Gracie, I think this is my first time ever comment on yt. I want to point out that your tutorials are just perfect. Your admirable combination of striking mathematical logic, knocking everything down to its core and providing the harmonic context all of this leads to is just a pleasure to watch! I wish 10% of my own musical education had been that good. Not to forget your lovely presentation style, always with a smile… Keep going!
Thank you so very much! And I’m honored you felt compelled to comment for the first time! Makes my day to hear you like the video so much :). Thank you!!!
This your teaching skill is a gift from God Almighty, i don't even know how to express myself here, you point out every details, you read our minds and immediately know the questions we have and u answer them, watching ur videos is like sitting with u one on one cause there is actually no difference, anything we would like to as u always point them out, thank God for bringing u to this planet, we are honored ❤❤❤
Theory was so intimidating to me, the ego decided it was unnecessary. Consequently, my creativity suffered. Your pedagogical style makes these concepts as simple as Blues Clues. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing how easy it can be to understand the language of music. 🙏🏾
Thank you! 😊 You can always support me on Patreon or donate to my Venmo or PayPal. Any support, no matter how small, is always tremendously appreciated!
Ms Gracie, you really have a brilliant way to unpack and unwrap these concepts. So many teachers fail to provide these kinds of "keys" to unlock theory, which can be so confusing. For example, your little sidebar on analyzing that V7 totally opens to the door to knowing how to identify any chord quality we see, even the strange and squirrely ones that some charts manage to put up. Simply brilliant!, as huge thanks.
Over the years (trumpet starting in 1952, later guitar) I've spent countless hours haphazardly working out concepts that you explain beautifully in just a few minutes. Thank you.
Hi Gracie: I am a 70 year old trying to be a guitar player, aka musician, lol. I have an aunt in Ca. Who is 100yrs old. and still kicking, who played guitar back in the day for Gene Autry. I was wondering how hard it was to learn the Pentatonic Scalles back in the day, when it was just acoustic guitar and with no electric guitars hadn't been invented yet.If I can get thru to her I should be able to find out. By the way, you have a beautiful voice . So don't strain unnecessarily. BYE.
This video was the most amazing conceptual thing I think I’ve ever seen. The way you explained it numbering the chords as a way to easily understand. Also, you have an amazing voice.
I often watch your videos for memory reinforcement. I usually understand what you're explaining but it never hurts to hammer it in my brain a little further. And when it's a topic I'm less familiar with I usually come away with a better if not complete understanding. You're the best!
Dear Gracie This lesson was very helpful, I understood everything you explain, but now is to put it in my brain. I always wanted to be able to transpose correctly, could never do it. You helped me a lot, things got a little bit clearer now I am gonna listen to this lesson e few more times, and for the first time I think that I will download your sheets beneath, what you recommended so often. To be able to file everything properly so that I can put it in my brain the right way. Your way of teaching is very good the best I have ever seen, sometimes you talk a little too fast, but then I just stop the video. But your voice is crystal clear and beautiful. And it fits exactly to your face. Thank you for this lesson. Carlos
One of the main aspects that I so dearly love about your videos on music theory, Gracie, is the childlike wonder you bring to the subject, a quality which acts as a portal to a magic realm. Enchanting!
Some great insights. For example, I now understand why the 1st & 4th degrees are MAJ and the 5th is a dominant. Your explanations and teaching methods are crystal clear.
I see why you’re a good teacher. You are very intuitive about guessing where you think people may get confused. Many teachers just plow right through and I think they just assume that people will pick up on everything automatically….Everytime you stopped to clarify something, it was always at a point where I got confused…but importantly, you knew right when to reel it in before you allowed yourself to fall down the rabbithole and go off on an unrelated tangent….bravo…
Amazing tutorial, keep making more videos, you helped me unlock this once impossible block of theory that I never thought I would understand. Thank you Gracie!!!
Understanding the language of music really is making it much more enjoyable and fun for me. Things that would throw me off before. Make so much sense as I learn the basic rules. I know there are no rules when it comes to being creative. But it helps to have the basic ingredients in there . Then add in the spices to create your own flavor.
Your are so wonderful! Such a clear and detailed way of teaching. I have been away for awhile do to being so busy but I am progressing nicely and gladly to your more complicated music theory videos. Thank you Gracie and I wish you much happiness with your growing family.
Gracie, you and your teaching style are absolutely amazing! For me, a person with completely no music theory training, to be able to grasp the concepts you teach (and thoroughly explain) in your videos is truly remarkable. I've watched several of your videos now and I simply cannot, in good conscience, continue to benefit from your wealth of knowledge without a monetary donation to support your channel. Please keep up the great work!!! Thanks.
Gracie, I could give you a huge hug!!! I have knowledge of music theory from watching TH-cam and playing instruments , but I was still missing pieces to the puzzle. I live near Eastman School of Music and wanted to finally really study music theory, but I didn’t want to take the 101 course since I already know the circle of 5ths etc, because of your wonderful teaching style, the way you go step by step I can now take there entrance exam and go into music theory 102. I love Jazz and this is where you see the numbers and symbols, my piano teacher couldn’t explain this to me 😢 and suggested I take a theory class 😮. After your video I can now go to the piano and play the 2 5 1 progression in every key. This video was like turning on a light in a dark room! Finally I found the lost puzzle piece through your teaching and now I can see the picture! Thank you so much for all these videos, you are so appreciated!
I'm now discovering your videos. I tell you, I'm going to consume your content like no one's business. Great stuff. I get to learn my music theory in my room. Thanks Gracie.
Hi Gracie. Thank you for the clear explanations. You make it all so much more simple to understand. I think the ear training would be really helpful too. Thanks again for all the time and effort you put in to this work.
To continue my previous comment I would say that you Gracie have made sense of something that for years I thought was so complex. I recently saw you were in Gaithersburg MD at a uke gathering. That's right in my backyard so I hope you'll be back next year. I especially enjoyed the interview you did. Thanks for being such a great ambassador for music knowledge.
Such a helpful video, Gracie, which has covered so much. I appreciate the time this must’ve taken you to record and edit! I always enjoy your music theory lessons and would definitely be interested in ear training, please 🙌❤
Thank you from all my heart! This was an excellent lesson for a percussionist. Who knew I, vi, ii, V would change my life? It sure beats 1, 2, 3, 4 over and over again or, base, snare, base, snare! Alan
Thanks for this lesson, I still have to work it out, and put it in my brain and fingers. For now I am still struggling with the translation in to German, as I have learned most of the expressions, in previous lessons I took, in German. But good lesson I have learned a lot Thank you Carlos Kort
Seriously the best music teacher I’ve seen on TH-cam! I’ve never thought of the theory of using the Root scale to build the diatonic chords. Always thought of it as the 2nd and 3rd scale degrees are minor so remember the notes in those specific chords, not that those notes are the notes in the root scale.
Your explanation of how the minor and minor 7th chords are related to the notes in the key of each note allowed me to better understand how chords are formed. I made a grid with the notes of each key represented vertically beneath the notes in the key of C. This showed me which notes in each scale had to be flattened to align that scale with the key of C. The pattern of flattening notes results in the I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi-vii sequence. Thank you.
As usual very well done! You may have covered a detail & I missed it but still confused as to why in this series of chords the V is called the dominant, but in the major diatonic video the V is called simply major. Thanks again for all your work!
Another great lesson, Gracie! You explain music theory so well. Yours are the best I have found on TH-cam. Thank-you! BTW, it helped me to make an Excel spreadsheet with multiple tables of all 15 keys and the diatonic chords in each one. I made one spreadsheet each for the Major, Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, and Melodic Minor diatonic chords in a single workbook. They also include the 7th note for 7th chords. It helped me understand why some chords are majors, some are minors, some are diminished, etc.
Hey Gracie!! I left another comment some where and I was surprised to see someone respond to that comment as something to the effect that I should tone down my crush on you. I wish to clear up his mistaken notion that my enthusiasm is in any way romantic. I was delighted to see I apparently have a following of one. Like many people I have always loved music but never understood how it works.
So sweet. It's all interconnected(woven). I taught My S/O: 1st learn Maj C, F, & G. She won't do scales-just TABS. Now Ms Gracie demo's the Ab Diatonics(sounds like a health regime) Eureka: all else are flatted. C,F&G remain the same.
Heyyy Gracie!!! Another great video!!! Very helpful!! It is great how you demonstrate the sound of each 7 th chord on the piano. Yes more videos about training the ear please?😀👍
Gracie, I think this is my first time ever comment on yt. I want to point out that your tutorials are just perfect. Your admirable combination of striking mathematical logic, knocking everything down to its core and providing the harmonic context all of this leads to is just a pleasure to watch! I wish 10% of my own musical education had been that good. Not to forget your lovely presentation style, always with a smile… Keep going!
Thank you so very much! And I’m honored you felt compelled to comment for the first time! Makes my day to hear you like the video so much :). Thank you!!!
All the videos elucidate comprehensive but basic features for easy learning. It's wonderful for an aged person too.
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This your teaching skill is a gift from God Almighty, i don't even know how to express myself here, you point out every details, you read our minds and immediately know the questions we have and u answer them, watching ur videos is like sitting with u one on one cause there is actually no difference, anything we would like to as u always point them out, thank God for bringing u to this planet, we are honored ❤❤❤
Theory was so intimidating to me, the ego decided it was unnecessary. Consequently, my creativity suffered. Your pedagogical style makes these concepts as simple as Blues Clues. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing how easy it can be to understand the language of music. 🙏🏾
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Perfect piece, greatly professional. I suppose I owe hundreds of dollars for these lessons.
Thank you! 😊 You can always support me on Patreon or donate to my Venmo or PayPal. Any support, no matter how small, is always tremendously appreciated!
Sure, thank you. My honor.😃
It's a tribute to your teaching that learners will stick with you for 47 minutes!
still working through your 101 playlist and you are still killing it - great stuff.
So glad to hear it!
Ms Gracie, you really have a brilliant way to unpack and unwrap these concepts. So many teachers fail to provide these kinds of "keys" to unlock theory, which can be so confusing. For example, your little sidebar on analyzing that V7 totally opens to the door to knowing how to identify any chord quality we see, even the strange and squirrely ones that some charts manage to put up. Simply brilliant!, as huge thanks.
Hi Josh!! Thank you so much for your nice comment and I'm so happy to hear you find the video helpful! And especially glad you like my sidebars :)
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@@GracieTerzian Happy Holidays Gracie. Any chance that You could do more Piano. I barely play Guitar, so Uke is...
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Please keep on doing what you are doing....you are a great teacher!
Thank you Gracie, you are (in my opinion)the best teacher online. I’ve learned so much from you in the last 6 months.
Music is a gift of God and you are an angel Gracie 😘
Over the years (trumpet starting in 1952, later guitar) I've spent countless hours haphazardly working out concepts that you explain beautifully in just a few minutes. Thank you.
Hi Gracie: I am a 70 year old trying to be a guitar player, aka musician, lol. I have an aunt in Ca. Who is 100yrs old. and still kicking, who played guitar back in the day for Gene Autry. I was wondering how hard it was to learn the Pentatonic Scalles back in the day, when it was just acoustic guitar and with no electric guitars hadn't been invented yet.If I can get thru to her I should be able to find out. By the way, you have a beautiful voice
. So don't strain unnecessarily. BYE.
This video was the most amazing conceptual thing I think I’ve ever seen. The way you explained it numbering the chords as a way to easily understand. Also, you have an amazing voice.
Can't thank you enough, notes/chords relationships revealed in so simple way, God bless you, Luke png
I often watch your videos for memory reinforcement. I usually understand what you're explaining but it never hurts to hammer it in my brain a little further. And when it's a topic I'm less familiar with I usually come away with a better if not complete understanding. You're the best!
Me too.
Dear Gracie
This lesson was very helpful, I understood everything you explain, but now is to put it in my brain.
I always wanted to be able to transpose correctly, could never do it.
You helped me a lot, things got a little bit clearer now
I am gonna listen to this lesson e few more times, and for the first time I think that I will download your sheets beneath, what you recommended so often.
To be able to file everything properly so that I can put it in my brain the right way.
Your way of teaching is very good the best I have ever seen, sometimes you talk a little too fast, but then I just stop the video.
But your voice is crystal clear and beautiful.
And it fits exactly to your face.
Thank you for this lesson.
Carlos
Great video Gracie. Cords are very confusing when you’re starting out. You did a wonderful job of simplifying them. Thank you
An outstanding lesson, thorough and down to earth!
One of the best instructors/musicians on TH-cam! Whether it’s music theory, or playing songs. Thanks Gracie, this was very well done! 😎👍🎼
Thank you!
I am very happy for singing & playing Gitar & style of teaching. God bless u moreover.
One of the main aspects that I so dearly love about your videos on music theory, Gracie, is the childlike wonder you bring to the subject, a quality which acts as a portal to a magic realm. Enchanting!
Aww thank you :) Your comment made me smile
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Some great insights. For example, I now understand why the 1st & 4th degrees are MAJ and the 5th is a dominant. Your explanations and teaching methods are crystal clear.
I see why you’re a good teacher. You are very intuitive about guessing where you think people may get confused. Many teachers just plow right through and I think they just assume that people will pick up on everything automatically….Everytime you stopped to clarify something, it was always at a point where I got confused…but importantly, you knew right when to reel it in before you allowed yourself to fall down the rabbithole and go off on an unrelated tangent….bravo…
thank you so much!! this really means so much to hear!!! this is my goal, so i'm so glad :) thank you, thank you!
Amazing tutorial, keep making more videos, you helped me unlock this once impossible block of theory that I never thought I would understand. Thank you Gracie!!!
Gracie: YOU THE BEST of THE BEST 👌 KEEP IT COMING GIVING US SOME TERRIFIC MUSIC LESSONS 🎶 WE LOVE ❤️ AND NEED!!!!!
Congratulations Gracie, you explain things very well !
These lessons are presented in a way that’s lucid, simple, & to the point. Thank you.
Thank you Gracie. Just thank you.
I just joined your patroon. Learnt so much from you in such a short period, I think it’s only fair.
❤ your videos. Explained so well, and easy to understand! Thank you!!
I LOVE Gracie's videos too !!!
I love how you teach and explain. Thanks
Understanding the language of music really is making it much more enjoyable and fun for me. Things that would throw me off before. Make so much sense as I learn the basic rules. I know there are no rules when it comes to being creative. But it helps to have the basic ingredients in there . Then add in the spices to create your own flavor.
That's a great way to describe it! Everything you say is very true!!
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To a Great Teacher: Dealing with diminished chords, Major 7th's and Dominant 7th's at the IV and V positions is finally clear. Thank you!
you are a fantastic teacher thankyou!
Your are so wonderful! Such a clear and detailed way of teaching. I have been away for awhile do to being so busy but I am progressing nicely and gladly to your more complicated music theory videos. Thank you Gracie and I wish you much happiness with your growing family.
Brilliant video! Thank you for making it so easy Gracie.
Ms Gracie, thank you very much, I am old and never loved music theory, but with you it is a pleasure to learn, pls keep on 👍😊
Wow…This was an awesome lesson. Helped me so much. Makes so much sense now with numbers. Thank you.
So clear and concise..you could make rocket science seem practical and easy, thanks 🚀.
Gracie, you and your teaching style are absolutely amazing! For me, a person with completely no music theory training, to be able to grasp the concepts you teach (and thoroughly explain) in your videos is truly remarkable. I've watched several of your videos now and I simply cannot, in good conscience, continue to benefit from your wealth of knowledge without a monetary donation to support your channel. Please keep up the great work!!! Thanks.
Figuratively speaking; ANYONE can do this. I wish U well in learning. We love strawberries anyway (I'm biased).
Aww thank you so much Strawberry! This is such a nice comment, I am truly blown away by your kind words. Thank you very, very much!
@@robertakerman3570 :)
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Thank you Gracie I am considering becoming a patron. After the seeing this 2nd video:-)
You are such a good teacher!!
Wow I just hopped on Spotify to see if you had music. I listened to your EP saints and poets! Simply perfect music.
Merci beaucoup for these whiteboard presentations. Your style has helped me catch up on over 50 years of lack of musical education.
Same with me !!! lol 40+ years here
What instrument(s) do you play ???
Thanks, Gracie. Very hopeful.
Gracie, I could give you a huge hug!!! I have knowledge of music theory from watching TH-cam and playing instruments , but I was still missing pieces to the puzzle. I live near Eastman School of Music and wanted to finally really study music theory, but I didn’t want to take the 101 course since I already know the circle of 5ths etc, because of your wonderful teaching style, the way you go step by step I can now take there entrance exam and go into music theory 102. I love Jazz and this is where you see the numbers and symbols, my piano teacher couldn’t explain this to me 😢 and suggested I take a theory class 😮. After your video I can now go to the piano and play the 2 5 1 progression in every key. This video was like turning on a light in a dark room! Finally I found the lost puzzle piece through your teaching and now I can see the picture! Thank you so much for all these videos, you are so appreciated!
I'm now discovering your videos. I tell you, I'm going to consume your content like no one's business. Great stuff. I get to learn my music theory in my room. Thanks Gracie.
You sing so well!
She sings BEAUTIFULLY doesn't she ??? 🥰
Love these videos, even if I already know the concepts or theory it never hurts to go over the basics again, especially if the teacher is engaging.
Thank you Steve! Much appreciated
Hi Gracie. Thank you for the clear explanations. You make it all so much more simple to understand. I think the ear training would be really helpful too. Thanks again for all the time and effort you put in to this work.
You are an excellent teacher!!
Outstanding presentation of 7th chords done with clarity and charm.
You’re a fantastic teacher
You are THE GREATEST 🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
To continue my previous comment I would say that you Gracie have made sense of something that for years I thought was so complex. I recently saw you were in Gaithersburg MD at a uke gathering. That's right in my backyard so I hope you'll be back next year. I especially enjoyed the interview you did. Thanks for being such a great ambassador for music knowledge.
The Music Lesson Queen sent from another planet maybe????👍👍👍👍👍
Such a helpful video, Gracie, which has covered so much. I appreciate the time this must’ve taken you to record and edit! I always enjoy your music theory lessons and would definitely be interested in ear training, please 🙌❤
Great I am so glad to hear that!! :)
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Amazing lesson! Thank you very very much
Excellent explanation as always. Thanks.
Top notch via Gracie. Like n Commented for Algorithm.
Thank you Sully! Much appreciated :)
Thank you from all my heart! This was an excellent lesson for a percussionist. Who knew I, vi, ii, V would change my life? It sure beats 1, 2, 3, 4 over and over again or, base, snare, base, snare! Alan
This helped me immensley! Thank you so much...I'm now a follower!!
Thank you! God bless you!❤
You are the best you make it look simple
I always learn something from your videos...thanks so much for doing these. I need to check out your Patreon...I think it will be worth it!
Great lesson! Great voice, too!
Love your lessons, so helpful. Thankyou.🙂
Paraphrasing the words of Christine McVie here, "🎶...Oooh, you make the 'learning' fun...🎶" 😉
aw thank you!!! :) :) :)
Thanks for this lesson,
I still have to work it out, and put it in my brain and fingers.
For now I am still struggling with the translation in to German, as I have learned most of the expressions, in previous lessons I took, in German.
But good lesson I have learned a lot
Thank you
Carlos Kort
Seriously the best music teacher I’ve seen on TH-cam! I’ve never thought of the theory of using the Root scale to build the diatonic chords. Always thought of it as the 2nd and 3rd scale degrees are minor so remember the notes in those specific chords, not that those notes are the notes in the root scale.
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Another great lesson. Thank you
I loved this! Thank you!
So awesome, hope I can learn this skill!! You’re my favorite TH-camr by far!!
Aww thank you! :)
Learning's well decribed. U'll do just fine Dicklesberg!
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U are the best , so many questions answered
Your explanation of how the minor and minor 7th chords are related to the notes in the key of each note allowed me to better understand how chords are formed. I made a grid with the notes of each key represented vertically beneath the notes in the key of C. This showed me which notes in each scale had to be flattened to align that scale with the key of C. The pattern of flattening notes results in the I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi-vii sequence. Thank you.
As usual very well done! You may have covered a detail & I missed it but still confused as to why in this series of chords the V is called the dominant, but in the major diatonic video the V is called simply major.
Thanks again for all your work!
thanks for your time and expertize
Excellent. Thank you
You are welcome!
Another great lesson, Gracie! You explain music theory so well. Yours are the best I have found on TH-cam. Thank-you! BTW, it helped me to make an Excel spreadsheet with multiple tables of all 15 keys and the diatonic chords in each one. I made one spreadsheet each for the Major, Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, and Melodic Minor diatonic chords in a single workbook. They also include the 7th note for 7th chords. It helped me understand why some chords are majors, some are minors, some are diminished, etc.
You're awesome. Thanks for the insight.
Thanks Gracie.
I wished I had seen all your videos years ago. You actually make Music Theory interesting and easy yo understand. Thanks
This drummer appreciates this! 🥁
So glad to hear it! :)
You have a Groovy Voice ‼️
Hey Gracie!! I left another comment some where and I was surprised to see someone respond to that comment as something to the effect that I should tone down my crush on you. I wish to clear up his mistaken notion that my enthusiasm is in any way romantic. I was delighted to see I apparently have a following of one. Like many people I have always loved music but never understood how it works.
Beautiful voice u got too, bravo❤
Helpful video. Great content.
Awesome!!! Lucid and explained in a simple manner even a non musician like me can easily flow! I am inspired
I really LOVE your Teaching skills Gracie, second to none. Thank you for doing this!!!
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Amazing tutor.
Hey Gracie- one day could you please do a video on time signatures? :D love your stuff
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Absolutely!! Thank you for the request
What a great teacher. You know how to simplify it.
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HEY 👋 really fun lesson.. thank you!
So sweet. It's all interconnected(woven). I taught My S/O: 1st learn Maj C, F, & G. She won't do scales-just TABS. Now Ms Gracie demo's the Ab Diatonics(sounds like a health regime) Eureka: all else are flatted. C,F&G remain the same.
Yes that is right!! :)
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Awesome Gracie 👌
Excellent explanation. 7th cords have always been a mystery for me.
Glad you liked it!
Heyyy Gracie!!! Another great video!!! Very helpful!! It is great how you demonstrate the sound of each 7 th chord on the piano. Yes more videos about training the ear please?😀👍
you're explaining is gøødness so i like that the whole of best my mark 😙
Thank you dear sister ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
Excellent lesson. Thanks Gracie.
Thank you!