Mark McCarrell >>> I dunno man.... yes I see your point, but sometimes speed in the fewest words possible isn’t always the name of the game. Sometimes the details are important too and if they take a tad longer to explain, then I’d rather come away learning more. I think today’s society is too enthralled with a lack of delayed gratification, and your comment merely feeds into this. That whole “lead, follow, or get out of the way” mentality that people have, really irks me.
if we learn theory like chords, intervals, modes and so many others, we can apply it to any instrument. we just need to know HOW to put them to use cause we can’t play a piano like a guitar. happy practicing!
I am trying to learn FL Studio, in which i should know basic music theory and piano knowledge so i started to watch your chords for beginner playlist. Now i am ready to make my first song. Thank you soo much you helped me alot.
Very helpful even to me as a beginning 63-year-old ukulele player who took many piano lessons as a child. I’m often helped by picturing piano keys in my mind. I really appreciate the graphical highlighting you do to make it clear which keys you are using!
Dude, you are such a great teacher. I just watched the whole chords for beginners playlist back to back, took practically no time at all, and feel fully confident in building chords from here on. It might take me a few seconds if you said one to me, but you gave all the building blocks in such an easily understandable way. Thank you so much.
I watched 3 of your videos so far lesson 1 2 and 3 , you are such a gifted teacher. I have learned so much and you made it so easy . May God bless you with abundance.
I just watched this whole playlist taking notes for myself. Thank you so much! I needed this not for playing the piano, but for figuring out the chords on the harp :) You helped me a lot with these short yet super informative lessons. Love it!
brilliant, having half an idea to have a basic understanding of chords. real easy to get your head round, im a nube when it comes to piano and chords structures and this has really got me stepping of in the right direction.
Hey, What if Cmsus2 and Cmsus4? Cmsus2 will be notes are C,Db,G? And Cmsus4 would be C,E,G which means going back to normal C chord? Thank you for the lesson.
@@Nathan-ch7hu There's no such chord as a Cmsus 2 or Cmsus4. Why? Because a minor chord by definition contains the 3rd degree of a minor scale, while a sus chord by definition does not contain the 3rd degree of the scale. The 3rd is replaced by the 4th or the 2nd degree in a sus chord - that's what a sus chord is! So even if you had started off with a minor chord, once you made it a 'sus' chord the third is no longer a part of chord so you end up with a plain old sus4 or sus2 chord. Hope that helps.
I found it kind of difficult to understand when am I going to move the third 1 hard step or 2 hard steps, what does that depend on? Since sometimes it is explained as 1st, 3rd and 5th and some others as 3-2 (gaps) :'(
For some reason, I associate these chords with those scenes in motivational sports movies when the coach is giving life advice to the team. Thanks for the vid 👍
Replace 3rd with 2 (sus2) or 4(sus4). 4:50 example of progression withoi and with. You should totally watch the full vid. Comment is a time mark for accessibility.
Also one thing I notice: the major triad sound happier, minor triad sadder, and in the same way the sus4 has more half notes spaced out in the lower part and sounds happier, like a major triad does which also has more half notes spaced out in the lower part, and a sus2 sounds sadder and it has fewer half notes in the lower part like a minor.
Wow! man, you are a great teacher, I learned a lot of basics in a short time straight to the point and clear no roller coaster explanations. thanks man.
I have a question. How do you just play different rhythms when play two different chords? My teacher tells me but it just doesn't make any sense. Is there any videos or if you have any explanation of how to do these things.
Is it true in all cases to achieve a Sus2 the middle note is moved back by 2 semitones and to achieve a Sus4 the middle note is moved forward by only 1 semitone. Thank you.
Think it's because it goes up in the scale instead of the keyboard. The following key on that scale was a semitone away but in the previous one it was 1 tone away
I'm a little confused. You say: “to resolve to a 5th below” - but an Fmaj7 chord is not a 5th of Cmaj. You play a Csus4, then a Csus2, and then resolve to an Fmaj7. I can’t figure out how the Fmaj7 is a 5th. A 5th of what? “F” in the Cmaj Scale is a 4th. Please clarify. Thanks.
Hi Patrick, when I say it resolves to a 5th below, you have to imagine the C chord being the 5th. If you were playing in the key of F, C would be the 5th... therefore F is a 5th below C. Hope this helps :)
I now understand how you got there. The terminology seems a bit confusing. You're basically saying that a suspended chord can be considered a 5th chord, and that it resolves to its major below. Or it can be considered a derivative of its major, and can resolve to its major. No need for further explanation, I think I understand. Thanks. FYI: I really enjoy your lessons. Very informative.
You seem to have gotten this down but lemme just add how I got my head around this when I needed it back in my guitar playing days. :) It was explained to me that this is what is called an "inverted interval" (google will tell you more) and when you invert a perfect interval you again get a perfect interval. In this case, a 5th below is a 4th above. As you noticed, F isn't the 5th of C when going upward but it is a 4th of C when going upward. This 4th above is indeed equivalent to 5th below. HTH!
Sir: You are the "Mint" the real deal. The time is 4:26 in the Video where you resolve the CSus4 Chord with the Third. Will you please tell me if I got it right first you play the C in the left hand together with the CFA in the right hand. Then you play the C in the left after CFA in the right hand; then you play the C in the left hand with CDG in the right hand then C in the left hand again and then CEG. Will you please inform the order of the chords and the notes as you play them. Thank you for sharing your genius. Respectfully, R
How do you control the pacing so well like in the last piece you were fast but in the end you transitioned to slow without any abrupt change... I am not able to do that. just practice ig?
Also will this series still continue? And thanks a lot....amazing videos really! I wanted to learn "lit" from Koe No Katachi or A Silent Voice but couldnt figure how to do the chords... This series is really awesome and helped a lot!👍
4:10 - so you resolve on the 5th below, thus from C to F. - Or from A it gets resolved to D. Correct? And it it's a B chord? ---- oh, did my own research - then it's an Es chord, which you can easily read off the circle of the fifths.... BOOM!! I love it when the brain does its magic thing, building connections.. guys, I think I've just learned something!!
You mentioned moving the 3rd up a half step, then when showing A minor and adding sus chords, it looks like you moved the 3rd up a whole step to get to the Asus4
There are many other chords, but you've listed all the triads you can get. Once you start adding extensions there are an infinite amount of chord types.
It's the same concept, the colors are nothing but colors, pick any chord of your chosing that is a major triad. You have the root, the third and the fifth. Those are the three keys you will press for a major triad. To do a sus2 you will dimish the third by 2 semi tones, to do the sus4 you will augment the third by one semi tone. (Semi tone is basically the note that is the nearest, disregarding colors and scales)
Music is sus in general. Thank you, schools are terrible at teaching this important stuff in music. Been playing my sax for 9 years and I still struggle with chords
Heyyy !! I'm looking this great tuto from France and hopping there will be an other tuto of blues or jazz links ! Your tuto are so clear and so nice, continue like that !
Hey Thomas, good to hear you are enjoying the lessons :) I sure do have other lessons on blues & jazz. Here is a one on the blues scale: th-cam.com/video/CjJwxtahGtw/w-d-xo.html And here is a jazz one on a 251 chord progression: th-cam.com/video/BjN2dU83Y9w/w-d-xo.html Hope you find them useful :)
Excellent. Straight to the point and no droning on forever, thanks man.
That's the aim of the game! The least amount of irrelevant droning as possible haha! Glad you enjoyed the lesson :)
word. he should teach the other youtube tutors how to tutor.
Mark McCarrell >>> I dunno man.... yes I see your point, but sometimes speed in the fewest words possible isn’t always the name of the game. Sometimes the details are important too and if they take a tad longer to explain, then I’d rather come away learning more.
I think today’s society is too enthralled with a lack of delayed gratification, and your comment merely feeds into this.
That whole “lead, follow, or get out of the way” mentality that people have, really irks me.
You can't ever catch me slippin playing sus chords. That's sus bruh.
😆
😂😂😂
@Mad Jack ok
@@brysonj9460 Someone will post this to quit your bullshit, I'm calling it
When the Piano is sus 😳
I agree lol
knew it, fuck you.
AMONG US
@@sonicboom-qb3oc thanks.
@@benimoo7894 your welcome :D
as SUS as the chords are, i love them
like diminished chords, they're good for transition chords.
THANK YOU. I’ve never understood what a sus chord is! This is such a big help, I appreciate how you teach this.
My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson 😀
a... WHAT.. chord? 😓😟
Amogus
I feel like my eyes have been opened to a whole new world. I can actually understand what chords in guitar is too
if we learn theory like chords, intervals, modes and so many others, we can apply it to any instrument.
we just need to know HOW to put them to use cause we can’t play a piano like a guitar.
happy practicing!
I am trying to learn FL Studio, in which i should know basic music theory and piano knowledge so i started to watch your chords for beginner playlist. Now i am ready to make my first song. Thank you soo much you helped me alot.
good luck
@@jayya1k thanks ☺️
Very helpful even to me as a beginning 63-year-old ukulele player who took many piano lessons as a child. I’m often helped by picturing piano keys in my mind.
I really appreciate the graphical highlighting you do to make it clear which keys you are using!
that’s called synthesia! many people use it to show the notes played on the piano to make it easier for us to recognise it.
When I first started playing guitar the piano helped me to better understand harmony.
Dude, you are such a great teacher. I just watched the whole chords for beginners playlist back to back, took practically no time at all, and feel fully confident in building chords from here on. It might take me a few seconds if you said one to me, but you gave all the building blocks in such an easily understandable way. Thank you so much.
Glad you found it useful! Keep up the good work 👍
This is exactly the information I needed and right to the point. Much appreciated.
My pleasure :)
I love how you showed how to incorporate it into chord progressions. Very helpful, very awesome.
I've learned so much from you....thank you
No worries!
Amogus SUS
I watched 3 of your videos so far lesson 1 2 and 3 , you are such a gifted teacher. I have learned so much and you made it so easy . May God bless you with abundance.
Sus chords 😳
I just watched this whole playlist taking notes for myself. Thank you so much! I needed this not for playing the piano, but for figuring out the chords on the harp :)
You helped me a lot with these short yet super informative lessons. Love it!
The excellence of your videos are the fact that they are “bite sized”, easy to digest even for me.
brilliant, having half an idea to have a basic understanding of chords. real easy to get your head round, im a nube when it comes to piano and chords structures and this has really got me stepping of in the right direction.
5:02 the A Sus makes it sound so much more interesting!! Wow 🧡🧡🧡
I imagine a vine boom whenever he says "sus"
I MUST MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THAT
You are dope. Pattern on 5:09 was amazing
Thanks. Although i'm kinda aware of these things, a lesson like this is always welcome :)
much appreciated . this playlist taught me the basics in minutes which school took years to teach,, thanks a lot man
It's my pleasure! Glad to help :)
If you guys have any questions, just leave a comment below :)
Hey, What if Cmsus2? Are the notes are C,C#/Db,G? And Cmsus4 then it will be C chord because the notes are C,E,G? Thank you for the lesson.
Hey, What if Cmsus2 and Cmsus4? Cmsus2 will be notes are C,Db,G? And Cmsus4 would be C,E,G which means going back to normal C chord? Thank you for the lesson.
@@Nathan-ch7hu There's no such chord as a Cmsus 2 or Cmsus4. Why? Because a minor chord by definition contains the 3rd degree of a minor scale, while a sus chord by definition does not contain the 3rd degree of the scale. The 3rd is replaced by the 4th or the 2nd degree in a sus chord - that's what a sus chord is!
So even if you had started off with a minor chord, once you made it a 'sus' chord the third is no longer a part of chord so you end up with a plain old sus4 or sus2 chord. Hope that helps.
I found it kind of difficult to understand when am I going to move the third 1 hard step or 2 hard steps, what does that depend on? Since sometimes it is explained as 1st, 3rd and 5th and some others as 3-2 (gaps) :'(
Why is in f sus4 we move half way?
Thankyou so much! Exactly the lesson needed right now!
No worries! Glad to be of help 😀
Finished all the short course now to take it onto practice. Thank you for the videos.
I just started learning music and it seemed really scary until I found your tutorials, thank you a lot!
Sussy chords! My favorite sussiest chord is sus#4, that awesome Lydian scale have.
For some reason, I associate these chords with those scenes in motivational sports movies when the coach is giving life advice to the team. Thanks for the vid 👍
You’re a fantastic teacher. Love it and subscribed
why did i think he said “moving back to the KFC” at 2:34
Because you're hungry. Go have a drumstick
So I'm not the only one... :O
😂
Because you hear what you want to hear lol! XD
He said KFC y'all stfu
@@brysonj9460 “Key of C” also know as the very famous fast food restaurant called “KFC”
Replace 3rd with 2 (sus2) or 4(sus4).
4:50 example of progression withoi and with.
You should totally watch the full vid. Comment is a time mark for accessibility.
Also one thing I notice: the major triad sound happier, minor triad sadder, and in the same way the sus4 has more half notes spaced out in the lower part and sounds happier, like a major triad does which also has more half notes spaced out in the lower part, and a sus2 sounds sadder and it has fewer half notes in the lower part like a minor.
Wow! man, you are a great teacher, I learned a lot of basics in a short time straight to the point and clear no roller coaster explanations. thanks man.
No worries, my pleasure! 🙏
Wow I appreciate all of this beginners playlist it does really taught me❤.
Well done. Explained clearly. Thank you.
No worries, glad you enjoyed it 😀
Oh my fucking god, we just can't escape
Wow this is helpful for guitarists like myself too! Thx
Great tutorials! You explain everything really well. Keep up the good work. :)
Thanks!
Really helpful video now I’m starting composing my own music
Thanks for the help. Couldn't find any info in my books/assignments on sus chords. You made it simple and easy to understand.
when the notes are sus
ya mean chords
@@benimoo7894 notes are chords smart guy
@@tatey1806 ok sir just wanted to confirm 🤚
@@tatey1806 a sequence of notes, yes
in this case they're SUS
This is amazingly informative and concise. Thank you!
Great tutorial!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Very helpful, thanks!
My pleasure!
I have a question. How do you just play different rhythms when play two different chords? My teacher tells me but it just doesn't make any sense. Is there any videos or if you have any explanation of how to do these things.
Are sus chords only majors? For example the sus 2 for C only D or can it be d flat.
Straight to the point. Brilliant many thanks😁
What’s up :)! I have been having trouble with hand independence lately, can you make a video to try to help with that? Have a good day!
Hey man! Good suggestion, I will add it on to my list of videos to make :)
PianoPig Thanks!
Is it true in all cases to achieve a Sus2 the middle note is moved back by 2 semitones and to achieve a Sus4 the middle note is moved forward by only 1 semitone. Thank you.
Thanks again for not dispiriting us.
GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL
Why when you do a sus4 you go up a semitone but when you do a sus2 you go down a tone? Sorry for my English
Think it's because it goes up in the scale instead of the keyboard. The following key on that scale was a semitone away but in the previous one it was 1 tone away
Thanks for the EASY explanation!!
when the impostor is sus
Perfectly explained thank you
simple and straight to the point cheers
I'm a little confused. You say: “to resolve to a 5th below” - but an Fmaj7 chord is not a 5th of Cmaj. You play a Csus4, then a Csus2, and then resolve to an Fmaj7. I can’t figure out how the Fmaj7 is a 5th. A 5th of what? “F” in the Cmaj Scale is a 4th. Please clarify. Thanks.
Hi Patrick, when I say it resolves to a 5th below, you have to imagine the C chord being the 5th. If you were playing in the key of F, C would be the 5th... therefore F is a 5th below C. Hope this helps :)
I now understand how you got there. The terminology seems a bit confusing. You're basically saying that a suspended chord can be considered a 5th chord, and that it resolves to its major below. Or it can be considered a derivative of its major, and can resolve to its major. No need for further explanation, I think I understand. Thanks. FYI: I really enjoy your lessons. Very informative.
Glad I could be of service :)
You seem to have gotten this down but lemme just add how I got my head around this when I needed it back in my guitar playing days. :)
It was explained to me that this is what is called an "inverted interval" (google will tell you more) and when you invert a perfect interval you again get a perfect interval. In this case, a 5th below is a 4th above. As you noticed, F isn't the 5th of C when going upward but it is a 4th of C when going upward. This 4th above is indeed equivalent to 5th below. HTH!
Great explanation :)
Idk man it seems kinda sus to me
pig is sus
the meaning of sus will forever be changed by amogus
Great, as usual - many thanks, you have a great teaching style...
Thanks dude! 🙏
Sir: You are the "Mint" the real deal. The time is 4:26 in the Video where you resolve the CSus4 Chord with the Third. Will you please tell me if I got it right first you play the C in the left hand together with the CFA in the right hand. Then you play the C in the left after CFA in the right hand; then you play the C in the left hand with CDG in the right hand then C in the left hand again and then CEG. Will you please inform the order of the chords and the notes as you play them. Thank you for sharing your genius. Respectfully, R
I get it!!!!!! Thank you! Love from Colorado!
Much love! 🙏
Gsus christ this was a very helpful video!
Thanks. Sadly like most videos Kim like this they lack onscreen chord notation as they are being played; got lost 1/3 the way through.
4:00 what does he mean by resolving to a 5th below? And then he says play the 5 chord which is the 4th chord in the scale
Easily understood, Great lesson! 👍
oh my god these chords are beautiful
Glad you liked them!
Thanks for making this tutorial. Best one so far! Please make more
You teach very well. Thank you.
Love ya! Keep up the great work, you cheeky bloke!
Hahaha thanks bro 🙂
Thanks, these are very useful tutorials
This tutorial was sus
Great lesson. I followed right along. I think with a bit of practice, by god I'll have it!
Any way you can do this on One hand only?
thanks now I can play the among drip song with sus chords
How do you control the pacing so well like in the last piece you were fast but in the end you transitioned to slow without any abrupt change... I am not able to do that. just practice ig?
Also will this series still continue? And thanks a lot....amazing videos really! I wanted to learn "lit" from Koe No Katachi or A Silent Voice but couldnt figure how to do the chords... This series is really awesome and helped a lot!👍
Thx for this tutorial. It makes a lot of sense and I can't wait to experiment with them. Big thumbs up.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the lesson :)
Thanks! But I’m confused, why count the black note in the f sus but not in the rest ?
This video is very useful.
My world has changed!!!!!!
4:10 - so you resolve on the 5th below, thus from C to F. - Or from A it gets resolved to D. Correct? And it it's a B chord?
---- oh, did my own research - then it's an Es chord, which you can easily read off the circle of the fifths....
BOOM!! I love it when the brain does its magic thing, building connections..
guys, I think I've just learned something!!
C - F is a perfect cadence because it's V - I, however A - D is a plagal cadence as it's IV - I.
When you played Am to A sus4, did you move the 3rd up a whole step? Instead of a half step?
You mentioned moving the 3rd up a half step, then when showing A minor and adding sus chords, it looks like you moved the 3rd up a whole step to get to the Asus4
Yes, it's a "whole step".
Thank you! You made it so easy!
I prrfee ur method. Thank you very much
sus 4th 1 half step. vs Sus 2 = 2 half steps down regardless of the scale?
when the chord is sus :OOOOOOO
Excellent info. Thank you
3:55
Another wonderful tutorial. Great explanation of the Why! Thanks!
Good to hear you enjoyed it man!
Great tutorial - many thanks!
No problem!
Major
Minor
Augmented
Diminished
Thirds
Suspended
Is there any other piano chords?
Tritones? Are they also chords?
There are many other chords, but you've listed all the triads you can get. Once you start adding extensions there are an infinite amount of chord types.
Nipho Twala - No, a tritone is an interval.
@@Piano_Pig and how do i recognize triads? They are harder than normal chords so how can i recognize them by hearing? Is there some trick?
@@Piano_Pig That's actually finite.
Okay, so this is for chords on white keys but what about those with sharps and flats (black keys)?
It's the same concept, the colors are nothing but colors, pick any chord of your chosing that is a major triad. You have the root, the third and the fifth. Those are the three keys you will press for a major triad. To do a sus2 you will dimish the third by 2 semi tones, to do the sus4 you will augment the third by one semi tone. (Semi tone is basically the note that is the nearest, disregarding colors and scales)
Music is sus in general. Thank you, schools are terrible at teaching this important stuff in music. Been playing my sax for 9 years and I still struggle with chords
Thanks bro i have learned a lot from this video.
Beautiful 🔥🔥
What about a Gsus maj7? What do I have to do there? Please answer quickly, I need it tomorrow morning!
That doesn't exist. Sus implies there is no 3rd and major implies you have a major 3rd. It's either major or sus, can't be both.
were you meant to say "the way to resolve a sus chord is to go down a 4th"? cause F is the 4th down from C right? or am I wrong?
Heyyy !! I'm looking this great tuto from France and hopping there will be an other tuto of blues or jazz links ! Your tuto are so clear and so nice, continue like that !
Hey Thomas, good to hear you are enjoying the lessons :)
I sure do have other lessons on blues & jazz. Here is a one on the blues scale: th-cam.com/video/CjJwxtahGtw/w-d-xo.html
And here is a jazz one on a 251 chord progression: th-cam.com/video/BjN2dU83Y9w/w-d-xo.html
Hope you find them useful :)
U r great teacher ❤
That's so helpful. Many thanks
Can augmented and diminished triads be converted to Sus chords?