Accidentals for Dummies

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
  • Everything you need to know about accidentals

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  • @essay2111
    @essay2111 Год назад +121

    I'm here wondering how you don't have like a million subs? Well edited, funny, and incredibly concise lessons. Thank you Mr. Mento.

    • @nick2128
      @nick2128 5 месяцев назад

      awesome teacher!

    • @moneymagnetshow4391
      @moneymagnetshow4391 2 месяца назад

      He doesn't have it because he's the one that is calling us a dummy

    • @IAmSleepyAngle
      @IAmSleepyAngle 2 месяца назад

      I saw that

  • @Bert805
    @Bert805 Год назад +54

    You have a great way of teaching and making it easier to understand👍😊 thank you!

  • @akinodemichael
    @akinodemichael 5 месяцев назад +68

    Is anyone here from 2024

  • @NotesForMyFriends
    @NotesForMyFriends 4 месяца назад +18

    Not sure if you’ll see this, but wanted to encourage you to continue creating these videos! It’s one of the most helpful videos I’ve ever come across

    • @MaxineShaw_84
      @MaxineShaw_84 3 месяца назад

      💯 Definitely. I haven't touched music theory in 20 years and these are helping me picking it right back up without feeling talked down to. 👏🏿

  • @aycana4297
    @aycana4297 Год назад +18

    Hi Mr Mento! I hope you upload more videos! It's so fun and easier to learn with you! ❤ Thank you!

  • @alvodin6197
    @alvodin6197 Год назад +19

    The one measure rule cleared up some things that created so much annoyance you won't believe it lol.

    • @trevorwg4878
      @trevorwg4878 Год назад +3

      what im saying lmao, i kept thinking "That just seems so extra, isn't a natural just a regular note. Why there gotta be extra steps?" and this one measure rule answered my question that two previous videos for some reason didn't mention

  • @sungvin
    @sungvin Год назад +9

    At the end after the hellish landscape of music theory oblivion gate I actually misheard his name as "...as always I'm mister mental", and I thought he's gone crazy.

  • @TheLastSnooze93
    @TheLastSnooze93 Год назад +8

    I wish you were my music teacher, You're so funny. I'm piano/keyboard lessons at schools, they're so fun!! It's so exciting to learn about music theory and how notes work as they do. I'm also learning the violin.

  • @HORSE-E
    @HORSE-E 2 месяца назад +2

    You hit us with THAT ending and bounce for another year!?

  • @strikeplaysroblox
    @strikeplaysroblox 9 месяцев назад +3

    1. **Accidentals:**
    - *Definition:* Accidentals are symbols in music notation that alter the pitch of a note.
    - *Types:*
    - **Sharp (♯):** Raises the pitch of a note by a half step.
    - **Flat (♭):** Lowers the pitch of a note by a half step.
    - **Natural (♮):** Cancels the effect of a sharp or flat.
    2. **Use of Accidentals:**
    - *Key Signature:* Accidentals appear in the key signature to establish the tonal framework of a piece.
    - *Within Measures:* Accidentals can be used within measures to temporarily alter the pitch of specific notes.
    3. **Key Signatures:**
    - *Definition:* Key signatures indicate the key of a piece and specify which notes are to be consistently played as sharp or flat.
    - *Relationship with Accidentals:* Key signatures and accidentals work together to define the tonality of a composition.
    4. **Enharmonics:**
    - *Definition:* Enharmonic equivalents are two notes that sound the same but are written differently (e.g., F♯ and G♭).
    - *Accidentals in Enharmonics:* Accidentals are essential in understanding and notating enharmonic relationships.
    5. **Double Sharps and Double Flats:**
    - *Occurrence:* In some cases, a note may be raised or lowered by two half steps, requiring a double sharp (𝄪) or double flat (𝄫).
    - *Uncommon Usage:* Double accidentals are relatively rare but are used in specific musical contexts.

  • @Tarragon-kh6ko
    @Tarragon-kh6ko 8 месяцев назад +4

    These are great! Thank you so much
    The humour is good and can keep people like me with *very* low attention span hooked, and everything is explained in a simple, yet effective manor.
    Seriously thank you! It’s so helpful.

  • @nadhianajeeb97
    @nadhianajeeb97 Год назад +6

    Thank you for dummifying this for me! Would you also be able to do a video on the sharps and flats in the key signature please?

  • @missodineka956
    @missodineka956 Год назад +2

    I looooooooooooooooooooooove this. You've just made learning fun

  • @ashleylebae
    @ashleylebae Год назад +1

    Please Mr Mento, keep doing this type of video, I would die if you stopped making videos

  • @JPQuartzz
    @JPQuartzz Год назад +3

    Easy and fun 😂 👍🏼👍🏼 great work!!

  • @davidberlant5096
    @davidberlant5096 Год назад +1

    You forgot double sharps and double flats.

  • @Godslovingrebel
    @Godslovingrebel Месяц назад +1

    OK, you seriously made me scared with the underworld. I don’t want to open any portals. I just wanna have fun and play music that’s loving and high vibrational. Thank you so much.❤

  • @anuraexe
    @anuraexe Год назад +2

    thank u so much makes so much more sense then how my book was explaining it

  • @kapilasamaraweera4033
    @kapilasamaraweera4033 Год назад +2

    My son learn lot !! thanks , keep it up

  • @MicahFranco
    @MicahFranco Год назад +1

    *G Half-Sharp has joined the chat angry*

  • @aniketpathak5679
    @aniketpathak5679 Год назад +1

    Hope u stay here uploading frequently

  • @PianistTanooki
    @PianistTanooki 4 месяца назад +1

    This is great! Really glad you didn't mention anything about key signatures in here. You'd be surprised how many music educators erroneously refer to key signature sharps/flats as "accidentals."
    "Accidentals" only refer to notes that are OUTSIDE of your given key signature ("one measure rule" sharps and flats). But the sharps/flats that are in the key signature are sharp/flat by default. For example, if you're in the key of G Major, F# is NOT considered an "accidental" because it is one of the default notes of the G Major scale. F natural, however, WOULD be considered an accidental, as you need to use a natural sign to lower F# back down to F.

  • @無問西東
    @無問西東 Год назад +1

    Thank you❤❤❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @respect1393
    @respect1393 9 месяцев назад

    Hello sir ,you said ,ill see you at next time ,but you stop uploading 🥲😭Please can you continue this staff notation lesson?🥲Its very preious for someone like us(Self taught)

  • @deepusprinkles
    @deepusprinkles 8 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing Videos... Thank You

  • @CristinaGarcia-rk3ts
    @CristinaGarcia-rk3ts Год назад +1

    Bro i review this for 1 whole week but when i just watched this is made my whole life easier tysm for saving me!!

  • @michellepascual6332
    @michellepascual6332 Год назад +2

    hi mr mento

  • @xellusions
    @xellusions 7 месяцев назад

    finally learning music theory and already have a headache from the WHYY WHY IS IT LIKE THAT
    this is a good explanation video though!!

  • @poppyprescott6562
    @poppyprescott6562 6 месяцев назад

    People who was given this vid as music hwk just to realise, its tital is " Accidentals for Dummies"

  • @ovieokeh
    @ovieokeh Год назад +21

    Please please please come back and post more. I've just binge watched all your videos and it's a crime that you don't have more views/subs.
    Your method of teaching is incredibly clear and engaging and I wish all music teachers taught this way. You're amazing ♥️

  • @rayvercruz7054
    @rayvercruz7054 Год назад +1

    make more videos like this

  • @MannyL-g3m
    @MannyL-g3m Месяц назад

    You totally answered my question the first minute of your video. Awesome. Thank you.

  • @Mownees
    @Mownees 6 дней назад

    please comeback. your videos are so well made and make learning music a lot more easy to understand.

  • @lannyalba7186
    @lannyalba7186 Месяц назад

    This video is amazing! I've subscribed to the channel

  • @Blessedme26
    @Blessedme26 3 месяца назад

    sir I salute you for making this video :) I hope you will upload more

  • @lydkoch9209
    @lydkoch9209 8 месяцев назад

    So if the music is in the key of C and in a B is flattened in the right hand, would the B also be flattened in the left hand?

  • @thenarwhal8260
    @thenarwhal8260 Год назад +2

    Hi Mr mento it's me

  • @localhero26
    @localhero26 Год назад +1

    Brilliant :)

  • @無問西東
    @無問西東 Год назад

    @thementozone Why did you write flats with a B?

  • @Cappple
    @Cappple Год назад

    Pleas teach me more music things, I don't know where to start or what else to look for

  • @calebguinn2069
    @calebguinn2069 4 месяца назад

    When are you dropping this year? You dropped once a year for the past 3 years.

  • @tysonwong968
    @tysonwong968 5 месяцев назад

    Hey man can u keep uploading (u don’t have to)

  • @mikemorals9220
    @mikemorals9220 Год назад +1

    Loved the video

  • @andreciagl
    @andreciagl Год назад +1

    Thank you

  • @JojO-fv3lc
    @JojO-fv3lc Год назад

    And to the creator of accidentals I say YOU were an accident

  • @1darknoobx885
    @1darknoobx885 Год назад +1

    You are so helpful

  • @chickenrun8357
    @chickenrun8357 5 месяцев назад

    Chop chop RUclips man. I need more of your content 🤌

  • @isrraelgonzalez2185
    @isrraelgonzalez2185 Год назад +1

    I liked the ending

  • @candlelight7600
    @candlelight7600 Год назад +1

    I have never learned better than with these videos.

  • @lingnaga948
    @lingnaga948 Год назад +1

    Knowledgeable ty❣️

  • @chrisfernando6463
    @chrisfernando6463 Год назад +1

    Thanks a lot I learned a lot 😊

  • @RobbieWallace-qg2yj
    @RobbieWallace-qg2yj 4 месяца назад

    Thx but what about the the bass clef (etc.) 😂

  • @F1.loverr333
    @F1.loverr333 10 месяцев назад

    Byt how do we play them on the piano though?

  • @mizzurithemenace
    @mizzurithemenace 6 месяцев назад

    Mr. Mento thank you so much!! 😭🙏
    I’ve been playing the clarinet for 1 year, and barely found out about accidentals because I was never taught 😰

  • @Pangaming.official68
    @Pangaming.official68 2 месяца назад

    these videos are very cultured, i love it

  • @mattuskamusic
    @mattuskamusic 11 месяцев назад

    I remember something about if a line is going up you use sharps and if the line is going down you use flats. It that a thing? I very rarely write out my music in notation anymore but I have to for a project I'm doing.

    • @thementozone
      @thementozone  11 месяцев назад +1

      In most cases this is definitely true! Especially if the line is functioning as a melody. If it is functioning as a harmony, there are cases where it is descending and also flat though.

  • @LeReubzRic
    @LeReubzRic Год назад

    I am angry >:( where are the microtonal accidentals?!??!?!? (joke)

  • @kentran1242
    @kentran1242 3 месяца назад

    If there is a sharp A, then a natural A, will the next A be sharp or natural? Basically, does a natural cancel a previous sharp or flat's one measure rule?

    • @thementozone
      @thementozone  3 месяца назад

      Yes, after the natural they would all be natural unless otherwise labeled!

  • @Pancake_Dragons
    @Pancake_Dragons 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you SO MUCH this is helping!!

  • @jeremi7190
    @jeremi7190 8 месяцев назад

    What if youre playing key lets say Ab. Youre asked to play Enat. and later in that same mesure it says to play Eb. Is it Eb thats “natural” to the key or is it like Ebb/Dnat.

    • @PianistTanooki
      @PianistTanooki 4 месяца назад

      If I'm understanding you correctly, the answer is no. The natural sign was only canceling out one flat in the key signature, not two. Therefore the Eb that you saw later was only asking you to undo the natural sign and make it an Eb again.

  • @JawnCoffee
    @JawnCoffee 3 месяца назад

    So.. if the key signature is written on the beginning of the staff, would you use the natural to indicate that that note isn't sharp or flat? If so, would the one measure rule apply to keeping that note natural for the rest of that measure?

    • @thementozone
      @thementozone  3 месяца назад

      Yes and yes, the natural note would apply due to the one measure rule

  • @vikingwarrior1000
    @vikingwarrior1000 10 месяцев назад

    Hahaha awesome! really enjoyed it

  • @kawaehi
    @kawaehi 3 месяца назад

    thanks for making my life easier

  • @Fatimaspringtime
    @Fatimaspringtime 7 месяцев назад

    I watched all of ur videos 🎉

  • @MangoManEditz
    @MangoManEditz 6 месяцев назад

    Bro my teacher sent us this and this is the greatest and funniest tutorial I've I've ever seen fr 💀🤣

  • @jalapenopoppers6763
    @jalapenopoppers6763 8 месяцев назад

    These videos are incredibly helpful because i joined band class with little to no knowledge of music. Why you ask? Because i didn't wanna do PE, sue me. How i survived this long without actually knowing how to read music properly is a mystery to me and honestly a miracle. I thank you for this useful information and hope your pillow is always cold during summer and blanket always warm in winter.

  • @lianvillanueva950
    @lianvillanueva950 11 месяцев назад +1

    The dummie on the title is harsh bro

    • @thementozone
      @thementozone  11 месяцев назад +1

      It’s a millennial reference bro (I’m old)

    • @kymarqy
      @kymarqy 11 месяцев назад

      @@thementozone I just found your channel just now and I am deeply saddened there's no more tutorials! You make awesome fun tutorials that helps me greatly!

  • @Mrrchlll
    @Mrrchlll 3 месяца назад

    you deserve more recognition❤

  • @peacockpaula4723
    @peacockpaula4723 10 месяцев назад

    Interesting, but a bit confusing, so I've decided to call them flats because is sooo easy and I'm happy with it and it does't bother me or harm me and my songs a bit☺👍. Playing by ear it fits me like a soft warm glove☺👍. Bless you and thank you.

  • @TeazyBreazy
    @TeazyBreazy 2 месяца назад

    Very helpful and well paced, I wouldn't have even of thought to think that stuff like the one measure rule existed.

  • @tridan2448
    @tridan2448 8 месяцев назад

    Oh my lord that was so simple. Mr Mento you must do more of these as I myself have found it a minor challenge just to be able to find someone who explains it in a way I can understand. Thankyou very much... subed.

  • @mathcom
    @mathcom 2 месяца назад

    Does an accidental affect the "same" note, but an octave higher or lower one?

    • @thementozone
      @thementozone  2 месяца назад

      This depends on the composer

  • @singnanlahtoi9239
    @singnanlahtoi9239 6 месяцев назад

    BECAUSE THAT"S THE WAY IT IS😂🤣

  • @imeldafani
    @imeldafani Год назад

    This is very helpful! Why don't you make more videos about these kinds of thing 😃 they would be helpful for beginners like me 😍 thank you!

  • @andresfelipe9612
    @andresfelipe9612 Год назад

    Haha awesome how I felt I was losing my soul with the creepy comments but I was learning at the same time.

  • @tooalienforearth5638
    @tooalienforearth5638 24 дня назад

    Dude. Make more videos

  • @KrizzazarichGarcia
    @KrizzazarichGarcia 19 дней назад

    How was it note c???? 2:25

  • @KrizzazarichGarcia
    @KrizzazarichGarcia 19 дней назад

    How was it note c???? 2:25

  • @MoriusTobius
    @MoriusTobius 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you, this was really helpful! ❤

  • @ronnym1977
    @ronnym1977 Год назад

    I have always wondered why it is called an "accidental" when it is actually a "deliberate!"

  • @joseph3852
    @joseph3852 Год назад

    fun fact : there is no Fb , Cb . bc how would you see notes like where is C?

  • @originalesdefrankie3230
    @originalesdefrankie3230 Год назад

    I hope Ashley doesnt die, so please add more simple-to-learn vids 🙏🎵
    Thanks!

  • @sandraevans1349
    @sandraevans1349 Год назад

    We need more! You need to do a video explaining chords, major and minor. I'm an adult and just started piano and need all the help I can get!lol

  • @remcoiul
    @remcoiul 7 месяцев назад

    mr mento where are you:(

  • @KrizzazarichGarcia
    @KrizzazarichGarcia 19 дней назад

    How was it note c????

  • @KrizzazarichGarcia
    @KrizzazarichGarcia 19 дней назад

    How was it note c????

  • @Rampuizeme
    @Rampuizeme Месяц назад

    Here I'm ❤

  • @curllymocha3580
    @curllymocha3580 8 месяцев назад

    great explanation!

  • @SijoLukose-y8e
    @SijoLukose-y8e 10 месяцев назад

    Good video . Helps alot for the people that play music .

  • @KrizzazarichGarcia
    @KrizzazarichGarcia 19 дней назад

    How can it note c?

  • @thatonekidinthegroup5262
    @thatonekidinthegroup5262 Год назад

    meestor mentor can u do a vid on key signatures plz

  • @GremlinBando
    @GremlinBando Год назад

    once again well done,well explained thanks !

  • @sloweia
    @sloweia 3 месяца назад

    Thank you!

  • @hishikalalwani8864
    @hishikalalwani8864 6 месяцев назад

    You give us a creative and fun way to learn!

  • @gsuzzz
    @gsuzzz 11 месяцев назад

    great

  • @JezreelMoloka
    @JezreelMoloka 2 месяца назад

  • @JL-eh1ed
    @JL-eh1ed Год назад

  • @patricemls
    @patricemls 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much!!!

  • @radleighlucasscott3963
    @radleighlucasscott3963 Год назад

    Really helpful!