undeniably the most interesting on RUclips. The important thing to creating compelling and popular music is... Production. Interesting melodic progressions, amazing lyrics, and stunning instrument virtuosity, all live and die with the right studio production. That means instrument panning, stereo imaging, overdubs, studio effects, multi channel compression, mastering, etc. The most mundane songs can be made into instant top ten hits just because they sound good...
As someone who graduated college studying music 3 years ago, my music theory within that time has gotten really rusty so I really appreciate you breaking down chord structures and progressions so in depth like this! Also the hand signals are GENIUS!!! Thank you for sharing! PS. I also thought of Radiohead when you started playing those chords 😉
This got me thinking of learning Solfege for scale degrees. Using hand signals to relay scale degrees. But that seems so complicated to either have moveable Do (which seems very complicated for any modulation) or fixed, and refer to flats and sharps as Do-flat or Di and Ra etc. Just using Note names seems much easier. Great vid! Thanks
I remembered to hit the “like”! So proud. Please remind us that if we hear one new or true or cool thing, to hit that button. You grab us and take us on such a journey, and then we are filing through a stuff, leaving that like button all lost and pale...
Im very glad i found this channel a couple months ago. Ive been an on and off theory studier for the better part of my adult life and it would take multiple books on a subject to grasp the easier topics. Since finding this channel my theory has stepped up a ton already and am going to buy the Beato book right after i write this. Genuinely, THANK YOU! Keep it up my dude.
I love your master classes, as said before, I have purchased your program bundle 99.00. I am feeling the excitement that I felt back in the day late 70's to 1980 when i was in Theory class couldn't wait til what we would learn the next time.
In my opinion you don’t really need to remember the chords in a minor key, you just have to be able to figure out what the relative major key is. The relative major is always a minor 3rd above the root.
But the structure moves. So once you transfer that sub mediant, the minor 6th that is the relative minor (which in C major the submediant, or 6th, is Am) to become the tonic, forming the key of Am, than you already moved the structure of the chords, so to remember one is to remember the other. But it's easier to flat out memorize the order instead of calculate the transfer. But yeah, Cm is the relative minor to Eb major, and Cm is the parallel minor to C major, while Am is the relative minor to C major. I guess making Eb major the parallel major to C major? If there is such a thing.
Helps me understand why my daughter (who declined to learn the names of the lines and spaces) said, "If I can just 'get' a chord or two, I can play it." Bb Blues Progressions are often I, ii, ii, IV, V, I. It's best to have a piano in front of you!
Of course, in harmony lessons I have seen and heard all the cadenses and 'cliché' variations. Most of the time this came through the lens of analysing and not so much creating. Therefore, the creative angle of view, (whereas songwriters are very much helped with this 'tonica, predom. and dominant'- chord approach) wasn't that much accentuated. This seems very helpfull to those who need to see/find the typical options, when writing a song. This is very very helpful to some of my more creative students. Aside from that, they can practise on their English music vocabulary further more haha.
Really appreciate you Rick. I had been trying to understand where these additional chords come from (what you call “borrowed” chords) in major keys for a long time and this explained it in a way that finally made sense to me!
For instance, you are in the key of C. Your typical chords are C Dm Em F G Am (and the Vii bdf) When you suddenly have the c note in the melody but the chord is like Aflat major, maybe your melody goes to d and your chord is Bflat major and melody rises to e chord back again to C. The Ab and Bb chord came out of a different key so to speak, so these are borrowed chords.
I have the book. But this really helps me understand what I’m reading in the book because you talk about harmony and theory differently than a lot of other people Teach it which I think is great thanks for all your knowledge
Really enjoy these lectures. They are very helpful. Since you keep referencing your book (which I purchased years ago) as a “future topic” suggestion, could you directly tie book content to lectures? “Get out your Beato Book and today we’re going to discuss pages...” I’d love that!!
Thank you so much Rick. You remind me of an old chemistry teacher I had. We would be frantically taking notes as he would erase the chalkboard behind what he was writing. I got the book but these videos help so much. Thanks again. I’m looking forward to more even if it’s drilling the basics. I think it was about 20min or so you went back and drilled the circle of 5th. As Farley would say “That was great” I feel blessed I can go over the video again instead of looking at my notes😀
Great theory lesson Rick! One thing - people like McDonald's - pick your happy meal or Big Mac just like you pick your chord progression. Why doesn't McDonald's offer more interesting choices? Why does almost all pop music use the same chords/progs? Are we all stuck in a comfort zone that we are unwilling to leave? Are the record companies making us musically lazy or are they simply catering to our desires? I'm 100% in support of Rick and his passion for more interesting choices - it takes some effort to find those songs, but it is worth it.
Rick I love your affinity toward education . I am not watching this video for my own personal knowledge. I've studied.music theory since high school (1978). That aside, please help me with this query: I was taught that a IV chord is called "sub-dominant" because , as apposed to V chord, which is a 5th ABOVE tonic, the IV chord is a 5th BELOW tonic, hence the name. What say you?
I love your stuff! Ever since I saw your breakdowns of RUSH and JONI just weeks ago I have been constantly coming back to more and more content😀🇸🇪🎶 I am 44 and have been playing all my life, mainly drums but also keys and guitar. My ears have always been great but I still struggle with reading (not rhythms but melodies and multipart harmony), I think my brain is not wired properly for it😆 Kinda like you explained about reading a book! Love the formulas of scales, modes, triads etc etc. Super useful🙏 Thanks again🤘❤
Thank you Mr. Rick. Please do a sight reading video specifically for guitarist and the fretboard. As in how to navigate to the fretboard on order to play the notes as seen on the staff. And how to memorize notes on the fretboard. Lol thanks again
Rick, I'm a drummer that has a basic grasp of theory, but my struggle is what's the PURPOSE of each of these chords? That may sound silly to some here, but it is what it is.
Rick, this is crazy... check this out... Perhaps it was a regional thing (I grew up on Long Island), but those bandstand finger calls @27:30 were actually commonplace when I was a young musician in the 70s & 80s. HOWEVER, it was used in an even MORE OLD SCHOOL way when I was younger! Flats were indicated with UP FINGERS, and sharps were indicated DOWN. Crazy, counter-intuitive right?! The reason was that the old timers who were still using it came from an era when there were almost never any songs called in sharp keys. They were all from an era of heavy horn player bands, and they never wanted sharps called, and it was just more comfortable and easier to see across the bandstand if you always pointed upwards! So, when sharp keys became more popular, those guys just continued to point upwards for flats.
Too bad these streams are in the middle of the night for me. I can't believe you're doing this for free. It's exactly what I want to know. You are great, Rick!
Thanks rick! have been watching you and other Ytrs from the near beginning, and it feels great to be able to be worthy of the Beato book. For a crooner, learning sign language, hand solfeggi, and the guidonian hand, this simple flats/sharps sign you shared with us is a nice bonus. The heart without a mind (even one as daft as mine) is just a pump!!!!!!!!!
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Rick, every Saturday morning my time I look forward to "what will Rick teach us", you are such a great human being just sharing your love of music with the rest of the world. Let's give Rick and his crew a standing ovation 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Amen
You look like a high school Track coach.
Keep doing the good works Rick. Love it.
You're doing some good work yourself!
You're great too! Appreciate what both of you guys do
I wish I could start my life over again knowing you can get that good. At 6 years old I would ask for a guitar instead of an Atari telling my parents « I really need to start now because I know what I want to be »
I beg you to buy yourself a piano and/or guitar no matter what age you are.
If not, and you still want to master an instrument? Try a ukulele. Very cheap and most chords involve 1 or 2 fingers only. 20-50 gbp to buy a decent starter ukulele for an adult.
I am 27 and starting from scratch
Me too
@@Ethiopianpiano 29 , same here . Lets hope we catch up fast 🎸
Damn, im 20 tryna beat the learning curve
“The heart without a mind is just a pump.“
Great RB quote right there! :)
But what is the mind without the heart..?
Yess
Wow. The more I watch all these theory videos, the more I realize how much I don’t KNOW that I don’t know. Thank you, Rick.
🎯💯😭😵💫😂
Rick, I already have the Beato Book 4.0 and the Beato Ear Training, but I confess that I really, really enjoy being back in music class again. Thank you for all you do.
Do you have the audio format?
@@tomclaeren169 I bought the Beato Book 3 PDF, upgraded to the Beato Book 4 PDF and then bought the online training for both the Beato Book online and Beato Ear Training. Both are excellent products.
Idk why I'm watching these lol. I don't play any instruments and I don't really plan on learning, but each one of these lectures have been super interesting to me. I guess it's like unraveling the mystery of music for me.
You and me both. You don’t need to play to enjoy Rick on music.
If you already know the theory, why not pick up a second hand guitar or get a cheap midi keyboard for the computer? Who knows? Maybe you‘ll really enjoy it 😊
Ty Rick!
This truly has helped me. I wish I had started learning this stuff before getting 20 yrs into being self taught. But, better late than never I suppose. Never tooooo old to learn. Learn til we die
45:00 I think the best explanation I can think of for feel vs. theory is to think of speaking a foreign language. You can express feeling with the tonality of your voice and your facial expressions, but you won't be able to SAY what you feel. With theory you aren't limited in your expression :)
There are many times I hear melodies or chords in my head but I can't play them without tinkering. Again, it's like trying to have a fluid conversation when you're constantly flipping through a translator. You may find out where the nearest bathroom is, but you won't be having any meaningful conversations 😄
Thanks Rick! 2 years ago i started watching your channel, and it was all chinese to me. Now i can follow exactly what you’re saying and i can apply it. Thanks to you, i feel like i’m going to college for free! You’re awesome.
That's good to hear. I'm listening for the first time and followed just fine until about half way through and am lost at the second dominant chords being transposed from letters to numbers.
Guess I need a break and try listening again.
you're the best! I'm a disabled vet who is recovering from surgery for a broken ankle. You have made learning guitar, at boomer age level very interesting and knowledgeable!
I grew up with musicians who hadn't access to theory training, so they like many of us appreciated the myth that learning detracts from feel. I''ve spent long years shedding the limits of that myth, still such a long way to go, but it's a beautiful road. Great video.
To work out which chords are in the parallel minor, they are simply the chords from the flat III Major key. So the parallel minor of C Major are the chords of E flat Major. Just put the C below the C and move up by step through the chords. It's worth noting that if you see the diminished triad in diatonic music, it will either be the vii of the Major key or the ii of the minor key.
Rick, you contribute so much to the music community. You’re awesome
I can’t believe the amount of amazing content this man puts out. Completely revived my interest in music and gives me hope that future musicians will be inspired to make interesting music
Sir our 10 yrs old language delayed child having a gr8 love 4 music n started watching ur valuable music theory frm basic !! We ll continue learning frm ur valuable teaching videos 1 after d another , slow but steady frm our side of d world . We r so thank full 2 u.....all ur teachings specially d ear training n theory course videos r lk Nature's blessing 2 us🙏💕......pls keep on uploading ur valuable gem lk teaching to all of our children on net through out d wide world so that one day we really cn heal d world !!....Last hope to mk our mother Earth....our only habitat , a place frm where we don't hv 2 go 2 ny other planets in search of impossible journey of life !! WE BELIEVE....AT THIS 11th HOUR ONLY MUSIC CN DO IT , 2 CALM DOWN....2 LEARN WHERE TO STOP N FRM WHERE 2 START AGAIN TOWARDS A POSITIVE OUTLOOK....2 SAVE ALL OF US !! 🙏💕
Rick you are a master or Music Theory.
I also enjoy your passionate upbeat style. I wish I had you as a music director in the mid 70s. Keep the videos coming they are Stellar.
To recognize chord inversions is extremely important is an understatement. Excellent Rick.
In 1969 I found Walter Piston's Harmony and began teaching myself. In college at UGa in Athens, I was in a special class taught by Dept. head. Mr. Gershevski was teaching us the Shillinger system of cyclic composition. My future wife was a vocal major from Carson-Neuman and was appalled that I had not learned circle of fifths. She put me between 2 PhD basses at the Athens Presbyterian church for voice training. It worked. I later found West Side Story had songs which started with various intervals. I have found Rich to be the best music teacher I have ever had. Carry on, Rick.
Music Theory takes a lot of the brute force memorization that would be necessary to understand how music works. Thanks Rick for teaching a logical and thorough method that makes this easier and more fun. 👍
Your book is fantastic. Been using it for a year. It will take years to imbibe all of it
I worked out music theory on my own when I was 16 30 years ago from working out why dongs had certain scales and chords in and I've worked it out correctly and it been foundational. I highly recommend it and understand it for yourself then once you know the rules you can break them when appropriate in interesting ways so your music doesn't sound like all modern pop. A borrowed cord sequence I love in G is |F Cm| G Dm| C| G| Also nice is G mixolydian
I have been following Rick since the start and I didn’t have any idea what he was talking about. Now a few later after reading his book and other lessons and understand everything he says. You just have to keep at it.
Here I go again...I was away to the coast this weekend and what better way to come back to reality than watch a music theory video? Which I hate, but I always listen. Today is better than most, however, because I'm still here at the 25 minute mark. So, good stuff here.
When I was younger, I'd just read the notes and play. Now that I'm older, I hear the song and play, and videos like this help me to reach into corners and dark spaces that I would otherwise never inhabit. I started playing double bass in 1970 in the Seattle area and I took some introductory lessons from Bruce Lawrence of the Seattle Symphony. Many years later I worked in the bass shop where I first met Bruce (that's where I got my start in lutherie) and Hammond told me a story one night about how Gerard Schwartz of the Seattle Symphony had chastised Bruce for not practicing. Bruce muttered under his breath "Well, I'm not paid to practice..." and that's funny and rings so true with me. That's how I feel about theory.
Anyway, thanks again. :) This is fascinating stuff and I'll have to watch it again.
One of the very best music theory videos in existence. I bought the Beato Book based on this one. To cover so much ground on chords in a single video is impressive.
What did you think of the book?
Best music teacher I never had. Until now. Thanks Rick.
i like it most when u play the chords while u talk about them
I want to absorb this so much more than I am. Although, when he said lets go from A- to G what's next. I got out my guitar and what sounded good to me was a F and then F-... a minute later, that was his conclusion. (I'm a very amateur player and haven't played music since high school Trombone.) I think it's time to retire and just study music and theory.. from Rick!
Obviously, you have good ears... Go for it! Your music knowledge will be yours for the rest of your life. I now live in south FL, and I have so many adult music students coming out of the woodwork. Keeps the mind very "sharp" (excuse the pun)!
Great stuff. I wish I’d had Rick as a teacher 30 years ago.
So did I!!
Finally the stuff we ain’t covering in music theory class explained in a simple way. Ty
Great info Rick ... one of the easiest ways to explain music is to teach it as a language ... which you do Eloquently and Precisely without gimmicks or tricks ...
As a guitarist who has studied for years ... picking up mandolin's and fiddles ... learning Bass technique ...
It was not till I took lessons on Piano from a good friend where the focus was "Music Theory" ... instead of practicing scales till my fingers hurt ...
Then suddenly all the missing pieces of this huge "Tapestry" of styles and tunings and modes and beats and rhythms and etc. ... suddenly I hear things and play them ...
Who knows where they come from ? They just do ...
Thanks Rick ! please keep doing what you are doing ... for all of those young musicians just starting ...
and all those older ones who may have forgotten how much Joy there is in what they do ...
That hand signal thing is really nice! We used to show hand signals for each key like 1 for C, 2 for D and so on and any sharp or flat signs will follow afterwards.
Wow, I Love the hand signals for key signature. So smart.
What is C, a fist?
@@zesvo making a C shape with your thumb and fingers
@@anfiorsceal Okay, thanks, that was my next thought.
A "master class" on basics. Haven't even started watching and my mind is already blown.
Never seen this tonic - pre=dominant - dominant description before. *Really* useful, thanks!
excellent work rick, trimming the fat, condensing it down to its the most useful elements. you are probably helping more musicians than anyone im aware of, ever, really. your success is well earned and deserved. peace brother.
Secondary dominants resolve to the 4th on the circle of 5ths. Map your formula for the scale you are in and work your way counterclockwise, just keep in mind you will need to keep track of the minor/maj/dim of the chords per what scale you are in...
MANNNN thank you sooo much. I knew these borrowed chords existed, especially playing gospel, but i didnt know why. It bugged tf out me but now i know. Thank you😊
Really wish this series would've kept going, I've been working on learning theory for a looong time and I've never seen anything even come close to this level. You make it so easy to understand.
Hope you're doing well and I look forward to seeing your videos in the future. Hopefully we'll see a continuation eventually.
I was just playing all the 5ths in the circle of fifths, and when I got to the A-E interval, I couldn't help singing Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. And dang it, I was right, it's in A major. That's a small victory for someone who struggles to learn any theory or instrument.
Thank you Rick your channel brings real happiness and joy !!! I wish I had a guitar teacher like you when I was a kid. We grew up in the sticks and all we had was one battered Mel Bay book
Rick, your enthusiasm is awesome. I liked your story about the old school piano player on the gig you played on years ago and the hand signals. Keep up the great work!
The handsymbols are mindblowing. Thanks!!!
Yep just like my college classes.
You gotta do it every day. Kinda like working out! I'm so fat.
I love the Gin and Tonic scale
This is pretty sweet. Im starting to nail the major scale. The move into borrowed chords and what not is perfect. Im also printing out your book today Rick, something I recommend to anyone. Now: time to practice
Once you master the major scales you can apply formulas to know upto 250+ chords and modes, scales etc
All fantastic info. Your channel is undeniably the most interesting on RUclips. The important thing to creating compelling and popular music is...
Production. Interesting melodic progressions, amazing lyrics, and stunning instrument virtuosity, all live and die with the right studio production.
That means instrument panning, stereo imaging, overdubs, studio effects, multi channel compression, mastering, etc.
The most mundane songs can be made into instant top ten hits just because they sound good...
As someone who graduated college studying music 3 years ago, my music theory within that time has gotten really rusty so I really appreciate you breaking down chord structures and progressions so in depth like this! Also the hand signals are GENIUS!!! Thank you for sharing! PS. I also thought of Radiohead when you started playing those chords 😉
The secondary dominant chords sound great . Thanks for this Rick. Awesome lessons
My old theory professor Mr Lumas at Towson state used to say, "First you learn all the rules and then you break them". :-)
The vi chord can also function as a pre-dominant as it shares 2 notes with the IV chord.
This got me thinking of learning Solfege for scale degrees. Using hand signals to relay scale degrees. But that seems so complicated to either have moveable Do (which seems very complicated for any modulation) or fixed, and refer to flats and sharps as Do-flat or Di and Ra etc. Just using Note names seems much easier.
Great vid! Thanks
I remembered to hit the “like”! So proud. Please remind us that if we hear one new or true or cool thing, to hit that button. You grab us and take us on such a journey, and then we are filing through a stuff, leaving that like button all lost and pale...
Rick you are a literal life saver.
The bit about the hand signals is gold!
Hey Rick, I made my first original chord progression I was actually happy with after watching this video. Thank you
Im very glad i found this channel a couple months ago. Ive been an on and off theory studier for the better part of my adult life and it would take multiple books on a subject to grasp the easier topics. Since finding this channel my theory has stepped up a ton already and am going to buy the Beato book right after i write this. Genuinely, THANK YOU! Keep it up my dude.
I love your master classes, as said before, I have purchased your program bundle 99.00. I am feeling the excitement that I felt back in the day late 70's to 1980 when i was in Theory class couldn't wait til what we would learn the next time.
In my opinion you don’t really need to remember the chords in a minor key, you just have to be able to figure out what the relative major key is. The relative major is always a minor 3rd above the root.
But the structure moves. So once you transfer that sub mediant, the minor 6th that is the relative minor (which in C major the submediant, or 6th, is Am) to become the tonic, forming the key of Am, than you already moved the structure of the chords, so to remember one is to remember the other. But it's easier to flat out memorize the order instead of calculate the transfer.
But yeah, Cm is the relative minor to Eb major, and Cm is the parallel minor to C major, while Am is the relative minor to C major. I guess making Eb major the parallel major to C major? If there is such a thing.
Helps me understand why my daughter (who declined to learn the names of the lines and spaces) said, "If I can just 'get' a chord or two, I can play it." Bb Blues Progressions are often I, ii, ii, IV, V, I. It's best to have a piano in front of you!
You are changing my life... one video at a time. Thank you.
Oh Mr.Beato, your my Music Yoda. Love the white boards and all you have for us. Love my Beato book which lives in my iPad wherever I go. 🙏
Mind blown off by story of ol' man playin with ya and showin' circle of fifths, amazin' story!
Love this Lesson!!! Rick is Awesome! I would love to see him and Jacob Collier have a chat about music theory!!!
Of course, in harmony lessons I have seen and heard all the cadenses and 'cliché' variations. Most of the time this came through the lens of analysing and not so much creating. Therefore, the creative angle of view, (whereas songwriters are very much helped with this 'tonica, predom. and dominant'- chord approach) wasn't that much accentuated. This seems very helpfull to those who need to see/find the typical options, when writing a song. This is very very helpful to some of my more creative students. Aside from that, they can practise on their English music vocabulary further more haha.
Really appreciate you Rick. I had been trying to understand where these additional chords come from (what you call “borrowed” chords) in major keys for a long time and this explained it in a way that finally made sense to me!
For instance, you are in the key of C. Your typical chords are C Dm Em F G Am (and the Vii bdf)
When you suddenly have the c note in the melody but the chord is like Aflat major, maybe your melody goes to d and your chord is Bflat major and melody rises to e chord back again to C. The Ab and Bb chord came out of a different key so to speak, so these are borrowed chords.
I have the book. But this really helps me understand what I’m reading in the book because you talk about harmony and theory differently than a lot of other people Teach it which I think is great thanks for all your knowledge
Thank you Rick. This helps me a ton as I understand the material. It's just what I'm looking for is furthering understanding building on what I know.
I couldn't hope to learn from a better teacher!!! Thank you, Rick!
Love the Sharps and Flats hand signals story - Brilliant
Brilliant teaching - Subscribed - Thankyou
I agree with your Alan Holdsworth comment, I feel the same about Jacob Collier
Really enjoy these lectures. They are very helpful. Since you keep referencing your book (which I purchased years ago) as a “future topic” suggestion, could you directly tie book content to lectures? “Get out your Beato Book and today we’re going to discuss pages...”
I’d love that!!
Boy, we went from where a borrowed major 3 comes from, to secondary dominants, to recognizing chord inversions real quick!
29:44 "I was a college professor at that time." Ahh, that explains everything! Great teacher and video.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
We don’t have people like that in Slovenija.
Buy the book and the ear training! They are great. Wish I had all this years ago when I was in bands.
Thank you so much Rick. You remind me of an old chemistry teacher I had. We would be frantically taking notes as he would erase the chalkboard behind what he was writing. I got the book but these videos help so much. Thanks again. I’m looking forward to more even if it’s drilling the basics. I think it was about 20min or so you went back and drilled the circle of 5th. As Farley would say “That was great” I feel blessed I can go over the video again instead of looking at my notes😀
I'm scribbling down those modal formulae as I type this.
Priceless tutorial Rick, thank you ✌😎
Thank you so much Rick, great information. To support your channel, I purchased 2 cups: Modes and Harmonic Major. Love 'em.
I love the couple of minutes before Rick starts, always looks a little lost 🤣 and then he starts teaching... 🚀
I wish that Rick would,occasionally remind us newer to music types what a “tonic” is and why you call the C chord in A- scale a tonic chord.
Just bought your ear training course. Look fwd to it. I could listen to you talk about music all day..... Oh yeah that's right.. I already do that.
Great theory lesson Rick! One thing - people like McDonald's - pick your happy meal or Big Mac just like you pick your chord progression. Why doesn't McDonald's offer more interesting choices? Why does almost all pop music use the same chords/progs? Are we all stuck in a comfort zone that we are unwilling to leave? Are the record companies making us musically lazy or are they simply catering to our desires? I'm 100% in support of Rick and his passion for more interesting choices - it takes some effort to find those songs, but it is worth it.
Rick I love your affinity toward education . I am not watching this video for my own personal knowledge. I've studied.music theory since high school (1978). That aside, please help me with this query: I was taught that a IV chord is called "sub-dominant" because , as apposed to V chord, which is a 5th ABOVE tonic, the IV chord is a 5th BELOW tonic, hence the name. What say you?
im so impressed by his knowledge
Love the natural reverb effect on your vocal in this one 🤪
It’s Saturday in Australia. Hello MR Music man 👨
I found this hidden gem last night..and when i see the time uploaded "1 year ago" i was like "why did i not spot this sooner?
I love your stuff! Ever since I saw your breakdowns of RUSH and JONI just weeks ago I have been constantly coming back to more and more content😀🇸🇪🎶 I am 44 and have been playing all my life, mainly drums but also keys and guitar. My ears have always been great but I still struggle with reading (not rhythms but melodies and multipart harmony), I think my brain is not wired properly for it😆 Kinda like you explained about reading a book! Love the formulas of scales, modes, triads etc etc. Super useful🙏 Thanks again🤘❤
Thank you Mr. Rick. Please do a sight reading video specifically for guitarist and the fretboard. As in how to navigate to the fretboard on order to play the notes as seen on the staff. And how to memorize notes on the fretboard. Lol thanks again
Rick, I'm a drummer that has a basic grasp of theory, but my struggle is what's the PURPOSE of each of these chords? That may sound silly to some here, but it is what it is.
Rick, this is crazy... check this out... Perhaps it was a regional thing (I grew up on Long Island), but those bandstand finger calls @27:30 were actually commonplace when I was a young musician in the 70s & 80s. HOWEVER, it was used in an even MORE OLD SCHOOL way when I was younger! Flats were indicated with UP FINGERS, and sharps were indicated DOWN. Crazy, counter-intuitive right?! The reason was that the old timers who were still using it came from an era when there were almost never any songs called in sharp keys. They were all from an era of heavy horn player bands, and they never wanted sharps called, and it was just more comfortable and easier to see across the bandstand if you always pointed upwards! So, when sharp keys became more popular, those guys just continued to point upwards for flats.
Too bad these streams are in the middle of the night for me. I can't believe you're doing this for free. It's exactly what I want to know. You are great, Rick!
We love your teaching Rick.
Thanks rick! have been watching you and other Ytrs from the near beginning, and it feels great to be able to be worthy of the Beato book. For a crooner, learning sign language, hand solfeggi, and the guidonian hand, this simple flats/sharps sign you shared with us is a nice bonus. The heart without a mind (even one as daft as mine) is just a pump!!!!!!!!!
Rick you are the best! All this stuff has massively helped with songwriting over the last 4 years. We owe you big time bro:-)
Thx Rick! I go to school, every time you make a video! 👍🎸😊
Rick you are The Best! Regards from Poland
Thanks for your book, your ear training course, and these classes I use as an adjunct to my musical education!
Thank You for your time ❤️