1 Chord Progression, 5 Levels of Complexity
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Today I'm taking the classic "Doo-wop changes" and running them through different levels of complexity, starting with just adding colour tones to the basic chords, and ending up with a super jazzy chord-packed progression.
And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Level 1
0:43 Level 2
2:00 Level 3
4:50 Level 4
6:40 Level 5
8:57 Level 6
10:45 Patreon
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I thinks one of the worst things about learning music is not not having the knowledge or understanding and finding it very confusing. You totally destroy that feeling by explaining it in such away that you teach it on a level that so easy to take in.
I come away feel more confident.
@@b00ts4ndc4tsyou should pay for lessons if youre serious about music, and appreciate everything that is free on youtube. He buys patreon accounts of black pianist lessons, and teaches the content he just learned himself to you. Its easy for him to teach this, because he paid a master to learn from.
Hi David, I have a humble request. Can you do a detailed tutorial for the Beatles song 'The long and winding road' ? Preferably the 'naked version'.
I really like how the bonus 6th level is a combination of 2-5-1s and color tones, therefore it itself is a 2-5-1.
"All You Need is Love(of music theory).
*chef’s kiss*
no
Wow. Impressive.
Bonus level 6 is level 2 and level 5 put together. So yes. 2-5-1 (with color tones). But since level 5 is 2-5-1 without color tones, level 6 is not exactly level 5 after all.
Okay, David Bennett is now the Prime Minister of explaining stuff.
YES!
Nah, let's be level headed. Prime Minister is exaggerating..... He is Pope John Paul II at explanininv😅
I don't have anything that can beat the pope but if I did that would be it😂
I'd vote for him
The "Anime Canon" chord progression
C - [Bm7b5 - E7] - Am - [Gm7 - C7] - [F - G] - [Em - Am] - Dm7 - [C/G - G7]
This tutorial gently caressed my brain curves. It went over a massive curriculum in 10 minutes and provided something that can be practised!
Great 😊
it also curves space time in the sense that it shortens the learning process
@@royhsieh4307 honestly I was going through some difficult times (what a surprise, a music person!) and this tutorial still reverberates with the pick me up effect from a few days ago. Growing stronger isn't impossible my fellow musicians. Especially when masters like David shine a light on our path!
wow, i'm a musician for a years now, and that is the best explanation i've ever seen. Thanks so much for level 5 and 6. They've helped me a lot in understanding.
Great 😊
just spamming 251s doesnt sound beautiful, but its good foundational stuff
Your video is very beginner-friendly, it's very practical and visual, simplified with no unnecessary vocabulary. Thank you!
Thank you!
That one was a light bulb moment for me. You explained the chord progressions I see when playing from sax charts. Thank you very much David.
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Yeah, I'm just learning this stuff and i look at the sheets for a song I can easily sing and... 2-4 chords per bar? Fdim? Oh, it's a passing chord, like literally a note passing between the other root notes.
This is the lesson on chord progressions I've been searching for. Unlocked everything with the simplicity of the explanation in a way no one has for me before. Thank you David!
Great!!
Funny thing about that "50's chord progression" that I noticed recently.
"Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers uses the famous "Axis chord progression" of Am F C G. However, the melody also fits perfectly the "50's chord progression" of C Am F G, and its quality changes completely, from a slightly moody song to a much more upbeat song. Just try it.
Most pop songs that are built around simple chord progressions like this can be substituted with another chord progression to recontextualize it, an example of a song doing this in song would be Bad Day by Daniel Powter (I-IV-ii-V, then vi-Imaj7-IV-I)
That’s the beauty of the diatonic system. Those chords are all sharing the same 7 notes pulled from the C Major scale
7:40 I love how you said "pull" there, it was honestly
preaty silly and cute . and thanks for the chords!
I was looking for this comment 😂
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and "level" too, right before
your feelings are irrational
Ha: “leveLL” and “puLL” -I noticed too!
Melody also dictates your tone colors, and the voiceleading/inversions that you use. I think that was best illustrated in example six, as the moving color-tones acted as a 'psuedo' melody to guide and add context.
Id love to see more on inversions, melody, and tonal gravity.
your feelings would be irrational
Would love to see this too 👍. This vid was legit.
What a valuable insight this is, for those of us who are stuck repeating the same old diatonic chords. Thank you, David.
3 is like This train don't stop there anymore
Extra jazz is beautiful. Want it as a full song.
David! Thanks to you, I am finally having deeper understanding of things I hear AND getting a vocabulary to describe them! I always wondered why the "color" of certain chord progressions tickled my moods. I'm starting to be able to put my finger on what is going on. Although I've had this info for a while, it never quite gelled. Keep on doing what you're doing. I am grateful.
Ditto! 👍
This video made me suddenly understand some of the rich harmonies that I've loved but didn't know how to achieve.
This video clears a lot of subjects I didn’t really had a grasp on. Now it makes perfect sense !! Thank you so much 🙏🏻
In Italy we call it "Giro di do", and it's the base of many 60's italian songs, and has also been used later. One example is "Il cielo in una stanza", from the early 60's, and the chorus of "Centro di Gravità Permanente", another incredibly famous italian song from 1981.
Amazing, great content 🎉❤
Very good video. It opens up a whole new level of understanding for the different chord degrees and how to connect and read them together. Really a very good video. 🙏
Thank you for stepping us through these progressions. I can't wait to apply it.
Brilliant useful lecture. Thank you very much. 👍
Thank you! This is so clear and accessible! ❤
David, IMO your videos are the best in terms of didactic quality and visuals. I can watch your videos without any instrument nearby and still can catch the information when get home. Recommended this video for my gf because she is beginning on piano and believe your videos will help. Greets from Brazil. 🇧🇷
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Fantastic! What an array of options, clearly explained in a short period of time. Hard to say my favorite. Thanks.
Love this this !! Most simplest way of understanding how spice or adding more color to the most chords you start of learning and you made so to follow and understand
Thank you, David! Been looking for a explanation that helped me in this kind of topics, clear as water and great video as always
I love this!! Your videos are always fascinating but this felt like it pulled back the curtain for me - a really approachable and demystifying explanation!
What a lesson in harmonization! I kind of understand now the difference in chord progressions that I played for years! Thank you very much!
I think the different harmonizations give distinct atmospheres that can be employed at will. They are not necessarily better but rather more appropriate to convey the intended feeling.
Thank you for this.
Such a beautiful video. Thank you
Brilliant, thank you!
I think this is one of the most enjoyable (and for me personally, useful) videos you've released lately. I think the most developed "level 6" sounds the most pleasing, but I can see mixing and matching the other levels, too... that is, combining the all the tricks so that we don't always use passing chords or 2-5-1 progressions each time we change chords.
Amazing brother! Saved this video and will refer back to it and share it for sure! Very well put together!
U are such a good teacher. Not overbearing with information, straight to the point yet still engaging 👍🏾
It's amazing how rich and emotional the last version sounds despite th fact you followed very simple rules
Thank you for so much needed simplicity!
This video (especially the 5th level) really helped me wrap my head around the relationships of some tricky chord progressions. Thanks man! This will help me a lot with the guitar and piano/keyboard (still learning piano/keyboard).
This is an excellent video! Nice explanations all the way through! Well done! Love the jazzy part at the end! 🔥🎹🎶👏🏼🙌🏼
Awesome video. Can't wait to check out part two. This was super helpful for adding more flavor to my songwriting tbh.
Would love to see more content like this, or involving chord changes in general. I have a decent understanding of basic chord functions (tonic, dominant, subdominant) but I would love to do a deeper dive on things like extended chords, or some of these more advanced techniques.
Anyhoo, great stuff as always, and thank you for all of your lessons over the years, David. You rock.
Thank you for dropping this gem
For those interested in further stages, Adam Neely has a nice sister video to this titled The 7 Levels of Jazz
Thanks for these very colourful progresions
love this, so helpful!
I’m literally only a couple minutes in but I already feel the need to thank you, your information has been really helpful already and I am trying to work on my compositional skills. I appreciate this so much, thank you.
Amazing video, the level 6 caught me by surprise thank you for that... Also, big congrats in advance for reaching 1 million subscribers! U deserve every single one of them and more! My regards
Thank you, David. Your videos are amazing, so informative and I learn so much, thanks. God bless you 💙
lvl 7: modal interchange/kush chords
Stunning tones and also I found very pleasant melodies that made pure joy to my ears....thank you
Excellent video, knowledge is precious in here!
Maestro! Bellissimo!
Thank you! I've been trying to absorb a bunch of music theory that I never learned back when I was taking piano lessons, and I think this video really helped fill in a specific hole in my knowledge about how songs are constructed!
Very accessible explanation. Excellent lesson.
Gosh, wonderful lesson. I learned level 5 about 20 years ago, and forgot it, and as soon as you un-blurred it, I instantly remembered an exercise I used to do where I would take a circle of fifths and Ii-V-I every change, then solo over the changes... brings back some awesome memories.
That last level was brilliant thank you so much!!
Perfect! I know it’s a bit cliché, but this is just what I’ve been waiting for. You explain everything so well that it comes together and makes sense.
Thanks David
Amazing ,thank's
That's just amazing. I like all the levels. Thank you master.
This just explained everything in my head when I mess around with chord progressions and why it sounds so good when I play them.
Gosh, I just love Jazz. Beautifully played David.
This was extremely useful. I definitely will be looking using this in my future arrangements.
Superb video. Very well explained.
Great tutorial, thanks!
This has done so much for me, thank you so much
Love it thank you
#4 is nostalgic and pleasing to my ears..it has a bit of a gospel or hymn like air..
It remembers me of the amazing digital circus theme
This is amazing man. Thank you.
Excellent lesson David, thank you. I need to practice levels 3 and 4.
Really helpful, thank you!
powerful lesson
Thank you for making it so easy to understand
Brilliant. Loved it Dave.
Thanks!
Great lesson❤❤❤
Wow! Thank you thank you!
This is a really good video - so much packed into it, that may be difficult to follow at first. But stick with it, to lay brilliant foundations for developing sophisticated progressions and improvisation. Many thanks David
I am impressed! Very clear instructions and direct to the pount❤
Thank you
Amazing 😻
This was just amazing thank you so much for this I'm really trying to get better at piano and I want to know what I should be doing to improve and this video helped me out a ton. Also your playing was great!
Fantastic!
EXCELLENT!!
THANK YOU!!
Glad you liked it!
Really need more videos like this to show progression process and the logic behind. Very helpful for beginners like me
Thanks this was really helpful!
Thanks....the best 👌
Awesome lesson, THANK YOU!
Thanks for the lesson 🙏
Brilliant!
loved it!
Just perfect demonstration how Pop music can be more rich , passionate David, THANKS A LOT! Beatles forever from France! Michael
amazing explication! thanks!
Great stuff! I like #5 & #6 best.
I've always wondered how jazz songs had so many chords that fit and now this video has opened my eyes to how they came up with all those passing chords. Now if I could only figure out how to play over them 😊
This is my favorite chord progression. It's perfect. Works perfectly in 4/4 and feels so good. "Be My Baby". I geek out on that song just like Brian Wilson did.
great video!
Really beautiful and extremely useful video. Thank you
This was beautifully explained. Thank you!
Thank you!
I love all that jazz!!
Ty ❤ u explained it so well and understandable
amazing man, this is the information I've been looking for years