I can only be grateful because those who know this secret don’t teach it. I’m 71 and have been looking for more than 6o years for someone as generous as you. Thank you.
I’ve seen multiple videos that talk about the circle of 5ths but this is the first time I’ve seen the concept of 5ths applied and explained in such a clear way. Thank you!
Helpful hint guys: A Chord is primarily ""3"" alternate notes UP any Scale - on *ANY* instrument (or 4 notes DOWN from any Scale*). EXAMPLE: a C Major or minor Chord is C E ""G"" {the 5th note UP from C}.. F Major Chord is F A "" C""; {the 5th note UP from ""F""}. G Major or minor Chord is G B ""D"" {the 5th note UP or 4 notes DOWN from ""G"" etc. etc.} . Alright gang, Kick-a** !!! 😁👍😁
The term "5th" is literally the a way of measuring distance in terms of tones/sound in regards to music interverals any key you start with is unison LETS SAY C count C as 1 and 4 white notes up is G 4+1=5 perfect 5th or a "5th"
Let me take my time to tell how much I appreciate the way you take your time to point out every little detail. A lot of people are great musician but you are a fantastic teacher , you know how to break it down . That is the key to teaching anything , you have to start from the basic and explain the terminology step by step . Thanks very much , with all these lesson I feel as if I am in college it can not get better than this . One more thing a lot of us are trying to learn something and we just cannot seem to get It right , and the reason is I think is this we are using the incorrect method . That is why there is school , and teachers , instead of us trying to learn everything by ourselves or reinvent the wheel so to speak , we can get advise from others and Dreams will come through achieving your Goals ahead of time . Again I am so greatfull for all of this knowledge that you are imparting , it is becoming clearer that the Universe and God is One , have a great day
That is the most beautiful combination of notes I have heard, so peaceful,so ambiguous ,like the harbinger of a summer storm, thank you so much, I am 73 and learning piano after playing guitar since the hippie days
In this hard times, learning music is life saving ; as your channel ; I realize I'm here for years now and I never thanked you :/ ...So thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge here !! Cheers from France :)
What a great use of the circle of fifths. You teach us how to take a musical journey. While I'm not quite at the level yet, this isn't something that is impossible for a beginner. You are an great teacher for aspiring students.
Hey, I'm 17 and have been trying jazz piano for a couple years now. Your videos are an amazing medium for me to learn because I can't afford professional lessons yet you have a way of delivering professional thoughts to your viewers without making it too hard to understand. Thanks from a viewer.
The best teachers are your favorite pianists. Transcribe their solos and playing and imitate them. That's how jazz was learned for many decades before it was taught in universities.
I have heard this many times in jazz music over the years and never knew what it was. Its great for talk music or intros. But can be used as chords for songs as well. Add meledoies to each chord makes it even better. I love this. I'm going to learn this in ever key.. This is also can be considered a scale mode
This opned up my mind to a pathway to "IMPROVISATION." Always seems so overwhelming: play this scale over this chord symbol. Pairing specific triads, arpegiating one - that's a path to explore..... thank you
Another way to teach this using the circle of fifths (C major is my example): Pick any note on the outer part of the circle of fifths (C) - play that major triad with your left hand (C - E - G). That is what key you are in (C major). Look at the very next note (G) that is clockwise on the circle of fifths from the note you originally picked. This major triad (G - B - D) will be played with your right hand. This (G) is your fifth. The circle of fifths is extremely helpful for figuring out many things. :)
Good way to teach this concept thank you. End result of each chord = a Major 9 chord. I'm a guitarist but this looks like fun so I'm going to sit down at the piano and give this a go. Thanks
I watched this lesson and a slow 'Ah -Ha' crept over my mind. Lots and lots of tonal possibilities from this and lots of ways to add interest to 'standard' progressions. Intros and outros all take on a new possibility. Thank you for this.
Food for thought? Food for thought, maybe, but I haven't encountered such way of teaching. I think most people are lost at jargon, myself included. You put in a way that's graspable. These chords are so full, I sort of hear symphonies. A lot of melodic ideas arrived ar me while watching this. Love the sound. Loved the way it was presented. Let's see what we can do from here on out. Thx!
Thank you for making this so easy to understand. I will use this tomorrow at church when we are in free praise. Also plan to workout this on the saxophone. May God bless you!
This has helped so much. Being still in school and only starting playing a few years ago this has helped me find my sound. These types of spacious chords are what I love!
Stopped playing the piano for a while, so this is great stuff to get my teeth back into the keys. I can think of multiple ways to use this. Very nice lesson! Keep it up!
Just discovered this gem. Thanks a lot for sharing. I was not that clear about the use of perfect 5th with the left hand to stack chords and now it all makes sense!
Tears of joy for this kind of tutoria! I rock my world with this. Thanks for this great break down. I should be ur number one fan from today.. i love you!
Fascinating! This is the kind of motif or compositional idea that fellas like Debussy, Schonberg and Stockhausen might have experimented with. I know that Debussy teased tonality by using quartal chords. What you've shown definitely teases tonality and I thought that I might have heard an underlying dissonance. There's definitely tension. Thank you for showing that there's quite a bit that can be done with the lowly triad
Thanks so much for this... This video just fell in my lap; I am almost certain this is how Joe Sample did there intros of my favorite songs (A Rainy Day In Monterrey, Midnight And Mist)
Muito bom! Já vi esses truques em diferentes canais do RUclips, mas não ficou tão claro pra mim como aplicá-los, como nesta aula. Parábens. Espero que continue dividindo seus conhecimentos conosco.
This is just a Major 9th chord voicing with the 5th doubled. It absolutely has a tonal center (which is the key of the left hand triad). The floating quality comes from the 7th and 9th in the chord. You can also do the minor version which results in a minor 9th chord. "Stacking 5ths" however, usually refers to the so-called Kenny Barron voicing in which you actually stack perfect 5ths to construct the chord, resulting in Major +11th and Minor 11th chords. These sound even more floating.
I think the tonal center depends on how exactly "disjoint" the two triads are. Sure, if you play F A C E G then it sounds like an Fmaj9 and has a clearly defined root. However, what happens if you play F and C far apart on the keyboard? This definitely sounds "confusing" to the ear. However, it's not as if we'll come to some sort of agreement on this, seeing as there's not objective "centrality" metric that can unambiguously settle this.
I guess I’d think of it as a 1-3-5-7-9 major chord also. But I like the idea of thinking of it as two chords, and then moving the bass around between them to change the perception. Gonna mess around with this...
Thank you very much. A bit ahead of where I am at but I have learnt something about floating chords and relationships. Each teacher , and many fine, explains in their way and that is good. Important to look at further explanation in comments. Greetings to the cat. :)
This was massively interesting to watch. It's my first time seeing something like this method of generating music with this approach. It appears to have massive possibilities with what can be generated here. This definitely makes me want to brush up on my music theory so that I can try some of this. Thanks very much!!!!!
I hope the 4 people who disliked this video have something better in this life to offer. Awesome tutorial my brother keep it up, you have imparted me a lot. God bless you
Don't worry about the dislikes. Even if I upload a video of 3 dancing kittens curing cancer there will still be dislikes. That's the way some people are.
This video is making me want to dig out my Ben Folds Five book of piano transcriptions - I was baffled by it when I bought it because I only knew a handful of chords, mostly R-3-5 Major chords and a maybe two Dominant 7th shapes...! Liked and subscribed to this channel!
This is 100% my style! Any excuse for a major 9th, with or without the 5th in the middle, usually don't bother with the 3rd. Like it nice and open, but it sounds complete to me. If you set it up right it can sound like the final cadence.
I can only be grateful because those who know this secret don’t teach it. I’m 71 and have been looking for more than 6o years for someone as generous as you. Thank you.
Easy tempo too 👍😁 😁
🥺
Agreed 🌷
Gob bless you for sharing this info
I’ve seen multiple videos that talk about the circle of 5ths but this is the first time I’ve seen the concept of 5ths applied and explained in such a clear way. Thank you!
BRO im saying. i just saw this video and was like "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH got it."
Helpful hint guys: A Chord is primarily ""3"" alternate notes UP any Scale - on *ANY* instrument (or 4 notes DOWN from any Scale*). EXAMPLE: a C Major or minor Chord is C E ""G"" {the 5th note UP from C}.. F Major Chord is F A "" C""; {the 5th note UP from ""F""}. G Major or minor Chord is G B ""D"" {the 5th note UP or 4 notes DOWN from ""G"" etc. etc.} . Alright gang, Kick-a** !!! 😁👍😁
The term "5th" is literally the a way of measuring distance in terms of tones/sound in regards to music interverals any key you start with is unison LETS SAY C count C as 1 and 4 white notes up is G 4+1=5 perfect 5th or a "5th"
Let me take my time to tell how much I appreciate the way you take your time to point out every little detail. A lot of people are great musician but you are a fantastic teacher , you know how to break it down . That is the key to teaching anything , you have to start from the basic and explain the terminology step by step . Thanks very much , with all these lesson I feel as if I am in college it can not get better than this . One more thing a lot of us are trying to learn something and we just cannot seem to get It right , and the reason is I think is this we are using the incorrect method . That is why there is school , and teachers , instead of us trying to learn everything by ourselves or reinvent the wheel so to speak , we can get advise from others and Dreams will come through achieving your Goals ahead of time . Again I am so greatfull for all of this knowledge that you are imparting , it is becoming clearer that the Universe and God is One , have a great day
Mangold, Your musical concepts are magical and so enjoyable. Richard Mahan 83 yrs.young.
You're an inspiration Richard :) I hope i'm still learning at 83. I know 30 year olds who I think have stopped
LOVE THIS!! Music with no tonal center opens new dimensions of music possibilities...
Looking for this for forty years! God bless this brother! Much ❤️ love 💗!
That is the most beautiful combination of notes I have heard, so peaceful,so ambiguous ,like the harbinger of a summer storm, thank you so much, I am 73 and learning piano after playing guitar since the hippie days
I hear this a lot in the Pentecostal church but no-one will teach it. My wandering is over!!! Thank you so much!
In this hard times, learning music is life saving ; as your channel ; I realize I'm here for years now and I never thanked you :/ ...So thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge here !!
Cheers from France :)
Thanks. I hear you guys are getting it pretty bad in France, so be sure to stay safe!
What a great use of the circle of fifths. You teach us how to take a musical journey. While I'm not quite at the level yet, this isn't something that is impossible for a beginner. You are an great teacher for aspiring students.
Hey, I'm 17 and have been trying jazz piano for a couple years now. Your videos are an amazing medium for me to learn because I can't afford professional lessons yet you have a way of delivering professional thoughts to your viewers without making it too hard to understand. Thanks from a viewer.
The best teachers are your favorite pianists. Transcribe their solos and playing and imitate them. That's how jazz was learned for many decades before it was taught in universities.
I have heard this many times in jazz music over the years and never knew what it was. Its great for talk music or intros. But can be used as chords for songs as well. Add meledoies to each chord makes it even better. I love this. I'm going to learn this in ever key.. This is also can be considered a scale mode
The difference between you and the other teacher that you are an honest teacher .... God Bless you ...you are a gift from God ...
This opned up my mind to a pathway to "IMPROVISATION." Always seems so overwhelming: play this scale over this chord symbol. Pairing specific triads, arpegiating one - that's a path to explore..... thank you
Another way to teach this using the circle of fifths (C major is my example): Pick any note on the outer part of the circle of fifths (C) - play that major triad with your left hand (C - E - G). That is what key you are in (C major). Look at the very next note (G) that is clockwise on the circle of fifths from the note you originally picked. This major triad (G - B - D) will be played with your right hand. This (G) is your fifth. The circle of fifths is extremely helpful for figuring out many things. :)
Chameleon Sky thanks for this!
Great !
Thanx !
Amazed about the circle of fifth and how it simplifies this lesson.
You are the winner!
Very clearly explained and a whole new world opens up for me, I was looking for new ways to make chord progressions, awewsomeee
Very well done and fully explained without too much theory. I will work on this until I master it completely. THANK YOU!
Good way to teach this concept thank you. End result of each chord = a Major 9 chord. I'm a guitarist but this looks like fun so I'm going to sit down at the piano and give this a go. Thanks
Fantastic as always.
Clear teaching with nothing missed!
I watched this lesson and a slow 'Ah -Ha' crept over my mind. Lots and lots of tonal possibilities from this and lots of ways to add interest to 'standard' progressions. Intros and outros all take on a new possibility. Thank you for this.
This is a REAL gamechanger for me. They sound SO beautiful. Reminding me of Sakamoto….
Food for thought? Food for thought, maybe, but I haven't encountered such way of teaching. I think most people are lost at jargon, myself included. You put in a way that's graspable. These chords are so full, I sort of hear symphonies. A lot of melodic ideas arrived ar me while watching this. Love the sound. Loved the way it was presented. Let's see what we can do from here on out. Thx!
Very clear direction and easy to pick up. You sir, a good teacher you are!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent lesson in modern harmony for music keyboardist'
Thank you for making this so easy to understand.
I will use this tomorrow at church when we are in free praise. Also plan to workout this on the saxophone.
May God bless you!
Cool. Have a good time trying it out.
This has helped so much. Being still in school and only starting playing a few years ago this has helped me find my sound. These types of spacious chords are what I love!
This was a massive a ha moment for me, thanks so much!!! Really great video.
Stopped playing the piano for a while, so this is great stuff to get my teeth back into the keys. I can think of multiple ways to use this. Very nice lesson! Keep it up!
Just discovered this gem. Thanks a lot for sharing. I was not that clear about the use of perfect 5th with the left hand to stack chords and now it all makes sense!
Yes very well said for a beginner in chord progression!
Love this trick. It's a lot of fun to play with.
This is a gamechanger for me. They sound SO beautiful. Reminding me of Sakamoto….
Set a great explanation on an awesome technique. never explained better
I have been looking for this for very long time and couldn't figure out what it was or how to look for it. I am very appreciative . Thank you so much
And I am glad you did not move Miru as he sleeps. Thank you this is in my Watch Later Playlist. I watch it as a replay to learn. Have a great day sir.
This should win the Oscar medal for best intro ever!
Thank you for this exercise. It's definitely one of those things that demystifies the keyboard. 😎😊
This is the best damn video I've seen on the subject and just leveled me up.
Cool!
Beautiful! I have long wondered how they achieved that sound. Yet it is so simple. Thanks!
Wow! My entire original songwriting psyche has just had a major paradigm shift. Thanks heaps.
Thank you, thank you, THANK you! I've heard chords like this so many times and wasn't sure how to make them.
Love this because I love maj7 Chords. This concept makes everything sound fuller when i have to play without a band
Wow! This opens up a new world to me! ! Thank you!
I’m so blown away! You are awesome 😇
Very cool. Can’t wait to get to the piano in the morning. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. For me, it opened a door I've been trying to open for a while. You made this easy to understand.
Ahh, this is how Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" is put together- very nice video!
Ooooh-really. (Scurries off to check it out)
I have to say one of the few tutorials where I can get new ideas.
Good Video and Simple to understand. Thank you Sir
I dont know how to thank you man the way you explained it was very clear 👍
A comment is a good way to thank a creator on RUclips!
Really excellent teaching of a really useful concept. In just a few minutes, you expanded my musical universe, and I am hugely grateful.
Tears of joy for this kind of tutoria! I rock my world with this. Thanks for this great break down. I should be ur number one fan from today.. i love you!
Prepare your tissue paper, because I release new videos every week or two! Or three, sometimes.
U are the best teacher i have met, secret review easily
Thank you! I’ve been searching for that sound for years!
The circle of fifths seems to really come in handy for this lesson. Thank you!
Yes. It comes in handy in general!
thanks teacher, with this technique the composer, make wonderful songs, and this can be transposed to different chords, it has been very helpful
So bloody simple but very useful. thanks for this, this will influence my composing straight away...
So cool! Now I have to experiment with stacking minors too! Thank you for showing us this.
Wow! I had never though of this. Thank you for sharing!
Your lesson is wonderfull and great. thank you so much... In deed you have brought me new idears.
Love the sleepy💤🐈 cat story, thank you for lesson, very cool 😎
Ur a very good teacher... Love u sir
Thank you so much. This is truly great to know. ❤️
This is an amazing teaching. The visual symmetry is also interesting.
Awesome 👏, thank you for sharing your gift with us! God Bless!
Thank you so much for this excellent video. Very helpful.
You just an amazing person! :) thank you so much! Every video is a revelation!
Thanks Natalia. I'm having fun making these videos.
you always describe tricks simply and effective
Thank you, always great great pointers
Excellent, awesome delivery.
Sounds great can't with to learn this. 4th modulation in the left really ad to the colors of the sound. Thanks for sharing this exercise!@
This is awesome !
I had never met this.
So helpful!!
Thank you !!
Thanks
Great lesson.
Please continue to share your knowledge.
Be blessed.
I intend to do so!
Fascinating! This is the kind of motif or compositional idea that fellas like Debussy, Schonberg and Stockhausen might have experimented with. I know that Debussy teased tonality by using quartal chords. What you've shown definitely teases tonality and I thought that I might have heard an underlying dissonance. There's definitely tension. Thank you for showing that there's quite a bit that can be done with the lowly triad
Thanks so much for this... This video just fell in my lap; I am almost certain this is how Joe Sample did there intros of my favorite songs (A Rainy Day In Monterrey, Midnight And Mist)
I watch almost all your videos and study them thanks for the great content!
Me encantan sus trucos. Son geniales y muy bien explicados. Gracias infinitas.
OMGGGG fabulous simple idea but POWER!!!!! thank you so much!! really appreciate
Muito bom! Já vi esses truques em diferentes canais do RUclips, mas não ficou tão claro pra mim como aplicá-los, como nesta aula. Parábens. Espero que continue dividindo seus conhecimentos conosco.
This is just a Major 9th chord voicing with the 5th doubled. It absolutely has a tonal center (which is the key of the left hand triad). The floating quality comes from the 7th and 9th in the chord. You can also do the minor version which results in a minor 9th chord. "Stacking 5ths" however, usually refers to the so-called Kenny Barron voicing in which you actually stack perfect 5ths to construct the chord, resulting in Major +11th and Minor 11th chords. These sound even more floating.
I think the tonal center depends on how exactly "disjoint" the two triads are. Sure, if you play F A C E G then it sounds like an Fmaj9 and has a clearly defined root. However, what happens if you play F and C far apart on the keyboard? This definitely sounds "confusing" to the ear. However, it's not as if we'll come to some sort of agreement on this, seeing as there's not objective "centrality" metric that can unambiguously settle this.
I guess I’d think of it as a 1-3-5-7-9 major chord also. But I like the idea of thinking of it as two chords, and then moving the bass around between them to change the perception. Gonna mess around with this...
These new tricks are gonna make some panties drop 👍🏻 seriously this changed my play style gave it a refinement from the simple playing I have.
The way you explain things is perfect, thank you!
Thank you for the video, Sir. My piano playing is being transformed by your efforts. That's a really cute cat.
WOW! you've so given me TONS of ideas! So simple yet so brilliant! thank you so much!
God bless you sir.
Excellent. Many thanks.
Great job sir.
Thank you very much. A bit ahead of where I am at but I have learnt something about floating chords and relationships. Each teacher , and many fine, explains in their way and that is good. Important to look at further explanation in comments. Greetings to the cat. :)
Thanks. Cat barely acknowledges greetings, keeps licking itself.
Well done and very clear. Thank you.
Thank you so much, I am excited to play around with this
very nice video and very nice cat ..now i start what i hear all these years..
This was massively interesting to watch. It's my first time seeing something like this method of generating music with this approach. It appears to have massive possibilities with what can be generated here. This definitely makes me want to brush up on my music theory so that I can try some of this. Thanks very much!!!!!
Massive indeed! For example, have you ever noticed that:
C13#11 = C7 + D
Miru: the exquisite dessert to a fabulous meal. Thanks for being there. You are amazing.
Are you asian or something?
WASP with an appreciation for brilliant people who share their expertise.
I hope the 4 people who disliked this video have something better in this life to offer. Awesome tutorial my brother keep it up, you have imparted me a lot. God bless you
Don't worry about the dislikes. Even if I upload a video of 3 dancing kittens curing cancer there will still be dislikes. That's the way some people are.
MangoldProject you are right sir.
Yeah, what MangoldProject said 🙂
I hope the 137 people who disliked study a little bit of basic music theory before they come back to this video and like it
MangoldProject lol,true story.
Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge😊
Wow! You make really easy🙌🙌🙌
This video is making me want to dig out my Ben Folds Five book of piano transcriptions - I was baffled by it when I bought it because I only knew a handful of chords, mostly R-3-5 Major chords and a maybe two Dominant 7th shapes...! Liked and subscribed to this channel!
Then I've done my job.
Interesting! Thank you very much!
Fantastic Video. I am really enjoying trying to put it together. I nearly got the right hand down, I'm writing it out as score for practice.
Good. Writing it out will help you internalize the idea.
This is 100% my style! Any excuse for a major 9th, with or without the 5th in the middle, usually don't bother with the 3rd. Like it nice and open, but it sounds complete to me. If you set it up right it can sound like the final cadence.
This is an awesome tutorial. I really wish to take piano lessons from you. You make everything look very simple yet beautiful when played.