No problem. We've all been there. For example 3 of my favourite Beatles songs are Nothing to get hung about, And I dont care, and There's a shadow hanging over me. However, many people annoyingly insist that I refer to them as Strawberry fields forever, Ticket to Ride and Yesterday....
Love your videos in general but this one was really good and fun. Hope to get more videos like this, thanks for all your hard work Aimee, best wishes from Argentina!
Thank you Madame Nolte... For the nice selection of songs, and for your beautiful singing voice. Now I wish a wonderful dream, in a place where you sing, and we listen, and time is frozen, you sing and we listen; what a wonderful heaven...
Just had to replay these few seconds of you playing "My Favorite Things" over and over again. This is such a fine example of simplicity grabbing your feelings for some magical reason, eventhough all you wanted to do was to hear some ii-V-Is.
What a fantastic lesson. I've been studying jazz piano for several years but have never bothered to truly listen for those 2-5-1s. And what a bonus that you also covered the minor 2-5-1, which is often overlooked. Thank you for opening up my ears!
Aimee, very interesting as always. My favorite song for 2-5-1 is All The Things You Are. Herb Ellis wrote an entire book on how to navigate that song by thinking in terms of 2-5-1s and (very relatedly) shifting tonal centers. For copyright reasons, he titled his book All The Things You Aren’t
Brilliant Aimee! This really points out why listening skills are so important. It’s so easy for me to forget to listen because I’m so overly focused on playing the “correct” notes and worrying about making mistakes rather than playing what comes naturally. I need to heed the motto “when you think, it’s stinks”. And maybe add a new motto: “use your ears, not just you fingers”. Thanks!
Thanks, Aimee. A man I have long admired insisted that the intellectual capital must belong to the group rather than the individual. Your sharing of your knowledge, skill and insights elevates us all.
Gonna play this a few times - cos it’s really inspiring me ! Feels like all the songs are suddenly more accessible! … well, so I am probably deluding myself !!!
Good video Aimee, good training. I learned why I get that feeling with certain songs which contain 2-5-1, I recognized the feeling, I did not know what was behind it.
Wow, thank you so much for all those examples. Especially the minor 2 5 1s. I could barely recognise them earlier but now those tunes make sense. More progressions please
I found if you sing what you play it improves your playing. Aimee you are right. IF can not sing it you can not play it. IT helps your ears to hear the notes
This was great. Just zooming in on the 251 in these songs makes it manageable vs. trying to follow all of the cadences. Adding this to my ear training playlist. Thanks Aimee!
My God! You played multiple songs I love (most of your examples actually lol), some that I play regularly, and because they are pop songs, I never paid attention to the 2-5-1s in them (even though I know what 2-5-1s are, I hear them in jazz, but apparently I didn't with these). It's incredible how we can play some things on autopilot without realizing what it is we're playing. I've got to start paying more attention. Thanks Aimee! Great video/playing/singing, as always! 😊 (And yes, nice shirt! I like the waves in your hair as well 👍👍 it's a great look! Reminds me of the 70s, and you mentionned the Woodstock documentary, so it's all well thought out hehe)
0:55 I thought I was beyond the point of recognising 2-5-1s, but I just saw Rick Beato's video on Bohemian Rhapsody and never realised the opening chord sequence is 1-2-5-1!
A song can be in the key of C, but it can have different chords that lie outside of the key as well. For instance, there might be a D7 chord that leads to a G7 chord that leads to C major. There will be an F sharp in that D7 chord. I hope that helps.
Nice of you to include the Redbone song. Their drummer was a monster (he created the so-called "King Kong" beat). anyway I had heard of ii-V-I long ago but didn't pay much attention until I read an article that talked about the importance thereof. I then took a deep dive on the Aebersold records which helped a great deal.
One of my favorite 2-5-1s is the melodic minor type (with melodic cross-relation) in “Here, There, and Everywhere”: F#m7 - B7 - Em, with a C in the melody over the ii-V portion.
Great video, as always! Please do more of these. It was fun trying to find them all. However, did you miss one in Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas? There's one at the 17:47 mark, right before the one you pointed out. Edit: I just realized you were only pointing out minor 2-5-1s at that point. Here I thought I was doing a good deed.
Ah. My music theory (very traditional) came from Piston's Harmony 50 yrs ago. My take away is that the changes are not necessarily scale (key) based, but rather function based, e.g., iii-vi (or iii-VI7) also functions as ii-V. It should plug in to the circle of fifths and hopefully improve my trumpet improv. (See what I did there?) Now for trial-tone subs. You have a vid on that, right? Enjoyed it. Thanks.
A prerequisite to ii-V-I's is the circle of fifths. Three consecutive points on the Circle of Fifths going Minor> Dominant> Major, or Half-Diminished> Dominant> Minor is the sequence.
I absolutely love your channel. I have a question that has been puzzling me for forever. What is so special about the II that Jazz latched on it as the starting point? I am just fascinated what attributes of the II chord make it so special? Thank you so much!
This is great theory for my latecomer piano musical journey. In a year or so, I hope to be ready to start learning my first jazz standard. Do you have a recommendation for a beginner? I had that same momentary flash of Steely Dan recognition. I'd like to get to the point of feeling comfortable playing those Donald Fagin riffs.....
6:15 For the first time of my life, I realized, the first 4 notes from the melody of Giant Steps draws me a II7 - V7, F# D (D7) B G (G7) I don't really know it's known, or just me (I was never really messing with this tune) but I defenitely feel it "drives" as a 2-5. Thanks!
I've tried it with a backing, and totally works resolve it into a C minor instead of Eb major :))) never played anything what complicated like this, now I'm happy, thanks again!
Sorry, i don't want to be rude, but that is your problem : "I never thought of pop songs having 2 5 1s"... Dude, do not "think", but HEAR them, regardless of style ! That's the key !
@@anneonym7346 check out David Bennet Piano. He explains so well. I can “hear” all kinds of progressions now after listening to his videos. You are not being rude. You are right can’t limit myself to just Jazz progression. Have to hear it!
@@gitaaa7740 OK, i really appreciate your answer, because it shows honesty and desire to progress in the huge musical universe. Some people can not take it beacause of their ego. But honest musicians all know that the learning and improving path never ends, regardless of the level one is ! I have been playing for decades, i have a pretty good ear, but man... I wish i could hear much more, and lots of people hear so much more than i do ! Wish you a happy musical journey my friend ! 🎶😘
Hi dear Aimee, can I ask a question?.I'm about to start with a new group of pupil from scratch. I was thinking about teaching movable do using numbers (as we call notes as do re mi 😑) so 123 and so on. But I'm afraid this could possibly hurt a pupil who is naturally wired according to perfect pitch. I ask, maybe you could share some suggestions in regards. Thank you so much!
I know you didn't ask for my opinion, but man, learning how notes function is so much more important than picking a note out of thin air. Teach a movable do system and tell them to deal with it and if they are any good they'll figure it out. I've lost my perfect pitch as I've gotten older, some nerve damage took some hearing, and I just don't play every day anymore, but I'm glad back college I already learned to stop thinking about pitches as arbitrary things.
@@yummyjackalmeat wow thank you so much for your contribution! You made me settle in my original idea. (Glad to see my first message didn't desappear too)
Yes, Andrea, do it! And put the method INSIDE of them. Using their right hand, they sing "one" while moving their thumb, "two" and moving their index, "three" with middle, etc. This note/number/finger association internalizes and they become their own "instrument". Like a simplified Guidonian Hand music theory method with (self) ear training. I've used this method over forty years. It's not "perfect" but perfection is all "relative". 😊
Here's a case of false memory: Listening to Sunday Morning, I thought of Loggins and Messina's My Music and was sure that the chorus was another ii-V-I example. Wrong -- no ii at all, just V-I.
When you said for minor 2 5 1, the minor 2 can be used in pop music, I immediately thought of Yesterday. Now when you sang Yesterday I expected that you would be the one person in the world who starts the first melody note on the 1, like Paul McCartney does, not the second, but no, no-one does it. To be fair he does sing the 2nd in another verse (and even in the opening line he's not bang on the 1, but much closer than the 2nd).
@@AimeeNolte David Bennett (music theory guy on YT) had a video about this a few years back, and it can never be unheard now. :) I've become obsessed by it. It's like a musical illusion. People hear a different note.
I just learned that straight minor chords can be used instead of half-dim chords in minor 251s. That's cheating! Jk, thank you for the little piece of knowledge, I love the feel of it it kinda reminds me of the 5-6s in the surprise aspect: "You hear minor 2, dominant 5, you thought you were getting a nice major resolution? HA-HA, gotcha, here's a sad minor. Cry now."
Hey Aimee and all…. PLEASE checkout : STREET BY STREET by LAUFEY … it’s an original song by a beautiful young lady….music is coming back ☺️…thanks Aimee 🙏🏻
Hi dear Aimee, I'm about to start teaching a new group of pupils and I was thinking about using movable do with numbers, as here we call the notes as do re mi. But I'm afraid this could possibly hurt pupils naturally wired according to perfect pitch (which would be difficult to notice in total beginners). I ask, maybe you could share some suggestions? Thank you so much and greetings from Italy [second attempt as the original message got lost somehow 😓, yayyy to spontaneity]
Don't commit suicide if you're not always able to recognise them :-). If one uses 4 note voicings, inversions and given the fact that the voice leading isn't always according to preference there are situations where it is impossible to know what was the intention of the player/composer.
I promise I won't visit a nearby tower! Seriously,. I heard this song for decades before I realized the gravity of the lyric. Also, thank you for the tip.
@@peterjansen4826 Yes, it's a bit more complicated, especially if you learn chords as independent items on their own. But one gets used to it and finally this allows you to have more smooth, fluent transitions and nicer bass lines.
@@mer1red That is why I started to practice that a bit, I discovered that chord inversions are essential if you want to learn to compose because chord inversions make the transitions between chords more smooth.
The 1 comes from the key you are going to. So you CAN be in Cma and then play Dm G7 Cma and then it’s BOTH. But if you’re in Cma and you have Gm C7 Fma, then it’s a 251 GOING to Fma. Make sense?
With all due respect to your musicianship....what you are playing is a 2 minor, five, one...not a two, five, one. A 2 chord is a Major chord, as is the 5 and the 1.
No…these chords are built from the major scale. So a ii chord is minor. If you start on the second degree of the major scale and play a note, skip a note, play a note, etc - you get a minor chord. Minor 7 actually. The V is dominant and the I is Major 7.
@@AimeeNolte Yes, I understand all about the Diatonic Major scale. However the numbers are designed to replace the chord letters, the most notable benefit being to easily transpose to any key. I'm just saying that if you called out that progression in the key of C using the letter names of the chords instead of the numbers you would have to say "D minor", G,C. I do appreciate and respect your talent which is obvious. And I understand why you and other Jazz musicians use the Diatonic scale in forming chords...but...in my world, in which I have been playing and producing for nearly 50 years...a 2 chord...3 chord...6 chord...and 7 chord are all Major. Best to you.
@@nickbruno8495 ahhh. Sounds like you’re a Nashville Number System guy - which I highly respect. Yeah we just call things differently over here in JazzLand. ;)
@@AimeeNolte Yes...been doing it for a long time. Believe me I have nothing but admiration for the many wonderful Jazz musicians .I understand the Diatonic scale and why you use it although I prefer the NNS for it's simplicity and function. Both systems work well as long as we each stay on our side of the tracks, so to speak. However trying to combine both systems is like trying to mix oil and water. By the way, I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
Not to belabor this conversation but I have another thought which I would like to pass on to you. In the key of C the progression is Dm, G, C which you and others over in "Jazzland" would label as a 2, 5, 1. If the progression is D7(b9),G, C, you certainly can't call that a 2, 5, 1. You would have to correctly identify the D7(b9). Which gets to the heart of my point... why would you label that chord correctly and not the 2 minor?The simple premise of the number system is to replace the letter with a number. If the chord is a D7(b9) it becomes a 2 7(b9). If it is a Dm7(b5) it becomes a 2m7(b5). If it is a Dm it becomes a 2m. I realize I'm trying to kill an elephant with a fly swatter but... IMO using the Diatonic scale is a flawed concept as it relates to the number system because it creates confusion as in the example above. Everything is much more simple when you use all 12 notes to correctly identify each chord within a scale. Best to you.
I don’t know why I for some reason spaced out on the correct title of Across The Universe, but I did. Please stop correcting me. 😂🤪🙌🏼
No problem. We've all been there.
For example 3 of my favourite Beatles songs are Nothing to get hung about, And I dont care, and There's a shadow hanging over me.
However, many people annoyingly insist that I refer to them as Strawberry fields forever, Ticket to Ride and Yesterday....
I did not get the 251 on this song - your playing was too soulful and I just zoned out. Sorry...
@@JonSmith-cx7gr "Just sees what he wants to see"
"But she don't care", ... "My baby don't care"
Love your videos in general but this one was really good and fun. Hope to get more videos like this, thanks for all your hard work Aimee, best wishes from Argentina!
"Oh! That sounded like Steely Dan" got a good laugh from me. Good video!
You have such a lovely manner when presenting.
Thank you Madame Nolte... For the nice selection of songs, and for your beautiful singing voice. Now I wish a wonderful dream, in a place where you sing, and we listen, and time is frozen, you sing and we listen; what a wonderful heaven...
Just had to replay these few seconds of you playing "My Favorite Things" over and over again. This is such a fine example of simplicity grabbing your feelings for some magical reason, eventhough all you wanted to do was to hear some ii-V-Is.
What a fantastic lesson. I've been studying jazz piano for several years but have never bothered to truly listen for those 2-5-1s. And what a bonus that you also covered the minor 2-5-1, which is often overlooked. Thank you for opening up my ears!
Aimee, very interesting as always. My favorite song for 2-5-1 is All The Things You Are. Herb Ellis wrote an entire book on how to navigate that song by thinking in terms of 2-5-1s and (very relatedly) shifting tonal centers. For copyright reasons, he titled his book All The Things You Aren’t
Brilliant Aimee! This really points out why listening skills are so important. It’s so easy for me to forget to listen because I’m so overly focused on playing the “correct” notes and worrying about making mistakes rather than playing what comes naturally.
I need to heed the motto “when you think, it’s stinks”. And maybe add a new motto: “use your ears, not just you fingers”.
Thanks!
Too funny. Just as you played it I said "Steely Dan: Deacon Blues!". Love your reaction "But it's not".
Love you and your work Aimee.
Thanks, Aimee. A man I have long admired insisted that the intellectual capital must belong to the group rather than the individual. Your sharing of your knowledge, skill and insights elevates us all.
Gonna play this a few times - cos it’s really inspiring me ! Feels like all the songs are suddenly more accessible! … well, so I am probably deluding myself !!!
Good video Aimee, good training. I learned why I get that feeling with certain songs which contain 2-5-1, I recognized the feeling, I did not know what was behind it.
Always great! You've made the last year and a half bearable. Thanks for giving us something to look forward to.
Wow, thank you so much for all those examples. Especially the minor 2 5 1s. I could barely recognise them earlier but now those tunes make sense. More progressions please
Lol, just watched the end of the video now (face palm) :)
Lol but the extended version is just more major and minor 251s. Not different progressions
Aimee your voice along with piano is lovely 🎹💕
You have such a smooth chill voice when you speak. Thanks for the tips too
Thank you ! I definitely need to work on hearing them and using them in my productions
Wow amazing knowledge with amazing personality. Thanks for your vids Aimee!
I found if you sing what you play it improves your playing. Aimee you are right. IF can not sing it you can not play it. IT helps your ears to hear the notes
This was great. Just zooming in on the 251 in these songs makes it manageable vs. trying to follow all of the cadences. Adding this to my ear training playlist. Thanks Aimee!
Very illuminating, thank you
My God! You played multiple songs I love (most of your examples actually lol), some that I play regularly, and because they are pop songs, I never paid attention to the 2-5-1s in them (even though I know what 2-5-1s are, I hear them in jazz, but apparently I didn't with these). It's incredible how we can play some things on autopilot without realizing what it is we're playing. I've got to start paying more attention. Thanks Aimee! Great video/playing/singing, as always! 😊
(And yes, nice shirt! I like the waves in your hair as well 👍👍 it's a great look! Reminds me of the 70s, and you mentionned the Woodstock documentary, so it's all well thought out hehe)
Redbone! I love that song! Someone should definitely make a jazz cover of that one.
0:55 I thought I was beyond the point of recognising 2-5-1s, but I just saw Rick Beato's video on Bohemian Rhapsody and never realised the opening chord sequence is 1-2-5-1!
Awesome! I BFF don’t know a lot about Jazz? I like the chord sounds though? I’m a country, rock, blues kind of guy? But those chords are cool!
I caught em all. Just not the first one in Giant steps. I'm the guy from the Bruh do you even melody video. I've improved it seems. Thanks Amy.
I remember your 251 keyboard drill tutorial - the lady is a tramp brought me here trying to find out why in the key of C why black notes get pressed
A song can be in the key of C, but it can have different chords that lie outside of the key as well. For instance, there might be a D7 chord that leads to a G7 chord that leads to C major. There will be an F sharp in that D7 chord. I hope that helps.
Nice of you to include the Redbone song. Their drummer was a monster (he created the so-called "King Kong" beat). anyway I had heard of ii-V-I long ago but didn't pay much attention until I read an article that talked about the importance thereof. I then took a deep dive on the Aebersold records which helped a great deal.
Where else is teaching this pleasurable for the student? Nowhere I know.
this video was amazing and very useful for me
Aimee's the best!!
Sometimes I would watch and then be carried away by the AWESOME VOOIIICE 😍😍😍she has, and then I had to rewind to look for the 2 5 😂😂😂😂
Exactly! 😊
One of my favorite 2-5-1s is the melodic minor type (with melodic cross-relation) in “Here, There, and Everywhere”: F#m7 - B7 - Em, with a C in the melody over the ii-V portion.
It’s a happy day for my ears, I got excited and rubbed (imaginary) my hands before we started with the quiz 😂got pretty much all of them 🤩🤩🤩
great video, great voice. ☺
Talented beautiful young woman right here!❤️🙏
I was clueless on first viewing, came back a few days later and then a lot of the major ones (first half) clicked!
Alone Again Naturally was beautiful! Would love to hear more of that.
Wow, who know
It is beautiful I agree, and was surprised to see it included.
Great video, as always! Please do more of these. It was fun trying to find them all. However, did you miss one in Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas? There's one at the 17:47 mark, right before the one you pointed out.
Edit: I just realized you were only pointing out minor 2-5-1s at that point. Here I thought I was doing a good deed.
You are a great educator
Great examples of 2,5,1 keep up the good work 🙂 stay blessed & fantastic!!...
woow what a great video. So useful and entertaining
This is so informative!
16:20 draws on a Chopin prelude (watch David Bennett Piano's videos on songs that do that)
Ah. My music theory (very traditional) came from Piston's Harmony 50 yrs ago. My take away is that the changes are not necessarily scale (key) based, but rather function based, e.g., iii-vi (or iii-VI7) also functions as ii-V. It should plug in to the circle of fifths and hopefully improve my trumpet improv. (See what I did there?) Now for trial-tone subs. You have a vid on that, right? Enjoyed it. Thanks.
A prerequisite to ii-V-I's is the circle of fifths. Three consecutive points on the Circle of Fifths going Minor> Dominant> Major, or Half-Diminished> Dominant> Minor is the sequence.
Loved this video on 2-5-1 turnarounds!
I absolutely love your channel. I have a question that has been puzzling me for forever. What is so special about the II that Jazz latched on it as the starting point? I am just fascinated what attributes of the II chord make it so special? Thank you so much!
Because it's almost the dominant of the dominant. It's like two resolutions in a row.
^ what that comment says. take a look at the circle of 5ths going clockwise. 2-5-1s the whole way round
It's really just V - I when you consider II to be a Vsus3 chord. Dm7 is basically just an inversion of Gsus7b/D.
Aimee. Nice lesson. What can one do to better the ear? any exercises? with or without the piano. You're blessed. Thank you!
This is great theory for my latecomer piano musical journey. In a year or so, I hope to be ready to start learning my first jazz standard. Do you have a recommendation for a beginner?
I had that same momentary flash of Steely Dan recognition. I'd like to get to the point of feeling comfortable playing those Donald Fagin riffs.....
Try my video “jazz piano : where to start”
Great exercise. Suffice to say I need a great deal of practice!
Good call on that Maroon 5 song-- I've actually practiced 251 voicings along with it!
Cool vid thanks
6:15 For the first time of my life, I realized, the first 4 notes from the melody of Giant Steps draws me a II7 - V7, F# D (D7) B G (G7) I don't really know it's known, or just me (I was never really messing with this tune) but I defenitely feel it "drives" as a 2-5. Thanks!
I know, that theoretically these chords are not a 2-5, but the whole section "feels" like one - for me :)
I've tried it with a backing, and totally works resolve it into a C minor instead of Eb major :))) never played anything what complicated like this, now I'm happy, thanks again!
I never thought of pop songs having 2 5 1s. Only thought jazz 7 chords. Thanks 🙏🏼
Loving that sus7 251 too
Sorry, i don't want to be rude, but that is your problem : "I never thought of pop songs having 2 5 1s"... Dude, do not "think", but HEAR them, regardless of style ! That's the key !
@@anneonym7346 check out David Bennet Piano. He explains so well. I can “hear” all kinds of progressions now after listening to his videos. You are not being rude. You are right can’t limit myself to just Jazz progression. Have to hear it!
@@gitaaa7740 OK, i really appreciate your answer, because it shows honesty and desire to progress in the huge musical universe. Some people can not take it beacause of their ego. But honest musicians all know that the learning and improving path never ends, regardless of the level one is ! I have been playing for decades, i have a pretty good ear, but man... I wish i could hear much more, and lots of people hear so much more than i do ! Wish you a happy musical journey my friend ! 🎶😘
@@anneonym7346 you also my musical friend! 😘
This was so helpful 😭
Thank you for share. For me is great tutorial. 🙂
I too totally failed to get ii-V-I at first, but then couldn't stop noticing them!
Aimee you are so kick ass when I grow up I want to play just like you great videos thank you
🙌🏼🙏🏼😍
Sunday morning service. Music is spiritual.
I could hear most of the major 2-5-1s, but then I was kind of lost in the second part. I guess I need to learn about minor harmony !
Aimee is underrated :)
Note to self: Don’t start watching at 2:30 in the morning when you’re supposed to be sleeping. 😁
John Lennon song name is ACCROSS THE UNIVERSE, yes
I’m an idiot. Yes you are right. Ugh
a master
Isn't it called "Across the Universe?" (9:35)
I’m an idiot. Thanks for pointing it out. Ugh
@@AimeeNolte No, you're not. Be kind to yourself.
Just an expression. :) thx Michael
Glad somebody recognized the song 🙂
Hi dear Aimee, can I ask a question?.I'm about to start with a new group of pupil from scratch. I was thinking about teaching movable do using numbers (as we call notes as do re mi 😑) so 123 and so on. But I'm afraid this could possibly hurt a pupil who is naturally wired according to perfect pitch. I ask, maybe you could share some suggestions in regards. Thank you so much!
I know you didn't ask for my opinion, but man, learning how notes function is so much more important than picking a note out of thin air. Teach a movable do system and tell them to deal with it and if they are any good they'll figure it out. I've lost my perfect pitch as I've gotten older, some nerve damage took some hearing, and I just don't play every day anymore, but I'm glad back college I already learned to stop thinking about pitches as arbitrary things.
@@yummyjackalmeat wow thank you so much for your contribution! You made me settle in my original idea. (Glad to see my first message didn't desappear too)
Using a moveable Do is like singing the same song in different keys, which is something people do without a problem.
Yes, Andrea, do it! And put the method INSIDE of them. Using their right hand, they sing "one" while moving their thumb, "two" and moving their index, "three" with middle, etc. This note/number/finger association internalizes and they become their own "instrument".
Like a simplified Guidonian Hand music theory method with (self) ear training. I've used this method over forty years. It's not "perfect" but perfection is all "relative". 😊
“A journey”✅
Here's a case of false memory: Listening to Sunday Morning, I thought of Loggins and Messina's My Music and was sure that the chorus was another ii-V-I example. Wrong -- no ii at all, just V-I.
Nice
❤❤❤❤awesome❤❤❤❤
When you said for minor 2 5 1, the minor 2 can be used in pop music, I immediately thought of Yesterday. Now when you sang Yesterday I expected that you would be the one person in the world who starts the first melody note on the 1, like Paul McCartney does, not the second, but no, no-one does it. To be fair he does sing the 2nd in another verse (and even in the opening line he's not bang on the 1, but much closer than the 2nd).
I’ve never noticed this! Thanks for pointing it out!
@@AimeeNolte David Bennett (music theory guy on YT) had a video about this a few years back, and it can never be unheard now. :) I've become obsessed by it. It's like a musical illusion. People hear a different note.
Aimee. Where's the card to the ii v i mediant video? ❤
Thx for the reminder. It’s been a busy week. Illl put it up when I get home!
16:08 - that would be a Gm7 :D
I just learned that straight minor chords can be used instead of half-dim chords in minor 251s. That's cheating!
Jk, thank you for the little piece of knowledge, I love the feel of it it kinda reminds me of the 5-6s in the surprise aspect: "You hear minor 2, dominant 5, you thought you were getting a nice major resolution? HA-HA, gotcha, here's a sad minor. Cry now."
Hey Aimee and all…. PLEASE checkout :
STREET BY STREET by LAUFEY … it’s an original song by a beautiful young lady….music is coming back ☺️…thanks Aimee 🙏🏻
Hi dear Aimee, I'm about to start teaching a new group of pupils and I was thinking about using movable do with numbers, as here we call the notes as do re mi. But I'm afraid this could possibly hurt pupils naturally wired according to perfect pitch (which would be difficult to notice in total beginners). I ask, maybe you could share some suggestions? Thank you so much and greetings from Italy
[second attempt as the original message got lost somehow 😓, yayyy to spontaneity]
I do have a video about solfege. To Solfege Or Not To Solfege that might be helpful
At 3:55, I immediately thought of "Guardians of the Galaxy."
Great
Minds were definitely blown in that video.
Hi Aimee. I like the video. Also, not trying to be rude but 'Nothing's gonna change my world' is actually Across The Universe.
This is an important video.
I don't seem to have any teouble hearing 2 5 1 in Major. But minor is really stumping me. Anyone else feeling like this?
Don't commit suicide if you're not always able to recognise them :-). If one uses 4 note voicings, inversions and given the fact that the voice leading isn't always according to preference there are situations where it is impossible to know what was the intention of the player/composer.
I promise I won't visit a nearby tower!
Seriously,. I heard this song for decades before I realized the gravity of the lyric. Also, thank you for the tip.
I have tried it out to play like 1-4-5-2 with inversions on the piano. It is a lot more difficult than just playing it without inversions.
@@peterjansen4826 Yes, it's a bit more complicated, especially if you learn chords as independent items on their own. But one gets used to it and finally this allows you to have more smooth, fluent transitions and nicer bass lines.
@@mer1red That is why I started to practice that a bit, I discovered that chord inversions are essential if you want to learn to compose because chord inversions make the transitions between chords more smooth.
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Is the 2 5 1 in the key you're in or the key you're going to?
The 1 comes from the key you are going to. So you CAN be in Cma and then play Dm G7 Cma and then it’s BOTH. But if you’re in Cma and you have Gm C7 Fma, then it’s a 251 GOING to Fma. Make sense?
My fav is where it doesn't resolve. It is only ii-v
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My ears are good but the problem is my brain.
I heard Across the Universe in triple meter!
Sweet video! Tho, it would be easier to follow the changes if your voice sounded worse.
Hey, I am 46, at least I can tune my bass with my tinnitus.
It’s very rude to put two fingers up like that in the UK make sure the palm faces away from you if you’re visiting
With all due respect to your musicianship....what you are playing is a 2 minor, five, one...not a two, five, one. A 2 chord is a Major chord, as is the 5 and the 1.
No…these chords are built from the major scale. So a ii chord is minor. If you start on the second degree of the major scale and play a note, skip a note, play a note, etc - you get a minor chord. Minor 7 actually. The V is dominant and the I is Major 7.
@@AimeeNolte Yes, I understand all about the Diatonic Major scale. However the numbers are designed to replace the chord letters, the most notable benefit being to easily transpose to any key. I'm just saying that if you called out that progression in the key of C using the letter names of the chords instead of the numbers you would have to say "D minor", G,C. I do appreciate and respect your talent which is obvious. And I understand why you and other Jazz musicians use the Diatonic scale in forming chords...but...in my world, in which I have been playing and producing for nearly 50 years...a 2 chord...3 chord...6 chord...and 7 chord are all Major. Best to you.
@@nickbruno8495 ahhh. Sounds like you’re a Nashville Number System guy - which I highly respect. Yeah we just call things differently over here in JazzLand. ;)
@@AimeeNolte Yes...been doing it for a long time. Believe me I have nothing but admiration for the many wonderful Jazz musicians .I understand the Diatonic scale and why you use it although I prefer the NNS for it's simplicity and function. Both systems work well as long as we each stay on our side of the tracks, so to speak. However trying to combine both systems is like trying to mix oil and water. By the way, I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
Not to belabor this conversation but I have another thought which I would like to pass on to you. In the key of C the progression is Dm, G, C which you and others over in "Jazzland" would label as a
2, 5, 1. If the progression is D7(b9),G, C, you certainly can't call that a 2, 5, 1. You would have to correctly identify the D7(b9). Which gets to the heart of my point... why would you label that chord correctly and not the 2 minor?The simple premise of the number system is to replace the letter with a number. If the chord is a D7(b9) it becomes a 2 7(b9). If it is a Dm7(b5) it becomes a 2m7(b5). If it is a Dm it becomes a 2m. I realize I'm trying to kill an elephant with a fly swatter but... IMO using the Diatonic scale is a flawed concept as it relates to the number system because it creates confusion as in the example above. Everything is much more simple when you use all 12 notes to correctly identify each chord within a scale. Best to you.
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