The hallmark of a GREAT teacher is someone who can take complex concepts and make them understandable for ANY audience. Gracie, you are a PHENOMENAL teacher and musician. You are performing an incredibly valuable service with these videos, and you deserve all the success possible in your life.
We laugh at YT lessons, but in the 1960's at a major university I took a full-semester course in music theory (classes, homework, exams), and they didn't cover half of what Ms. Terzian covers in a few minutes. And frankly, she covers it better.
As a working mum who struggles to find time for herself to devote to playing music. I thank you for your teachings and all while juggling a little one of your own. Apart from being a superb teacher with rare clarity. You are an inspiration. Thank you again.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your lovely and generous comment ❤️. Good luck on your continued musical journey & finding time to balance everything too!
As I have been teaching myself to play piano, I had a lightbulb moment about musical structures, and that is the fact that "intervals" are the KEY to music. In this video, you mapped out the interval structures of these chords, and showed how they can be applied to any number of different keys. It is these 'distance relationships" so to speak that are the underlying structures that cause our brain to identify these sounds and their associated feelings. I like to re-visit your videos because I find that as I progress along this path, I notice things I hadn't noticed before. Nicely done!
This is by far my favorite beginner music theory channel. When I first was starting out w/ music theory, out of all the channels that I've watched, this was by far the best.
I like how you ask us the question before giving the answer. Made me think and interact with the lesson and by half way through the video I was writing the answers ahead of your next question. Thanks.
I’ve been spending many many hours trying to figure this out on my own and all I was getting was more confused. Watching the first fifteen minutes of your video and suddenly the light comes on ! Instant subscriber !
I love your style of teaching. You provide multiple examples, you do things at a pace that allows learning. Other people speak too fast...or make point too superficially. Great style, love it. Will watch your other videos for sure.
Ms “G”, just when the internet seems like a connection to everything bizarre, controversial, meaningless, immoral, nonsensical, political, (I could go on trust me), I stumble into this ray of hope in the form of the most intelligent, articulate, professionally presented, and for an old geezer musician like me… INCREDIBLY HELPFUL lesson! (and unlike other subject matter… FREE). THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!!!
OMG - THIS LESSON WAS EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU GRACIE!!!😍🙏🙏🙏. ✅Feel like i sat thorough an EXCELLENT MUSIC THEORY (FULLY LOADED) ON 7th CHORD LESSON THEORY from some IVY LEAGUE or JULLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉. EXPLAINED TO PERFECTION!!!
So far I have followed all your lessons and it's like your the only teacher who gets through my thick/old head. I have understood every lesson. Thanx Gracie
For all the years I've been playing instruments, these are the best and easy so far lesson to understand. 👍🏽 Thanks Gracie may God reward you as your wishes arep
Have been to a music teacher for years and hardly learned any theory. Your videos have helped fill in the spaces and I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, albeit still a long ways off. Thanks
I just bought a book on learning to play piano from "chord symbols"and the first practice were playing the 7th chords in all roots and divisions..I was stumped by the theory..I couldn't grasp the concept of the degree's as to why E was 4th but thanks to this video it became a lot clearer..much more to understand regarding music theory so I think I'll stick to your channel and subscribe..thank you..for these classes..much appreciated..🙏
I saw this video a year I saved. I said to myself I’ll need later on my musical journey boom today I wanted to have a better understanding of 7th chords etc…. I watched this video thanks ever so much Garcie God bless
I started grabbing my guitar (haven't played in a long time) and forming the chords with you, so this wouldn't just fade into "theory." You're a great teacher! Thank you!
You ARE exactly what I needed at this stage of my musical development. It’s amazing when you think about it: being taught exactly what you need to know and how and, on the other hand, actually know that what you’re getting is exactly what you need to receive. With surgical precision. Thank you.
I love how you sing and play the chords and notes. You are a natural when it comes to teaching, you’re using a good inquisitive method. I also like that you don’t come off fake nor a big ego, you’re creating a safe space for learning. I am sharing your videos with some of my musical friends. Hopefully I can return the favor by getting you more subscribers and helping more people relatively new to music. Thank you Gracie, well done.
This is the absolute best explanation I have seen and now understand completely. I have watch many videos to try to understand and now I do! thank you so much!
You're very good with your instruction. I'm a teacher/guitar player, too, & you're a breath of fresh air in the over crowded guitar "teacher" video genre. You're excellent with your methods & style. Thanks for your work & your giving heart to share & help others. Bless you!!
In my opinion EVERYONE should learn music theory on a keyboard, regardless of what their chosen main instrument is. It's just so much easier and less confusing, and teaches and prepares you better for orchestrating and arranging later.
@@EgoShredder it is that transition, for me personally, when I started to see my guitar as a way to, loved the word you mentioned, orchestrate what I could hear in my head. Easy chord theory was that lightbulb moment for me :-)
@@philippaz7850 I learnt the guitar really quickly, but only because of my 5 years on the keyboard first. However I was self taught on the keyboard, and so it took me longer on that, although the good part is it makes you more unique and less "schooled" sounding.
7 chords? I mean 7 times I love the way this lady teaches piano ! She clears up the air make things simple! White board and her piano demo really helps without rushing it all!
In my K-12 Education I had 2 or 3 teachers who were like Gracie with the ability to simplify the complicated and make it easy to understand. She is the kind of teacher that changes people's lives. Thanks for posting all these lessons, Gracie. I have learned a LOT from you.
Merci. Came back to watch it a second time. And I saw that you told about the trick to speed up the videos. I've been telling everyone that I was time travelling to my music classes since they asked me how I could listen to 40 hours of Gracie's videos each day.
thank you so much for your teaching , everything is so clear and easy to understand. I've been struggling for a year to understand chords, and especially the 7th chords in Blues watching dozens of videos on the subject and most of them let me in a state of emptyness because of the lack of explanation until I found you ! Your way of teaching, taking the viewer by the hand and going step by step is what someone like me who never studied solfege or music before need to understand music in a simple way.
I sincerely appreciate your Formulas. In learning my guitar fretboard and scales, I can now play select parts of the scales that sound good together, selected knowingly rather than by chance, making up simple melodies, or "riffs". Many thanks!!
I like the ear training that goes along with this lesson. So a Major 7 chord sounds like the the first bar of Chicago / Color MY World . In fact the whole song is filled with 7 chords of various qualities. Another Great Job!
I’ve been trying to learn more music theory for months… and yours is the FIRST lesson I could understand. Instantly subscribed. I’m in your debt, young lady. Thank you! 👏🏼
Wow,,you are a great teacher with huge heart for learners someone who can make complex concepts easier to understand. Gracie, you are naturally talented and blessed. Thank you so much, appreciate your beautiful heart. I finally found what I was searching for these M7. God bless 💞🙏.
hI, FROM UK, hAVING PLAYED DRUMS ALL MY LIFE AND NOW RETIRED NOT WISHING TO SIT AROUND ALL DAY , I DECIDED TO LEARN THE BASS GUITAR . bY THE WAY i AM 89YRS OLD HIHI. . i NEEDED TO LEARN MUSIC THEORY . aND FOUND YOUR MUSIC THEORY PROGRAMME ON uTUBE . . wow YOU MADE THINGS SO EASY TO UNDERSTAND , aFTER FOUR WEEKS OF PRATICE AND WATCHING YOU ON uTUBAE > i AMALL RE4ADY PLAYING ALONG WITH sATING DOLL AUTUMN LEAVES AND OTHER STANDARDS . sO THANK YOU gRACE YOU HAVE MADE AN OLD MAN VERY HAPPY , tHANK YOU SO MUCH AND gOD BLESS YOU . cHEERS nIGEL
Wow, Ive been playing guitar for a dozen years and piano for a couple of months. This opens up soooo many more opportunites/songs for me on the piano to jam with my infant daughter without ever having look for the right notes. The formula portion especially was enjoyable while you sang the chord progression. Your explanations makes music less mysterious but more magical at the same time. Thank you. Subscribed.
Gracie this series is so good. I am watching a second time through most of them. You make it so easy to learn. The harder thing is to practice and retain the information - but watching the videos again is just as much fun as the first time - although easier because I know the theory now. I would highly recommend the PDFs, but also take your own notes as you watch (which I didn't do first time). Thanks you again.
Thanks, Gracie. The 7th chords have always been a mystery to me playing the guitar. You are the first to explain how to formulate them in an easy way. Congratulations! I just take it the formulas are a given, so there is no need going over them!? Now if I'm playing a song with those weird 7th chords, I am sure I will know how to play them (provided I remember the formulas!).
Yay thank you Alan! Yes I think it's so important to sing and hear the individual notes in your head for these chords :) (even if you're not a singer!)
Once again, the lesson was nice and effective ! I must confess that I had already seen all those things with other TH-cam videos, but the way you dissect the chords,... it speaks to me ! Merci beaucoup.
There are many great music theory teachers on TH-cam, but you are the best! Really appreciate the patience in slowly building complexity with examples and the repetition. 😀
love how you go into such thorough detail for the formulas, i never knew about the major,minor, minor major construction. my favorite 7th chord is, too hard to choose. but without E7#9 we wouldn't have purple haze ! thanks again for making chord theory enjoyable
I recognize that you are a great teacher. But I maybe I am not a great student. In any case I thought that playing Happy Birthday or Jingle Bells would be less complicated. But i have to admit that your way of explaining the whole musical theory is the best way. I’m sure I would gladly pay for a manual in pdf that explains these concepts to complement what you have done here in your TH-cam channel. Thanks a lot. Impressive!
Ms Gracie, what and how you are teaching is amazingly helpful to someone like myself who plays all these scales and chords, but has really only understood what i was doing "by ear", and not theory. You are able to break down the "wall of intimidation" when it comes to music theory for ear players. I for one am extremely thankful for your efforts and willingness to share your knowledge in such an accessible way.
Thank you so much, Josh! If you can play things by ear, that is wonderful because that means you have a true and deep sense of musicality inside of you. That’s the most important thing, and it can be hard to teach. Theory helps us understand, refine, and bring ideas into what we’re playing. Theory is also fun once it’s broken down in a way that makes sense. I think it truly takes years and years of reiteration before a lot of it really sinks in (it certainly did for me), but once you do begin to grasp it, it’s really so fun and magical. Thank you very much for your nice comment - it really means a lot to read. I’m so glad I’ve helped break down the wall of intimidation for you, and I hope you continue to enjoy this musical journey we are all on :).
@@GracieTerzian Just can't express my thanks well enough for the time and effort you make to share this. I am sure following your recommendation of reiteration, it will become sort of second nature. I think of "musicality" as the language of music, but i was lacking the "grammar" of music, this understanding of what makes it musical. Ultimately, i just want to be able to express what i hear internally, which hopefully goes to the soul. Thanks so much.
@@GracieTerzian سعدت بردك على تعليقي لكني لا استطيع الترجمة ؟ كنت اترجم تعليقات متتبعينك لافهم بعض الاشياء لكتي الان لا استطيع الترجمة هل السبب من عندك ؟؟؟
My teacher supreme....the entire complexity decoded...the most beautiful part was the sing along...with ur equally haunting voice quality...d phonetic sounds of each of the diff type of chords makes it much easier to register🙂👍
I wonder where you have been hiding all this long!We have had music teachers with sincere heart but you excel over all of them!You are loud and crystal clear in every explanation!Now with you on board I can learn music and play my keyboard meaningfully!Great many thanks for this precious sacrifice!
Now I really want to know what a Cflat fully diminished looks like...? Another great video. Simple explanation with lots of repetition to reinforce the learning of the bite size chunks. Enlightened in the UK.
You are a wonderful instructer! I've played guitar for about 12 years (simply never practiced enough), but recently took up piano (which I love and have no problem practicing 7-10 hours per week). I have a foundational knowledge of music theory, which I picked up when I was playing guitar. When I started playing piano though, music theory can to life in my mind and suddenly started to make sense. Anyhow, I eventually stumbled upon your channel and find myself tuning in often. You, and others on TH-cam, have become part of my journey. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in an enjoyable fashion!
This is far and away the best explanation of 7th's I have seen on the net. You speak in basic English, without pretense, and communicate information efficiently and effectively.
Thank you gracie ! I finally know why a diminished guitar chord is really a half diminished chord and i know the formula for that chord -a a minor 7th flat 5 chord
Your lessons are so great!! I’ve been a self taught musician for many years. I wanted to learn the reasons (ie - theory) for the things I’ve learned from intuition. These video lessons get right down to the points I’m interested in. I’m already finding new insights to break out of some ruts. Lovin it! Thanks Gracie!!
Thank you so much for your time in explaining the 7th chords; this concept just came up in my bass (electric) lesson. I am a *complete* beginner to music and music theory, and your lessons are SO VERY HELPFUL!! Thank you, thank you!!
Love these videos and worksheets. Learning the chord qualities of these chords by sitting at a keyboard and singing them is helping me recognize them instantly when hearing songs. I can hear a dominant 7th a mile away!
While trying to identify the note of chords on the guitar I still have to go back to visualizing the keyboard to do it. I see why my mother gave me piano lessons for a couple of my childhood years. The keyboard is still in my head 60 years later.
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The hallmark of a GREAT teacher is someone who can take complex concepts and make them understandable for ANY audience. Gracie, you are a PHENOMENAL teacher and musician. You are performing an incredibly valuable service with these videos, and you deserve all the success possible in your life.
Amen
Add another Amen!!!!
I agree
Brilliant teacher
Yes, AMEN
There is NO BETTER TEACHER OF MUSIC and MORE PROFESSIONAL!!!🎷🎷🎷🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎻🎻🎻🎻🎶🎶🎤
We laugh at YT lessons, but in the 1960's at a major university I took a full-semester course in music theory (classes, homework, exams), and they didn't cover half of what Ms. Terzian covers in a few minutes. And frankly, she covers it better.
Yep same here learnt this over a number of years 40 years ago one of the best middle class secrets ever...
Wow, What a teacher!! Fast, knowledgeable, understandable, plus. You make it logical.
As a working mum who struggles to find time for herself to devote to playing music. I thank you for your teachings and all while juggling a little one of your own. Apart from being a superb teacher with rare clarity. You are an inspiration. Thank you again.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your lovely and generous comment ❤️. Good luck on your continued musical journey & finding time to balance everything too!
I am a semi-literate musician and mostly self-taught. By self-taught I mean I learned through books and tutorials such as this. Yours is excellent!
Thank you!!
@Gracie Terzian Thank you for the constancy of your presentation. I am hooked...a fan.
As I have been teaching myself to play piano, I had a lightbulb moment about musical structures, and that is the fact that "intervals" are the KEY to music. In this video, you mapped out the interval structures of these chords, and showed how they can be applied to any number of different keys. It is these 'distance relationships" so to speak that are the underlying structures that cause our brain to identify these sounds and their associated feelings. I like to re-visit your videos because I find that as I progress along this path, I notice things I hadn't noticed before. Nicely done!
Anyone that can take a complex problem and make it simple has a great understanding of the subject. Excellent presentation.
This is by far my favorite beginner music theory channel. When I first was starting out w/ music theory, out of all the channels that I've watched, this was by far the best.
I like how you ask us the question before giving the answer. Made me think and interact with the lesson and by half way through the video I was writing the answers ahead of your next question. Thanks.
I’ve been spending many many hours trying to figure this out on my own and all I was getting was more confused. Watching the first fifteen minutes of your video and suddenly the light comes on ! Instant subscriber !
I love your style of teaching. You provide multiple examples, you do things at a pace that allows learning. Other people speak too fast...or make point too superficially. Great style, love it. Will watch your other videos for sure.
Thank you so much!! Your comment really means a lot.
Gracie is the best, most effective music teacher I have seen. And I ain't lyin'!
Awww thank you!
@@GracieTerzian thank YOU for your amazing lessons! 👍👍😃
You are correct !!
I wonder if she knows calculus though ...
@@terrybeaud9348 Basic algebra should suffice for conversion to the diatonic scale.
Ms “G”, just when the internet seems like a connection to everything bizarre, controversial, meaningless, immoral, nonsensical, political, (I could go on trust me), I stumble into this ray of hope in the form of the most intelligent, articulate, professionally presented, and for an old geezer musician like me… INCREDIBLY HELPFUL lesson! (and unlike other subject matter… FREE).
THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!!!
great basic intro very helpful
OMG - THIS LESSON WAS EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU GRACIE!!!😍🙏🙏🙏. ✅Feel like i sat thorough an EXCELLENT MUSIC THEORY (FULLY LOADED) ON 7th CHORD LESSON THEORY from some IVY LEAGUE or JULLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉. EXPLAINED TO PERFECTION!!!
So far I have followed all your lessons and it's like your the only teacher who gets through my thick/old head. I have understood every lesson. Thanx Gracie
Aw what a compliment! Thank you very much Michael
@Qflick Good news / bad. Bad=My memory. Then I get to watch Gracie's vids repeatedly. I'll get somehow.
you said what i want to say.
@@genesislanfei5613 Best news, We get 2 review @ any time.
Same here.
You don't save on time and details so your students will see it clearly; that makes u an excellent teacher. Thank you.
For all the years I've been playing instruments, these are the best and easy so far lesson to understand. 👍🏽 Thanks Gracie may God reward you as your wishes arep
Love your style of teaching so clear thanks Gracie great voice also very understandable
Very beautiful clear teaching Patrick Ooty
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Best music teacher I have seen on the net. Thorough explanations spoken clearly and not too fast.
This Lesson is awsome, it has pefect explanations and the correct naming conventions. Thanks Gracie
I have studied music at major music school. Your teaching is much better. Gracie, you are the best.
Woohoo thank you !! :)
Unbelievable teaching method....God gifted talent. It's really awesome.
Thank you very much!!!
Have been to a music teacher for years and hardly learned any theory. Your videos have helped fill in the spaces and I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, albeit still a long ways off. Thanks
I just bought a book on learning to play piano from "chord symbols"and the first practice were playing the 7th chords in all roots and divisions..I was stumped by the theory..I couldn't grasp the concept of the degree's as to why E was 4th but thanks to this video it became a lot clearer..much more to understand regarding music theory so I think I'll stick to your channel and subscribe..thank you..for these classes..much appreciated..🙏
I saw this video a year I saved. I said to myself I’ll need later on my musical journey boom today I wanted to have a better understanding of 7th chords etc…. I watched this video thanks ever so much Garcie God bless
Gracie, you are a remarkably talented teacher, gifted musician, and vocalist. Unique among your peers.
Aw thank you so much David! You are the best!
It's one thing to play these 7th chords, but completely understanding the theory really completes it. Thanks Gracie!
I started grabbing my guitar (haven't played in a long time) and forming the chords with you, so this wouldn't just fade into "theory." You're a great teacher! Thank you!
You ARE exactly what I needed at this stage of my musical development. It’s amazing when you think about it: being taught exactly what you need to know and how and, on the other hand, actually know that what you’re getting is exactly what you need to receive. With surgical precision. Thank you.
I love how you sing and play the chords and notes. You are a natural when it comes to teaching, you’re using a good inquisitive method. I also like that you don’t come off fake nor a big ego, you’re creating a safe space for learning. I am sharing your videos with some of my musical friends. Hopefully I can return the favor by getting you more subscribers and helping more people relatively new to music. Thank you Gracie, well done.
This is the absolute best explanation I have seen and now understand completely. I have watch many videos to try to understand and now I do! thank you so much!
Thanks so much!! So glad it helped you understand!!
When the student is ready the teacher appears. I appreciate your free lessons. "It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it" Thank!!!
You're very good with your instruction. I'm a teacher/guitar player, too, & you're a breath of fresh air in the over crowded guitar "teacher" video genre. You're excellent with your methods & style. Thanks for your work & your giving heart to share & help others. Bless you!!
Thanks so much!! That means a lot, especially coming from another teacher!! I really appreciate this nice comment.
First time I listen to your lessons…Superb , easy to understand and made it so simple thank you
Ah and You are beautiful too
Surf endlessly in your guitar journey, then be presented with knowledge so easily digested. Wow! Thank you.
yay that makes me so happy to hear!
In my opinion EVERYONE should learn music theory on a keyboard, regardless of what their chosen main instrument is. It's just so much easier and less confusing, and teaches and prepares you better for orchestrating and arranging later.
@@EgoShredder it is that transition, for me personally, when I started to see my guitar as a way to, loved the word you mentioned, orchestrate what I could hear in my head. Easy chord theory was that lightbulb moment for me :-)
@@philippaz7850 I learnt the guitar really quickly, but only because of my 5 years on the keyboard first. However I was self taught on the keyboard, and so it took me longer on that, although the good part is it makes you more unique and less "schooled" sounding.
7 chords? I mean 7 times I love the way this lady teaches piano ! She clears up the air make things simple! White board and her piano demo really helps without rushing it all!
Not only do you know the music theory, but you are also a good teacher. The "pauses" work....
Today I under stood the Chords and You are my REAL TEACHER of Key board. I am very much thankful to you Gracie.
Yay!! Love to hear this :)
In my K-12 Education I had 2 or 3 teachers who were like Gracie with the ability to simplify the complicated and make it easy to understand. She is the kind of teacher that changes people's lives. Thanks for posting all these lessons, Gracie. I have learned a LOT from you.
Aw that is such a nice thing to say, Jeff. Thank you very, very much!
I'm guessing that We all learn a bit differently. We can remember those instructors that hit that grandslam.
This has been the best and simplest explanation I have ever heard. Always wondered of the difference between mayor 7 and 7th. Thanks you!
Merci. Came back to watch it a second time. And I saw that you told about the trick to speed up the videos. I've been telling everyone that I was time travelling to my music classes since they asked me how I could listen to 40 hours of Gracie's videos each day.
I love the way you explain the music. Thank you.
This is my favorite of your videos that I've seen so far, closely followed by the video on why there are three versions of minor scales. Thank you.
thank you so much for your teaching , everything is so clear and easy to understand. I've been struggling for a year to understand chords, and especially the 7th chords in Blues
watching dozens of videos on the subject and most of them let me in a state of emptyness because of the lack of explanation until I found you ! Your way of teaching, taking the viewer by the hand and going step by step is what someone like me who never studied solfege or music before need to understand music in a simple way.
Best explanation I've ever seen/heard on 7th chords. Love the maj7 chord.
Thanks!! Me too!
I sincerely appreciate your Formulas.
In learning my guitar fretboard and scales, I can now play select parts of the scales that sound good together, selected knowingly rather than by chance, making up simple melodies, or "riffs". Many thanks!!
Thanks, Gracie, for the most comprehensive description of 7th and diminished chords I have ever heard! You are the best!
Been scratching my head over how chords work for ages, Gracie made it real easy to grasp. Cheers Gracie and many thanks.
Aw thank you Lez! :) sooo happy to hear this!
I like the ear training that goes along with this lesson. So a Major 7 chord sounds like the the first bar of Chicago / Color MY World . In fact the whole song is filled with 7 chords of various qualities. Another Great Job!
Great job Gracie. You always able to turn something difficult into easy to understand. A big thank you.
I’ve been trying to learn more music theory for months… and yours is the FIRST lesson I could understand. Instantly subscribed.
I’m in your debt, young lady. Thank you! 👏🏼
Awesome, thank you!!! Keep up the great work on your journey learning music theory! It should be fun! :)
Love Her style, It could be condensed somewhat w/out losing anyone(rewind is at Our beck & call).
Wow,,you are a great teacher with huge heart for learners someone who can make complex concepts easier to understand. Gracie, you are naturally talented and blessed.
Thank you so much, appreciate your beautiful heart. I finally found what I was searching for these M7. God bless 💞🙏.
A great teacher!!! I hope all teachers will watch her videos regardless of their discipline.
Thanks for explaining this in an easy to follow and understanding way! Makes sense now 🙏🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful! The video for "secret to key signatures" was not only helpful to me, but my piano coach is now teaching the method!!!!!
Oh that’s awesome! I’m very glad to hear it.
hI, FROM UK, hAVING PLAYED DRUMS ALL MY LIFE AND NOW RETIRED NOT WISHING TO SIT AROUND ALL DAY , I DECIDED TO LEARN THE BASS GUITAR . bY THE WAY i AM 89YRS OLD HIHI. . i NEEDED TO LEARN MUSIC THEORY . aND FOUND YOUR MUSIC THEORY PROGRAMME ON uTUBE . . wow YOU MADE THINGS SO EASY TO UNDERSTAND , aFTER FOUR WEEKS OF PRATICE AND WATCHING YOU ON uTUBAE > i AMALL RE4ADY PLAYING ALONG WITH sATING DOLL AUTUMN LEAVES AND OTHER STANDARDS . sO THANK YOU gRACE YOU HAVE MADE AN OLD MAN VERY HAPPY , tHANK YOU SO MUCH AND gOD BLESS YOU . cHEERS nIGEL
Thank you so much!! Keep up the great work!!!
@@GracieTerzian Thanks again GracieHave a happy xmas and New year. Cheers Nigel
Gracie's lessons are proper professional lessons - much appreciated!
Wow, Ive been playing guitar for a dozen years and piano for a couple of months. This opens up soooo many more opportunites/songs for me on the piano to jam with my infant daughter without ever having look for the right notes. The formula portion especially was enjoyable while you sang the chord progression. Your explanations makes music less mysterious but more magical at the same time.
Thank you. Subscribed.
Your lessons are just phenomenal. It's the way you explain things, it sticks so much better
Hi Gracie thank you very much 🎵
0:18- Root and chord quality
2:58 - 7th chords formulas
3:08 - major 7th
8:45 - dominant 7th
16:31 - minor 7th
23:12 - 1/2 diminished 7th ( m7b5)
27:10 - fully diminished 7th
31:20 - minor major 7th
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Gracie this series is so good. I am watching a second time through most of them. You make it so easy to learn. The harder thing is to practice and retain the information - but watching the videos again is just as much fun as the first time - although easier because I know the theory now. I would highly recommend the PDFs, but also take your own notes as you watch (which I didn't do first time). Thanks you again.
Thanks, Gracie. The 7th chords have always been a mystery to me playing the guitar. You are the first to explain how to formulate them in an easy way. Congratulations! I just take it the formulas are a given, so there is no need going over them!? Now if I'm playing a song with those weird 7th chords, I am sure I will know how to play them (provided I remember the formulas!).
Great lesson Gracie, sounding out the chords, brings out a new dimension, you're a gem. Cheers
Yay thank you Alan! Yes I think it's so important to sing and hear the individual notes in your head for these chords :) (even if you're not a singer!)
You have a nice simple and relaxed way of teaching complex matter. All seems to be clear now in my head. Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you so much! So glad to hear that!
Gracie, absolutely the best explanation of 7th chords! I love your work and videos!
Thanks so much!
Gracie you are such a wonderful music teacher everyone can understand
Singing the notes of the chords ... very illuminating for ear training , & understanding theory & structure. Great Video !
Once again, the lesson was nice and effective !
I must confess that I had already seen all those things with other TH-cam videos, but the way you dissect the chords,... it speaks to me !
Merci beaucoup.
Grace, God bless you. Your teaching skill is unique.
Thank you! 😃
Taken me 7 years to get here and understand this part of music theory. Thanks.
There are many great music theory teachers on TH-cam, but you are the best! Really appreciate the patience in slowly building complexity with examples and the repetition. 😀
Thank you so much!!! What a nice thing to say. Really appreciate it!
I simply enjoy when you sign along the chords, 😲😵… so smooth!
Great video! Great content.
Thanks a lot!
I knew Gracie would straighten out my seventh chords enigma! Thanks Gracie!!
You’re welcome!!
Thank you so much, Gracie. You are a wonderful teacher. So clear and easy to follow. Thanks again and May God bless and empower you more always….
You are a good gifted teacher Good God Almighty bless you in your endeavor to make music theory easy, plain and straightforward to mankind.❤
love how you go into such thorough detail for the formulas, i never knew about the major,minor, minor major construction. my favorite 7th chord is, too hard to choose. but without E7#9 we wouldn't have purple haze ! thanks again for making chord theory enjoyable
Thank you so much!!!
Gracie you’re lesson is so amazing that I have fallen in love with music theory.
Now that I have revisited this I realize you have refreshed my memory about dim/half dim - thanks. (removing my previous comment from last year)
Great! :)
I recognize that you are a great teacher. But I maybe I am not a great student. In any case I thought that playing Happy Birthday or Jingle Bells would be less complicated. But i have to admit that your way of explaining the whole musical theory is the best way. I’m sure I would gladly pay for a manual in pdf that explains these concepts to complement what you have done here in your TH-cam channel. Thanks a lot. Impressive!
Ms Gracie, what and how you are teaching is amazingly helpful to someone like myself who plays all these scales and chords, but has really only understood what i was doing "by ear", and not theory. You are able to break down the "wall of intimidation" when it comes to music theory for ear players. I for one am extremely thankful for your efforts and willingness to share your knowledge in such an accessible way.
Thank you so much, Josh! If you can play things by ear, that is wonderful because that means you have a true and deep sense of musicality inside of you. That’s the most important thing, and it can be hard to teach. Theory helps us understand, refine, and bring ideas into what we’re playing. Theory is also fun once it’s broken down in a way that makes sense. I think it truly takes years and years of reiteration before a lot of it really sinks in (it certainly did for me), but once you do begin to grasp it, it’s really so fun and magical. Thank you very much for your nice comment - it really means a lot to read. I’m so glad I’ve helped break down the wall of intimidation for you, and I hope you continue to enjoy this musical journey we are all on :).
@@GracieTerzian Just can't express my thanks well enough for the time and effort you make to share this. I am sure following your recommendation of reiteration, it will become sort of second nature. I think of "musicality" as the language of music, but i was lacking the "grammar" of music, this understanding of what makes it musical. Ultimately, i just want to be able to express what i hear internally, which hopefully goes to the soul. Thanks so much.
شرح ممتع وسهل ومبسط لاقصى درجة رغم عدم اتقاني للغة الانجليزية لكني استفدت كثيرا شكرا جزيلا كل الاحترام ✌🌺🌻🌼😊
So happy you were able to learn from it even while speaking another language! Thank you so much for your nice comments ❤️ I really appreciate them!
@@GracieTerzian سعدت بردك على تعليقي لكني لا استطيع الترجمة ؟ كنت اترجم تعليقات متتبعينك لافهم بعض الاشياء لكتي الان لا استطيع الترجمة هل السبب من عندك ؟؟؟
My teacher supreme....the entire complexity decoded...the most beautiful part was the sing along...with ur equally haunting voice quality...d phonetic sounds of each of the diff type of chords makes it much easier to register🙂👍
I wonder where you have been hiding all this long!We have had music teachers with sincere heart but you excel over all of them!You are loud and crystal clear in every explanation!Now with you on board I can learn music and play my keyboard meaningfully!Great many thanks for this precious sacrifice!
Love her singing the arpeggios… That’s a helpful tool!
Yes it is! Glad you dig it!
Gracie you are the greatest. Love your patient step by step simple approach. What a gift you are to anyone trying to learn.
Now I really want to know what a Cflat fully diminished looks like...? Another great video. Simple explanation with lots of repetition to reinforce the learning of the bite size chunks. Enlightened in the UK.
THANK YOU GRACIE🙏🙏🙏. YOU ARE SUCH AN EXCELLENT TEACHER!!!! Sooooo APPRECIATE IT!!!!😍. PERFECTLY EXPLAINED✅
You are a wonderful instructer! I've played guitar for about 12 years (simply never practiced enough), but recently took up piano (which I love and have no problem practicing 7-10 hours per week). I have a foundational knowledge of music theory, which I picked up when I was playing guitar. When I started playing piano though, music theory can to life in my mind and suddenly started to make sense. Anyhow, I eventually stumbled upon your channel and find myself tuning in often. You, and others on TH-cam, have become part of my journey. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in an enjoyable fashion!
I agree with everyone below. You truly are a winner Gracie.
This is far and away the best explanation of 7th's I have seen on the net. You speak in basic English, without pretense, and communicate information efficiently and effectively.
Thank you so much, John! What a nice thing to say!! I’m so happy you found the video clear and straightforward :)
Thank you gracie ! I finally know why a diminished guitar chord is really a half diminished chord and i know the formula for that chord -a a minor 7th flat 5 chord
I finally may start to fully understand chords & scales with a more in depth knowledge thanks to the way you break it down. Thank you 💙
So happy to hear this!!
Finally I understand there are double flats in my sheet music when playing with my band. thank you !
Your lessons are so great!! I’ve been a self taught musician for many years. I wanted to learn the reasons (ie - theory) for the things I’ve learned from intuition. These video lessons get right down to the points I’m interested in. I’m already finding new insights to break out of some ruts. Lovin it! Thanks Gracie!!
Thank you so much for your time in explaining the 7th chords; this concept just came up in my bass (electric) lesson. I am a *complete* beginner to music and music theory, and your lessons are SO VERY HELPFUL!! Thank you, thank you!!
My favorite on guitar is a major 7. It sounds so optimistic.
This is the best explanation I've encountered ever. It's somewhat hard to grasp for me as a beginner, but Gracie really explains clearly ❤
Love these videos and worksheets. Learning the chord qualities of these chords by sitting at a keyboard and singing them is helping me recognize them instantly when hearing songs. I can hear a dominant 7th a mile away!
While trying to identify the note of chords on the guitar I still have to go back to visualizing the keyboard to do it. I see why my mother gave me piano lessons for a couple of my childhood years. The keyboard is still in my head 60 years later.
Most effective music teacher I have seen.I like your all videos.very helpfull of your lesson.thank you.God bless and gracias
Thank you so much!!
This is the first time I fully understand a major 7 and minor 7 concepts.