You're literally teaching everything I'm learning at Berklee online. If anyone has any doubts, this is the real deal. Thank you for these videos, it's helping me reinforce everything I've learned so far. Keep doing you my friend ✌🏼
That’s so cool, what’s the course you’re taking? I’m sure the guys teaching that know far more than me but I’m glad you’ve found my stuff useful! Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment. 🙏
Hey Michael. I've taken the Music Theory & Composition Courses 1-3 and am currently enrolled in Orchestration 1. Absolutely love the classes. I come from a rock and blues background and was self taught before Berklee. Learning about Secondary Doms and Tritone Subs literally blew my mind. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos, they really are excellent and what you're teaching is spot on.
@@cali3168 That sounds really cool! I'll have to check out their syllabus, it might give me ideas for future videos! 😆 Good luck with all your studying and really pleased to hear that your appreciating my videos alongside your Berklee teaching. Cheers mate. 👍
These videos are great, all content, no filler and delivered in a clear way with just enough quirky humour. They also have a great balance of theory and actual usage. Perfect! Please keep em coming.
Ah, thanks so much for your kind comment and generosity. I’m pleased you keep finding value in my videos. I’ve got no plans to stop anytime soon, just have to keep finding things to talk about!
You are not only master at your craft, but also a master at being really clear in your teachings. I think i've commented this before, but your channel really deserves more subscribers and attention. Also, you seem like a really down to earth guy who deserves it. Very grateful for the great content. It has really kept me occupied since i've found your channel. I would like to share that this year my sister passed away due to cancer, and i haven't played guitar nor practiced music for several years, but i played on her funeral with her daughter singing and after that i have started coming back to music, it is my therapy.. And your content and the way you teach, helps a lot on how i can evolve my way to express myself through music and deal with the pain.. So thanks a lot, and i really really hope you can grow this channel to the extent it deserves. I hope i can do my share on your way and help come up with ideas for content/topics that would be interesting to learn deeper about. Thanks Michael, best regards from Sweden 🇸🇪❤
🙏 Thank you! I really appreciate your support and encouragement. I'm glad you're enjoying the content and keep coming back for more! We can only hope that others feel the same as you and the channel continues to grow! Sorry to hear about your sister but it's great to hear that you're returning to music and using it to help you heal and I am really pleased that I'm a small part of that, thank you for sharing. Cheers. See you in the next video!
Thank you, so many videos I’ve seen on tritone substitution didn’t explain as well in 10 or 20+ minutes what you were able to explain clearly and succinctly in the first 3:30 of this one. You are a natural teacher
Thanks for pointing out that the Tritone Sub is basically just a downward chromatic resolution (ii7-bII7-I). I’m a autodidact, and so for years the whole “tritone away from the V7” stuff just seemed too cerebral to me to utilize until I realized how intuitive it is to just think: *dominant 7th a half-step above the target chord*
Finally found someone that can explain tritone substitution in a way that can be easy to understand. Loved this video, and already subscribed to your channel. I really hope your channel grows and gains a lot of subscribers, you deserve it. Such a unique style to explain music. Cheers!
Ah, thanks! Really pleased you got something from the video. I’d love to see the channel grow too and really appreciate your comment, hopefully other people agree and come and join the party!🥳
I'm a horn player getting my theory together and this was super helpful! I was about to ask about what scale works over the Tritone sub and you saved it for last lol Thank you Michael!
Hey Greg. Glad this was helpful. I can't quite remember what I said in the video but you have some options for scales and kind of depends on how you voice it. You could use a standard mixolydian but a really common one is the Lydian Dominant (Fourth mode of melodic minor), especially is you're playing at as a 7#11. 👍
Was looking for this comment. Same here, thinking in flats is somehow easier than thinking in sharps (except when playing in G where I prefer 1 sharp over … 11 flats I suppose? 🙂)
Thank you for this insightful video on tritone substitutions! 🎶 Your explanations are clear and helpful, making it easier to understand and apply these concepts in my own playing. The detailed breakdown and examples are much appreciated. Keep up the great work.
Just found your channel today and man… people in the comments aren’t kidding. You’re great at teaching this stuff. I’ll be recommending your channel to people for sure. Thanks!
I've been playing piano now for over 40 years, a former weaver by occupation, a mathematics enthusiast - I love to think in patterns Your explanation and demonstration of tritones is the first time it made perfect sense for me Subscrbed and going back to see your other videos. Thanks for the video and keep up the amazing work.
You are an excellent music teacher!!!! Music can be a puzzle but you have the gift to clearly teach the parts of the puzzle and then demonstrate how these pieces fit together for the student to understand the bigger picture. Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge with all of us.
I'm never going to remember all of this but I like the easy tip that the substitution is a flat second up from the "Target" one chord. Also, I now know what a shell chord is. 👍
This is real , I do hear such moves in Gospel and Jazz music , thanks for your wonderful teaching . Most people don't really explain it vividly for beginners like this , they are always in a hurry. Thanks you sooooooooooo much
Years ago, I asked a University of Georgia music professor to analyze Allan Holdsworth's "Spokes". He said the song uses tritone substitution to build tension and reward the listener with resolution. I appreciate hearing your breakdown and demonstration.
Very timely for me. A 50s jazz guitar book by Mickey Baker substituted a tritone right out of the gate that had me puzzled because he called it a D13b5b9 but the bass root was Ab. Thanks to you, it makes sense.
Superb the way you integrate graphics with the explanation makes it crystal clear. Not all teachers can communicate the stuff they know... best video on Tritone Substitution that I've seen, and I've watched a lot!
Just stumbled across your channel and after watching a few videos it was an easy subscribe. You and Kurt Rosenwinkel are going to get my playing more pointed in the right direction (for me at least) for sure. Keep up the great work.
Came here from the secondary dominants video, I'm definitely subscribing. This is so useful for "self-taught" people like me and, contrarily as one might think, there aren't a lot of channels that provide as good explanations as you do. Thanks for the great content! 🙌
Impressed. You can actually explain this, and show how to use it in an understandable way. In 40 years of music, I have to say I've never encountered this. Thanks, and subscribed!
Have known tritone substitution for years, but until this video had never realised that the dom7 and tri-sub share both 3rd and 7th… Completely obvious of course when you show it (around the 3:00 mark), but it somehow had always escaped me. Thx for that.
Awesome, glad the video was useful. I think it's pretty common that musicians are using devices like this on the regular but not necessarily knowing why they work - I'm not sure how much difference it makes knowing why though! 😂
50 years of playing the piano and being oblivious to all this stuff. Thanks so much for your engaging style. All this theory about modes and dominant chords and tritones etc seemed to be 'based' on a major chord. I was wondering how a minor chord 'base' works with these things. Tritones would not be the same?
Thanks David, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and finding some value. You should experiment with the minor chords and see what you think - it's all about personal preference at the end of the day. I guess they wouldn't be classed as a traditional tritone substitution but definitely worth experimenting with. If you played the tritone sub as a minor major7 it would make sense as Modal Interchange, borrowing from the seventh mode of the Harmonic minor or Melodic minor scales. Thanks for the comment. Happy exploring! 🎹🎵🎶
This is amazing! My first time watching you. If I could have watched your videos forty years ago, I might be a different player now. So concise and clear. BTW and unrelated to how great your delivery is, there is *substantial* sub-bass content in your audio when you move your microphone stand. A 40Hz low cut might leave you more headroom. Thanks again. Subscribed!
Thanks Chet! Glad you're enjoying the videos. Thanks for the feedback too, I guess my headphones and speakers weren't picking that up. I'll try to mindful in future 👍
Mind blown! Thanks for the clarity. Compared to other videos on the topic yours has been the clearest. I’ll be watching that secondary dominants video next!
Hey!!! Awesome explanation and practice about tritone substitutions. There are new ways to see the same subject and yours was pretty clear!!! Really appreciated.
Ha! The algorithm is your friend! I'm glad it it brought you here, thanks for watching. Feel free to steal it all, everything I know has been stolen from someone else! Cheers.
@@michaelkeithson your lesson was very good. I, indeed, stole aspects of it... and it served as great inspiration for what I wrote. Also just loving your channel, in general. Cheers.
Such a pleasure to listen to your clear explanations and examples. I covered music theory in school about a hundred years ago, but your examples are so perfect they have me revisiting my composition approach. -> You are the bomb 😎
Guitar player here who also writes for orchestra as a hobby. Thinking in flats is WAY easier, somehow, than thinking in sharps. Despite the fact that many famous guitar songs are in "sharp" keys. (A, E, G, D). But that has to do with the standard tuning of guitars. If I'm writing for guitar, I almost always use the open tuning to play to the the instruments strengths. For anything else, it's almost always flat keys. Bb, F, Ab, Eb. That may be due to many wind and brass instruments tuned to Bb. With all that said, it may just be easier to think in "half step down" than "half step up". Just taking a shot in the dark here :D
I'm a guitarist and found this VERY useful.👍 Although I already knew a lot of what you mentioned, I really liked your 'tritone insertion' description. I totally agree with staying out of the way of other band players and being careful when and where to use tritones.👌😉
wow super useful & important lesson! Recently picked up this mesmerising chord from my fav artist Fujii Kaze's music, I learnt it by memorizing 'minor 5th + Aug tonic'...you've solved my mystery of understanding why this chord sounds so nice!Thank you for the great work!😊
@@michaelkeithson FYI this is the video I was referring to: th-cam.com/video/vkPfKnUaq5k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4_xqNW-aMI7KEOEr He's jazz piano player & his music has so many beautiful chords (but kot overloaded) :)
Whaaaat! First video i see with you! That really made sense! Especially while following along on the guitar, it really makes sense considering the guitar is build of fourth’s or fifth’s. Seeing the zig zag pattern moving down the fretboard, and the tritone sub, is just across…. Idk if this makes sense, but its just awesome to begin to understand and apply the thing im learning🤟 You deserve a sub dawg!
this was great man . Thank you so much for the content and graphics, if you're doing it from PS then you're a king. Some other topics that I wanna make sure I am grounded on. since we are on the subject of Borrowed harmony topics I can help you XD. Backdoor 2, 5 , 1's is a big one Chromatic mediants Borrowed Neigtbor tone of vii/ x kind of going over since the Tritone sub , can function the same way . the voicings for the 7ths that as most popular and alterations like this #11 you did for this.
Low key one of the best music channels on the TH-cam.
Ah, thanks so much. Glad you’re enjoying the content! Appreciate the kind comment 🙏
👍 Agreed
@@rickoakes5612 Ah, cheers Rick 🙏
Agreed.
Is this low key?
So clear. You speak at the same speed as my brain works. Legend
Ha! Glad you could follow along, I hope it was useful. Thanks for watching!
Thirty seconds in and all I need to know has been explained. 😊
You're literally teaching everything I'm learning at Berklee online. If anyone has any doubts, this is the real deal. Thank you for these videos, it's helping me reinforce everything I've learned so far. Keep doing you my friend ✌🏼
That’s so cool, what’s the course you’re taking? I’m sure the guys teaching that know far more than me but I’m glad you’ve found my stuff useful! Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment. 🙏
Hey Michael. I've taken the Music Theory & Composition Courses 1-3 and am currently enrolled in Orchestration 1. Absolutely love the classes. I come from a rock and blues background and was self taught before Berklee. Learning about Secondary Doms and Tritone Subs literally blew my mind. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos, they really are excellent and what you're teaching is spot on.
@@cali3168 That sounds really cool! I'll have to check out their syllabus, it might give me ideas for future videos! 😆
Good luck with all your studying and really pleased to hear that your appreciating my videos alongside your Berklee teaching. Cheers mate. 👍
These videos are great, all content, no filler and delivered in a clear way with just enough quirky humour. They also have a great balance of theory and actual usage. Perfect! Please keep em coming.
Ah, thanks so much for your kind comment and generosity. I’m pleased you keep finding value in my videos. I’ve got no plans to stop anytime soon, just have to keep finding things to talk about!
I couldn't have said that any better😊
Honestly I've never learned how to use these so well in such a quick video too! Respect sir!
Awesome! Good to hear, glad it was useful! Thanks for the comment 🙏
You are not only master at your craft, but also a master at being really clear in your teachings.
I think i've commented this before, but your channel really deserves more subscribers and attention. Also, you seem like a really down to earth guy who deserves it. Very grateful for the great content. It has really kept me occupied since i've found your channel.
I would like to share that this year my sister passed away due to cancer, and i haven't played guitar nor practiced music for several years, but i played on her funeral with her daughter singing and after that i have started coming back to music, it is my therapy..
And your content and the way you teach, helps a lot on how i can evolve my way to express myself through music and deal with the pain..
So thanks a lot, and i really really hope you can grow this channel to the extent it deserves. I hope i can do my share on your way and help come up with ideas for content/topics that would be interesting to learn deeper about.
Thanks Michael, best regards from Sweden 🇸🇪❤
🙏 Thank you! I really appreciate your support and encouragement. I'm glad you're enjoying the content and keep coming back for more! We can only hope that others feel the same as you and the channel continues to grow!
Sorry to hear about your sister but it's great to hear that you're returning to music and using it to help you heal and I am really pleased that I'm a small part of that, thank you for sharing. Cheers. See you in the next video!
Thank you, so many videos I’ve seen on tritone substitution didn’t explain as well in 10 or 20+ minutes what you were able to explain clearly and succinctly in the first 3:30 of this one.
You are a natural teacher
Thanks for the generous comment! I’m glad you found it useful. Cheers. 👍🏼
Thanks for pointing out that the Tritone Sub is basically just a downward chromatic resolution (ii7-bII7-I). I’m a autodidact, and so for years the whole “tritone away from the V7” stuff just seemed too cerebral to me to utilize until I realized how intuitive it is to just think: *dominant 7th a half-step above the target chord*
Hey Salim! That’s great to hear, super pleased that the video has helped unlocked something for you. Thanks for watching. 👍🏼🎹🎵
Finally found someone that can explain tritone substitution in a way that can be easy to understand. Loved this video, and already subscribed to your channel. I really hope your channel grows and gains a lot of subscribers, you deserve it. Such a unique style to explain music. Cheers!
Ah, thanks! Really pleased you got something from the video.
I’d love to see the channel grow too and really appreciate your comment, hopefully other people agree and come and join the party!🥳
this commentary is for support. thank you for those awesome lessons !
Tritone insertion had me dying 😂 but seriously please keep making videos. You are my favourite
Ha! Glad you appreciated that 😆!
Thanks for the nice comment Mark, really glad you’re enjoying the videos. 👍🏼
Fantastic teacher, you are my favorite in youtube. Thank you so much!
🙏 Thanks Kerstin 😊
Glad your enjoying the videos and pleased to be part of your music journey.
So instructive, informative yet comical "insertions" here and there! Love it, great stuff will be watching more of your videos!
Cheers man, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for leaving the nice comment, much appreciated 🙏
Am not a pianist but this kind of explanations makes mi open mi mind on the bass so clearly
Ah nice, really pleased it's useful for you! Thanks for the comment 🙏
I'm a horn player getting my theory together and this was super helpful! I was about to ask about what scale works over the Tritone sub and you saved it for last lol Thank you Michael!
Hey Greg. Glad this was helpful.
I can't quite remember what I said in the video but you have some options for scales and kind of depends on how you voice it. You could use a standard mixolydian but a really common one is the Lydian Dominant (Fourth mode of melodic minor), especially is you're playing at as a 7#11. 👍
I'm with you on thinking of them as a "flat" thing. Brilliant lesson!
Cheers Robbie, good to know I’m not on my own! 😂
Was looking for this comment. Same here, thinking in flats is somehow easier than thinking in sharps (except when playing in G where I prefer 1 sharp over … 11 flats I suppose? 🙂)
Once again I learned loads of stuff on a topic I thought I understood. Thanks!
Cheers for watching Eric, I'm glad there was something you could take away from the video. 👍🏻
Thank you for this insightful video on tritone substitutions! 🎶 Your explanations are clear and helpful, making it easier to understand and apply these concepts in my own playing. The detailed breakdown and examples are much appreciated. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the kind comment! Really pleased you enjoyed the video and found it useful. 🙏
@@michaelkeithson I look forward to your next videos. Subscribed :D
"We do like a nice little bit of voice leading like that..." 😂 Yes we do! Love it! SO CLEARLY DESCRIBED - the what, why and HOW!
Thanks Bianca! Hope it was useful.
Thanks for the comment 🙏
Just found your channel today and man… people in the comments aren’t kidding. You’re great at teaching this stuff. I’ll be recommending your channel to people for sure. Thanks!
Welcome!! I'm glad you're here too! Good to hear you're enjoying the content and the vibe and really appreciate you sharing the love. Thanks 🙏
Super great channel. Michael, you're amazing. Just gone through this a second time to help drum the ideas home.
Thanks Mark! I appreciate you coming back! 👍
Seriously love the interludes.. please do more,like you did it with the sub dominant video
Ha! Ok, I'll try to keep putting them in, just for you! Thanks for watching. 👍🏻
@@michaelkeithson You just made my day haha. Thanks for these videos they are really helpful 😁
I've been playing piano now for over 40 years, a former weaver by occupation, a mathematics enthusiast - I love to think in patterns Your explanation and demonstration of tritones is the first time it made perfect sense for me
Subscrbed and going back to see your other videos. Thanks for the video and keep up the amazing work.
Thank you for your kind words. I’m really pleased the video was useful for you. Hopefully my other videos will be too! Happy exploring!
6:23 this explains all the variations of "Autumn leaves" measure 22. Great video bro. Subscribed
Thanks for the sub, I'm glad you found the video useful! Cheers!
You are an excellent music teacher!!!! Music can be a puzzle but you have the gift to clearly teach the parts of the puzzle and then demonstrate how these pieces fit together for the student to understand the bigger picture. Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge with all of us.
Ah, thanks for your generous comment, it’s very much appreciated. 🙏
Great video I was extremely confused on this concept thank you for explaining it thoroughly 👏
Thanks for your comment, I'm glad I've been able to help a little with your confusion. Cheers
Your tha Goat!!! Keep going your content is so clear and simple.
Not sure about that but I appreciate the comment! Thanks for the encouragement, it's appreciated. 🙏
3rd or 4th time watching, and learned more…how the voice leading worked w/tritone.. wow!
Ha! Cheers Barry, I appreciate your commitment to the view count 😉🙏
So good! You’ve inspired my next video haha. Your production quality and teaching style are all top notch
Cheers Austin! Thanks for the comment. Good luck with your next video! 👍🏼🎹📹
Wonderful channel. Finally got it. Soooo clear
Cheers for the kind comment. Glad the video was helpful.
You are a true genius at teaching your art 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you so much 🙏
🙏 Thank you! I really appreciate the kind comment. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
I'm never going to remember all of this but I like the easy tip that the substitution is a flat second up from the "Target" one chord. Also, I now know what a shell chord is. 👍
Yeah, there is a lot of information in there. I'm glad you've got a few little take-aways from it though 👍🏻
This is real , I do hear such moves in Gospel and Jazz music , thanks for your wonderful teaching . Most people don't really explain it vividly for beginners like this , they are always in a hurry. Thanks you sooooooooooo much
Thanks Felix, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, I appreciate your kind comment 🙏
just what I needed to understand this concept. Thanks so much!
You are very welcome Mario! Pleased that it was useful 👍
Years ago, I asked a University of Georgia music professor to analyze Allan Holdsworth's "Spokes". He said the song uses tritone substitution to build tension and reward the listener with resolution. I appreciate hearing your breakdown and demonstration.
Cheers Andy, thanks for your comment. 👍🏼
Very timely for me. A 50s jazz guitar book by Mickey Baker substituted a tritone right out of the gate that had me puzzled because he called it a D13b5b9 but the bass root was Ab. Thanks to you, it makes sense.
Awesome, glad it was helpful. Thanks for leaving a comment. 👍
Great stuff! The screen graphics showing the chords are a magnificent aid. I appreciate the refresher in music theory ..
Cheers John, thanks for watching and leaving a nice comment. 👍
Clear and versatile perspectives on actual tritone use...Another outstanding deconstruction 🙌🙌
Ah, cheers man! 🙏
Thanks for watching and the kind comment. 👍🏼
Gonna rewatch when I’m at my keyboard but great lesson per usual!
Hey Chuck! Thanks for watching! Hopefully it makes sense when your sat at the keyboard!
U got mi subscription men .I will always attend this music theory class.
Thanks for the support man 👍
THANK YOU!! This was a great lesson for me.
You’re very welcome Craig! Glad you enjoyed it. Happy practising!
Best Tutorial I have watched so far
Thank you so much!
Cheers Jasper 🙏
Appreciate your kind comment, thanks for watching!
Superb the way you integrate graphics with the explanation makes it crystal clear. Not all teachers can communicate the stuff they know... best video on Tritone Substitution that I've seen, and I've watched a lot!
Ah, thanks. It's really great to hear that. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, it's much appreciated. 🙏
most interesting. Been binging your other videos and found so much good knowledge! Thank you!!!
🙏 Thanks for the nice comment. Glad you've been enjoying the content. 👍
I'll never forget how these subs work, your explanations are absolutely clear. Cheers!
Thanks a lot! For the first time I understand that stuff 👍
Awesome! Thanks for the comment Frank! Really pleased you found it helpful. 👍🏼🎹🎵
Just stumbled across your channel and after watching a few videos it was an easy subscribe. You and Kurt Rosenwinkel are going to get my playing more pointed in the right direction (for me at least) for sure. Keep up the great work.
Thanks man, I'm glad you're here. What an honour to be mentioned alongside Kurt Rosenwinkel! Hopefully I don't disappoint 😬
Came here from the secondary dominants video, I'm definitely subscribing. This is so useful for "self-taught" people like me and, contrarily as one might think, there aren't a lot of channels that provide as good explanations as you do. Thanks for the great content! 🙌
Ah, cheers Alex! I appreciate the sub and the kind words. Really glad you're finding some value in the videos. Cheers!
Tri-tone interposition! sounds more official than insertion :) thanks for the knowledge Michael!
I like it! Thanks for the comment Ryan! 👍
Great explanation! You hace a new subs! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
Thanks for the sub Tomas! Welcome and a big hello from the UK! 👋
I think this is now my favourite channel on TH-cam. Thanks heaps for your contribution man
Ah, thank you 🙏 That's so nice to hear. I appreciate you being here, thanks for the kind comment!
Impressed. You can actually explain this, and show how to use it in an understandable way. In 40 years of music, I have to say I've never encountered this. Thanks, and subscribed!
Ah, thank for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the sub 👍
Great explanation. Seems simple now.
Thanks, glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment 🙏
Have known tritone substitution for years, but until this video had never realised that the dom7 and tri-sub share both 3rd and 7th… Completely obvious of course when you show it (around the 3:00 mark), but it somehow had always escaped me. Thx for that.
Awesome, glad the video was useful. I think it's pretty common that musicians are using devices like this on the regular but not necessarily knowing why they work - I'm not sure how much difference it makes knowing why though! 😂
Excellent lesson! I can't wait to apply these ideas into music. Looking forward to more lessons.
Thanks Mickey! Happy exploring! 👍🏼🎹
Another great video!! Many thanks
Thanks Ron 🙏
thank you I really needed this
Awesome! Happy to help 👍🏼
Incredible, first time a tritone explanation finally makes sens to me !! thank you soooo much !!!
Awesome, that's so good to hear, I'm glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment, much appreciated!
the best explanation for tritone subs. thank you.
Ah cheers, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 🙏
50 years of playing the piano and being oblivious to all this stuff. Thanks so much for your engaging style. All this theory about modes and dominant chords and tritones etc seemed to be 'based' on a major chord. I was wondering how a minor chord 'base' works with these things. Tritones would not be the same?
Thanks David, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and finding some value. You should experiment with the minor chords and see what you think - it's all about personal preference at the end of the day. I guess they wouldn't be classed as a traditional tritone substitution but definitely worth experimenting with. If you played the tritone sub as a minor major7 it would make sense as Modal Interchange, borrowing from the seventh mode of the Harmonic minor or Melodic minor scales.
Thanks for the comment. Happy exploring! 🎹🎵🎶
This was extremely well done! Thank you for taking the time to explain this so thoroughly! If you’re reading this comment, please keep it up 🖤😊
Ah cheers Samuel! I appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching and commenting, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼
This is amazing! My first time watching you. If I could have watched your videos forty years ago, I might be a different player now. So concise and clear. BTW and unrelated to how great your delivery is, there is *substantial* sub-bass content in your audio when you move your microphone stand. A 40Hz low cut might leave you more headroom. Thanks again. Subscribed!
Thanks Chet! Glad you're enjoying the videos. Thanks for the feedback too, I guess my headphones and speakers weren't picking that up. I'll try to mindful in future 👍
Mind blown! Thanks for the clarity. Compared to other videos on the topic yours has been the clearest. I’ll be watching that secondary dominants video next!
Cheers Adam, really good to hear you found it useful. Thanks for the comment 🙏
Really really good video, I understood it very well🙏
Thank you. I'm glad it was clear and all made sense. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment, much appreciated!
Your videos are super informative.
Ah cheers Dillon! Thanks for watching! 🎹🎵
lovely sound of the piano
Yeah, it’s directly from the Nord Stage, lots of great options of piano sounds from Nord.
This is excellent. Immediately subscribed :)
Thank you and welcome 🙏. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment. Cheers.
Hey!!! Awesome explanation and practice about tritone substitutions. There are new ways to see the same subject and yours was pretty clear!!! Really appreciated.
Thank you 🙏 I appreciate you watching and leaving a nice comment.
I am busy writing a lesson on tritones and this video pops up hahaha I just want to copy and paste this video for my lesson 😂
Ha! The algorithm is your friend! I'm glad it it brought you here, thanks for watching. Feel free to steal it all, everything I know has been stolen from someone else! Cheers.
@@michaelkeithson your lesson was very good. I, indeed, stole aspects of it... and it served as great inspiration for what I wrote. Also just loving your channel, in general. Cheers.
@@maxuno8524 Awesome, cheers Max, appreciate the support! 👍🏼
Fantastic. Edifying and entertaining. Brilliant.
Ah, thanks Rich, I appreciate your kind comment 🙏
Such a pleasure to listen to your clear explanations and examples. I covered music theory in school about a hundred years ago, but your examples are so perfect they have me revisiting my composition approach.
-> You are the bomb 😎
Cheers man, really good to hear it’s inspiring you think more about this stuff! Thanks for the comment 🙏
So glad I found your channel it's really wonderful and your teaching style is perfect.
Thanks David! I’m glad you found it too! Good to hear you’re enjoying the content, thanks for the comment 🙏
Excellent!
great video, you're an awesome teacher
Thank you! 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for leaving a comment. 👍🏼
Thank you so much sir ❤️❤❤❤❤
You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the comment. 🙏
Good lesson. Thank you
You are very welcome! Hope it was useful! 👍🏼
Bruh i watched this for free like really??!?! Sheesh thanks so much
Ah, thanks man! Glad you found some value in there 👍
wow...awesome explanation...i finnaly got it
Awesome, great to hear Sebastian. Thanks for watching! 🙏
The way u help on how it can used is fantastic mate.....
Thanks Benny!
Guitar player here who also writes for orchestra as a hobby. Thinking in flats is WAY easier, somehow, than thinking in sharps. Despite the fact that many famous guitar songs are in "sharp" keys. (A, E, G, D). But that has to do with the standard tuning of guitars. If I'm writing for guitar, I almost always use the open tuning to play to the the instruments strengths. For anything else, it's almost always flat keys. Bb, F, Ab, Eb. That may be due to many wind and brass instruments tuned to Bb. With all that said, it may just be easier to think in "half step down" than "half step up". Just taking a shot in the dark here :D
Wonderful video, thank you. As a bass player, this is music theory that’s super useful and the content is super easy to digest. Thanks again!
Awesome! Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for the nice comment. 🙏
@@michaelkeithson very welcome!
Thank you for your explanations. I like arranging brass and woodwind quintet with jazz-style chords. I'm a horn player and I'm constantly learning.
I'm a guitarist and found this VERY useful.👍 Although I already knew a lot of what you mentioned, I really liked your 'tritone insertion' description. I totally agree with staying out of the way of other band players and being careful when and where to use tritones.👌😉
Cheers for the nice comment! Really appreciate it 👍🏼
Excellent video. Thank you
Cheers Bo, thanks for watching!
Great stuff!
Thanks man! Appreciate your comment 🙏
Love the #II. Makes sense. Richer sound also.
Another great video Michael. Would love to see you do a deeper dive into the Alt chords as you mention for G7.
Ah cheers Eoin and thanks for the suggestion, I’ll add it to the list. 👍🏼
Hey Eoin, as requested I’ve just posted a new video about altered chords, hopefully it’s helpful!
@@michaelkeithson You’re a legend Keith. Another smashing video, fair play mate.
wow super useful & important lesson! Recently picked up this mesmerising chord from my fav artist Fujii Kaze's music, I learnt it by memorizing 'minor 5th + Aug tonic'...you've solved my mystery of understanding why this chord sounds so nice!Thank you for the great work!😊
Nice! Glad the video was useful, I’ll have check that artist out! Thanks for the comment! 👍🏼
@@michaelkeithson FYI this is the video I was referring to:
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He's jazz piano player & his music has so many beautiful chords (but kot overloaded) :)
@@manyfungus Very nice, yeah some tasty chords in there! Cheers! 👍🏼
Very informative 🎸☕
Cheers Brian. Thanks for the comment, appreciate the encouragement!
Great content man❤
🙏 Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
This is a stunning video. Easy like and subscribe to this channel... Very informative and succinct, which I like.
Cheers Michael! Thanks for watching, glad you liked it 👍🏼🎹🎵
Thank you. Your explanation is just exceptional! You now gained a fan! More than happy to subscribe to your channel.
Awesome! Thanks Dlareg, hope you found it useful. Thanks for watching and welcome to the tribe!
Thanks forever for that wonderfull explanation! I took note of every point. Gracias!
You are very welcome! Thanks for the lovely comment, I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🎹🎵
So well explained. I soaked up everyword thanks!
Thank you Jean-Claude! I’m really pleased you enjoyed it, thanks for leaving a comment 🙏
Whaaaat! First video i see with you! That really made sense! Especially while following along on the guitar, it really makes sense considering the guitar is build of fourth’s or fifth’s. Seeing the zig zag pattern moving down the fretboard, and the tritone sub, is just across…. Idk if this makes sense, but its just awesome to begin to understand and apply the thing im learning🤟 You deserve a sub dawg!
Ah cheers man, thanks for the kind comment, super pleased that you’ve found the video useful. 👍🏼
Really great teaching session! Thank you.
Thanks for the kind comment, pleased you enjoyed it! 👍🏼🎹
this was great man . Thank you so much for the content and graphics, if you're doing it from PS then you're a king. Some other topics that I wanna make sure I am grounded on.
since we are on the subject of Borrowed harmony topics I can help you XD.
Backdoor 2, 5 , 1's is a big one
Chromatic mediants
Borrowed Neigtbor tone of vii/ x kind of going over since the Tritone sub , can function the same way .
the voicings for the 7ths that as most popular and alterations like this #11 you did for this.
Ah cheers mate, glad you like the video.
Some of those bits are on my list to tackle so you’ll have to keep checking back 😉
Thanks for the comment 🙏
love the calm vibes from your videos, very unique comparing to music channels. Subcribed!
Ah, thank you! I appreciate your kind words. Thanks for watching. 👍🏼🎹🎵
Great presentation, bravo 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🙏🏿
Ah, cheers Tim, thanks for watching!