AMAZING Music Theory Tricks (Everyone Should Know)

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    Intro 00:00
    Sub-Dominant Minor Chords 00:40
    Secondary Dominant Chords 03:00
    Avoiding Common Rhythm Tendencies 06:53
    The Diminished 7 Climb 09:07
    The Tritone Substitution 11:00
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  • @AmongstHonorThieves
    @AmongstHonorThieves 2 года назад +115

    This is an incredibly articulated video. I think I knew about all of these tricks, but you've explained them in a way that kept me interested throughout. Thank you

  • @SalimSivaad
    @SalimSivaad 2 года назад +38

    “Your skin makes me cry” from Radiohead’s “Creep” = the sound of the subdominant minor

    • @davidfaustino4476
      @davidfaustino4476 2 года назад

      That line is sung over a major chord tho.. the subdominant part is right after.

    • @SalimSivaad
      @SalimSivaad 2 года назад +3

      @@davidfaustino4476 The chord is played on the same beat he sings “cry”

    • @melvesh
      @melvesh 2 года назад

      @@davidfaustino4476 yeah he's correct. It changes from a major to a minor in the same chord there.

    • @cactustactics
      @cactustactics 2 года назад +1

      The classic old-timey school dance song

    • @TaijiDragon
      @TaijiDragon 2 года назад

      Also "where is my mind" from the Pixies or numerous Beatles songs

  • @fudgesauce
    @fudgesauce 2 года назад +248

    Great stuff -- useful tips, explained clearly, done succinctly. Too bad I don't play guitar.

    • @WhiteCranK
      @WhiteCranK 2 года назад +1

      😂😂

    • @SalRashiq
      @SalRashiq 2 года назад +12

      Yet

    • @fishyfishfins1347
      @fishyfishfins1347 2 года назад +1

      Thanks for making me laugh bro 💀

    • @neenjaaa
      @neenjaaa 2 года назад +1

      Why not ?

    • @fudgesauce
      @fudgesauce 2 года назад +1

      @@neenjaaa -- my fingers are stiff and can't make chord shapes without pain. getting old sucks.

  • @bassanup
    @bassanup 2 года назад +59

    I have always been fascinated by that Diminished chord repeat after every 3rd fret....

    • @dkerwood1
      @dkerwood1 2 года назад +17

      If you're improvising and see a dominant seven chord, you can throw in a diminished arpeggio a half step up (see G7, play Ab dim). That way, you get b2, 3, 5, b7, or outlining a 7b9 chord if other musicians are playing. Burn through the arpeggios every third fret as a lightning fast way to transition up the neck.

    • @bassanup
      @bassanup 2 года назад

      @@dkerwood1 💛

  • @saoirsecameron
    @saoirsecameron 2 года назад +5

    Playing with rhythm reminds me a lot of what guitarists do when backing Irish tunes. Most of it harmonically is pretty simple but changing on the and of Beats 1 or 4 is super common to add spice to the progression.

  • @JustinGuitarTime
    @JustinGuitarTime 2 года назад +2

    Always love seeing your new vids! Keep up the hard work Samurai! 😁

  • @michelmoe
    @michelmoe 2 года назад +3

    Great video! Just one small remark...the Cdim chord actually has a Bbb, which is the diminished 7th of the chord. Yes, it's enharmonic to A meaning different names for the "same note" but the function differs with different names :) the A would be a major 6th.

  • @patrickdallaire5972
    @patrickdallaire5972 2 года назад +26

    Man, when I discovered borrowing chords from parallel scales/modes it blew my mind. I often play a V degree major chord when jamming in a minor key.

    • @rowenlampe7426
      @rowenlampe7426 2 года назад +3

      yeah, thats a good one, makes the tension that the V has even sweeter

  • @JoeRPatterson
    @JoeRPatterson 2 года назад +1

    Love your explanations! Really well paced and perfect amount of examples.

  • @charlotteice5704
    @charlotteice5704 2 года назад +3

    This is such a good video, I love how clearly you explained the different concepts and how the video presents kind of a summary containing all of them when otherwise you'd need to piece that knowledge together from all sorts of different sources. Very well done.

  • @alexwebmch
    @alexwebmch 2 года назад +5

    Great video - the first four techniques were all familiar to me as ways to write great chord progressions, but the tritone substitution was explained better here than I've seen elsewhere, and has unlocked some new ideas for me 🙂

  • @shantytownbrown
    @shantytownbrown 2 года назад

    That was awesome! Thanks...been following from a distance; that earned a sub!

  • @cutronixxx
    @cutronixxx 2 года назад +1

    That was so succinct and so helpful. You are a truly outstanding teacher!

  • @jordanleonmusic6852
    @jordanleonmusic6852 2 года назад

    Thanks for the tips!

  • @shalpin
    @shalpin 2 года назад

    Nice tips - thankyou!

  • @MikeNeedlerMusic
    @MikeNeedlerMusic 2 года назад

    great video all around! thanks

  • @ChristianVazquez12
    @ChristianVazquez12 2 года назад +6

    As someone who plays a lot of Indie/Alternative rock I play that minor subdominant chord a LOT

    • @sploomfussy
      @sploomfussy 2 года назад

      oh god ur discord pfp is throwing me off LOL

    • @ChristianVazquez12
      @ChristianVazquez12 2 года назад

      @@sploomfussy that's what it's there for 😎

  • @averyleach2339
    @averyleach2339 Год назад

    i’ve been binging your videos for days! you have such great tips that have genuinely improved my playing. thank you for all this awesome info and i will definitely be buying your course when i can afford it! 😁

  • @jackjunken7277
    @jackjunken7277 2 года назад

    What a great video Sammi I appreciate your guitar wisdom you are definitely up there with tomo

  • @RBZ3
    @RBZ3 2 года назад

    Very cool...thanks!

  • @dr_tomK
    @dr_tomK 2 года назад

    So well articulated. Thank you.

  • @Breakingthesilence0522
    @Breakingthesilence0522 2 года назад

    Great stuff 😍

  • @user-qj4vg9gq5m
    @user-qj4vg9gq5m 2 года назад

    Great video!

  • @DavePilotCH47
    @DavePilotCH47 2 года назад

    VERY well done Sensei!

  • @germanofreitas5500
    @germanofreitas5500 2 года назад

    Great lesson! Thanks.

  • @kebby8435
    @kebby8435 2 года назад +2

    Sammy g I know these might not get the most views but this is the most informative and digestible lessons I have ever seen on RUclips. Please don’t stop making this content and please keep the sale on the rudiments lesson so I have time to save up for it. Thank you

  • @tribalhunter2978
    @tribalhunter2978 2 года назад

    Appreciate this 🙏

  • @dombowombo3076
    @dombowombo3076 2 года назад +1

    Great video. Easy to follow when you have a basic knowledge of music theory. Definetly something I can and will use. Thank you.

  • @sleepingkindaof
    @sleepingkindaof 2 года назад

    I really appreciate you taking the time to make a video like this. Thanks for being awesome

  • @jumpingdude766
    @jumpingdude766 2 года назад

    Amazing video! Who knew theory could be explained in an interesting way!

  • @SHISHIRSHARMA13
    @SHISHIRSHARMA13 2 года назад

    Brilliant stuff!

  • @alanmartinez1025
    @alanmartinez1025 2 года назад

    This is an excellent lesson so bullshit all easy to understand and straight to the point. Outstanding!

  • @stipeur
    @stipeur 2 года назад

    This is a great video! Thx so much wise Sensei!

  • @1GUITARIST
    @1GUITARIST 2 года назад

    Well played! Cool informations.

  • @steezymac4782
    @steezymac4782 2 года назад +3

    i feel like this is where sammy g shines, just some down to earth music theory

  • @StefanGBucher
    @StefanGBucher 2 года назад

    This is so well distilled, thank you!

  • @CarryTT
    @CarryTT 2 года назад

    Yay!! Diminished 7ths! Good stuff!

  • @clg68
    @clg68 2 года назад

    Thank you Sensei!!!!!!

  • @kareemalmadaeen2413
    @kareemalmadaeen2413 2 года назад +9

    Songs use every tip:
    1st tip you can play dont look back in anger by oasis
    2nd tip you can play nobody knows you when youre down. Also check out paul david's vid on it
    3rd tip not sure tbh
    4th paul simon's 50 ways to leave your lover. Also check out paul david's vid
    5th. Jazz. Just jazz

    • @nuttyboy007
      @nuttyboy007 2 года назад

      50 ways to leave your lover was just Paul Simon

    • @kareemalmadaeen2413
      @kareemalmadaeen2413 2 года назад +1

      @@nuttyboy007 ah yes it is I am sorry. It's just they always performed as a duo i forgot😅😅

    • @nickchambers3935
      @nickchambers3935 2 года назад

      Where does the secondary dominant appear in Hey Joe? Isn’t it all major triads?

    • @oneeyemonster3262
      @oneeyemonster3262 2 года назад

      well...You could play E Harmonic min or G Harmonic MAJOR to get C min
      E harmonic min b2..You could play F lyd #6
      so you could stack it F 3, 5, 7 or F 3, 5, #6
      You and I going to live forever..or FREEBIRD..or Babe I love your way
      To play LONGER...that would be the Bb Maj chord
      To play Just between you and me by April Wine...that would be Eb Maj
      C min/Emaj7....KEEP it SIMPLE..like that
      even thou it goes....Eb maj D Maj B min A min ( while in G MAJOR)
      It;s easier if I explain it in C MAJOR...because KEYS are just PITCH
      C Maj7 F min G7 into C Major
      You'll hear the F min chord in Best of my love by the EAGLE...
      during the bridge.
      Just pretend you shifted to F min
      Just make a simple F min barr chord at the 1st fret...
      Then shuffle your finger a little to make Db Maj7 dyad..( Dmaj7)
      You can alter N6 chords into ANY type of chords
      The 5 BLACK NOTES..while in C MAJOR
      b2........b3........b5.........b6..........b7
      Db.......Eb........Gb........Ab..........Bb
      In you pretend to play F harmonic min
      The Bb and Db...are 4, b6...from F
      Or you can MEMORIZE.....2, 4, b6, 7 chord degree are all possible Full dim
      C Maj F min Bb dim Db dim/A D min G7 into C MAJOR...if you want
      or
      A min Bb7 into Eb Maj7 Ab maj, min or dim G7 into C MAJOR
      A min Bb7 into Eb min Gb MAJ G7 into C MAJOR
      A min Bb dim C dim/G# C# min D Maj7 B min E7 into A min
      or.........................................C# min D dim E7
      or.........................................C# min D dim E dim F min Db maj7 G7 into C
      A min D dim/Bb...Edim/C F min Gb7 into B min E7 into A min
      A min Bb7 C7 F min Db Maj7 Gb min B dim D dim E7 into A
      DONT WORRY if SITE READERs CANT KEEP UP and all that Jazz
      If you use Harmonic min b5 and Melodic min b5 = FULL dim W/H
      ................Dorian b2 , #4.......and Lyd b2, b7 = FULL dim H/W
      You CAN STACK ..maj. min. dominant chords every b3 too.
      They're SYMMETRICAL ..right ?

    • @tonybates7870
      @tonybates7870 2 года назад

      @@nickchambers3935
      It is, you're right: C (1 bar) G (1 bar) D (1 bar) A (1 bar) E (4 bars). No dominant 7ths necessary.

  • @JuanTwoTv
    @JuanTwoTv 2 года назад

    Awesome!

  • @totowylde
    @totowylde 2 года назад

    awesome tips thanks!!!! SAMURAI

  • @billregan1981
    @billregan1981 2 года назад

    This is great!

  • @Jimi_Lee
    @Jimi_Lee 2 года назад

    That hit right at the top of my theory understanding level. Just a little difficult; I'll have to watch again. Perfect for me.

  • @nacoapestoso
    @nacoapestoso 2 года назад +3

    Good ol' Sammy G setting the bar higher for content creators, cheers!

  • @308media74
    @308media74 2 года назад +1

    i needed this

  • @randal3122
    @randal3122 2 года назад +2

    really wish i would have taken the time to learn all of this stuff, and spent more time studying scales etc when i was in college. ive been playing guitar for like 18 years off and on, but never took the time to actually practice and study theory. i can make some cool stuff, but i cannot just easily improvise with a song or anything like i always wished i could. i have a lot of respect for people that can

  • @mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844
    @mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844 2 года назад +1

    Cool beard! And guitar playing!

  • @tycarter9555
    @tycarter9555 2 года назад

    This might just be one of the best music theory videos out there right now. Cheers man

  • @ab4778
    @ab4778 2 года назад +9

    Truly, thank you so much for this. I've watched other videos that failed to explain the secondary dominant concept or tritone substitution the way you did. And having jazz musician buddies tell me "you already know it, it's all fives to ones man!" left me with too many questions on how to actually use the tricks, which you showed in a way that's digestible for the self-taught players. You're awesome Sammy G! 🤙

  • @wostertoth707
    @wostertoth707 2 года назад

    Love seeing nods to let it be and something

  • @ChristianPaulDelage
    @ChristianPaulDelage 2 года назад

    Wow that last trick was mind blowing! Like, I knew the others but stuck around cause the explanation was great but that last one had my jaw to the floor 😲

  • @camperstar6stringer
    @camperstar6stringer 2 года назад

    Nice sounding Gibson indeed
    Got good ears for a great crafted guitar.

  • @citizenX117
    @citizenX117 2 года назад

    I love the tone that produce this guitar

  • @atquinn1975
    @atquinn1975 2 года назад

    Every single one of these was great!

  • @ann1ka_
    @ann1ka_ 2 года назад

    thank you sammy g!

  • @resserydunovob7714
    @resserydunovob7714 2 года назад

    Samurai guitarist, i dont know much about theory, but your videos constantly inspire me when playing guitar, so thank you for your content!

  • @Az_1987
    @Az_1987 2 года назад

    Thank you man

  • @ricksigurdson2016
    @ricksigurdson2016 2 года назад +12

    Don't know how much it will help overall, but it's going to be interesting to experiment with. In other words Fun!

    • @clawmansegele1988
      @clawmansegele1988 2 года назад +1

      These aren’t even “tricks”. These are THE theory concepts used in complex music.

  • @patrickd8820
    @patrickd8820 2 года назад +3

    10:00 technically spelled Bbb 😁😁 love the video btw!

    • @rchlclr
      @rchlclr 2 года назад +1

      Every time someone spells a doubly-diminished seventh as a major sixth a jazz musician dies inside

  • @DodgeDartSongs
    @DodgeDartSongs 2 года назад

    I learned this stuff years ago in high school music theory. I had an excellent teacher. But I wasn’t an excellent student. The tritone substitution and the dominant seven lead-in chord-Damn, that was a nice brush-up on the topic. Thank you!

  • @_thomas1031
    @_thomas1031 2 года назад

    ...That was outstanding 😄🙌

  • @TylrVncnt
    @TylrVncnt 2 года назад +17

    Technically (in terms of “proper” theory) Cdim would be [ C - Eb - Gb - *Bbb* ] instead of [ C - Eb - Gb - A ] (which would technically really be an inversion of Adim7)
    It’s important only because it keeps it consistent in how you conceptualize & approach *any* dim chord (and dim7) starting on *any* note

    • @cameronblanchette6687
      @cameronblanchette6687 2 года назад +4

      I'm sure he knows but this is a fairly beginner friendly video and he doesnt want to confuse people.

    • @JediMobius
      @JediMobius 2 года назад +2

      "Technically" here also means "Getting deeper into the theory than SG said he would"... But I was also thinking during that section - doesn't that make all of those dim chords inversions of the same chord?

    • @SalimSivaad
      @SalimSivaad 2 года назад +2

      @@JediMobius You’ve got it! There are only 3 distinct diminished 7th chords; everything else is an inversion of one of those three.

    • @JediMobius
      @JediMobius 2 года назад

      @@SalimSivaad music theory gets wild sometimes.

  • @jakelawson1
    @jakelawson1 2 года назад +8

    That was exactly the level of theory I wanted on this. Sure, I don't play guitar, but my little casios don't mind ;-)

  • @kiddcomet3563
    @kiddcomet3563 2 года назад

    Awesome

  • @joaogritti2199
    @joaogritti2199 2 года назад

    Very informartive and clear as always, sensei! You should remake your older videos on lessons too!

  • @OdaKa
    @OdaKa 2 года назад

    Love tritone substitution

  • @ZacharyDial
    @ZacharyDial 2 года назад

    Dope.

  • @jacobsaintjames
    @jacobsaintjames 2 года назад +1

    There's an augmented climb as well, but you move the shape up and down in four-fret intervals

  • @phlorian
    @phlorian 2 года назад

    the first demonstration of the sub-dominant minor chord reminds me so much of 'The End.' by My Chemical Romance... I love it!

  • @EricAmesmusic
    @EricAmesmusic 2 года назад

    a great modern example of the first two tips combined is the second half of Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever”. most of it is I - III7 - vi - IV - iv. you have the minor plagal cadence from tip 1 and the III7 - vi from tip 2!

  • @johnsmith-pw7oj
    @johnsmith-pw7oj 2 года назад

    Awesome video _/m/ god bless you men

  • @noahr4951
    @noahr4951 2 года назад

    Cool guitar.

  • @adriansynovzik6325
    @adriansynovzik6325 2 года назад

    Damn that was good. So much tension released in one video

  • @greglawrencemusic
    @greglawrencemusic 2 года назад

    Nice sounding Gibson Sensei.

  • @burdmann24.7
    @burdmann24.7 2 года назад

    That maj4 to min4 back to the 1 is my favorite resolution. I'll throw it in for an ending in just about whatever

  • @shchshzh
    @shchshzh 2 года назад

    thx))

  • @himax000
    @himax000 2 года назад

    Just what I was looking

  • @VinnieDev
    @VinnieDev 2 года назад

    Always love your video's! You're amazing! One remark, it is: Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do (Sol, not So). 😃

    • @1ListerofSmeg
      @1ListerofSmeg 2 года назад

      🤔...According to Julie Andrews it isn't.
      Unless she was singing.
      'Sol, A needle pulling thread'🙃
      But it's only 'The Sound of Music'😋

  • @Supardanil
    @Supardanil 2 года назад +1

    Damn... Title and thumbnail weren't even clickbait-- this video is actually filled with AMAZING Music Theory Tricks (Made Easy)

  • @coquio
    @coquio 2 года назад

    Your guitar sounds fab

  • @acousticmonkey2209
    @acousticmonkey2209 2 года назад

    Thank you for at least touching on Dim chords. So few channels want to discuss them and I never know how to use them🙂

  • @triandgle
    @triandgle 2 года назад +4

    ▲ sub-dominant minor a.k.a. the sophisticated nofx trick

  • @SonOfManMusic
    @SonOfManMusic 2 года назад

    nice

  • @PrinceWesterburg
    @PrinceWesterburg 2 года назад +2

    Yet another explanation of secondary dominants but this one is what I thought they where 30 years ago - three dacedes wasted!
    Sec Dom. really are the 'off side rule' of music as none seems to be able to explain them, until now!

  • @Crazylrishguy
    @Crazylrishguy 2 года назад

    So down to use that sub dominant Minor chord

  • @GuitarUniverse2013
    @GuitarUniverse2013 2 года назад

    In the key of C: G7 is the dominant V7 chord. And like you said, every chord in the key has a V7 that it’s related to; A7 goes to D-, B7 goes to E-, C7 goes to F (please make note that a C7 cord in the key of C is not the I chord!), D7 goes to G7, E7 goes to A- . And easy way to remember these V7 of chords is that they follow the same pattern as the target chord if resolution. In other words the distance between D- and E- is one whole step, and so music theory dictates that the V7 chords must do so also. So the A7 is followed by the 7th chord one whole step above which is B7. And so forth on and on. Listen to the Beatles song, things we said today, you will hear a really cool variation on the V7 resolution substituted by a downward chromatic passage using a sub chord.

  • @anuragdeshpande4915
    @anuragdeshpande4915 2 года назад

    Yeah

  • @mk_rexx
    @mk_rexx 2 года назад

    9:24 Sounds like a start of a chase

  • @TonyMetal
    @TonyMetal 2 года назад

    Sub-Dominant minor chord, an example that hispanics might recognize is the prechorus in Asereje - Las Ketchup.

  • @semvangennip5421
    @semvangennip5421 2 года назад

    In Holland we use the term Mol Dur and Dur Mol (originally German). Litterally means minor in major and major in minor.
    Fun stuff to know :).

  • @TylerRossow
    @TylerRossow 2 года назад

    Love me some tritone subs.

  • @bordy1
    @bordy1 2 года назад

    I just ordered your school photo shirt after laughing at the photo for like 10 minutes. A+ merch illustrations btw

  • @ryan.m990
    @ryan.m990 2 года назад

    1:50 ... that sound ain't from my grandparents prome or Ritchie valance,
    That's from that damn addicting game candy crush !!

  • @alexkairis3927
    @alexkairis3927 2 года назад

    Oh yeah, just bought $50 of SammI G merch and half of it is gift. Love your sense of humor bro.

  • @cobboom2211
    @cobboom2211 2 года назад

    This! This is my kind of video - thank you! Practical and easy to use techniques to make my ear wieners stand up!

  • @uelssom
    @uelssom 2 года назад

    loved the legitbait thumb xD

  • @countblue
    @countblue 2 года назад

    Thats funny I have been using this one since the dawn of time. A friend had a song made around it and some of his brothers.
    There are more like this:
    Try a-minor classic fingering (open) and just move it up on the fretboard.There are three other spots where it works like a miracle chord. Dont barre it use just the open chord with the open strings ringing. E-Major works too like that.

  • @Ziad3195
    @Ziad3195 2 года назад

    Awesome, I didnt understand one trick out of this video

  • @Bleaksigilkeep
    @Bleaksigilkeep 2 года назад

    every time I see tritone substitution explained by jazz guys I get jealous all over again. as a classical music student we have to learn all about the various augmented 6 chords first before we get to the German +6/secondary dominant pivot and it's just so much

  • @GabrielVelasco
    @GabrielVelasco 2 года назад +2

    Ooh! I really like that secondary dominant trick. I'm very familiar with music theory, but I didn't know this trick worked so well with any of the chords.