I had no Idea you could just play the 4th instead of the 1st as a substitute. I can see modulating between the two, which is basically “leave home and go on the journey”. Eventually though you have to complete the crescendo with a 5th, that resolves back to the tonic.
You forgot to explain why a tritone substitution sounds right. The reason is "3rd and 7th of C7" are the same as "7th and 3rd of F#7", the most important degrees of a chord.
But.. why does it work? So Bb and E stay the same and C/G is subbed for F#/C#. Is it because.. the dominant chord's function in the progression is to create tension (by the tritone interval), and if that tension is created the same way it works?
@@whong09 yeah that's the idea for the tritone sub ur dominant chord in a 2-5-1 is always on the 5 dom so whatever the root of the 5 dom is will be substituted with another root a tritone interval away like he did so you play that "dominant chord tritone away " instead of the regular 5 dom and it gives this jazzy feel
Likely because most of it was written with piano and orchestra in mind way back in the olden days. Makes you wonder if we could benefit from redefining the system for a more modern approach?
I also play guitar and have done so since my early teens in early 90's crust punk. My friend who is also REALLY good at guitar AND piano was one day playing the intro line of the Dead Kennedy's song "California Uber Alles' on a piano. Its a VERY simple and he told me that its pretty much the same thing and began to show me because I never even bothered to play anything with keys. I mean, its BEYOND an easy intro to play and ANYONE can do it regardless BUT it his explanation as to WHY I would be able to play it and other songs ROUGHLY made sense. So being a guitar player first can open the door at understanding piano better than someone else who has never played anything before and is beginning. Remember, I grew up playing Punk Rock and I still can't read music that well but I can play many things by ear today. I am no Eddie Van Halen even tho he couldn't read music either....allegedly
You show us what, why, and how to make beautiful music. After paying close attention my brain hooked on the 5th go around. I love how you develop 2-5-1 implementations. Thank you for enhancing my understanding, and Please Keep Bringing The Great Content!
to simplify it's basically a passing chord f# to f ,we could also keep the c on the bass and omit out the c# out of the f# 7 which would make it f# 7 flat 5
No no no. Everyone knows that a tri-tone sub refers to the three distinct sounds my subway sandwich makes as i (1) unwrap it, (2) chew it and (3) swallow it.
You show us what, why, and how to make beautiful music. After paying close attention my brain hooked on the 5th go around. I love how you develop 2-5-1 implementations. Thank you for enhancing my understanding, and Please Keep Bringing The Great Content!
Your really fucking smart bro, stop showing off! Lolol jk, i would love to have the knowledge, skill and smoothness as yourself, maybe one day. God bless
Doesn’t dominant just mean it’s on the 5th note of the key? If so saying “c dominant chord” and “f dominant chord” doesn’t really make any sense, especially because they would be the dominant chords of different keys.
No, every musician does not need to know this Been recording and playing for 35+ years. Never needed to know it. Still don't So.... what was it that you said it was again lol
@@fuckcensorship69 I play great music from scratch. Don’t need confirmation from you or anyone but that’s why I don’t refer to myself as an active artist. However, even if the catalog of music I’ve created was 100% finished ( meaning mastered)… I still wouldn’t release it. Im passionate about my ability even though I decided over a decade ago I don’t want to pursue it professionally
i used that unknowingly exact to your example, the notes where B D F A, Bb D E A, and A C E F, although how i ended up with them was different, ill explain under the reply section
i stacked chords after another, like going up intervals and the chords are: CEGB EGBD GBDF BDFA, EbFBb EbFBbD FBbDE BbDEA, CEA CEAC EACE ACEF. i wroted these a year ago when i wasnt as informed about theory. still one of my favriotes, i use it to fall asleep
There is something I don’t happen to understand. You explained that a tritone is a note three steps ahead, meaning that the C major’s tritone would be E, nevertheless, you displayed a F# as a tritone substitution. Would you be so kind as to explain that to me
Not three notes but rather three whole steps. For me at least I don't really like using whole and half steps because they can be confusing like this. Rather using intervals a tri tone is a diminished 5th or augmented 4th. In other words in the major scale of C a tri tone would be a half step under the 5th scale degree (Gb) or a half step above the 4th scale degree (F#).
Not an expert but I believe they're just non-essential upper extensions. I can't say why he chose those, the A especially is kinda tricky as it implies a min7 chord. Maybe it's to better resolve to F. There is basically a Dsus2 on the right hand, but chords are usually defined by the root. The left hand is playing a Gb dominant shell (Gb-E) and that's probably the stronger influence for analysing the chord's function, but I also don't think it'd be wrong to think of it as a Dsus2 over a Gb7 shell if you so prefer.
is there any rules of thumb around other situations you can use this? Like- I was trying this out with altered dominants and to me it didn't sound right (e.g going from III to vi where III is altered dom and tried substituting that for altered tritone). I've also heard you can use them with non-dominants but I haven't tried it yet.
Yes it works on any dominant chord. To make it sound good though voice leadings are very important. And you can use them with other chord qualities as well. Start with minor chords then expand to others
@@thegiftedhandsmusic but that requires even the least bit of curiosity, dedication and focus. It might lead to personal growth. Who has the time for that?
Harmony is all about chords. If all you have are rhythm and melody - minus harmony, you don’t have much of a song. You basically have a drum circle and a one-line chant. Chords are for harmony.
@@kgrose0219 Just for the heck of it, and to be purely technical about it, a sound that is perceived as a “tone” could also be expressed in the very same way a beat is described. Listen to a clicking metronome but then speed it up enough and you will have yourself something your ears perceive as a tone. As far as I understand it, the same interval relationships occur at slower intervals (beat and rhythm) that they do for rapid intervals (tones and chords)
I was sitting here, thinking "Oh I do music for quite a long time and I have never hear dof a tri tone" I forgot I'm german, I only know it as "Dreiklang" which literally translates to Tritone
Well and you can hear that rather than going 2-5-1 (the key piece of knowledge coming into this lesson, knowing what a 2-5-1 is) - it then becomes 2 b2 1 , you can hear in the descending bass, especially
I guess that is what I sound like to my son when I explain his 7th grade math to him
😂🤣
Its very Easy to understand. Try to learn the fugue 👀
Yes! LOL
@@nicolasbagnoli3564 which fugue? There’s literally hundreds of thousands of fugues since it’s a form of music not a specific piece
I had no Idea you could just play the 4th instead of the 1st as a substitute.
I can see modulating between the two, which is basically “leave home and go on the journey”.
Eventually though you have to complete the crescendo with a 5th, that resolves back to the tonic.
You forgot to explain why a tritone substitution sounds right. The reason is "3rd and 7th of C7" are the same as "7th and 3rd of F#7", the most important degrees of a chord.
Yeeessss 👍
Because most of cats are not that technical - e.g. Jamal Hartwell
thank you for explaining that
@@jeanjoelgoli685 you’re welcome
Thanks for explaining
I finally understand what a tri-sub really is despite hearing it be tossed around so much
Same!
But.. why does it work? So Bb and E stay the same and C/G is subbed for F#/C#. Is it because.. the dominant chord's function in the progression is to create tension (by the tritone interval), and if that tension is created the same way it works?
@@whong09 yeah that's the idea for the tritone sub ur dominant chord in a 2-5-1 is always on the 5 dom so whatever the root of the 5 dom is will be substituted with another root a tritone interval away like he did so you play that "dominant chord tritone away " instead of the regular 5 dom and it gives this jazzy feel
@@JohnsonkeyzMusicAcademy Going to try this 👍🏼
I play guitar, but studying music theory just makes more sense when it's displayed like piano keys.
That's why in music school, no matter what instrument you play, you are required to know the basics of piano/keyboard
Likely because most of it was written with piano and orchestra in mind way back in the olden days. Makes you wonder if we could benefit from redefining the system for a more modern approach?
It helps a lot when you learn the pentatonic scale across the whole neck. It becomes a skeleton that you can build around.
I also play guitar and have done so since my early teens in early 90's crust punk. My friend who is also REALLY good at guitar AND piano was one day playing the intro line of the Dead Kennedy's song "California Uber Alles' on a piano. Its a VERY simple and he told me that its pretty much the same thing and began to show me because I never even bothered to play anything with keys. I mean, its BEYOND an easy intro to play and ANYONE can do it regardless BUT it his explanation as to WHY I would be able to play it and other songs ROUGHLY made sense. So being a guitar player first can open the door at understanding piano better than someone else who has never played anything before and is beginning.
Remember, I grew up playing Punk Rock and I still can't read music that well but I can play many things by ear today. I am no Eddie Van Halen even tho he couldn't read music either....allegedly
Thank you for not making this a 15 minute video
Wish I could understand this as easily as you explained it 😂🙌🏻
You show us what, why, and how to make beautiful music. After paying close attention my brain hooked on the 5th go around. I love how you develop 2-5-1 implementations. Thank you for enhancing my understanding, and Please Keep Bringing The Great Content!
I can play these….just can’t explain it to someone! Nice clip.
Teaching is a gods given gift - not everyone can do that
This is great, i took theory in college and have forgotten about a lot of it. Subbed!
You perhaps meant G flat (Gb)
Of course that's more work, it's easier to notate F#_A#_C#_E, rather than Gb_Bb_Db_Fb
So basically you invert the tritone one way and use the new lowest note as the tonal center to further add to the chord?
Exactly!
That’s fire actually and sounds good too
More slowly please: which notes do you play instead of which notes?
On god this guy is a horrible teacher. He doesn't explain anything he just does a demo and pretends to teach something
Ok , Well done, but the next time play It with the Fender Rhodes please.
haha, the rhodes doesn't have midi to display the on screen info 👎
to simplify it's basically a passing chord f# to f ,we could also keep the c on the bass and omit out the c# out of the f# 7 which would make it f# 7 flat 5
That was not simple.
@@ruairilogan153 f# to f and f # replace the 5 chord 🙏🏿
@@singerreid4624 right…
This drummer wants to go into melody and harmony, and thinks a subscription is very warranted ✌️
Yea what he said
No no no. Everyone knows that a tri-tone sub refers to the three distinct sounds my subway sandwich makes as i (1) unwrap it, (2) chew it and (3) swallow it.
Hey man am learning how to play and I just need a piano but I don't have money to get one😔
Thanks for thst explanation! Im going to work...on the keys Sir!!
Me: continues to helplessly play CGAmF
Whilst the keyboards sounds harmoniously lovely, I have absolutely no understanding of the sounds coming out of your face…
You show us what, why, and how to make beautiful music. After paying close attention my brain hooked on the 5th go around. I love how you develop 2-5-1 implementations. Thank you for enhancing my understanding, and Please Keep Bringing The Great Content!
Your really fucking smart bro, stop showing off! Lolol jk, i would love to have the knowledge, skill and smoothness as yourself, maybe one day. God bless
In a tutorial, perhaps u’d consider showing the keyboard from above
Fun fact that's the ending of super Mario bros as well 🙂
Going to listen right now 🏃🏾♂️💨
Teacher : Did you understand what i said?
Me : 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
It’s not English yet but one day
Doesn’t dominant just mean it’s on the 5th note of the key? If so saying “c dominant chord” and “f dominant chord” doesn’t really make any sense, especially because they would be the dominant chords of different keys.
No, every musician does not need to know this
Been recording and playing for 35+ years. Never needed to know it. Still don't
So.... what was it that you said it was again lol
Stop being deceived by these fools…“My people perish for the lack of knowledge”- Hosea 4:6
Have heard about TRI tone for years. This is the first time am understanding it. 😂. Thank you bro
Well, these aren't just tritones, they're tritone SUBSTITUTIONS 🤌
Do you have a video where you take it a level back so we can understand this video better?
basically if you have a V chord going to the I you can use bII instead of the V
in the key of C that means G7 can be replaced by Db7
Bruh 😅
For a musical novice like myself… this dude might as well speak another language.
Watching this video sitting at my drum set 😐🧐🤷🏻♂️
Word. I learned something from u. Thanks dude
Bruh please clean that rodes piano behind you
I’m self taught on 6 instruments, best at keyboards.
I create great music and this is all jiberish to me I wish it wasn’t
wheres your music ?
@@fuckcensorship69 I’m father for three with a full time job. I don’t release music aka I never complete songs 100%
@@juantaste8603 if youve never finished ANYTHING, you damn sure arent making great music
@@fuckcensorship69 I play great music from scratch. Don’t need confirmation from you or anyone but that’s why I don’t refer to myself as an active artist. However, even if the catalog of music I’ve created was 100% finished ( meaning mastered)… I still wouldn’t release it. Im passionate about my ability even though I decided over a decade ago I don’t want to pursue it professionally
@@juantaste8603 why wouldnt you release it? you wouldnt have to even promote it. just put it on bandcamp and youtube
They really should be called fully diminished substitutions. Leaves out half the picture and potential
This was the easiest to understand explanation of this I've ever seen. It's impressive. Immediately able to execute. Thank you!
just cause your not wrong doesnt mean you really explained anything useful
The chord progression sounds similiar to the progression on Maroon 5's "Sunday Morning"
3 whole steps away didn't make sense because it was more than just 3 whole steps away
The tritone is the devils note, played by Black Sabbath, and the song title is called Black Sabbath
Dude the keyboard on top of the screen gets cut out because of the iphone pro notch :) Thanks for the videos ✌🏻
It doesn't on my galaxy android.
Explained this perfect. I got my aha moment.
Bro please do a video on creative ways to reharmonize songs and passing chords< and how to come up with them…
Not at all helpful for a beginner. Slow the pace and be more explanatory.
i used that unknowingly exact to your example, the notes where B D F A, Bb D E A, and A C E F, although how i ended up with them was different, ill explain under the reply section
i stacked chords after another, like going up intervals and the chords are: CEGB EGBD GBDF BDFA, EbFBb EbFBbD FBbDE BbDEA, CEA CEAC EACE ACEF. i wroted these a year ago when i wasnt as informed about theory. still one of my favriotes, i use it to fall asleep
A tritone is a partial diminished chord…. Basically
Is another way of thinking that just playing a flat 1 and flat 5?
I dont know what. im doing here when im looking for substitution in math
Is that the sound from Sunday Morning by Maroon 5?
First time this ever kinda made sense. Thanks
how isn't the tritone of c dominant fall on e
Huh? It's always so confusing.
He has the vocal intonation of Drake
Roxanne, Roxanne, all she wanna do is party all night
What kind of piano it on the other side?
just find out your channel! love it!
Not sure if every musician NEEDS to know this but im certainly happy to do now, thanks to you
Pls what's the name of your piano
please what is the name of this keyboard
How about we square it and extract the root?
Wow that’s so simplified!🤔😊
There is something I don’t happen to understand. You explained that a tritone is a note three steps ahead, meaning that the C major’s tritone would be E, nevertheless, you displayed a F# as a tritone substitution. Would you be so kind as to explain that to me
Not three notes but rather three whole steps. For me at least I don't really like using whole and half steps because they can be confusing like this. Rather using intervals a tri tone is a diminished 5th or augmented 4th. In other words in the major scale of C a tri tone would be a half step under the 5th scale degree (Gb) or a half step above the 4th scale degree (F#).
I thought he said F#dominant why did he add the notes D A?? Its like Iike a Dsus2 chord. I dont understand. Someone explain plss
Not an expert but I believe they're just non-essential upper extensions. I can't say why he chose those, the A especially is kinda tricky as it implies a min7 chord. Maybe it's to better resolve to F.
There is basically a Dsus2 on the right hand, but chords are usually defined by the root. The left hand is playing a Gb dominant shell (Gb-E) and that's probably the stronger influence for analysing the chord's function, but I also don't think it'd be wrong to think of it as a Dsus2 over a Gb7 shell if you so prefer.
This was all retroencabulator to me
This is too advanced for me to understand
Man i love seeing his face! He looking good af!
is there any rules of thumb around other situations you can use this? Like- I was trying this out with altered dominants and to me it didn't sound right (e.g going from III to vi where III is altered dom and tried substituting that for altered tritone). I've also heard you can use them with non-dominants but I haven't tried it yet.
Yes it works on any dominant chord. To make it sound good though voice leadings are very important. And you can use them with other chord qualities as well. Start with minor chords then expand to others
My man’s is for the people fr 💯👀🔥
Did a whole year lesson in a short. Bravo
En español como seria?
This right here is gold ✅🔥✊🏿 couldn’t make it any simpler
Que usas para que tu piano suene ?
Already forgot
U xplain nothing
I want to hear how the Rhodes sound
But what about those ads that keep popping up for MIDI Chord Packs?!?!they say I don’t need to know anything about chords!
😂 The real producers out here know about chords & progressions
@@thegiftedhandsmusic but that requires even the least bit of curiosity, dedication and focus. It might lead to personal growth. Who has the time for that?
Harmony is all about chords.
If all you have are rhythm and melody - minus harmony, you don’t have much of a song.
You basically have a drum circle and a one-line chant.
Chords are for harmony.
@@kgrose0219 Just for the heck of it, and to be purely technical about it, a sound that is perceived as a “tone” could also be expressed in the very same way a beat is described. Listen to a clicking metronome but then speed it up enough and you will have yourself something your ears perceive as a tone.
As far as I understand it, the same interval relationships occur at slower intervals (beat and rhythm) that they do for rapid intervals (tones and chords)
Do you have any funky issues with the velocity in this keyboard?
Yes! I’ve had some major issues with random note velocities being maxed out
Anyway here's wonderwall
I'm lost. Confusing...
Nice
"Every musician needs to know"
Drummers 👀
I think I finally got it.
The music great choice
Think my head broke
I was sitting here, thinking "Oh I do music for quite a long time and I have never hear dof a tri tone"
I forgot I'm german, I only know it as "Dreiklang" which literally translates to Tritone
Good job, however,try to show us the indepth application of it on songs
He literally play the chords from Maroon 5's Sunday morning the 2-5-1 progression using tri-tone
Holy cow is that a Rhodes 73 in the back there? The suitcase model? While on a thirst trip I gave mines away for 60 bucks. That was a maroon move..
Thank you for making the explanation simple and straightforward. I like to think of a tritone as a root note, and its flatted 5th.
Now what you just said makes sense to me!
This... thinking three whole steps is a whole different beast for me 😂
Well and you can hear that rather than going 2-5-1 (the key piece of knowledge coming into this lesson, knowing what a 2-5-1 is) - it then becomes 2 b2 1 , you can hear in the descending bass, especially
How do i save this
Oh wow thanks man
I don’t always enjoy listening to languages I don’t understand
BUT when I do
It’s 🎶 music
😳🤣
I’ll get there🔥
That's so sweet
Let’s talk about what kind of board that is????? Looks cool AH
I didnt get it.
Thank you for explaining this so clearly! I finally got it :-)