How Chords Work - Music Theory Crash Course
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2018
- How to identify and describe the different kinds of triads in music theory by looking at the root, third, and fifth of the chord. We also talk briefly about chord inversions.
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4 minute video explained in 4 minutes what 300 pages of a book failed to get to the point of.
I feel like textbook authors forget that newbies will read their book. Their assume you know what their talking about or that you will consume all 600 pages of this book in a year.
@@beowulf2772 Indeed. That makes it really hard to find material that actually explains things from the ground up
This video helped me so much! I'm a visual learner, so the movement of the inversions was a breakthrough for me. Thank you!
I'm so glad it helped. Thanks for watching!
This 4-minute-and-14-second video taught me more than a PhD theory teacher taught me in 6 months! Thanks so, so much!
Can you do a video about suspended triads? Thanks!!
Suspended triads are fun. I will add them to the upcoming videos. Thanks!
Yay! Thank you!!
Same here XD
It is a wonderful video! Linked here is another that you might find useful: ruclips.net/video/xICSAIHGwvs/видео.html
Thank you so much. I have been struggling with my music theory class and my final is next week. Your explanation made sense and thanks to you I may be able to pass my final! You're a lifesaver!
you explained it better than my theory prof, who has been explaining it this entire semester. ty so much hopefully i don't fail my exam now
I can read a music book trying to teach me theory but it's very confusing. This video IS GREAT! You just get to the point....no wordy mess. Thank you again!
One of the best explanantions in such a short time!! Thank you so much!
this makes so much sense. thank you
Thank you to the patreons too because these videos are super useful
omg this videos was the best way to understand the triads. thank you man!
I absolutely LOVE these lessons! Thank you.🙏🏽
thanks for the video! keep up the good work!
Thanks a million man. You made it so easy to understand
Thank you very much. A quick but clear & concise explanation without all the silly bullshit and bad info on so many other sites. Well done. Thanks.
Just brilliant,such a simple explanation. Many thanks
Nicely done!
This explained what a 315 page text book failed to do but instead of 1000 hours its in 4:14. Thanks so much!!
I would recommend playing the cord as you list them for audible recognition. Would be very helpful.
Thank you so so much for this!!
Thank you so much!
Really helped man, thanks.👏👌
Brilliant explanation, thank you
Loved it!!
Excellent explanation, and I love the nod to Groot…”I am root”
Great explanation
Very good video! Thank you!
Great video, thank you!
phenomenal!
Using this video in my sophomore band class to teach them triads!
I think this video should also cover how they are written.
Thank you so much, this video really helps me ❤😊
Glad it helped!
Thankyou so much
Awesome 👏 thanks 🙏
This helped me sooo much for my theory test tomorrow this was great
We hope your theory test went well!
It did!
Thanks man❤️❤️❤️
I now understand how triads, work, thanx
please give a video of primary triads. this video help me to my term test THANK YOU
This is super useful and informative, but I do wish you would have played the chords as you went through them.
YOU ARE AMAZING
Thank you you help a lot
Super duper thanks!!!!!!!!
oh thank God I understand now... thank you!!!!!
yay piano time!
Love it
Saving me
Thank u
It's good I can now identify thirds, but how are they used in music? Could you give an example? Great video, as always.
That's a good question. Thirds are mainly used to establish the tonality of a piece of music. Major thirds are used when the piece of music is in a major key. Major keys sound happy / excited / playful. And minor thirds are used when the piece is in a minor key. Minor keys sound sad / lonely / frightful. So, the type of thirds used in a piece of music has a very big impact on how the music is going to sound to the audience.
of course
Please make a video of inversions, because that's my only problem when it comes to identifying chords.
Okay, so, really short and to the point video, loved it. But didn't really understand how to identify triads starting from a given root note. Are the third and fifth note decided on the basis of the key? Like, in C major, there are all white notes, so if the root note is C, the third and fifth would be the third and fifth note starting from C (first) all inside the notes of the C major key?
I learn something great lesson....
What happens if you keep the third a Major, but diminish the fifth? Is that even a thing? I mean, I am sure it is possible, but maybe it would just...sound really bad, so it is just not used.
Can you explain how to find the key in which the song is in. I don’t mean your in D because you have two sharps I mean what cord you could play by itself through the hole song Thanks Tom
👍 great
I have a question. So if we take the triad FAC Our 1st inversion is ACF and our 2nd inversion is CFA. When one looks at the root position it is obviously a triad because it is made up of two 3rds. FgAbC
But there is a problem with both of these inversions, comma they are not made up of two 3rds ( correct me if I am wrong )
1st inversion: AbCdeF. C -> F is a 4th, not a 3rd.
2nd inversion: CdeFgA. again C-> F is a 4th.
So are these still inversions since the are technically not triads?
I am realizing maybe it is not a triad anymore since its values are inverted. So it is just a 1st inversion but is not a triad? Makes sense.
No. It is still a triad. Instead of a 3rd and a 5th above the lowest note, in a 1st inversion triad you have a 3rd and a 6th above the lowest note. In a 2nd inversion triad you have a 4th and a 6th above the lowest note.
@@fox-school-of-music Thanks, much appreciation! Luckily I realized this soon after commenting this :) Learning about Figured Bass made it click a lot more.
I have a question, if each spaces are 3 why when you separated them are 5th?
Can you lower the root and raise the third at the same time
1:42
I'm still trying to understand why moving the root note around would make it sound different? Isn't it still the same 3 notes played at the same time? What's the point in moving any of the steps?
I’m still don’t get it completely but I’ve got a better idea of triads, very good video, thanks
What is a third inversion triad?
Great question! Normally you only see a third inversion in a chord that has more than three notes, like a seventh chord. If we take a C major 7th chord CEGB, the third inversion is BCEG. If you took the third inversion of a three note chord, you would get the original chord again.
The only thing i have learned so far is that every slightest inconsequential thing in music theory has it's own name
Yes! Love that!!!
What if the triads are arpeggiated? That's what is really tripping me up... I've tried tutoring and asking my professor, but nothing is clicking.
Great question. If the triads are arpeggiated, stack the individual notes up in thirds - just like if they were being played all at the same time. Then, it's easy to tell if your triad is in root position, first inversion, or second inversion. Hope this helps!
On the Bflat dim triad, why is there a F flat.As a newbie I thought their is no sharps or flats between e and f as well as b and c. This F should be a natural. Its always confusing to me and really throws me off. I see this from time to time in other music.
Great question! Yes, you can have a F flat and a C flat. You can also have a B sharp and an E sharp. The sharp or flat sign only means to play the next adjacent note up or down on the keyboard, not to play a specific note on the keyboard. For the Bflat dim triad, the f flat was necessary because in western classical music triads are built in thirds. If I had used an e natural it would not have been a distance of a third from d to e, but instead a second. I hope this helps!
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But isn't being the lowest note in a tried what defines the root being the root? At 2:02 you say composers can change that by making another note the lowest of the triad and moving the root up, but wouldn't that just make the new lowest note be called the root instead?
The intervals are what makes up a triad a major triad is always a root note, major third, perfect 5th and if you were to take that root note up an octave, the major third would look like a root note but it wouldn't be able to play its role because from a major third to a perfect fifth you have a minor 3rd and from it a perfect 4th to the real root note
You still have the same triad but in a different version
The first inversion and the second inversion aren't a triads??? Cause we don't have three notes on spaces or lines but we have 2 on spaces and 1 on line
Please reply ❤ and sorry for my bad English
I have a test on this but my teacher is telling us about the white key method and I get confuse 😭
I never learned the white key method. Anyone else know the white key method that can help out Kiwi?
Any updates?
Well I didn’t fully get the white key method however this video and other videos help me pass the ap test!!! (:
El Kiweee That’s great!!!🥳🥰
I’m doing this triad practice thing for school and there are chords without flats and it says they’re not major. I don’t get that
if the middle is one lower it is minor, but if the top and middle are lower they are diminished
im getting it yet im not, im confused about the intervals lol
1:52 no 2 flats?????
Plz make the same lessons on piano visuals. This notation format is not identifiable. I wanna learn piano.
Terrific even for an eighth year old trombonist
I AM gROOT!
No, the bottom is called the bass.
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im spending a shitload of money for classes when theres videos on youtube that do it better.... what the fuck man.
almost 90% of the stuff ive learned has been off youtube, not my classes.
Ouch the mic audio is too strong
Sorry about that. I will try to fix that in future videos.
I fucking hate when I read the comments and everyone still get it’s and I still don’t.
This confuses me
What about now
What
Yeah all good but you go too fast man
SPEAK UP
Ugly head snippet in the end ruined the video for me, :(
Why are you calling it a "triad" when it's just a chord?
Not helping at all.
Appreciating your honesty lol.
Thank you so much!