How Chords Work - Music Theory Crash Course

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  • How to identify and describe the different kinds of triads in music theory by looking at the root, third, and fifth of the chord. We also talk briefly about chord inversions.
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  • @SeaFeezle
    @SeaFeezle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    This video helped me so much! I'm a visual learner, so the movement of the inversions was a breakthrough for me. Thank you!

    • @Oddquartet
      @Oddquartet  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm so glad it helped. Thanks for watching!

  • @aqua3418
    @aqua3418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    4 minute video explained in 4 minutes what 300 pages of a book failed to get to the point of.

    • @beowulf2772
      @beowulf2772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I feel like textbook authors forget that newbies will read their book. Their assume you know what their talking about or that you will consume all 600 pages of this book in a year.

    • @aqua3418
      @aqua3418 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beowulf2772 Indeed. That makes it really hard to find material that actually explains things from the ground up

  • @emixu177
    @emixu177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    This 4-minute-and-14-second video taught me more than a PhD theory teacher taught me in 6 months! Thanks so, so much!
    Can you do a video about suspended triads? Thanks!!

    • @Oddquartet
      @Oddquartet  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Suspended triads are fun. I will add them to the upcoming videos. Thanks!

    • @emixu177
      @emixu177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yay! Thank you!!

    • @hongmeige1218
      @hongmeige1218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here XD

    • @christopherjwillsmusic
      @christopherjwillsmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a wonderful video! Linked here is another that you might find useful: th-cam.com/video/xICSAIHGwvs/w-d-xo.html

  • @criseastman6503
    @criseastman6503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you so much. I have been struggling with my music theory class and my final is next week. Your explanation made sense and thanks to you I may be able to pass my final! You're a lifesaver!

  • @lovevivaldi
    @lovevivaldi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can read a music book trying to teach me theory but it's very confusing. This video IS GREAT! You just get to the point....no wordy mess. Thank you again!

  • @anishka4712
    @anishka4712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the best explanantions in such a short time!! Thank you so much!

  • @wepranaga
    @wepranaga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    this makes so much sense. thank you

  • @sanguine_rabbit
    @sanguine_rabbit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    you explained it better than my theory prof, who has been explaining it this entire semester. ty so much hopefully i don't fail my exam now

  • @SLOWFLOW
    @SLOWFLOW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thanks a million man. You made it so easy to understand

  • @donlessnau3983
    @donlessnau3983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you very much. A quick but clear & concise explanation without all the silly bullshit and bad info on so many other sites. Well done. Thanks.

  • @ndrid8745
    @ndrid8745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would recommend playing the cord as you list them for audible recognition. Would be very helpful.

  • @shamsamokhber8973
    @shamsamokhber8973 ปีที่แล้ว

    omg this videos was the best way to understand the triads. thank you man!

  • @jasonwu5947
    @jasonwu5947 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This explained what a 315 page text book failed to do but instead of 1000 hours its in 4:14. Thanks so much!!

  • @eraserhead324
    @eraserhead324 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you to the patreons too because these videos are super useful

  • @donsanders9863
    @donsanders9863 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent explanation, and I love the nod to Groot…”I am root”

  • @shantysailor8595
    @shantysailor8595 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just brilliant,such a simple explanation. Many thanks

  • @boomerdell
    @boomerdell ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely LOVE these lessons! Thank you.🙏🏽

  • @BigBurgerBoy557
    @BigBurgerBoy557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think this video should also cover how they are written.

  • @Kevin-jb2pv
    @Kevin-jb2pv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is super useful and informative, but I do wish you would have played the chords as you went through them.

  • @TheMilitantHorse
    @TheMilitantHorse 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's good I can now identify thirds, but how are they used in music? Could you give an example? Great video, as always.

    • @Oddquartet
      @Oddquartet  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's a good question. Thirds are mainly used to establish the tonality of a piece of music. Major thirds are used when the piece of music is in a major key. Major keys sound happy / excited / playful. And minor thirds are used when the piece is in a minor key. Minor keys sound sad / lonely / frightful. So, the type of thirds used in a piece of music has a very big impact on how the music is going to sound to the audience.

    • @literatureclassforlanguage9750
      @literatureclassforlanguage9750 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      of course

  • @shambhaviyamgar6811
    @shambhaviyamgar6811 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    thanks for the video! keep up the good work!

  • @tracksuitgohan3322
    @tracksuitgohan3322 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Using this video in my sophomore band class to teach them triads!

  • @marybrown2439
    @marybrown2439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I now understand how triads, work, thanx

  • @threeeyedtribe
    @threeeyedtribe 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so so much for this!!

  • @anurag4813
    @anurag4813 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay, so, really short and to the point video, loved it. But didn't really understand how to identify triads starting from a given root note. Are the third and fifth note decided on the basis of the key? Like, in C major, there are all white notes, so if the root note is C, the third and fifth would be the third and fifth note starting from C (first) all inside the notes of the C major key?

  • @m.rcomplexartworks9753
    @m.rcomplexartworks9753 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please make a video of inversions, because that's my only problem when it comes to identifying chords.

  • @roisinbohan8561
    @roisinbohan8561 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, thank you!

  • @literatureclassforlanguage9750
    @literatureclassforlanguage9750 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    please give a video of primary triads. this video help me to my term test THANK YOU

  • @jaimegardea6037
    @jaimegardea6037 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved it!!

  • @lovevivaldi
    @lovevivaldi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much!

  • @g3nius
    @g3nius 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great explanation

  • @Samson2030
    @Samson2030 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant explanation, thank you

  • @nelsonthekinger
    @nelsonthekinger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    phenomenal!

  • @konekoray9323
    @konekoray9323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What happens if you keep the third a Major, but diminish the fifth? Is that even a thing? I mean, I am sure it is possible, but maybe it would just...sound really bad, so it is just not used.

  • @doublethebenjamin8185
    @doublethebenjamin8185 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm still trying to understand why moving the root note around would make it sound different? Isn't it still the same 3 notes played at the same time? What's the point in moving any of the steps?

  • @thomasschneider1785
    @thomasschneider1785 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you explain how to find the key in which the song is in. I don’t mean your in D because you have two sharps I mean what cord you could play by itself through the hole song Thanks Tom

  • @musicplaylists64
    @musicplaylists64 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a question. So if we take the triad FAC Our 1st inversion is ACF and our 2nd inversion is CFA. When one looks at the root position it is obviously a triad because it is made up of two 3rds. FgAbC
    But there is a problem with both of these inversions, comma they are not made up of two 3rds ( correct me if I am wrong )
    1st inversion: AbCdeF. C -> F is a 4th, not a 3rd.
    2nd inversion: CdeFgA. again C-> F is a 4th.
    So are these still inversions since the are technically not triads?
    I am realizing maybe it is not a triad anymore since its values are inverted. So it is just a 1st inversion but is not a triad? Makes sense.

    • @fox-school-of-music
      @fox-school-of-music ปีที่แล้ว

      No. It is still a triad. Instead of a 3rd and a 5th above the lowest note, in a 1st inversion triad you have a 3rd and a 6th above the lowest note. In a 2nd inversion triad you have a 4th and a 6th above the lowest note.

    • @musicplaylists64
      @musicplaylists64 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fox-school-of-music Thanks, much appreciation! Luckily I realized this soon after commenting this :) Learning about Figured Bass made it click a lot more.

  • @godschosen4312
    @godschosen4312 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou so much

  • @45marina1
    @45marina1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a question, if each spaces are 3 why when you separated them are 5th?

  • @molu3806
    @molu3806 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    YOU ARE AMAZING

  • @cantonesepoems8200
    @cantonesepoems8200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yay piano time!

  • @jaimemierke8407
    @jaimemierke8407 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really helped man, thanks.👏👌

  • @CreepyCrawlerSupr3m3
    @CreepyCrawlerSupr3m3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    bless your heart

  • @LostElsen
    @LostElsen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The only thing i have learned so far is that every slightest inconsequential thing in music theory has it's own name

    • @janet2a
      @janet2a 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! Love that!!!

  • @Oberatous-Udurabas
    @Oberatous-Udurabas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you lower the root and raise the third at the same time

  • @jorgeparr3002
    @jorgeparr3002 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome 👏 thanks 🙏

  • @noahtremblett5827
    @noahtremblett5827 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This helped me sooo much for my theory test tomorrow this was great

  • @viiviwagner3240
    @viiviwagner3240 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much, this video really helps me ❤😊

  • @NewLearningProject
    @NewLearningProject 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely done!

  • @magicknight13
    @magicknight13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh thank God I understand now... thank you!!!!!

  • @p07a
    @p07a 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video! Thank you!

  • @daypruitt5073
    @daypruitt5073 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What if the triads are arpeggiated? That's what is really tripping me up... I've tried tutoring and asking my professor, but nothing is clicking.

    • @Oddquartet
      @Oddquartet  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great question. If the triads are arpeggiated, stack the individual notes up in thirds - just like if they were being played all at the same time. Then, it's easy to tell if your triad is in root position, first inversion, or second inversion. Hope this helps!

  • @sidewalkchock
    @sidewalkchock ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank u

  • @ryanzhang8905
    @ryanzhang8905 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you you help a lot

  • @artlife2656
    @artlife2656 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first inversion and the second inversion aren't a triads??? Cause we don't have three notes on spaces or lines but we have 2 on spaces and 1 on line
    Please reply ❤ and sorry for my bad English

  • @AvenRacca2008
    @AvenRacca2008 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:42

  • @katiemarshall8392
    @katiemarshall8392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What is a third inversion triad?

    • @Oddquartet
      @Oddquartet  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great question! Normally you only see a third inversion in a chord that has more than three notes, like a seventh chord. If we take a C major 7th chord CEGB, the third inversion is BCEG. If you took the third inversion of a three note chord, you would get the original chord again.

  • @denj4460
    @denj4460 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super duper thanks!!!!!!!!

  • @sonalrulz8698
    @sonalrulz8698 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks man❤️❤️❤️

  • @meninohulk4289
    @meninohulk4289 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    But isn't being the lowest note in a tried what defines the root being the root? At 2:02 you say composers can change that by making another note the lowest of the triad and moving the root up, but wouldn't that just make the new lowest note be called the root instead?

    • @kristianze3755
      @kristianze3755 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The intervals are what makes up a triad a major triad is always a root note, major third, perfect 5th and if you were to take that root note up an octave, the major third would look like a root note but it wouldn't be able to play its role because from a major third to a perfect fifth you have a minor 3rd and from it a perfect 4th to the real root note
      You still have the same triad but in a different version

  • @phantomgamerx7894
    @phantomgamerx7894 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it

  • @elkiweee8602
    @elkiweee8602 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have a test on this but my teacher is telling us about the white key method and I get confuse 😭

    • @Oddquartet
      @Oddquartet  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never learned the white key method. Anyone else know the white key method that can help out Kiwi?

    • @laurenj432
      @laurenj432 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any updates?

    • @elkiweee8602
      @elkiweee8602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well I didn’t fully get the white key method however this video and other videos help me pass the ap test!!! (:

    • @laurenj432
      @laurenj432 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      El Kiweee That’s great!!!🥳🥰

  • @guylaurent8138
    @guylaurent8138 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I learn something great lesson....

  • @timedriverable
    @timedriverable 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    On the Bflat dim triad, why is there a F flat.As a newbie I thought their is no sharps or flats between e and f as well as b and c. This F should be a natural. Its always confusing to me and really throws me off. I see this from time to time in other music.

    • @Oddquartet
      @Oddquartet  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great question! Yes, you can have a F flat and a C flat. You can also have a B sharp and an E sharp. The sharp or flat sign only means to play the next adjacent note up or down on the keyboard, not to play a specific note on the keyboard. For the Bflat dim triad, the f flat was necessary because in western classical music triads are built in thirds. If I had used an e natural it would not have been a distance of a third from d to e, but instead a second. I hope this helps!

  • @senorpiggy3454
    @senorpiggy3454 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m doing this triad practice thing for school and there are chords without flats and it says they’re not major. I don’t get that

    • @carsong.5509
      @carsong.5509 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      if the middle is one lower it is minor, but if the top and middle are lower they are diminished

  • @ericktorresrodriguez
    @ericktorresrodriguez 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fifth
    Third
    Root

  • @danielcerda5967
    @danielcerda5967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m still don’t get it completely but I’ve got a better idea of triads, very good video, thanks

  • @ItsChelseaRodriguez.
    @ItsChelseaRodriguez. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saving me

  • @Rhythmic0
    @Rhythmic0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    im getting it yet im not, im confused about the intervals lol

  • @BoomBang101
    @BoomBang101 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:52 no 2 flats?????

  • @georgemmbeye6304
    @georgemmbeye6304 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍 great

  • @OneStepToday
    @OneStepToday 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Plz make the same lessons on piano visuals. This notation format is not identifiable. I wanna learn piano.

  • @putzgadol
    @putzgadol 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Terrific even for an eighth year old trombonist

  • @pigeonman4979
    @pigeonman4979 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    im spending a shitload of money for classes when theres videos on youtube that do it better.... what the fuck man.

    • @pigeonman4979
      @pigeonman4979 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      almost 90% of the stuff ive learned has been off youtube, not my classes.

  • @loganrosepiler2005
    @loganrosepiler2005 ปีที่แล้ว

    No, the bottom is called the bass.

  • @cryptocoinkiwi8272
    @cryptocoinkiwi8272 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I AM gROOT!

  • @carb5207
    @carb5207 2 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @eazy-j1d
    @eazy-j1d 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I fucking hate when I read the comments and everyone still get it’s and I still don’t.

  • @NiKaHikari
    @NiKaHikari 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ouch the mic audio is too strong

    • @Oddquartet
      @Oddquartet  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry about that. I will try to fix that in future videos.

  • @khulio911
    @khulio911 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How 🖤BLΛƆKPIИK💗

  • @rexmcvety5315
    @rexmcvety5315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This confuses me

  • @kutilkol
    @kutilkol 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ugly head snippet in the end ruined the video for me, :(

  • @pasadenabushman4926
    @pasadenabushman4926 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why are you calling it a "triad" when it's just a chord?

  • @dajeromaa1
    @dajeromaa1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah all good but you go too fast man

  • @daisymae1948
    @daisymae1948 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What

  • @nicknack124
    @nicknack124 ปีที่แล้ว

    SPEAK UP

  • @TheBuster1010
    @TheBuster1010 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not helping at all.

  • @lazitazen6882
    @lazitazen6882 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much!