One of the best - if not THE best - contribution on this topic. I was aware of a ii - V - I chord progression, but wasn‘t aware of its power and flexibility in combination with key changes! Very enlightening!
Muse's Knights of Cydonia changes key from E minor to C minor to Ab minor and then back to E minor using 2 5 1s in its first half, that's an example I enjoy a lot.
As a classically trained musician who always wanted to delve into jazz, I asked a friend of mine, a brilliant tenor sax player, what was at the core of jazz. He said, “Two - five -one.” Yup. 👍🏻
That and syncopation. You'll also need to know all possible substitutions for any given chord and how to apply them. If you're classically trained, you should already have a solid grasp of modulation. Aside from all that, like blues, it's about rhythm and feel, that last being the ineffable quality that makes music spark. If someone ain't got the feel, it's never going to sound like jazz. A great example is the segment in this video where David plays through all 12 key changes using only ii-V-I changes with a seemingly effortless walking boogie bass groove with his left hand which lends all the feel of what he's playing to his right hand. The bottom end is 'laying it down' as we say. Get yourself some good fake books of jazz standards (there is a ton of stuff online, but flipping through a book of songs is more than convenient and you'll discover and try things you otherwise might not.) and listen to a ton of recordings, both old and contemporary. Sincere best wishes, fellow music traveler. It's a journey that lasts a lifetime. I wish I had spent much more time and energy on it.
Ha! There ya have it! Of course the rhythmic feel has to be there too. The turn around is always necessary of course… If you play and “dissect” Coltrane’s Giant Steps you have most of the heavy work done. I’m a classically trained musician and when I was a early teenager trying to learn jazz and improvisation I had a hard time finding someone to teach it. We are very fortunate now having so many places on the internet that have good information about such things and aren’t left with the old “go figure it out yourself” that I experienced back in the early 70s. Of course the do it yourself method has its benefits but having someone actually teach it to you is always a lot less frustrating…
That jazzy improv you played was so delightful. It brought me back to Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and the types of piano he'd have on his children's show. GREAT JOB!
the significant difference between the two is their function. The only technical difference between a dominant and a major chord is that the dominant contains a b7. Cmaj7: C E G B, C7: C E G Bb. but in practice they serve different roles. in a lot of modern music the dominant chord is usually the 5 of a major key and it’s primary purpose is to resolve down to the 1 chord of that parent key, usually creating some form of tension in the process. The reason this works is because in the 5 chord of any key, it contains notes that sound like and do resolve perfectly downwards or upwards towards the notes in the 1 chord G7 - Cmaj 7 for example G B D F C E G B The G remains the perfect 5th of our 1 chord but the B wants to go up to the C and the F down to the E, with the D either resolving upwards or downwards. Dominant chords can have any number of numerous extensions or alterations but they typically serve the purpose of creating further voice leading, or notes that resolve better towards your target chord. The dominant chord can have a lot of other roles than just being the 5 of a key tho, and this video demonstrates some of that, but its purpose is usually to resolve to another chord whereas Maj7 chords are usually things you resolve to, because of the intervals present in Maj7 chords they sound more complete and final.
you could also say that the reason the Dominant 7 chord sounds tense is because of the tritone present between the 3rd and b7th of the chord G B D F B - F a tritone but explaining why a tritone sounds tense is more like a subjective thing and something to do with the harmonic series and cultural interpretations way too complicated for my pea brain
@@cmyk8782 You kinda said a lot without saying much. Everybody knows that dominant seventh chords are, well, dominant. It's the major seventh that’s less discussed.
@@cmyk8782 I appreciate your comments. As a long time hobbyist now trying to sharpen up and become a professional, I'm learning that there are many things that seem "obvious" to most real musicians that are totally foreign to me. I knew the technical difference, but this is the first I'm seeing about the practical difference. Thanks for taking the time to put it out there.
Whenever I hear this progression my brain instantly sings "sunday mornin' rain is falling..." Maroon 5 has a few colorful voicings in there but its a 2 5 1
The ur-251’s are “I Get A Kick Out Of You” and “I've Got You Under My Skin”, both by Cole Porter. And there's a topic for you, David: twin songs. Another pair I always think of together: “Tears Of A Clown/Tracks Of My Tears”.
Not trying to be a smart-ass here, but I think you could go out on a limb and say that almost every song by Cole Porter has at least one 251 cadence in it somewhere
Hello David! I felt like I should let you know that I really really appreciate all these videos that help people remember and feel different chord progressions, different intervals, etc. This is the very thing that I enjoy watching on TH-cam. This is my content. Keep it up!
Note that the similar "I ii V", used as a song's backbone (not a transitional device), is the corniest of all chord progressions. Only a master can use it without sounding lame. Mozart Sonata k.333 is an example of a master using it well, yet still sounding dangerously close to corny.
I think it's a nice touch to play a wandering jazz bass-line while you discuss musical concepts: (15:46). Might be something to incorporate on the regular. 😁
Could you do a video on what makes classical music more 'complex'? What aspects makes it considered so (I understand jazz uses more sophisticated chords) but it would be an interesting series. Is it the harmonic progressions or technical melodies? 😁
Repetition legitimizes. I’ve been following music theory on and off for the past 4, 5, 6 years now; minding that I should be practising while I’m listening. I can say, I’m understanding this a lot better than when I started out.
Another brilliant lesson. What makes it so great are the many examples making the subject matter accessible, understandable and enjoyable. Amazing pianist also. So talented.
I cannot believe how much learning I can get from David, I’m currently in the process of writing my own songs and when I’m out of ideas, boom, a video from David gives me a whole world of them. Thanks David!
It was great to hear you just play for a while uninterrupted! I would love to hear more of your original or improvised tunes at the end without the Patreon names being read over them.
3:17 I once heard in a MLP song (“Road to Friendship” in its namesake episode) the fifth chord there was used as a minor one, and it surprisingly to me really fit the vibe. I was amazed as a little composer myself! It goes to show that when it comes to music, nothing is carved in stone. I want to know if there are more examples of this particular idea.
Wow. Because of your comment I actually searched for that song and heard what you were talking about! I was so proud of myself for hearing it (cause I dont have much experience in chords) So... thanks for your comment and which led me to a huge confidence boost 😄
@@smcaqua1079 A brilliant touch isn’t it! MLP songs are arguably underrated. Right back at you! This certainly made my day. Congratulations! 👍 Keep up the good work!
Great video, as usual. I learned "The Christmas Song" for the holidays a couple of months ago, and it uses a beautiful two-five-one of Dm7/G -> G7b9 -> C. The ending modifies it a little to Dm7b5 -> G7b9 -> Cmaj7. Sounds awesome. Thanks, David!
This is quite brilliant David. I absolutely love these videos, and it shows, that the Beatles did actually understand music, and used a number of different cords. Amazing. Yes I love them too. I feel I have learned so much about music, it just goes to show how blessed we are, with all this brilliance.
For that improv I actually made a list of all the keys in an order so I could keep track of whether I had done all 12 yet. As for how I chose that order, moving by a minor third or tone is always great! And for some I just made a random jump 😃
@@DavidBennettPiano Thank you for this reply. I was trying to keep track if you were going around the circle of fourths or fifths, but obviously it was much more improvised than that. Some of these key changes had a very interesting transitional sound I really liked. This video was so informative. Huge thanks.
That casual talking while doing all that playing on the piano legitimately makes me jealous of how easy it is for you. I play guitar, I can't have a casual conversation as I play.
as usual, great lesson. I always learn and get so inspired by your lessons. I do want to note that you skipped Bb Major in your circle of ii V I. Only reason I noticed it is because I wrote them down to use as another practice cycle.
Thanks so much David!! Melodies can come to me fairly easily, but i'm always stuck for chord progressions. Your videos have really opened the door of creativity !!
David, wonderful!! Thank you. Your teaching has become so great! You have compressed or contained so much music theory, notation, modulation, understanding keys, harmonizing - all in a 17 minute video. I'm old, and wish I'd seen your materials - probably before you were born! Your variety of sample music performances, recordings, with the elegant visual of time-tracking the music performance with the written music score, and your explanatory narration is very much on target. If I just quiet my obsessively questioning mind - about written notation form ii V I, the annoyances of speaking the notation, compared to speaking the sheet music notes, all of which infuriates me by seeming to over-complicate learning/teaching music - I get it filled in by you. probably irritating explanatory rant section: (It takes my brain, just "out of it" to stop and try to mentally shift gears from playing a few chords on guitar I know, to just use the needed time to convey musical information, under variety of spoken/written "codes" or "languages" - let's use numbers to refer to chord structures - Roman Numerals in written form, but English numerals spoken, but one must understand that the Roman numerals will be lower case in this instance. . .OMG I know American Sign Language, some computer codes, and other spoken languages, and this disjointed Mess of Music Theory/Performance/Notation just SCREAMS to me for some more elegant unification. The typical animated graphic in many music recording videos, with the continuous flowing presence of colored -coded to notes in octaves- vertical bars (sustained notes) or dots (short/brief notes) displayed above a piano keyboard is a hopeful model for some coherent, comprehensible communication of music. The history compacted in the notations and name-labeling is wonderfu, fascinating for historic, sociological and historic purposes, but NOT to teach or even communicate in 1 person to 1 person conversation/tutorials - except perhaps with better, consistent, communication means. ) end rant. Masterful educators obviate so much pain, fear, intimidation, confusion, and delay or abandonment of continued music education. I think you could use this one video as a "calling card" or sample of the excellence of your current level of teaching and sharing music theory, performance, and appreciation of music. Great work, young man! Thanks again. 2-19-2022
I come for the theory but really enjoyed the playing, jazzy piano isn't normally my jam but expecting chords in the example and getting that was awesome :)
got a question here, so 2 5 1 is so popular for key changes and the tritone substitution is so often mentioned. By the same token, is " II bII7 I " also equally effective for changing keys?🧐
You are the most important notification bell I've hit on TH-cam. All i do is wait for your videos. If you were in a completely different field, you'd still be among that field's most insightful and helpful teachers.
Charles Cornell harmonized the celebrity "Imagine" video from a while ago. Basically every cut in that video went to a different key, and he made it sound natural with the techniques described here. Everybody should check it out: th-cam.com/video/SJw-JV2A1Bs/w-d-xo.html
Don’t know how often you hear or read this, but thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. You’re always insightful and you have a nice way of teaching. It’s appreciated that you take time to offer your skills to help us learn.
I really love your videos. I never see anything partial or half true. You are always approaching everything from the big picture and focusing in on a couple specific aspects. That makes you always able to explain WHY something works the way it does in a super accurate way. Very enjoyable.
Such great and amazing content on your channel. Love the chord progression examples explained along with the theory behind it. This is pro-level made available to everyone. Thank you!
Honorable mentions: The Great Gig In the Sky at around 0:18 mark you can hear the following chord progression Key of F: Gm7 (ii) - C9 (V) - Gm7 (ii) - C9 (V) - Fmaj7 (I) Key of Eb: Fmaj7 (II) Bbmaj7 (V) - Ebmaj7 (I)
Most impressive thing in this video: 15:42 David vamping away left-handed while seamlessly talking. Extremely minor nitpick: John Sebastian's band was the Lovin' Spoonful, not Loving Spoonful. You're welcome.
A good substitute dominant chord in a ii-V7-I is bII7. in a ii-bII7-I, the bII7 shares the exact tritone found in the V7, so the resolution to the major is quite smooth.
Good Video. I was wondering, if you can do a video that explains when listening to a piece a music you know it is from a certain composer. In other words, for example, what makes a piece of music "Mozart" or "Beatles".
I'm a guitar player - pretty much exclusively - and I love these chord progression videos. You explain the concepts clearly and the examples are ideal for getting them into the ears. This whole playlist is outstanding. Well done.
Awesome video! As soon as I saw the title and started to watch a viedo I almost immediately heard "Giant Steps" in my head, but still wasn't sure is this actually 2 5 1 progressions in different keys, until you confirmed it in the video.🧐
Actually, the 2-5-1 progression is the backbone of just about every pop tune of what has been referred to as the classic American songbook from the beginning of the 20th. century.
...not again the same... who know songs or exercises,with this progressions: ii-V-iii ii-V-vi IV-V-iii IV-V-vi ii-viio-iii ii-viio-vi IV-viio-iii IV-viio-vi
I noticed how a good number of pop songs simply loop a 2-5-1 chord progression throughout the whole song, and I always wondered why. This actually explains a lot, as well as why it's so common in jazz songs.
soooooo much better than charles cornell. 4 minutes into the video and hes showing us how to create chords out of the major scale like children. I just wanted to know the buzz about 2 - 5 - 1, not a re run of grade theory. I saw your video on the recommended side and knew your video would be better, and what do ya know, you start it RIGHT off with the 2 - 5 - 1. Kudos, one of the best music channels on youtube!
Let me know your favourite example of a 2 5 1 chord progression in a song!
Thanks
So great to have this knowledge 👏
Even when you think you know everything, David’s channel teaches you more…
I owe so much of what I know in composition to you David…
That’s amazing to hear, thank you 😊
Same. It’s opened up a whole new level of understanding music for me. Great channel all round.
One of the best - if not THE best - contribution on this topic. I was aware of a ii - V - I chord progression, but wasn‘t aware of its power and flexibility in combination with key changes! Very enlightening!
Your improvisations are remarkable. I keep enjoying them.
Absolution era Muse used alot of these but my favourite would probably be Endlessly's as its so satisfying in the context of the chorus.
Muse's Knights of Cydonia changes key from E minor to C minor to Ab minor and then back to E minor using 2 5 1s in its first half, that's an example I enjoy a lot.
Nice!!
What is that, at 11:48? Sounds like Ghibli music to me. Is it original? Sounds great :)
It's just a little thing I wrote to demonstrate. I'm glad you like it 😊
Really amazing how just a simple dominant chord can take you to another key on the fly.
Wow. I never knew that, but I hear it in the Beatles song.
On the mothhhha ficking flyyyy biiiirch
As a classically trained musician who always wanted to delve into jazz, I asked a friend of mine, a brilliant tenor sax player, what was at the core of jazz. He said, “Two - five -one.” Yup. 👍🏻
That and syncopation. You'll also need to know all possible substitutions for any given chord and how to apply them. If you're classically trained, you should already have a solid grasp of modulation. Aside from all that, like blues, it's about rhythm and feel, that last being the ineffable quality that makes music spark. If someone ain't got the feel, it's never going to sound like jazz.
A great example is the segment in this video where David plays through all 12 key changes using only ii-V-I changes with a seemingly effortless walking boogie bass groove with his left hand which lends all the feel of what he's playing to his right hand. The bottom end is 'laying it down' as we say.
Get yourself some good fake books of jazz standards (there is a ton of stuff online, but flipping through a book of songs is more than convenient and you'll discover and try things you otherwise might not.) and listen to a ton of recordings, both old and contemporary.
Sincere best wishes, fellow music traveler. It's a journey that lasts a lifetime. I wish I had spent much more time and energy on it.
@@alistersutherland3688 Great advice! Learning jazz truly is a lifelong endeavor.
Ha! There ya have it! Of course the rhythmic feel has to be there too. The turn around is always necessary of course…
If you play and “dissect” Coltrane’s Giant Steps you have most of the heavy work done. I’m a classically trained musician and when I was a early teenager trying to learn jazz and improvisation I had a hard time finding someone to teach it. We are very fortunate now having so many places on the internet that have good information about such things and aren’t left with the old “go figure it out yourself” that I experienced back in the early 70s. Of course the do it yourself method has its benefits but having someone actually teach it to you is always a lot less frustrating…
@@jeffjones1359 Thank you for the kind words, Jeff.
@@alistersutherland3688 With all due respect...where is syncopation not a necessary tool in music?
One of the BEST music theorist on TH-cam. I really enjoy your videos and as a songwriter learning
Thanks!
That jazzy improv you played was so delightful. It brought me back to Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and the types of piano he'd have on his children's show. GREAT JOB!
People who say The Beatles are overrated should watch these videos. So many of the videos feature them and help show their greatness
No one who says something that silly and contrarian will be swayed by logic and examples
@@FPSBuzz fair enough lol
I'd suspect people who say so are either tone deaf or have no hope of appreciating quality songwriting
I don't think the beatles are overrated but I'm pretty sure the beatles are in every of these videos just because David really like the beatles
@@Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r definitely lol
If you haven't already, could you do a video on dominant 7 chords vs major 7 chords?
Good idea!
the significant difference between the two is their function. The only technical difference between a dominant and a major chord is that the dominant contains a b7. Cmaj7: C E G B, C7: C E G Bb. but in practice they serve different roles.
in a lot of modern music the dominant chord is usually the 5 of a major key and it’s primary purpose is to resolve down to the 1 chord of that parent key, usually creating some form of tension in the process.
The reason this works is because in the 5 chord of any key, it contains notes that sound like and do resolve perfectly downwards or upwards towards the notes in the 1 chord
G7 - Cmaj 7 for example
G B D F
C E G B
The G remains the perfect 5th of our 1 chord but the B wants to go up to the C and the F down to the E, with the D either resolving upwards or downwards.
Dominant chords can have any number of numerous extensions or alterations but they typically serve the purpose of creating further voice leading, or notes that resolve better towards your target chord.
The dominant chord can have a lot of other roles than just being the 5 of a key tho, and this video demonstrates some of that, but its purpose is usually to resolve to another chord whereas Maj7 chords are usually things you resolve to,
because of the intervals present in Maj7 chords they sound more complete and final.
you could also say that the reason the Dominant 7 chord sounds tense is because of the tritone present between the 3rd and b7th of the chord
G B D F
B - F a tritone
but explaining why a tritone sounds tense is more like a subjective thing and something to do with the harmonic series and cultural interpretations way too complicated for my pea brain
@@cmyk8782 You kinda said a lot without saying much. Everybody knows that dominant seventh chords are, well, dominant. It's the major seventh that’s less discussed.
@@cmyk8782 I appreciate your comments. As a long time hobbyist now trying to sharpen up and become a professional, I'm learning that there are many things that seem "obvious" to most real musicians that are totally foreign to me. I knew the technical difference, but this is the first I'm seeing about the practical difference. Thanks for taking the time to put it out there.
Whenever I hear this progression my brain instantly sings "sunday mornin' rain is falling..." Maroon 5 has a few colorful voicings in there but its a 2 5 1
Same!
That’s exactly what I heard
Back when Maroon 5 made actual music… Songs about Jane was a great album
@@josrodsedre5142 agree 100%
same
As a music student, I adore and appreciate your videos so much. Thank you! :)
Thank you!
The ur-251’s are “I Get A Kick Out Of You” and “I've Got You Under My Skin”, both by Cole Porter. And there's a topic for you, David: twin songs. Another pair I always think of together: “Tears Of A Clown/Tracks Of My Tears”.
Cool idea, what’s the link between the Smokey songs, and maybe some more examples?
Not trying to be a smart-ass here, but I think you could go out on a limb and say that almost every song by Cole Porter has at least one 251 cadence in it somewhere
@@MrGiuanin I think he’s just saying the innovator of the 2-5-1 was Cole porter
@@kieranl5249 yep, he is😬😬😬
aand how high the moon...fly me to the moon...etc..etc...so many standars jazz use that...
I've learned so much about music from you! Thanks for making my research easier :)
Great! 😀😀😀
Thank you so much for that one.
One of my preferred in your channel.
And of course your improv at the end is just ... Jazz !
Thanks!!!
so true the improv is amazing, i never knew 2-5-1 was that practical
Never been this early, what's good
OK THERE NIKKI! YOU GOT THE NAILS TO GO WITH IT?
Sgooooodie
Me too
Hello David! I felt like I should let you know that I really really appreciate all these videos that help people remember and feel different chord progressions, different intervals, etc. This is the very thing that I enjoy watching on TH-cam. This is my content. Keep it up!
Glad you like them! Thanks 😊😊😊
In "New York State of Mind" by Billy Joel, the bridge is made up entirely of 2-5-1's in different keys, similar to the piece at the end of the video.
Note that the similar "I ii V", used as a song's backbone (not a transitional device), is the corniest of all chord progressions. Only a master can use it without sounding lame. Mozart Sonata k.333 is an example of a master using it well, yet still sounding dangerously close to corny.
Townes Van Zandt's use of it in Two Girls doesn't sound too terribly corny.
After this video i'm 100% sure that radiohead never used this progression.
I think it's a nice touch to play a wandering jazz bass-line while you discuss musical concepts: (15:46). Might be something to incorporate on the regular. 😁
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Virtually all key changes in your final improvisations are so smooth that my semi tone-deaf ears barely register that a key change has occured. Cool!
Yet another interesting and informative video.
Always learning something here.
Great content.
Best wishes.🎸💪👍
Thanks!!!
jazz
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@@DavidBennettPiano jazz
also every single song in your "circle of fifths" video as technically it's a bunch of stacked overlapping 2 5 1s
Could you do a video on what makes classical music more 'complex'? What aspects makes it considered so (I understand jazz uses more sophisticated chords) but it would be an interesting series. Is it the harmonic progressions or technical melodies? 😁
Repetition legitimizes.
I’ve been following music theory on and off for the past 4, 5, 6 years now; minding that I should be practising while I’m listening.
I can say, I’m understanding this a lot better than when I started out.
Another brilliant lesson. What makes it so great are the many examples making the subject matter accessible, understandable and enjoyable. Amazing pianist also.
So talented.
I cannot believe how much learning I can get from David, I’m currently in the process of writing my own songs and when I’m out of ideas, boom, a video from David gives me a whole world of them. Thanks David!
I love everyone of your videos! Would it be possible to have some alt-j, tool and some more king gizzard analysis? :)
holy smokes! just last week i was searching to see if you did a video on 2,5,1. the universe works in mysterious ways
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It was great to hear you just play for a while uninterrupted! I would love to hear more of your original or improvised tunes at the end without the Patreon names being read over them.
Try his second channel
3:17 I once heard in a MLP song (“Road to Friendship” in its namesake episode) the fifth chord there was used as a minor one, and it surprisingly to me really fit the vibe. I was amazed as a little composer myself! It goes to show that when it comes to music, nothing is carved in stone.
I want to know if there are more examples of this particular idea.
Wow. Because of your comment I actually searched for that song and heard what you were talking about!
I was so proud of myself for hearing it (cause I dont have much experience in chords)
So... thanks for your comment and which led me to a huge confidence boost 😄
@@smcaqua1079 A brilliant touch isn’t it! MLP songs are arguably underrated.
Right back at you! This certainly made my day. Congratulations! 👍
Keep up the good work!
brilliant lesson and great playing. I really learned a lot from this thanks
Thank you!
Great video, as usual. I learned "The Christmas Song" for the holidays a couple of months ago, and it uses a beautiful two-five-one of Dm7/G -> G7b9 -> C. The ending modifies it a little to Dm7b5 -> G7b9 -> Cmaj7. Sounds awesome. Thanks, David!
Great example of a ii IV I
@@landondavismusic Thanks!
Excellent, David, thank you.
Thanks Peter!
This is quite brilliant David. I absolutely love these videos, and it shows, that the Beatles did actually understand music, and used a number of different cords. Amazing. Yes I love them too. I feel I have learned so much about music, it just goes to show how blessed we are, with all this brilliance.
This is great, David. Thank you. Are there alternatives to using the 2,5,1 device, for modulation?
There are more ways to modulate than grains of sand in the Sahara I reckon! But the 2 5 1 is a solid, fool-proof method to modulate 😊
Improv at the end was incredible! How were you deciding which key to modulate to using 2, 5, 1 next?
For that improv I actually made a list of all the keys in an order so I could keep track of whether I had done all 12 yet. As for how I chose that order, moving by a minor third or tone is always great! And for some I just made a random jump 😃
@@DavidBennettPiano Thank you for this reply. I was trying to keep track if you were going around the circle of fourths or fifths, but obviously it was much more improvised than that. Some of these key changes had a very interesting transitional sound I really liked. This video was so informative. Huge thanks.
Great video! Excellent explanation. Japanese Music also love Two Five One progressions and circle of fifths harmony.
Since buying the Real Book, I've realised almost every jazz song is basically a blues or a 2-5-1 with a bunch of dominant 7ths, maj7ths and flat 9ths.
Yeah, basically!
@@DavidBennettPiano it really demystified a lot of jazz for me, to be honest. It no longer feels so complex
Those Beatles guys were pretty good at music
Ayyyyy, you did my idea! I feel so proud. I hope you'll make more of these!
You would definitely have plenty of well-known examples if you do one about I V vi IV or I vi IV V
This is amazingly well done! Going through all 12 keys at the end was truly incredible. Thank you!
great video as always 👍👍🙏🙏 please make a video on minor scale harmonic functions .🙏 keep creating great content .love from India❤️
That casual talking while doing all that playing on the piano legitimately makes me jealous of how easy it is for you. I play guitar, I can't have a casual conversation as I play.
Such a helpful tutorial, thank you! My music theory has come on leaps and bounds since I subscribed!
This should be as long as that one Victorious video that keeps showing up in my recommended videos
as usual, great lesson. I always learn and get so inspired by your lessons. I do want to note that you skipped Bb Major in your circle of ii V I. Only reason I noticed it is because I wrote them down to use as another practice cycle.
Today you opened new horizons for me with that il V I. So once again, thank you
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why has no one ever demonstrated this so clearly before??
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Thanks so much David!! Melodies can come to me fairly easily, but i'm always stuck for chord progressions. Your videos have really opened the door of creativity !!
Nice!! 😊😊
Write the bass line as a melody, then make the chords work with that.
@@JiveDadson That is a very good idea! I did that once before when i created a bass line before the melody or lyrics.
I've watched a lot of 251 videos and i must say it is the best by far to understand it, much better than some that specialized in jazz actually
Wow David that was terrific playing on your part. I also greatly enjoyed your explanation of this sequence. Bravo 👏
7:50 so _that's_ why it's called Giant Steps
Spot on…. Learned some things about cadences and some chord placements watching this…. Theres a hint more beneath this defining lesson..!
Thx David!
Cheers! 😊😊
Incredible. It’s all just magic to me until you break it down in videos like this. Thank you.
Yet another brilliant video David.
I look forward to your posts as they are truly informative, educational and enjoyable 👍
Thanks! 🙂🙂
Your improvisation at the end of the video was the best part. You showed that it is possible to move around seamlessly using ii V I. Thanks
David, wonderful!! Thank you. Your teaching has become so great! You have compressed or contained so much music theory, notation, modulation, understanding keys, harmonizing - all in a 17 minute video. I'm old, and wish I'd seen your materials - probably before you were born! Your variety of sample music performances, recordings, with the elegant visual of time-tracking the music performance with the written music score, and your explanatory narration is very much on target. If I just quiet my obsessively questioning mind - about written notation form ii V I, the annoyances of speaking the notation, compared to speaking the sheet music notes, all of which infuriates me by seeming to over-complicate learning/teaching music - I get it filled in by you.
probably irritating explanatory rant section:
(It takes my brain, just "out of it" to stop and try to mentally shift gears from playing a few chords on guitar I know, to just use the needed time to convey musical information, under variety of spoken/written "codes" or "languages" - let's use numbers to refer to chord structures - Roman Numerals in written form, but English numerals spoken, but one must understand that the Roman numerals will be lower case in this instance. . .OMG I know American Sign Language, some computer codes, and other spoken languages, and this disjointed Mess of Music Theory/Performance/Notation just SCREAMS to me for some more elegant unification. The typical animated graphic in many music recording videos, with the continuous flowing presence of colored -coded to notes in octaves- vertical bars (sustained notes) or dots (short/brief notes) displayed above a piano keyboard is a hopeful model for some coherent, comprehensible communication of music. The history compacted in the notations and name-labeling is wonderfu, fascinating for historic, sociological and historic purposes, but NOT to teach or even communicate in 1 person to 1 person conversation/tutorials - except perhaps with better, consistent, communication means. ) end rant.
Masterful educators obviate so much pain, fear, intimidation, confusion, and delay or abandonment of continued music education. I think you could use this one video as a "calling card" or sample of the excellence of your current level of teaching and sharing music theory, performance, and appreciation of music. Great work, young man! Thanks again. 2-19-2022
I agree...it's his genius in the selection of examples too
Love your videos! Would you consider making a long course? I would buy it.
Thank you! I am actually planning a course which will come out later this year 😊
Wow, so interesting. David, would you consider a detailed analysis of "A Day In The Life"? (As you did with the "Walrus"?)
I'd love him to do that too!
I come for the theory but really enjoyed the playing, jazzy piano isn't normally my jam but expecting chords in the example and getting that was awesome :)
As a drummer learning theory for guitar this is so great to truly rap my head around it
Your performance in this video its a 🔥🔥🔥🔥...omg
*adds like 2/3s of all the Beatles music to the video*
Really interesting stuff. I play guitar rather than piano, but most of your videos are equally useful regardless of instrument. Thanks.
Thanks!
got a question here,
so 2 5 1 is so popular for key changes and the tritone substitution is so often mentioned. By the same token, is " II bII7 I " also equally effective for changing keys?🧐
Tritone sub is also a great way to change key too! Perhaps not as clean cut and fool-proof as a ii V I though 😊
I thought this video is 17 hours when i saw the title
David you are a legend for posting such valuable information on TH-cam.
Thanks Edd!
Ladies and gentlemen, Babysteps
You are the most important notification bell I've hit on TH-cam.
All i do is wait for your videos. If you were in a completely different field, you'd still be among that field's most insightful and helpful teachers.
Charles Cornell harmonized the celebrity "Imagine" video from a while ago. Basically every cut in that video went to a different key, and he made it sound natural with the techniques described here. Everybody should check it out:
th-cam.com/video/SJw-JV2A1Bs/w-d-xo.html
Great example!
Don’t know how often you hear or read this, but thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. You’re always insightful and you have a nice way of teaching. It’s appreciated that you take time to offer your skills to help us learn.
Thank you! 😊😊😊😊
I really love your videos. I never see anything partial or half true. You are always approaching everything from the big picture and focusing in on a couple specific aspects. That makes you always able to explain WHY something works the way it does in a super accurate way. Very enjoyable.
Thank you! That means a lot!
Amazing! You just made me interrested of the ii-V-I progressions!
Such great and amazing content on your channel. Love the chord progression examples explained along with the theory behind it. This is pro-level made available to everyone. Thank you!
Honorable mentions: The Great Gig In the Sky
at around 0:18 mark you can hear the following chord progression
Key of F: Gm7 (ii) - C9 (V) - Gm7 (ii) - C9 (V) - Fmaj7 (I)
Key of Eb: Fmaj7 (II) Bbmaj7 (V) - Ebmaj7 (I)
Most impressive thing in this video: 15:42 David vamping away left-handed while seamlessly talking.
Extremely minor nitpick: John Sebastian's band was the Lovin' Spoonful, not Loving Spoonful. You're welcome.
That's a diminished nitpick isn't it, afterall you dropped the G😉
@@richardrichard5409 Ha!
This lesson is unbelievably well done and absolutely fascinating. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
A good substitute dominant chord in a ii-V7-I is bII7. in a ii-bII7-I, the bII7 shares the exact tritone found in the V7, so the resolution to the major is quite smooth.
the improvisation at the end of the video was beautiful
Outstanding video. You’re a great teacher.
Thank you!
This is a brilliant video. Really like your style of teaching. Clear and well paced. Keep up the great work 👍
Thank you!
Just want to say how great your little cover versions are in all your vids.
poggers a new video!
Love Your Videos David ❤!!!!
Cheers Doug!
So glad I found this channel, love your videos
Thank you 😊
This was fabulous!! I've always wondered what to do with that progression. Thank you.
Good Video. I was wondering, if you can do a video that explains when listening to a piece a music you know it is from a certain composer. In other words, for example, what makes a piece of music "Mozart" or "Beatles".
I'm a guitar player - pretty much exclusively - and I love these chord progression videos. You explain the concepts clearly and the examples are ideal for getting them into the ears. This whole playlist is outstanding. Well done.
Nice video. Comfort food to a jazz guy!
Did I hear “the lick” in your twelve-key improvisation?
Awesome video! As soon as I saw the title and started to watch a viedo I almost immediately heard "Giant Steps" in my head, but still wasn't sure is this actually 2 5 1 progressions in different keys, until you confirmed it in the video.🧐
Actually, the 2-5-1 progression is the backbone of just about every pop tune of what has been referred to as the classic American songbook from the beginning of the 20th. century.
...not again the same...
who know songs or exercises,with this progressions:
ii-V-iii
ii-V-vi
IV-V-iii
IV-V-vi
ii-viio-iii
ii-viio-vi
IV-viio-iii
IV-viio-vi
I noticed how a good number of pop songs simply loop a 2-5-1 chord progression throughout the whole song, and I always wondered why. This actually explains a lot, as well as why it's so common in jazz songs.
soooooo much better than charles cornell. 4 minutes into the video and hes showing us how to create chords out of the major scale like children. I just wanted to know the buzz about 2 - 5 - 1, not a re run of grade theory. I saw your video on the recommended side and knew your video would be better, and what do ya know, you start it RIGHT off with the 2 - 5 - 1. Kudos, one of the best music channels on youtube!