+fxdlriderny Arr comment of the day. I love to hearing this - I've been thinking a lot about the big picture lately, trying to boil things down to the few things that really matter, and this is one of the few things.
Hi Julian, Can't thank you enough for making it so easy, with your graphics & explanation. I was drowning, but now I now HOW to practice Intervals and learn them without pain. Tanya from Sydney, Australia
Very cool Julian! Thanks so much. So much is difficult for me at 70 years old but this is a “trick” that will really help me. Your mental arithmetic is exactly how my mind works. You just put all the steps together for me.
Thanks Julian! I've downloaded the tracks and they're helping me understand the subject a lot better! I recommend everyone to download these tracks. It's free, you just enter your email and the tracks get sent right to you!
My exercise right now is to walk down the circle of 5ths and at each key, play a 7th shell in the left hand, and the 3 and 5 in the right. For maj7, min7, 7 and min7b5 chords. The goal is to be able to do this without looking at the keyboard at all. Still much, much else after that, but just having this down will mean I can start to play songs by ear, and/or play a basic version of a song straight off a lead sheet. Six months ago I wouldn't have thought this possible. Julian, you are so right about seeing those fingers wiggle and hesitate. The goal is to make that go away.
About 2 weeks ago I was watching the video Jaco Pastorius modern electric bass. In the interview he spoke of doing most of his learning away from his instrument in his brain.....I was inspired but not really sure how to begin..... You video is just what i needed to help put a focus to those first steps of visualization. Thanks a bunch!
(Pt 2) Looking at intervals with a much more effective and efficient way would be this: for starters, every interval has an inversion that always adds up to 9... Up a perfect 5ths inversion would be a perfect 4th 5+4. Up a minor 7th inversion would be a major 2nd 7+2. And so on. With that being said, going further would be to say this with a major interval there will be a minor inversion. With a minor interval there will be a major inversion. With an augmented interval there will be a diminished inversion. With a diminished interval, you guessed it an augmented interval.
i really really love this, but i think it would be good to clarify that this is a great technique ~in tandem~ with and building upon what was shown above (remembering half whole fifth octave), not just a much more effective and efficient way on its own. because knowing that the inversion of a major 6th is a minor 3rd won't really help if one does not already know how to build both the major 6th and the minor 3rd. that being said, this is a tremendous piece of information and (after pairing it with what i learned in the video) i can already witness its value and effectiveness.
This seems to be the natural way to learn intervals as I've been doing this without realizing it and quite a lot of comments state something similar. It still helps to be conscious of it, speeds up the learning process, so thanks for this video! Quality stuff, subbing for sure.
So Awesome! Not only do you explain these lessons with perfect clarity, you really do have a grasp on the key points that help people understand. I just found your channel, but Im superbly grateful!! Thanks so much!
One of the best tutorial, I had problem with descedent interval and I lose confidence to practice them, but after this video and table, everything is much easier and I practice interval again. Thank you very much:)
Julian, Thank you so very much. I’m a long time sax player and almost 2 years self taught at the piano. I’ve used music math in the past, but it always related back to the number of flats and sharps in the key, and then flatting a 7th or 9th. So the math I was using was more like algebra. This math is pure geometry. In the old math diminished chords are the hardest for me to voice. It took less than 10 minutes to learn the minor 3rd interval, and you know the rest. I cannot wait to learn my 5ths. Kenny Barron here we come!
Many thanks for the tuitions Julian from Jim in Australia. I have used other tutorials, but yours is by far the most interesting. I find myself taking more time in practicing, because of this
I've been using the memorising of fifths to determine my dominant 7 chords since the past two weeks. This whole thing you're doing with it, i love it. It's gonna help me a lot. Thanks for this!
Great lesson Julian. Especially as you can do the exercises on the daily commute. I will add this to my practice repertoire and report back in a months time!
Another refreshingly clear and helpful tutorial. For me, this aspect of learning how to improvise is the most important of the lot. Until this knowledge becomes second nature, negotiating even a basic chart is just painfully slow and frustrating. Thanks for the useful tips. Looking forward to your next lesson! :)
+Doğukan Sezgin Absolutely - this applies to all instruments - if you want to understand harmony, the first step is master intervals. Glad this one helped, thanks Dogukan!
Hi Julian. I hsve a question. On the guitar fretboard its all half steps so every interval ( major 3rd, minor 3rd etc. ) constitutes a shape which is unique to that interval and always the same. What about intervals on the piano ? Are the shapes unison on the piano as on the guitar ?
Doğukan Sezgin, the irregular black and white pattern of the keyboard distorts the intervals on the keyboard. Your fingers need constant practice and cooperation with your ears to figure it out
It’s all about ear man. Now i know why you emphasise ear training that much. Without your ears guiding you, whatever interval you play, you are doomed. Thanks a lot dude. Cheers.
Julian, thank you for this. I feel like in an evening I realized I've been playing with intervals all along, but hadn't 'connected' the intervals I was playing between each hand. It's already changed the way I play and improvise. Thank you
+malfunkt Wow, I'm so pleased to hear this Malfunkt! I was the same way - people kept asking me if I think in 'notes' or 'numbers' - but the answer is 'intervals'. That's all I think in. I'm so pleased you've made this connection, and I really appreciate the comment!
This is a really good exercise. I've been doing something similar to try and get the patterns and sounds of each modal scale into my musical reflex. One thing that has really helped is visualizing the fretboard or the keyboard in my mind so I can see the shape of the interval. It's easier for me to hear a fifth in my mind if I imagine playing C and G on the piano. It's kind of helped me map out the instrument and avoid searching for the right note. Really a great lesson. It's always nice to find something I'm excited to practice.
It's easier for me to "assign" certain emotions to intervals - minor 3rd is spooky/sad, major 3rd is happy/meloncholy, perfect 5th is triumphant, minor 7th is sassy, etc. Of course, these emotional descriptions only apply to the raw interval out of context, since a major 3rd "feels" quite different as the upper 2/3 of a MINOR triad.
Music isn't just intervals though. We don't just hear note to note to note. Most music is tonal and the ear will hear notes as they relate to a tonal center. In other words, scale degrees.
Agreed. The reason why this exercise sound horrible is that it has absolute no notion of tonality. Everything gets much easier when you are working inside a tonality and the intervals used just sound natural. I think this kind of exercise is a good way to torture yourself, but won't help you much.
+Charles Fournier Arr thanks so much Charles! I'm so pleased you enjoyed this one, and I hope you're doing well :) Any new transcribed computer game melodies?
Como siempre: excelente clase!!! Pienso que es aplicable tambièn a otros instrumentos. Por ejemplo a instrumentos de viento. Y voy a practicarlo. Muchas gracias!
Oh Wow! Thank you for this! My brain is slow in making connections. I come to piano (and guitar) from a Brass perspective (Trombone, playing one note on the page at a time), and one of my hangups has been figuring out intervals in my head on the fly. I think this makes it so much easier for me to figure out, than trying to remember yet another mnemonic to try to remember something I am trying to remember.
Dear Sir! You are truly a genious of a music educator!!!! I love your remarkable ability of making complicated concepts truly simple and easy to put into practice!!!Bless you sir for your clear and concise explanations so that a novice like myself can truly advance in my playing.
this is probably THE MOST useful video ive cone across in a long time. refreshing. thumbs up. coming from a guitarist trying to transition to keyboards
The "rule of nine" helped me in my earlier days, but I soon began using an amateurish version of what Julian's mapped out here. The rule of nine is: any interval plus its inversion equals 9 and its quality will reverse. So a minor 2 inverted becomes a major 7 (2 + 7 = 9). A major 3rd inverted becomes a minor 6th. Perfect intervals remain perfect. A perfect unison becomes a perfect octave (1 + 8 = 9) and perfect fourth inverted becomes perfect fifth (4 + 5 = 9). Tritones remain tritones of course.
Brilliant elegant system thanks..I now realize that this is the way I already think musically (I am self taught with a certain mastery of several instruments and voice) and I wouldn't have progressed as quickly as I did if I didn't have a good grasp of intervals..looking to return to my first instrument the piano/ keyboards pretty soon as soon as I have the cash. Thanks again😉
+Khurram Aziz Great to hear this Khurram - it's true - note names aren't important (D F# Bb etc) - it's the intervals that you should be thinking about
awesome--- this is what I try to do-- not nearly as well as you. i think all great players are doing this to some degree, and a lot is just scale and muscle memory. this is key to really hearing what's going on I believe! If you do this for a while you are on the path to having perfect relative pitch-- really helps any musician. thanks!
Your technique of staying in one key, the C minor, is quite similar to the Kodaly method of using the moveable "Do." The method uses "Do" as the tonic regardless of the key being used. I enjoy watching your videos and I have just started watching them today. I am sure I will learn a lot from you.
For the people having trouble learning/remembering their perfect fifths: A perfect fifth is *always from a white key to a white key* (from a natural to a natural) *or from a black key to a black key* (from a sharp to a sharp, or from a flat to a flat); *the only exceptions to this are fifths built on B and Bb* (only one letter/exception to remember, really).
Oooh, thanks. I know my perfect fifths, but this tip is actually going to help me remember the 4ths (with a couple of exceptions of course) because I can descend the same notes for the 4th.
Probably helps to be a guitarist - if you know the notes on a fretboard and you know what a 4th looks like you already know the notes. E.g. a fourth up from a G is just the same fret on the next string (C).
Thank you Julian! I cannot even begin to tell you how much this video means for me. From the first second on something finally clicked for me! I am most thankful and humbled by your willingness to share such amazin tips with us! Rene
+RRTheN00bPwner Arr it's my pleasure Rene! I've been dying to post this for so long. A lot of people ask me if I think in terms of notes (D F# Bb) or numbers (flat 2nd, 5th, etc) - but really I think in intervals - all day long, that's what music is. I'm glad I was able to convey the importance of this one thing - and I might post a follow up talking more about this. Thanks for the amazing comment - it made my day!
+jazztutorial you know what (quick update), I've been practicing this all day since this morning (while I was out shopping and while taking a bath) and I worked with the beginners mp3 you provided (and was able to pass it) - I just sat down at the piano and oh boy, IT WORKS. I tried to build some Kenny Barron Voicings or some So What voicings and by taking that new approach I was that much quicker to it! I was always thinking numbers and notes and that way is very complicated when it comes to sophisticated voicings. Just thinking intervalls is lefe changing! So I'll continue working withe the mp3 and try to get even faster and better. This truly is the holy grail! Be well, my friend and thanks!
+Bryan Holt Arr I'm so pleased Bryan - yes - this is the first thing I ask every musician - 'how are you with intervals?' Get good at this, and everything will become easy - it will be less effort to learn new things, you're playing will be quicker, less effort - everything. Thanks so much for the comment!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and perspective upon learning and teaching, your videos are absolutely inspiring. can't stop watching them, I fell in love with music studies again.
I follow several piano gurus on RUclips but I've come to appreciate Julian Bradley as maybe the best; he has a way of meeting exactly where I am in my learning and giving me tips and techniques that truly help me become a better "piano player." I've bought one of his books/courses and I work through all of his online videos. Thank you Julian for the way you break down difficult concepts and make me smarter and better at the keyboard!
+Paul Christy Wow! Paul this means so much for me to read. I had a feeling that this video was very important for me to make, but I didn't predict the heart felt comments that have followed it. I'm so happy to hear that I've helped break down musical concepts, and helped you with your playing. And thank you for buying my book and supporting my work. I have a lot of plans for the future and hope that I can help you much more in reaching your goals, Julian
It's these kinds of things that encourage me to continue learning when I have been feeling overwhelmed. Thank you!
+fxdlriderny Arr comment of the day. I love to hearing this - I've been thinking a lot about the big picture lately, trying to boil things down to the few things that really matter, and this is one of the few things.
Once you have the bulk of "Big Picture" items, please put together a playlist of the same. Just discovered you - THANK YOU!
i completely agree.
Hi Julian,
Can't thank you enough for making it so easy, with your graphics & explanation. I was drowning, but now I now
HOW to practice Intervals and learn them without pain.
Tanya
from Sydney, Australia
I really appreciate how you took the time to actually go through the examples like that.
Very cool Julian! Thanks so much. So much is difficult for me at 70 years old but this is a “trick” that will really help me. Your mental arithmetic is exactly how my mind works. You just put all the steps together for me.
You're very precise and almost surgical like in how you explain things .... you manage to boil it down ... Excellent tips.
Thanks Julian! I've downloaded the tracks and they're helping me understand the subject a lot better! I recommend everyone to download these tracks. It's free, you just enter your email and the tracks get sent right to you!
Excellent advice. Intervals are the basics.
With all the content you have given us ... All we need to do is take the time to study and practice! Thx so much!
My exercise right now is to walk down the circle of 5ths and at each key, play a 7th shell in the left hand, and the 3 and 5 in the right. For maj7, min7, 7 and min7b5 chords. The goal is to be able to do this without looking at the keyboard at all. Still much, much else after that, but just having this down will mean I can start to play songs by ear, and/or play a basic version of a song straight off a lead sheet. Six months ago I wouldn't have thought this possible. Julian, you are so right about seeing those fingers wiggle and hesitate. The goal is to make that go away.
You are a masterful educator!
About 2 weeks ago I was watching the video Jaco Pastorius modern electric bass. In the interview he spoke of doing most of his learning away from his instrument in his brain.....I was inspired but not really sure how to begin..... You video is just what i needed to help put a focus to those first steps of visualization. Thanks a bunch!
(Pt 2) Looking at intervals with a much more effective and efficient way would be this: for starters, every interval has an inversion that always adds up to 9... Up a perfect 5ths inversion would be a perfect 4th 5+4. Up a minor 7th inversion would be a major 2nd 7+2. And so on. With that being said, going further would be to say this with a major interval there will be a minor inversion. With a minor interval there will be a major inversion. With an augmented interval there will be a diminished inversion. With a diminished interval, you guessed it an augmented interval.
Matt Burns notably, the tritone inverts to itself, which is important in later concepts like tritone substitutions.
Yes, this might be even more useful for descending down intervals. Thanks!
i really really love this, but i think it would be good to clarify that this is a great technique ~in tandem~ with and building upon what was shown above (remembering half whole fifth octave), not just a much more effective and efficient way on its own. because knowing that the inversion of a major 6th is a minor 3rd won't really help if one does not already know how to build both the major 6th and the minor 3rd.
that being said, this is a tremendous piece of information and (after pairing it with what i learned in the video) i can already witness its value and effectiveness.
Very good exercise. Thanks!
This seems to be the natural way to learn intervals as I've been doing this without realizing it and quite a lot of comments state something similar. It still helps to be conscious of it, speeds up the learning process, so thanks for this video! Quality stuff, subbing for sure.
So Awesome!
Not only do you explain these lessons with perfect clarity, you really do have a grasp on the key points that help people understand. I just found your channel, but Im superbly grateful!! Thanks so much!
This single video totally changed the way I play. Instead of remembering chords I can now build them! Thank you so much.
One of the best tutorial, I had problem with descedent interval and I lose confidence to practice them, but after this video and table, everything is much easier and I practice interval again. Thank you very much:)
THIS IS AMAZING teachjng Julian you are a gifted teacher thank you so much! Billy Gebbie
have no words to express my gratitude. thank you , excellent
Julian, Thank you so very much. I’m a long time sax player and almost 2 years self taught at the piano. I’ve used music math in the past, but it always related back to the number of flats and sharps in the key, and then flatting a 7th or 9th.
So the math I was using was more like algebra. This math is pure geometry. In the old math diminished chords are the hardest for me to voice. It took less than 10 minutes to learn the minor 3rd interval, and you know the rest.
I cannot wait to learn my 5ths. Kenny Barron here we come!
Really helpful. This is how I think of music but I've never heard anyone articulate it so clearly before. Thanks.
super helpful!
Great tips,Thanks Julian!
Thank you sir for teaching us. This is so effective
Many thanks for the tuitions Julian from Jim in Australia.
I have used other tutorials, but yours is by far the most interesting. I find myself taking more time in practicing, because of this
Julian you absolutely right. This is what is working for me, even when practicing sight reading☺☺
I've been using the memorising of fifths to determine my dominant 7 chords since the past two weeks. This whole thing you're doing with it, i love it. It's gonna help me a lot. Thanks for this!
God bless man. Honestly the most comprehensive way to approach piano that I've learned this far.
Loving your last two videos. Thanks
Great lesson Julian. Especially as you can do the exercises on the daily commute. I will add this to my practice repertoire and report back in a months time!
HalleluYah awesome ! Keep up the greet work!!!! Your labor of love is not in vain ! Blessings
Another refreshingly clear and helpful tutorial. For me, this aspect of learning how to improvise is the most important of the lot. Until this knowledge becomes second nature, negotiating even a basic chart is just painfully slow and frustrating. Thanks for the useful tips. Looking forward to your next lesson! :)
Thank you for all your time!!!
Thanks Julian :D Have a great weekend.
great lesson. the same princible can be applied to guitar. chords, scales, melodies everything is intervals. cheers mate ! ;)
+Doğukan Sezgin Absolutely - this applies to all instruments - if you want to understand harmony, the first step is master intervals. Glad this one helped, thanks Dogukan!
Hi Julian. I hsve a question. On the guitar fretboard its all half steps so every interval ( major 3rd, minor 3rd etc. ) constitutes a shape which is unique to that interval and always the same. What about intervals on the piano ? Are the shapes unison on the piano as on the guitar ?
Doğukan Sezgin, the irregular black and white pattern of the keyboard distorts the intervals on the keyboard. Your fingers need constant practice and cooperation with your ears to figure it out
Amazing stuff
+Hendrick Samuel Thank you Hendrick!
It’s all about ear man. Now i know why you emphasise ear training that much. Without your ears guiding you, whatever interval you play, you are doomed. Thanks a lot dude. Cheers.
You are my new favorite channel. Iv been searching everywhere for musical brain exercises made simple.
Julian, thank you for this. I feel like in an evening I realized I've been playing with intervals all along, but hadn't 'connected' the intervals I was playing between each hand. It's already changed the way I play and improvise. Thank you
+malfunkt Wow, I'm so pleased to hear this Malfunkt! I was the same way - people kept asking me if I think in 'notes' or 'numbers' - but the answer is 'intervals'. That's all I think in.
I'm so pleased you've made this connection, and I really appreciate the comment!
Thumbs up!!! Thank you
Thanks!
Your training style is pretty unique and highly effective. Thank you.
This is a really good exercise. I've been doing something similar to try and get the patterns and sounds of each modal scale into my musical reflex. One thing that has really helped is visualizing the fretboard or the keyboard in my mind so I can see the shape of the interval. It's easier for me to hear a fifth in my mind if I imagine playing C and G on the piano. It's kind of helped me map out the instrument and avoid searching for the right note. Really a great lesson. It's always nice to find something I'm excited to practice.
Excellent!
It's easier for me to "assign" certain emotions to intervals - minor 3rd is spooky/sad, major 3rd is happy/meloncholy, perfect 5th is triumphant, minor 7th is sassy, etc. Of course, these emotional descriptions only apply to the raw interval out of context, since a major 3rd "feels" quite different as the upper 2/3 of a MINOR triad.
I am doing this all the time in my head, glad to hear it can actually help my improvisation
This mental exercise it so true. Other similar method is using singing and check the tunes occasionally on piano.
Music isn't just intervals though. We don't just hear note to note to note. Most music is tonal and the ear will hear notes as they relate to a tonal center. In other words, scale degrees.
Agreed. The reason why this exercise sound horrible is that it has absolute no notion of tonality. Everything gets much easier when you are working inside a tonality and the intervals used just sound natural. I think this kind of exercise is a good way to torture yourself, but won't help you much.
thanks for valuable explanation
Another AMAZING video. Thank you Mr.Bradley!!! :)
+Charles Fournier Arr thanks so much Charles! I'm so pleased you enjoyed this one, and I hope you're doing well :)
Any new transcribed computer game melodies?
Great tips and exercises - I have actually done the same myself, but never thought of it before you said it.
Brilliant Julian... you are very very good teacher... thx very much.
Como siempre: excelente clase!!! Pienso que es aplicable tambièn a otros instrumentos. Por ejemplo a instrumentos de viento. Y voy a practicarlo.
Muchas gracias!
Oh Wow! Thank you for this! My brain is slow in making connections. I come to piano (and guitar) from a Brass perspective (Trombone, playing one note on the page at a time), and one of my hangups has been figuring out intervals in my head on the fly. I think this makes it so much easier for me to figure out, than trying to remember yet another mnemonic to try to remember something I am trying to remember.
I really appreciate your tutorials! Thank you!
Thanks a lot Julian!
Dear Sir! You are truly a genious of a music educator!!!! I love your remarkable ability of making complicated concepts truly simple and easy to put into practice!!!Bless you sir for your clear and concise explanations so that a novice like myself can truly advance in my playing.
Awesome man!!! Well thought of and produced. Way to go Julian :)
this is probably THE MOST useful video ive cone across in a long time. refreshing. thumbs up. coming from a guitarist trying to transition to keyboards
A great THUMBS up!!
My don! Thank you
Great tip! Thanks
+39PlYR My pleasure! Thanks for the comment :)
all i got to say is thank you for sharing your talent
Thank you.
You are a game changer
you are... amazing.
Excelent video!
The "rule of nine" helped me in my earlier days, but I soon began using an amateurish version of what Julian's mapped out here. The rule of nine is: any interval plus its inversion equals 9 and its quality will reverse. So a minor 2 inverted becomes a major 7
(2 + 7 = 9). A major 3rd inverted becomes a minor 6th. Perfect intervals remain perfect. A perfect unison becomes a
perfect octave (1 + 8 = 9) and perfect fourth inverted becomes perfect fifth (4 + 5 = 9). Tritones remain tritones of course.
Great video, Very helpful thanks..
+Jermaine Wilson (Jayfan) My pleasure Jermaine - I'm so pleased this one helped you!
Very nice video. Thanks. I like the exercise and I also like the idea of thinking of chords as nothing but intervals. Makes it easy
Great video Julian . Thanks
Brilliant elegant system thanks..I now realize that this is the way I already think musically (I am self taught with a certain mastery of several instruments and voice) and I wouldn't have progressed as quickly as I did if I didn't have a good grasp of intervals..looking to return to my first instrument the piano/ keyboards pretty soon as soon as I have the cash.
Thanks again😉
+Khurram Aziz Great to hear this Khurram - it's true - note names aren't important (D F# Bb etc) - it's the intervals that you should be thinking about
Great! Thanks.
Just subscribed! Thanks for being so clear at explaining and teaching music! Keep it up!
bro your videos are sooooo good
thank you, dude.
awesome--- this is what I try to do-- not nearly as well as you. i think all great players are doing this to some degree, and a lot is just scale and muscle memory. this is key to really hearing what's going on I believe! If you do this for a while you are on the path to having perfect relative pitch-- really helps any musician. thanks!
I liked the video even before watching It, this how good this channel!!
Your technique of staying in one key, the C minor, is quite similar to the Kodaly method of using the moveable "Do." The method uses "Do" as the tonic regardless of the key being used. I enjoy watching your videos and I have just started watching them today. I am sure I will learn a lot from you.
Wow. Merci.
For the people having trouble learning/remembering their perfect fifths:
A perfect fifth is *always from a white key to a white key* (from a natural to a natural) *or from a black key to a black key* (from a sharp to a sharp, or from a flat to a flat); *the only exceptions to this are fifths built on B and Bb* (only one letter/exception to remember, really).
Oooh, thanks. I know my perfect fifths, but this tip is actually going to help me remember the 4ths (with a couple of exceptions of course) because I can descend the same notes for the 4th.
Thank you. Really needed this..
you are wonderful sir keep it up
Probably helps to be a guitarist - if you know the notes on a fretboard and you know what a 4th looks like you already know the notes. E.g. a fourth up from a G is just the same fret on the next string (C).
Thanks!!
Appreciate the video and mp3 tracks, it was really helpful to count intervals.
+Don Hahm Thank you Don! I'm so pleased to hear this. Really glad this one helped :)
Thank you Julian! I cannot even begin to tell you how much this video means for me. From the first second on something finally clicked for me! I am most thankful and humbled by your willingness to share such amazin tips with us! Rene
+RRTheN00bPwner Arr it's my pleasure Rene! I've been dying to post this for so long. A lot of people ask me if I think in terms of notes (D F# Bb) or numbers (flat 2nd, 5th, etc) - but really I think in intervals - all day long, that's what music is. I'm glad I was able to convey the importance of this one thing - and I might post a follow up talking more about this.
Thanks for the amazing comment - it made my day!
+jazztutorial you know what (quick update), I've been practicing this all day since this morning (while I was out shopping and while taking a bath) and I worked with the beginners mp3 you provided (and was able to pass it) - I just sat down at the piano and oh boy, IT WORKS. I tried to build some Kenny Barron Voicings or some So What voicings and by taking that new approach I was that much quicker to it! I was always thinking numbers and notes and that way is very complicated when it comes to sophisticated voicings. Just thinking intervalls is lefe changing! So I'll continue working withe the mp3 and try to get even faster and better. This truly is the holy grail! Be well, my friend and thanks!
I'm gonna try that out - thanks fpr your useful tips!
You are so awesome!
Tremendous value! From the bottom of my 'Visual Learner' heart - thank you. Holy Grail is right!
+Bryan Holt Arr I'm so pleased Bryan - yes - this is the first thing I ask every musician - 'how are you with intervals?' Get good at this, and everything will become easy - it will be less effort to learn new things, you're playing will be quicker, less effort - everything. Thanks so much for the comment!
Thanks! I have decided to take up my childhood dream of learning music on the piano. This is VERY helpful.
Yooo three years later, are you still going for it? Would be awesome!
Wauw, what a quality content, thank you for putting that effort in in. Its my first time i hear it explained that clear and costructive!!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and perspective upon learning and teaching, your videos are absolutely inspiring. can't stop watching them, I fell in love with music studies again.
Thanks so much. Great tutorial!
Excellent video as always! I look forward to future lessons :)
+Blake Davis Thank you Blake! So pleased you like this one - I'm posting a deleted scene from this lesson in a couple of days too
What a great channel! Love your video editing!
maaan thanks so much, i was looking for omething like this for months!!
wow! God Bless! thanks
Interval training is paramount I tell all my students this ❤❤
Great lesson! Thanks!
I follow several piano gurus on RUclips but I've come to appreciate Julian Bradley as maybe the best; he has a way of meeting exactly where I am in my learning and giving me tips and techniques that truly help me become a better "piano player." I've bought one of his books/courses and I work through all of his online videos. Thank you Julian for the way you break down difficult concepts and make me smarter and better at the keyboard!
+Paul Christy Wow! Paul this means so much for me to read. I had a feeling that this video was very important for me to make, but I didn't predict the heart felt comments that have followed it.
I'm so happy to hear that I've helped break down musical concepts, and helped you with your playing. And thank you for buying my book and supporting my work. I have a lot of plans for the future and hope that I can help you much more in reaching your goals,
Julian
your vids are great, thanks for all your hard work