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.
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!
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 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.
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
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.
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 !
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!!!
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!!!
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
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.
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
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!!
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!
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.
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!!
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.
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 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!
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.
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 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 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’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 💞🙏.
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!).
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.
Congratulations Gracie on your excellent teaching techniques! I just found your instructional videos and of all the ones that I have watched I have found yours to be tops- you explain each detail so simply and easy to understand, thus making it easy to play! Keep up the good work! God Bless You!
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
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!)
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.
Thank you so much Gracie! your videos are the best, so helpful and concise! I also love your worksheets in paetron, SUPER HELPFUL! Amazing teacher and beautiful soul!! I would love to see a video on modes and how to remember these scales as a vocalist ❤
awesome teaching methodologies, very easy to understand first time too! I've great admiration for your skill in making these problematic theory concepts so seemingly obvious! Subscribed and will share with others struggling with music theory! Thank you so much Gracie!
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!
magnificent lesson I really appreciate it and simultaneously learn a whole lot from it . I have watched a lot over the TH-cam channel but watching you teaching is unprecedented . I am going to keep learning from you again Great lesson.
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. 😀
Gracie, you're a delight. I kinda already knew this particular material, but you have such an appealing manner of presentation that I enjoyed listening to it anyway. Keep doing what you do! :)
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
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.
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!
That overview of the notes of the 7th chords on the whiteboard at 3:00 is super handy, especially concerning those dreaded diminished chords! Thanks for that, I get it now! It is so much easier on a keyboard than on the fretboard of a guitar, because on a keyboard the layout of the notes is clear, octave after octave in a straight line, and in a chord you can easily play notes that are close to each other, whereas on a guitar you can't and have to figure out the fingering and which note to play on which string. Love the instrument though!
This is terrific. 7th chords always are a little funky to me, so I really appreciate the rundown and showing the chord symbols - I have added them to my notes! Thanks Gracie for another great video!!
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!!
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!!
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.
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.
Oh, this is awesome. I've been using these chords for years in my compositions but have never known the theory behind them. That's what happens when you learn to play by ear. After 47 years I am proficient at playing and composing and utterly hopeless at understanding and explaining. I have now subscribed to your channel and look forward to viewing many more of your excellent theory lessons. Many thanks, Gracie.
Thank you so much for subscribing, Richard! I’m so happy you found this video helpful. That’s very impressive you can compose and play without understanding everything! It shows you have a truly deep sense of musicality - which I think is very hard to learn if you don’t have it naturally. Music theory can be learned quite easily.. so soon you will be unstoppable! 🙂
@@GracieTerzian Aw, bless you for writing that. An example of writing without fully understanding, should you feel inclined or have the time... no worries if you don't. th-cam.com/video/eIrpyvXIf3k/w-d-xo.html (shame I didn't nail it, though)
@@richardnejman5231 Wow!!!! I can't believe you don't "understand" what you are playing... but even if you did, I'd still be blown away! You are brilliant!
@@GracieTerzian Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to this piece. I'm blown away that you're blown away, especially as I'm half way through watching your NYC concert and have found myself transfixed and in awe of your melodic sense.... your melodies are simply gorgeous and your singing so delicate and heartfelt. You are a breath of fresh air. Wishing England was a bit closer to the USA so I could come to a gig or two... or many. I am definitely going to learn a lot from you.
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!!!🎷🎷🎷🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎻🎻🎻🎻🎶🎶🎤
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.
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...
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.
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.
Wow, What a teacher!! Fast, knowledgeable, understandable, plus. You make it logical.
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.
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.
Anyone that can take a complex problem and make it simple has a great understanding of the subject. Excellent presentation.
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 !
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!!!
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!!!
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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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.
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
Best music teacher I have seen on the net. Thorough explanations spoken clearly and not too fast.
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
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!!
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.
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!!
You don't save on time and details so your students will see it clearly; that makes u an excellent 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.
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 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!
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!
Unbelievable teaching method....God gifted talent. It's really awesome.
Thank you very much!!!
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.
This Lesson is awsome, it has pefect explanations and the correct naming conventions. Thanks Gracie
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.
This has been the best and simplest explanation I have ever heard. Always wondered of the difference between mayor 7 and 7th. Thanks you!
Gracie, absolutely the best explanation of 7th chords! I love your work and videos!
Thanks so much!
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 :)
Best explanation I've ever seen/heard on 7th chords. Love the maj7 chord.
Thanks!! Me too!
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.
Not only do you know the music theory, but you are also a good teacher. The "pauses" work....
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 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 have studied music at major music school. Your teaching is much better. Gracie, you are the best.
Woohoo thank you !! :)
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!
Thanks, Gracie, for the most comprehensive description of 7th and diminished chords I have ever heard! You are the best!
It's one thing to play these 7th chords, but completely understanding the theory really completes it. Thanks Gracie!
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).
Great job Gracie. You always able to turn something difficult into easy to understand. A big 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 💞🙏.
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!).
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.
Congratulations Gracie on your excellent teaching techniques! I just found your instructional videos and of all the ones that I have watched I have found yours to be tops- you explain each detail so simply and easy to understand, thus making it easy to play! Keep up the good work! God Bless You!
this is the best tutorial on this i've seen yet! keep it up.
Your lessons are just phenomenal. It's the way you explain things, it sticks so much better
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
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!)
Singing the notes of the chords ... very illuminating for ear training , & understanding theory & structure. Great Video !
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.
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!!!
Thank you so much Gracie! your videos are the best, so helpful and concise! I also love your worksheets in paetron, SUPER HELPFUL! Amazing teacher and beautiful soul!!
I would love to see a video on modes and how to remember these scales as a vocalist ❤
awesome teaching methodologies, very easy to understand first time too! I've great admiration for your skill in making these problematic theory concepts so seemingly obvious! Subscribed and will share with others struggling with music theory! Thank you so much Gracie!
A great teacher!!! I hope all teachers will watch her videos regardless of their discipline.
Gracie's lessons are proper professional lessons - much appreciated!
I love the way you explain the music. Thank you.
great basic intro very 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.
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!
Thanks for explaining this in an easy to follow and understanding way! Makes sense now 🙏🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Taken me 7 years to get here and understand this part of music theory. Thanks.
magnificent lesson I really appreciate it and simultaneously learn a whole lot from it . I have watched a lot over the TH-cam channel but watching you teaching is unprecedented . I am going to keep learning from you again Great lesson.
Thanks Gracie for a very clear explanation. As I continue watching your video enhances my knowledge about reading music notes.
This is the best explanation I have listened to. Thanks a lot. Really appreciate you Gracie!
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!
Gracie, you're a delight. I kinda already knew this particular material, but you have such an appealing manner of presentation that I enjoyed listening to it anyway. Keep doing what you do! :)
I simply enjoy when you sign along the chords, 😲😵… so smooth!
Great video! Great content.
Thanks a lot!
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
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.
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!
I love watching these videos. I knew most of this one but as usual, I picked up a couple of gems! Thank you Gracie!
Thank you Jim!! You are awesome! 😊
This is the best 7th chord video I have ever seen, Excellent Job, Gracie
That overview of the notes of the 7th chords on the whiteboard at 3:00 is super handy, especially concerning those dreaded diminished chords! Thanks for that, I get it now! It is so much easier on a keyboard than on the fretboard of a guitar, because on a keyboard the layout of the notes is clear, octave after octave in a straight line, and in a chord you can easily play notes that are close to each other, whereas on a guitar you can't and have to figure out the fingering and which note to play on which string. Love the instrument though!
This is terrific. 7th chords always are a little funky to me, so I really appreciate the rundown and showing the chord symbols - I have added them to my notes! Thanks Gracie for another great video!!
Gracie you are such a wonderful music teacher everyone can understand
By far the best theory on TH-cam! Thank you so much!
Hi Gracie, you are the angel of music, you bring me get in touch of music a lots, you are a big heart tutor, thank you so much!
I agree with everyone below. You truly are a winner 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!!
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!
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!!
I love your thoroughness with all this stuff, Gracie, thanks a million x
Finally I understand there are double flats in my sheet music when playing with my band. thank you !
I knew Gracie would straighten out my seventh chords enigma! Thanks Gracie!!
You’re welcome!!
Gracie you make music theory learning an enjoyable experience. All the best to you and your new baby.
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're a great teacher and you have a lot of charm. Thanks for the effort you put into all of this
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.
All that with personality and looks too! Love the way you break things down...
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.
Oh, this is awesome. I've been using these chords for years in my compositions but have never known the theory behind them. That's what happens when you learn to play by ear. After 47 years I am proficient at playing and composing and utterly hopeless at understanding and explaining. I have now subscribed to your channel and look forward to viewing many more of your excellent theory lessons. Many thanks, Gracie.
Thank you so much for subscribing, Richard! I’m so happy you found this video helpful. That’s very impressive you can compose and play without understanding everything! It shows you have a truly deep sense of musicality - which I think is very hard to learn if you don’t have it naturally. Music theory can be learned quite easily.. so soon you will be unstoppable! 🙂
@@GracieTerzian Aw, bless you for writing that. An example of writing without fully understanding, should you feel inclined or have the time... no worries if you don't. th-cam.com/video/eIrpyvXIf3k/w-d-xo.html (shame I didn't nail it, though)
@@richardnejman5231 Wow!!!! I can't believe you don't "understand" what you are playing... but even if you did, I'd still be blown away! You are brilliant!
@@GracieTerzian Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to this piece. I'm blown away that you're blown away, especially as I'm half way through watching your NYC concert and have found myself transfixed and in awe of your melodic sense.... your melodies are simply gorgeous and your singing so delicate and heartfelt. You are a breath of fresh air. Wishing England was a bit closer to the USA so I could come to a gig or two... or many. I am definitely going to learn a lot from you.
you're a great teacher...very knowledgeable, a great communicator and patient lol
This is one of your best videos ever! Thanks for making such consistently awesome content. A true gem of TH-cam!!
Aww thank you so much!