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I can’t believe you were able to pack all that in under 10 minutes. I’ve watched hundreds of music theory videos and this is top 3 for sure. I plan on watching it over and over until this is second nature. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this video. I have watched only two of your videos and learned more about some of the more obscure musical concepts in a few minutes than studying on my own for years. I have asked many people about augmented and diminished chords, but none of them seemed to really know what this meant exactly. This is the biggest step forward in music for me since teaching myself how to read basic notation. It is like a key to open doors that have been locked for a long time. You have a way of making complicated concepts understandable to regular people. Thank you!
I get to answer all questions in my Grade 5 Music theory exam just by watching all of your videos....on a last minute study(a week study or so). Thanks for the quick and clear explanation.
This technique really works. It's incredible really. I'll go back to super slow on a difficult piece of music and the next day I can play it so much faster. It's magic!
Where have you been all my life my love? Please keep up these lessons. I've been playing my whole life and composing last 5 and these are like a good reminder on how to! Just amazing.
Saving this...subscribing and starting from the major scale. Played music for 30 years lol. Spins me out every time how mathematical and pattern like it all seems.
Merci for this. I'm still beginning my musical journey and am new to key signatures and notation. So I'll be coming back to this one. BTW even though it was out of my pay grade, I still understood the concepts. Very well described.
I AM ENJOYING GOING BACK OVER ALL THE BASCS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. VERY VERY NICE JOB. IFEEL LIKE IM BACK IN SCHOOL AGAIN. IN OTHER WORDS TOUNG AGAIN. THX
Your videos are awesome, the quality is more than great. Can't wait to see the next one's, there is so much to see with pentatonic, blues scale, basics of improvisation, and so on. Keep what you're doing man you are a hero👍🏻
This helped a lot. I learned piano during lockdown, took a break, and I got confused on inversions. I eventually could figure out what notes to press for those chords, but not what they are called.
Good for you for taking on such a project! Fwiw, I have two videos on note naming if you want to patch up that little hole in your knowledge. It’s not to hard a thing to learn and helps a lot with reading and communication among musicians.
learnt a lot from the video you can also view a similar video i made and advice me oh how to make better music lessons. th-cam.com/video/ZaMc-LZYBsU/w-d-xo.html
You really explained this very well. I had to listen to it multiple times to grasp it all, but I finally got it. Thank goodness TH-cam has a setting to slow down the video, that helped immensely. But I've been trying to get this triad thing down for a few weeks - using several apps; video games and I'm in a class. I just wasn't able to lock it in. But just like when you have to tap a jar lid multiple times, and have different people to try and open it - you have the magic touch! I'm very appreciative of this lesson. I've LIKED, SUBSCRIBED and I'll be back tomorrow for more.
Yeah, this pretty much just blew my mind. I would prefer that it was at about 75% of the speed which it was...but it just means I have to stop it and digest it a bit more than usual, but still....it's like an epiphany, and you're the first one to explain it in a way that I at least, could understand. It REALLY is a terrific explanation, and should be taught to young musicians, or young in their journey at least. I think I just developed exponentially in my understanding of cords and especially triads. Thank You. I'm your newest subscriber.
Thanks so much! Glad you found it helpful! I know they’re fast, but I personally like an overview so I can dig into the details when necessary. And everyone comes to this stuff with different levels of prior knowledge, so it’s impossible to nail the speed. Really, it’s just simple patterns that take not much effort to learn, but a lot of effort to apply to all the keys. And the second time you watch the video always makes more sense anyway!
Oh I agree...I've saved it and will refer to it often until I know it as well as you offered it. FYI, I just Googled What's a triad, and Voila`. Joining as we type. @@BradHarrison
What a fun, easy to learn but thorought masterclass. Thanks Brad for your help, I'm a self-taught guitarist and these videos will help me go through the basics, along with Rick Beato's help! Suscribed and I hope you get many more suscribers for the great job you're doing. Big hug.
Thank you so much this was so helpful , 2 hours ago I had no understanding of triads and now I'm almost done with this schoolwork . Also the non-binary snowperson joke at the beginning probably was just a small thing to you but seeing my gender just casually accepted really helped me start to calm down from the stress of how unfamiliar this was . Now all I need is to understand open/close positions and I'll actually be done , thank you so much .
So glad you enjoyed! The nonbinary phrase was actually inspired by J Kenji Lopez Alt who likes to end his videos by mentioning all the guys, gals, and non-binary pals watching. Cheers!
Interesting. It took me years to realise that Western music is based on intervals of the chromatic scale. Scales are simply sequences of intervals that contain but do not define triads. A major triad is a major third followed by a minor third. Major third is 4 half steps minor third is three half steps a 7 is simply another minor third. A minor triad is a minor third followed by a major third. These shapes apply to any Root and do not depend on scales rather scales depend on them. All scales are a specific pattern of intervals be they pentatonic, blues, classical, diminished, 6 diminished and so on. Learn the pattern and you are home. I had often wondered why some excellent theory books such as Mark Levine's start with intervals. I finally cracked it by realising that one chord can appear all over the place. Then I read Rick Beato's book page one - confirmed. Could have saved my self a lot of confusion.
There are so many songs that follow the exactly same chords(because they’re awesome and work super well), don’t feel like you need to reinvent harmony for your first couple dozen songs. What you put on top of the chords is what really matters. Start by jamming it out on some tried and true progressions. Check out “axis of awesome four chord song” and “the pachelbel rant”. So many great songs on the same chords.
Informative, but ultimately overwhelming. I (sort of) play keyboards, but don’t read music- so although I got the theory ok the constant references to the sharps/flats on the stave was confusing. Brief cutaways to a keyboard were very welcome!
Please feel free to pause whenever you need to and inspect the visuals! Not everyone is at the same reading level, but the pause button is a power we can all enjoy. Good luck!
Absolutely great. But it is possible that in our country (in Europe) the brands differ, because in several cases I do not find the right notation in the music notation. :)
can you please do a video on the length of note? like how long a quarter note should be, or what is the time length of a beat, and also explain the different types of time signatures, like 6/8,
Thank you for this well-organised and animated information. Do you think of triads only as close positions ? I.e. would you refer to C G E (1 5 3) as a triad ? Or would you keep this term only for the three close positions of 3 notes chords (135, 351, 513) ?
Thank you so much for making and sharing the very helpful videos. Can we buy printed copies of the slides you use for your videos? Some TH-cam music instructors sell them through Patreon. Did not see any options for purchasing printed copies on your Patreon link.
This is a very good video, But I've got just one nitpick. The harmonic minor scale is used to create a leading tone in the V and vii° chords and their extensions. This video lays out triads out for every scale degree of the harmonic scale which includes an augmented triad on scale degree 3. ( III+ or Eb, G, B ). Not to say that this chord is forbidden, but it's incredibly niche and it doesn't really match the purpose that harmonic minor is used for. When that chord does appear in a minor key, it's likely to actually functionally be an inversion of V+ ( G, B, D# )
I don’t disagree, but this video is largely unconcerned with application and common practice. It’s just about structure and naming and where triads come from(usually, major and minor scales). That’s the chord that’s built on the third note of the harmonic minor scale. If I skipped that chord in the video or decided to go into all these details, it would have brought up a lot of questions and/or necessitated a lot of info that I would consider to be outside the scope of the lesson. And who’s to say III+ isn’t going to be the hot new chord of 2023 in the collaboration between Jacob Collier and Max Martin? ;-)
Is any one else approaching this info as a mathematical short division problem? I find I must first get the terminology and master the long division before I can take this road .🤯🤯but,I'm determined to return to this page,someday.
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I can’t believe you were able to pack all that in under 10 minutes. I’ve watched hundreds of music theory videos and this is top 3 for sure. I plan on watching it over and over until this is second nature. Thank you!
Excellent! Glad to hear it was helpful!
Agree this is so clear and concise. So much easier to follow than other TH-cam Lessons. I'll also be re-watching.
Thank you!
girl what are the other top 2
Thank you very much. I wont fail tests on triads anymore
this is high quality education
I agree! Great video. If you’d like to see another one that could be helpful, check this out: th-cam.com/video/xICSAIHGwvs/w-d-xo.html
Not really
@@evillosesintheend6678 care to elaborate?
medium quality but still better than school
besides using imaginary self proclaimed pronouns for snowmen
Thank you for sharing this video. I have watched only two of your videos and learned more about some of the more obscure musical concepts in a few minutes than studying on my own for years. I have asked many people about augmented and diminished chords, but none of them seemed to really know what this meant exactly. This is the biggest step forward in music for me since teaching myself how to read basic notation. It is like a key to open doors that have been locked for a long time. You have a way of making complicated concepts understandable to regular people. Thank you!
Well said, and I agree!
I agree completely....like I said above, it was an epiphany moment.
Thank you! As a self-taught pianist, this is really helpful.
Thank you
i agree im currently self teaching and it helps alot
I don't understand why your videos don't all have 1M likes. They are incredible! Thanks for taking the time to create them (and share).
Swear
Excellent explanation. it takes me a while to understand. Thanks from California.
I get to answer all questions in my Grade 5 Music theory exam just by watching all of your videos....on a last minute study(a week study or so). Thanks for the quick and clear explanation.
Honestly you taught me more than my professor. Thank you 😢❤❤
This technique really works. It's incredible really. I'll go back to super slow on a difficult piece of music and the next day I can play it so much faster. It's magic!
Where have you been all my life my love? Please keep up these lessons. I've been playing my whole life and composing last 5 and these are like a good reminder on how to! Just amazing.
Very grateful for your clarity (and humor!). Thank you.
Saving this...subscribing and starting from the major scale. Played music for 30 years lol. Spins me out every time how mathematical and pattern like it all seems.
Merci for this. I'm still beginning my musical journey and am new to key signatures and notation. So I'll be coming back to this one. BTW even though it was out of my pay grade, I still understood the concepts. Very well described.
I appreciate you, sir. Been watching several of your uploads. Excellent material and production, thereof. Thank you.
greatly explained! Now i could know how to smartly play and produce music
I passed my exam cuz of this channel
Thank you soo much🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤
Congratulations!!
I AM ENJOYING GOING BACK OVER ALL THE BASCS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. VERY VERY NICE JOB. IFEEL LIKE IM BACK IN SCHOOL AGAIN. IN OTHER WORDS TOUNG AGAIN. THX
Excellent! So glad you’re enjoying the videos!
Wish my choir teacher was this good at teaching 😮💨👌
Correction: the 'III' chord in the C minor Harmonic scale is *Eb aug* , not *E aug* (1:30, 7:23, 8:38)
Your videos are awesome, the quality is more than great. Can't wait to see the next one's, there is so much to see with pentatonic, blues scale, basics of improvisation, and so on. Keep what you're doing man you are a hero👍🏻
Thank u for the lessons in few min ...it is very helpful to understand!
This helped a lot. I learned piano during lockdown, took a break, and I got confused on inversions. I eventually could figure out what notes to press for those chords, but not what they are called.
Good for you for taking on such a project! Fwiw, I have two videos on note naming if you want to patch up that little hole in your knowledge. It’s not to hard a thing to learn and helps a lot with reading and communication among musicians.
learnt a lot from the video you can also view a similar video i made and advice me oh how to make better music lessons. th-cam.com/video/ZaMc-LZYBsU/w-d-xo.html
You really explained this very well. I had to listen to it multiple times to grasp it all, but I finally got it. Thank goodness TH-cam has a setting to slow down the video, that helped immensely. But I've been trying to get this triad thing down for a few weeks - using several apps; video games and I'm in a class. I just wasn't able to lock it in. But just like when you have to tap a jar lid multiple times, and have different people to try and open it - you have the magic touch! I'm very appreciative of this lesson. I've LIKED, SUBSCRIBED and I'll be back tomorrow for more.
A great way to learn or be taught. This is making a lot of sense.
Really?! No one? “Sus 4” with the among us sprite at 4:42 was just top tier pun-game!
Ten minutes to watch the video. A heck of a lot longer to learn it. Very good.
Underrated channel I found randomly. Very useful videos 👍
This channel is literally everything I have been looking for! You are an angel! Ily so much (but like, in a unparasocial way)
Welcome! Glad we found each other!
I really enjoy your sense of humor and learn a lot from your videos. Wish TH-cam was there when I was a teenager, back in seventies...
Yeah, this pretty much just blew my mind. I would prefer that it was at about 75% of the speed which it was...but it just means I have to stop it and digest it a bit more than usual, but still....it's like an epiphany, and you're the first one to explain it in a way that I at least, could understand. It REALLY is a terrific explanation, and should be taught to young musicians, or young in their journey at least. I think I just developed exponentially in my understanding of cords and especially triads. Thank You. I'm your newest subscriber.
Thanks so much! Glad you found it helpful! I know they’re fast, but I personally like an overview so I can dig into the details when necessary. And everyone comes to this stuff with different levels of prior knowledge, so it’s impossible to nail the speed. Really, it’s just simple patterns that take not much effort to learn, but a lot of effort to apply to all the keys. And the second time you watch the video always makes more sense anyway!
Oh I agree...I've saved it and will refer to it often until I know it as well as you offered it. FYI, I just Googled What's a triad, and Voila`. Joining as we type. @@BradHarrison
You can adjust the video speed to 75%, which is what I do. It sounds a little funny but I can keep up better.
great video. you explain hard concepts in a very easy way to understand
This has been most useful, thank you. You have just won a subscriber :)
What a fun, easy to learn but thorought masterclass. Thanks Brad for your help, I'm a self-taught guitarist and these videos will help me go through the basics, along with Rick Beato's help! Suscribed and I hope you get many more suscribers for the great job you're doing. Big hug.
"so you don't fail music class"
Why you gotta call me out at the beginning out the video 🤣
Call you out?! No! Come, come in. Join us. We’ve been waiting for you. ;-)
thank you now i wont fail the test i have
Thank you so much this was so helpful , 2 hours ago I had no understanding of triads and now I'm almost done with this schoolwork . Also the non-binary snowperson joke at the beginning probably was just a small thing to you but seeing my gender just casually accepted really helped me start to calm down from the stress of how unfamiliar this was . Now all I need is to understand open/close positions and I'll actually be done , thank you so much .
So glad you enjoyed! The nonbinary phrase was actually inspired by J Kenji Lopez Alt who likes to end his videos by mentioning all the guys, gals, and non-binary pals watching. Cheers!
I loved your channel
Thanks! great video.
This channel is waaaay underrated
he teaches more than my music teacher in two semesters
Love the interspersed humor. the content is great. Subscribed.
Interesting. It took me years to realise that Western music is based on intervals of the chromatic scale. Scales are simply sequences of intervals that contain but do not define triads.
A major triad is a major third followed by a minor third. Major third is 4 half steps minor third is three half steps a 7 is simply another minor third.
A minor triad is a minor third followed by a major third.
These shapes apply to any Root and do not depend on scales rather scales depend on them.
All scales are a specific pattern of intervals be they pentatonic, blues, classical, diminished, 6 diminished and so on.
Learn the pattern and you are home.
I had often wondered why some excellent theory books such as Mark Levine's start with intervals. I finally cracked it by realising that one chord can appear all over the place. Then I read Rick Beato's book page one - confirmed. Could have saved my self a lot of confusion.
Wow, thank you for sharing. Finally I understood everything
I took a whole year of music theory in HS 10 years ago and I learned more here in 10 minutes than that whole class
That’s equally tragic and amazing. Glad you found the video helpful!
Super High quality content, keep it up 👌
Thank you for this teaching, very helpful. 😊✍👍
good stuff brad! need to check out your other videos.. thanks
Glad you enjoyed! Please do! Lots of other similar content on the channel.
i love this video, very hip with today's generation humor yet very informative, thank you!
This video is brilliant. A load has become clear. Thank you so much
1:24 the diminished chords, THATS THE SOUND TRACK FROM CLASH OF CLANS!!!
4:42 top right corner, very nice :)
Best triad explanation so far! Thank you
I love your videos they're super helpful. Can you please do a video on realizing figured bass so I don't fail this unit in my theory class :'(
God this saved me just in time for an exam!
Excellent!
Honestly, this video takes me resume 10 times to almost understand, fewwwwww 😅
Awesome! Thank You!
Very Good - Thank You 😊🤗🤗🤗
This dude is next level
I came here looking for gangsters..
And I found music!
Thank a bunch... Sure would like to learn how to put chords together for songs.
There are so many songs that follow the exactly same chords(because they’re awesome and work super well), don’t feel like you need to reinvent harmony for your first couple dozen songs. What you put on top of the chords is what really matters. Start by jamming it out on some tried and true progressions. Check out “axis of awesome four chord song” and “the pachelbel rant”. So many great songs on the same chords.
Man that was really useful, you have a new subscriber!
I just found your channel, and wanted to write a thank you!
Very helpful, thank you
Great video, keep on ....
Awesome bro!
Excellent tutorial. Thank you!
ingenuously explain
Informative, but ultimately overwhelming. I (sort of) play keyboards, but don’t read music- so although I got the theory ok the constant references to the sharps/flats on the stave was confusing. Brief cutaways to a keyboard were very welcome!
Please feel free to pause whenever you need to and inspect the visuals! Not everyone is at the same reading level, but the pause button is a power we can all enjoy. Good luck!
Absolutely great. But it is possible that in our country (in Europe) the brands differ, because in several cases I do not find the right notation in the music notation. :)
the pun at the end made me laugh more then it should have
Thanks you so much. Could you teach modulations and variations
Wooooow ! I Love it! Thank You so much and yeah I’m subscribed yet!
New subscriber here. Hope u will continue to upload a video about music or reading notes
I’ve got one on note naming! Working on a “how to learn a piece of music” vid.
Another way of explaining triad variations...don't forget the snowman!
Best method.thank you
Superb A+
BEST MUSIC TEACHER OF THE WEST. SCRATCH THAT, THE WORLD 💖💖💖💖
thank you
Fabuloso!!👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Short, complete, just enough, easy to learn anf funny 😍🤘💫
You explain this so well !, do you have your own published text book on music theory? I would buy one for sure !, thanks
The shape is what counts
Thanks
Amazing video! Any chance you can make a video about 7th chords? Thanks
Yes! I’m planning to work on jazz theory and improvisation over the course of the year. Probably starting in the spring.
can you please do a video on the length of note? like how long a quarter note should be, or what is the time length of a beat, and also explain the different types of time signatures, like 6/8,
Rhythm and counting is definitely in my todo list!
Thank you for this well-organised and animated information.
Do you think of triads only as close positions ?
I.e. would you refer to C G E (1 5 3) as a triad ? Or would you keep this term only for the three close positions of 3 notes chords (135, 351, 513) ?
00:14 snow guy has a 2nd carrot a bit down in the body :v Anyways amazing video love it
This video is amazing, thank you
Thank you so much for making and sharing the very helpful videos. Can we buy printed copies of the slides you use for your videos? Some TH-cam music instructors sell them through Patreon. Did not see any options for purchasing printed copies on your Patreon link.
No, no plans for that at the moment. Maybe something to think about though. Glad you’re enjoying the videos though!
@@BradHarrison Thank you for your reply.
How many triads does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
It's impossible because they are soundwaves.
I've screwed in a lightbulb with exclusively sound waves before
Very interesting
Wow!!! This was so helpful! Curious, what application did you use to make this video?
Snowgal shape? You are so good at this!
Thanks!
Thanks ❤️
Amazingly explained
This dudes video must be interpreted as no puns intended but double entendre should be accepted in all interpretations.
This is a very good video, But I've got just one nitpick. The harmonic minor scale is used to create a leading tone in the V and vii° chords and their extensions. This video lays out triads out for every scale degree of the harmonic scale which includes an augmented triad on scale degree 3. ( III+ or Eb, G, B ). Not to say that this chord is forbidden, but it's incredibly niche and it doesn't really match the purpose that harmonic minor is used for. When that chord does appear in a minor key, it's likely to actually functionally be an inversion of V+ ( G, B, D# )
I don’t disagree, but this video is largely unconcerned with application and common practice. It’s just about structure and naming and where triads come from(usually, major and minor scales). That’s the chord that’s built on the third note of the harmonic minor scale. If I skipped that chord in the video or decided to go into all these details, it would have brought up a lot of questions and/or necessitated a lot of info that I would consider to be outside the scope of the lesson. And who’s to say III+ isn’t going to be the hot new chord of 2023 in the collaboration between Jacob Collier and Max Martin? ;-)
Is any one else approaching this info as a mathematical short division problem? I find I must first get the terminology and master the long division before I can take this road .🤯🤯but,I'm determined to return to this page,someday.
Start getting your major scales together. Everything flows from there. Good luck!