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I hope this helps some people understand a bit more when we're talking about all those numbers! Please leave any additional questions below and I'll try my best to get back to as many as I can. Also, I'm so appreciative of you all even watching these videos, and that is more support than I could have ever imagined. However, if you happen to like a design and you want to rep the channel, you can check them out here!! teespring.com/stores/charlescornell
“Not a single person asked for it, but were gonna do it anyway” in my opinion, this channel is the type of thing we didn’t know we needed but once we have it something we do.
It's the Beginner's Mindset. Always something to learn, even in going into the ABCs again. As an artist I keep going back to the fundamentals, and there's deep wisdom hidden everywhere.
PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE As a teen who's been playing classical for 10 years, I learned the theory but not how to apply it. I'm trying to make the switch to jazz (it just seems so much more fun), and, during quarantine, videos online have been my only source of guidance. Thank you so much!
If you've been playing for 10 years then I assume you have at least moderate reading and technical skills. So now what I encourage you to do to help you improve with jazz (mainly improv) is to transcribe pieces that you like (listen, learn how to play, then write them down) and transcribe the chords as well. Once you do that, you can find all the II-V-Is and take the licks from those parts and incorporate those into your own improv.... Wow, that was a lot... Good luck!
I kept waiting for a rogue V/V-V-I variation to crop up in the video somewhere. He covered the ii-V-I so thoroughly, I mentally expected it to be a given. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Still enjoyed the video though, of course.
As a learning jazz pianist I’m so grateful for this channel for not only clarifying these concepts but doing it in such a fun and clear way. Please keep this channel going because it’s amazing.
You should definitely look into some more channels that explain music like this. Learning the theory behind the music is like when Penn and Teller show the technique behind the magic trick. It's awesome and really helps you appreciate the craft.
14:07 "So lets connect these key changes with V chords between." *plays it* Me: "Mm, that sounds cool. 14:25: "It's still a little strange ..." Me: Oh, yeah, that's strange sounding, not cool at all.
It's so sweet that you're down to earth teaching the people who enjoy music without music theory background. I mean you've been a fun person to watch to applying advance even fascinating theories in your videos and seeing this makes us glad knowing that you love your audience. Thanks bud!!
I don’t think I’ve ever had a creator go “hey if you can’t afford the merch, it’s ok don’t stretch yourself, your views are more than enough support” It is a sort of wholesomeness that my broke ass needed It just makes me want to buy merch from you more, I’m coming for your merch store after I get this job
I honestly would love if he could explain the absolute basics. Because I just feel so calm when he talks about it. I can understand even if I don’t know everything.
I'm really happy you're doing music theory for people. One thing that might help is a keyboard cam? like a cam from above. As a pianist I keep having to mentally flip it aha
Agree! Some way that mirrors the keys so we see it correctly would make so much of a difference. Now I'm all "hmm... He says C, but I'm pretty sure that's an E... Wait a minute. To the left of two blacks is to the right of two blacks from his perspective". Music is like my third language, but as with my two other languages, I'm not able to read mirrored.
Thanks so much!! This is EXACTLY what we were thinking during the design process. I wanted something that was generic enough to not be specific to me, but that some people might think just looks cool and represents something cool.
Charles Cornell I know you probably won’t see this but if you do, thanks so much for doing what you do, you’re one of my favorite content creators and inspired me to start learning piano. Keep up the amazing content
Sir, as a teacher as well (not a music teacher though) I have to say that what you did there was just brilliant. I have never before seen such concepts being explained in such a clear and smooth way as you did. Charles we have no doubt you are a great musician, but I am sure to say you are a incredible teacher as well. Last but not least, I cannot afford much for now but congrats on your merch, I will definitely keep an eye on it and get myself a piece as soon as things smooth up a bit in here. Have a great one, mate (:
The thing that made me crazy is at 11:00: "Once it resolves, that's a pleasing sound to our ears because it makes sense," and yes, yes it does, because THE UPPER NOTE OF THE G MAJOR CHORD IS THE LEADING TONE OF THE C MAJOR SCALE AND ITS RESOLUTION IS WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. All that talk about how critical the leading tone is in the 2-5 resolution, gets us all primed for this key insight, and now here are we are at the 5-1 resolution and it's just, "a motion that feels complete." Well sure it feels complete! The leading tone's resolving to the tonic! It's what makes this cadence sound so...authentic. Like, this is literally the one thing that I remember from studying voice leading (okay, that and contrary motion is better than similar motion, which I still think is a damn lie).
I am a classical piano player 1 year before my finals for my piano diploma, in my country (Greece) together with our instrument of choise we have some mandatory classes we have to finish if we want to take a diploma on our instrument. Those are: Music history(2 years), Solfege(6 years), Choir(2 years), Chamber music(last 3 years before diploma), piano (5 years but only for those that don't play piano as their main instrument), and Music theory(3 years) leading to Music Harmony(next 3 years of music theory). We start learning chords and scales at the first 3 years of Music theory then we move to Chord progression, modulations, special chords, other styles of scales and harmonizing a melody at the next 3 years of Music Harmony...So basically this is Harmony lesson not Theory, for me at least. the 2-5-1 is one of the first things we learn at the first year of Music harmony(So basically 4 years into music theory). I just wanted to mention this because i don't know how Music theory works outside my country...Is it like 6 years Music theory or split into 3 years Music theory and 3 Music harmony?
I really want to take a second to just appreciate how Charles discusses monetization elements of his channel. Telling us not to stretch ourselves too thin, and that watching the videos alone is support enough, and even the way he introduces and thanks sponsors. Not just annoying statements like COP THE NEW MERCH and OUR SPONSOR FOR TODAY IS... You are one of the most mature TH-camrs when it comes to these things and you really make it feel like you are humbled by your massive growth over the past year and it is just so very refreshing. Thanks, Charles!
I appreciate this more than you know. I makes me feel icky when I see TH-camrs blasting their merch and yelling at you to buy. I want to give people something to support via, but I don't want to make anybody feel like I don't still appreciate them if they can't or don't want to.
Charles Cornell Well it is of my opinion that you are doing a fantastic job at it. It has been amazing to see you transform and evolve in such a short time and it is all because of how you conduct yourself on camera for us!! For real you’re one of the best out there. PS. Totally copping the merch, tho. Lololol.
@@CharlesCornellStudios Charles, keep doing what you are doing! In addition to being super smart/talented/fucking hilarious/a great teacher (you really are invitingly concise and simple without loss of accuracy with your theoretical explanations), I really do think you have the best attitude, the most integrity, and the most genuine humility of any TH-camr I've ever seen (and I watch a shit ton of TH-cam)! You inspire me to be a kinder and more joyful person with every enthusiastic video you make (serious or facetious). Wholesome and infectiously exuberant entertainment like this that makes us smile, laugh, fascinated, and learn is more than just entertainment; it relieves any stress of the day and makes pent up frustration melt away - why should I frown if I can be like Charles and smile all the time? Thanks for being you!
I feel like the only exception to me being annoyed by TH-camrs plugging their own merch, is when Joel from Roomieofficial does it with his 'a little bit pitchy shirt' because usually he said it by accident, and it's kind of funny. But yes, other than that, they annoy me
I REALLY WANT THAT MERCH! *Hears him say not to stretch yourself thin* *Remembers I'm broke* I STILL REALLY WANT THAT MERCH. (This video is really great by the way! It's helpful for me as a music uni student.)
@@CharlesCornellStudios I'll respectfully say that your t-shirt (and the hoodie I plan to buy once I'm able to, huge fan of the soft fabric insides.....AND YOU) is not stupid.....but I'll definitely take your advice! Thank you so much for your work. I'll definitely keep supporting you.
Charles Cornell this is how you can tell you’re just a good content creator, you actually like give a shit about your audience and we all give a shit about you
though I think it doesn't work if the V itself feels unnatural but that's okay because you can just play dominant chords cycling around the circle of fifths until you get where you wanna go lmao... yeah the mind has been blown o.o
I love how slowly he explained everything and built up , because i watch , i mean i try , to watch adam neely's videos and thats just concepts flying over my head . Thank you for making this video and hope you make more of these ♥️🙌🏻
I absolutely love Adam's videos. He does an INCREDIBLE amount of research and presents extremely difficult topics in a great way. But yes, if I didn't have the education I'm fortunate enough to have, I would likely struggle to follow along, so I totally understand. Thanks for the support!!
This is incredibly useful, and fairly easy to understand. For some who likes the complexity of music, but doesn’t understand it this is a great step towards understanding. I really hope you can do more of these.
Yo I'm in the same boat! There are some things I understand but there's a lot that I don't, but I still love to listen to music like Dream Theater and Rush.
I'm trying to learn the fretboard and I'm practicing the Circle of Fifths progression. I IV vii° iii vi ii V I. I'm spending a lot of time looking at the voice leading of each chord so I can really understand it. It's taking me a while, but my piano teacher is encouraging me to go at my own pace.
When changing keys; Should we use the II and V of the target key or the key that we’re currently in? My guess is the target key. Going from C to Eb, do we do C Dm G7 Eb or C Dm Bb Eb oooooor C Fm Bb7 Eb
I went into this thinking “oh crap, I’m not gonna understand any of this” but, I was proven very wrong. This video really helped in explaining and simplifying all of this “music lingo” if you will. So thank you dude!
Charles. Thank you for using your talent and incredible skill to show and educate us so much man. What a blessing it is to see your vids. Cheers from Costa Rica!!
I’ve been playing for over 8 years - unfortunately self-taught. And I have never understood this concept until this video came out. Honestly Chris, thank you. I struggle with a learning disability, and having so many piano teachers fail me dissuaded me from fully falling in love with piano. But in a little over fifteen minute, you’ve managed to spark that musical ember. Thank you dude.
Time for an overhead cam shot of the keyboard when explaining chord progressions and leading tones. It will be easier for most people who are at least a little piano literate... and you’re a good teacher.
As a struggling self improver, piano. I am always awe struck by skill and knowledge, such as on this channel. There must have been a time when this titan was in a similar place as where I am right now. How did he get to where he is now? O.K. The obvious answer - Hours of practice, and study. Understood. Then the feeling that there has to be aptitude, and just as importantly a good teacher. I feel in my bones that a touch of skilful guidance is what I need. I worry that my energy and my time is lacking direction. But where are the good teachers? P.S. I went to the 'merch store' wondering if there was a book, or tutorials to buy.
I would love a brief music theory series from you. Going over all the keys, leading and common tones, all that stuff. I really love your stuff Looking forward to wearing the hoodie!
I still relatively new to music, and this is probably the best example of teaching chord voicing. It seems to be something that a lot of teachers take for granted, where they just go all over the piano, and I'm just like "whoa, there!". I have a hard time imagining chords as anything other than triads within one octave. I never know when to spread it out, and where to place voicings
Great video, thank you! It would be great to have a video explaining numbers after chords (e.g. Fmaj7, C9aug11), where they come from and what they mean both in terms of the notes but also the feel of the chord.
Charles! I love all of your content, and I have learned so much in addition to tons of laughs all the time. Could you possibly put more graphics on screen of what chords you are playing to help keep things clear when you are explaining a concept? Nothing crazy, but like when you put the 5 and 1 up when you explained how you did the Imagine key changes. Keep up the amazing work. I can not wait for what comes next. Thanks for keeping a smile on my face throughout some rough times!
Love this. I already know this stuff, but it's still entertaining to watch you teach it! It'd be awesome if you made more videos like this but went deeper. I'd to love to know more about jazz theory.
Man where you made those 4 keys work with each other... that might have been the most eye-opening use of the ii-V-I I've ever had someone so patiently explain to me. Thank you very much for this video!!!
This is a good question. 5 1 is a key change. The 1 is the new key. Any new key. Charles demonstrates later in this video. 2 5 1 is a key change. The 1 is in the new key. 6 2 5 1 is a key change. The 1 is in the new key. 3 2 5 1 is a key change. ... This reminds me of a podcast I listened to recently on: Why learn jazz standards. It motivated me to accelerate my efforts to learn harmony.
I hope this helps some people understand a bit more when we're talking about all those numbers! Please leave any additional questions below and I'll try my best to get back to as many as I can. Also, I'm so appreciative of you all even watching these videos, and that is more support than I could have ever imagined. However, if you happen to like a design and you want to rep the channel, you can check them out here!! teespring.com/stores/charlescornell
Hi
You didn’t say first
Wow
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You are sick at playing the piano.
“Not a single person asked for it, but were gonna do it anyway” in my opinion, this channel is the type of thing we didn’t know we needed but once we have it something we do.
Yummy was more than a hit. That's what it should've been from the beginning.
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@@acheesewithinternetaccess875 Dude... Don't you frickin stop
adam neely vibes anyone?
Couldn’t imagine not having it 😂
charles: thoroughly explaining 2-5-1
me, an educated musician: * watches the whole video anyway *
hmm yes me, an educated intelectual
It's the Beginner's Mindset. Always something to learn, even in going into the ABCs again. As an artist I keep going back to the fundamentals, and there's deep wisdom hidden everywhere.
Me a musical illiterati: hmm yes yes 'chords' those exist
x2
Did you learn anything??
PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE
As a teen who's been playing classical for 10 years, I learned the theory but not how to apply it. I'm trying to make the switch to jazz (it just seems so much more fun), and, during quarantine, videos online have been my only source of guidance. Thank you so much!
If you've been playing for 10 years then I assume you have at least moderate reading and technical skills. So now what I encourage you to do to help you improve with jazz (mainly improv) is to transcribe pieces that you like (listen, learn how to play, then write them down) and transcribe the chords as well. Once you do that, you can find all the II-V-Is and take the licks from those parts and incorporate those into your own improv.... Wow, that was a lot... Good luck!
also never ever use sheet music, learn songs by ear and make your own chord and melody sheet.
You can also look to songwriting/commercial harmony, gives chord structures and theory for songs
Awesome, thanks! I'll try that for sure
Yes i would love more charles
Looking at the keyboard in reverse is kinda confusing.
Charles: *Press C* 1
Brain: That's an E! oh wait....
SAME! The struggle is real lol
Would it help if he mirrored his video?
It would really help if he filmed from over his shoulder
I was actually about to turn my head around the monitor just to make it make sense
and its kinda hard to understand what he is doing in the moment actually
This title is funny after studying music theory for years lol
I kept waiting for a rogue V/V-V-I variation to crop up in the video somewhere. He covered the ii-V-I so thoroughly, I mentally expected it to be a given. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Still enjoyed the video though, of course.
I nearly offed myself after two semesters, I sincerely applaud you
truly!!
I also study music heavily, and I resisted cracking up 😂
Same
As a learning jazz pianist I’m so grateful for this channel for not only clarifying these concepts but doing it in such a fun and clear way. Please keep this channel going because it’s amazing.
As someone who is musically illiterate but loves listening to music, this is great.
You should definitely look into some more channels that explain music like this. Learning the theory behind the music is like when Penn and Teller show the technique behind the magic trick. It's awesome and really helps you appreciate the craft.
If you're interested in music theory in general I'd definitely recommend Adam Neely's channel - he makes really good and informative videos :)
@@Hsel-lc1wt David Benette Piano is also a cool channel for finding music easter eggs and other music theory stuff.
NoThrottle David bennett is amazing
As someone who is music literate only after suffering through college to become so, this is great for me, too
14:07 "So lets connect these key changes with V chords between." *plays it*
Me: "Mm, that sounds cool.
14:25: "It's still a little strange ..."
Me: Oh, yeah, that's strange sounding, not cool at all.
Me in soo many videos😂
You can trust your ears :P
If you like a sound, turn it into music!
Yess, that's how jazz works lmao
Charles: *explaining the concept simply and thoroughly*
Me, with the attention span of a dust particle:
👁👄👁
300 subs with epic videos? Just stop
300 subs with epic videos? Wow, what an epic video!
300 subs with epic videos? I was expecting a Rick roll
@@acheesewithinternetaccess875 stfu
What the fuck is going on in this comment thread?
It's so sweet that you're down to earth teaching the people who enjoy music without music theory background. I mean you've been a fun person to watch to applying advance even fascinating theories in your videos and seeing this makes us glad knowing that you love your audience. Thanks bud!!
I don’t think I’ve ever had a creator go “hey if you can’t afford the merch, it’s ok don’t stretch yourself, your views are more than enough support”
It is a sort of wholesomeness that my broke ass needed
It just makes me want to buy merch from you more, I’m coming for your merch store after I get this job
I don't want to mess up the 69 likes you have, so I'll just comment that I agree.
Good luck! 🍀
Let's press F for the concerned mother which goes into the comment sections of yt videos and likes only the comments with 69 likes.
It's wholesome or a very smart marketing strategy
Supermega has been doing this too since Corona started, it's a sign of a content creator also being an actually nice person as well I guess lol
I honestly would love if he could explain the absolute basics. Because I just feel so calm when he talks about it. I can understand even if I don’t know everything.
I'm really happy you're doing music theory for people. One thing that might help is a keyboard cam? like a cam from above. As a pianist I keep having to mentally flip it aha
I'm with you! The keyboard cam is a great idea.
Yes!
totally agree!
Haha I thought I was the only flipping my phone to see his fingers
Agree! Some way that mirrors the keys so we see it correctly would make so much of a difference.
Now I'm all "hmm... He says C, but I'm pretty sure that's an E... Wait a minute. To the left of two blacks is to the right of two blacks from his perspective".
Music is like my third language, but as with my two other languages, I'm not able to read mirrored.
2010s: Yeah, but does it Djent?
2020s: Yeah, but does it Djazz?
Do you like djazz?
The roaring twenties gave us jazz, the roaring 2020s are giving us djazz
I usually don’t buy TH-camr merch because it’s too specific to the youtuber but your merch actually just looks sick and I’ll definitely check it out
Thanks so much!! This is EXACTLY what we were thinking during the design process. I wanted something that was generic enough to not be specific to me, but that some people might think just looks cool and represents something cool.
@@CharlesCornellStudios you are a humble legend
***BBBRRRAAANNNDDDIIINNNGGG***
Charles Cornell you fuckin rock bro
Charles Cornell I know you probably won’t see this but if you do, thanks so much for doing what you do, you’re one of my favorite content creators and inspired me to start learning piano. Keep up the amazing content
Very nice way to explain it! Thanks Charles!
i'll be waiting for the "found the overacheiver" shirt.
YES
This channel has by far become my favorite. Thank you so much for making these musical concepts so easy to understand and so practical.
“What do we do on this channel?” Charles, it’s all just... ✨ magic ✨
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@@acheesewithinternetaccess875 You're literally everywhere
14:54 Ladies and Gents, we’ve just learned how to play piano in a jazz bar
"Not a single person asked for it"
I asked for it...
big brain question: are you single, tho?
@@brunodays Dang that is smooth
6:58 "When everybody says 2-5-1 [...] it's just that: 2-5-1!"
Best explanation so far!😂
Just kidding, you're doing this great!👍
Sir, as a teacher as well (not a music teacher though) I have to say that what you did there was just brilliant. I have never before seen such concepts being explained in such a clear and smooth way as you did. Charles we have no doubt you are a great musician, but I am sure to say you are a incredible teacher as well. Last but not least, I cannot afford much for now but congrats on your merch, I will definitely keep an eye on it and get myself a piece as soon as things smooth up a bit in here. Have a great one, mate (:
*Coltrane changes intensifies*
*(but only in C)*
Haha I thought the same thing
Giant Steps right? Thats what I felt when he stringed those chords together with ii-V's
69 likes so i wont mess it up but this is a god-tier comment
Core concepts really well explained
“The world can never hurt from having more jazz” collective improvisation ensues
best part
In his spare time Charles only listens to Albert Adler outtakes
*jazz music stops but only to add emphasis on the next chord*
The thing that made me crazy is at 11:00: "Once it resolves, that's a pleasing sound to our ears because it makes sense," and yes, yes it does, because THE UPPER NOTE OF THE G MAJOR CHORD IS THE LEADING TONE OF THE C MAJOR SCALE AND ITS RESOLUTION IS WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. All that talk about how critical the leading tone is in the 2-5 resolution, gets us all primed for this key insight, and now here are we are at the 5-1 resolution and it's just, "a motion that feels complete." Well sure it feels complete! The leading tone's resolving to the tonic! It's what makes this cadence sound so...authentic.
Like, this is literally the one thing that I remember from studying voice leading (okay, that and contrary motion is better than similar motion, which I still think is a damn lie).
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I am a classical piano player 1 year before my finals for my piano diploma, in my country (Greece) together with our instrument of choise we have some mandatory classes we have to finish if we want to take a diploma on our instrument. Those are: Music history(2 years), Solfege(6 years), Choir(2 years), Chamber music(last 3 years before diploma), piano (5 years but only for those that don't play piano as their main instrument), and Music theory(3 years) leading to Music Harmony(next 3 years of music theory). We start learning chords and scales at the first 3 years of Music theory then we move to Chord progression, modulations, special chords, other styles of scales and harmonizing a melody at the next 3 years of Music Harmony...So basically this is Harmony lesson not Theory, for me at least. the 2-5-1 is one of the first things we learn at the first year of Music harmony(So basically 4 years into music theory). I just wanted to mention this because i don't know how Music theory works outside my country...Is it like 6 years Music theory or split into 3 years Music theory and 3 Music harmony?
I really want to take a second to just appreciate how Charles discusses monetization elements of his channel. Telling us not to stretch ourselves too thin, and that watching the videos alone is support enough, and even the way he introduces and thanks sponsors. Not just annoying statements like COP THE NEW MERCH and OUR SPONSOR FOR TODAY IS... You are one of the most mature TH-camrs when it comes to these things and you really make it feel like you are humbled by your massive growth over the past year and it is just so very refreshing.
Thanks, Charles!
I appreciate this more than you know. I makes me feel icky when I see TH-camrs blasting their merch and yelling at you to buy. I want to give people something to support via, but I don't want to make anybody feel like I don't still appreciate them if they can't or don't want to.
Charles Cornell Well it is of my opinion that you are doing a fantastic job at it. It has been amazing to see you transform and evolve in such a short time and it is all because of how you conduct yourself on camera for us!! For real you’re one of the best out there.
PS. Totally copping the merch, tho. Lololol.
@@CharlesCornellStudios Charles, keep doing what you are doing! In addition to being super smart/talented/fucking hilarious/a great teacher (you really are invitingly concise and simple without loss of accuracy with your theoretical explanations), I really do think you have the best attitude, the most integrity, and the most genuine humility of any TH-camr I've ever seen (and I watch a shit ton of TH-cam)! You inspire me to be a kinder and more joyful person with every enthusiastic video you make (serious or facetious). Wholesome and infectiously exuberant entertainment like this that makes us smile, laugh, fascinated, and learn is more than just entertainment; it relieves any stress of the day and makes pent up frustration melt away - why should I frown if I can be like Charles and smile all the time? Thanks for being you!
I feel like the only exception to me being annoyed by TH-camrs plugging their own merch, is when Joel from Roomieofficial does it with his 'a little bit pitchy shirt' because usually he said it by accident, and it's kind of funny. But yes, other than that, they annoy me
I remember his video when he was so giddy to have a sponsor for the first time 😊
The last 20 seconds or so of him playing is everything ❤️ Great, great video!
I REALLY WANT THAT MERCH!
*Hears him say not to stretch yourself thin*
*Remembers I'm broke*
I STILL REALLY WANT THAT MERCH.
(This video is really great by the way! It's helpful for me as a music uni student.)
hahaha I appreciate that! I really don't want people to go broke buying my stupid t shirt lmao. your support is more than enough!
@@CharlesCornellStudios I'll respectfully say that your t-shirt (and the hoodie I plan to buy once I'm able to, huge fan of the soft fabric insides.....AND YOU) is not stupid.....but I'll definitely take your advice! Thank you so much for your work. I'll definitely keep supporting you.
Charles Cornell this is how you can tell you’re just a good content creator, you actually like give a shit about your audience and we all give a shit about you
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I'm actually really eager to get some spending cash and blow it on that black on white keys hoodie. That design is awesome and I NEED it.
So dang well articulated and demo’d. Way to nail it Charles!
THANK YOU!!! I’ve been looking for a video that explains this but none of them have made as much sense as this😂
Dude, the “putting V in front of it to make it feel natural” thing BLEW MY MIND WHAT!?!?
though I think it doesn't work if the V itself feels unnatural but that's okay because you can just play dominant chords cycling around the circle of fifths until you get where you wanna go lmao...
yeah the mind has been blown o.o
I love how slowly he explained everything and built up , because i watch , i mean i try , to watch adam neely's videos and thats just concepts flying over my head . Thank you for making this video and hope you make more of these ♥️🙌🏻
I absolutely love Adam's videos. He does an INCREDIBLE amount of research and presents extremely difficult topics in a great way. But yes, if I didn't have the education I'm fortunate enough to have, I would likely struggle to follow along, so I totally understand. Thanks for the support!!
@@CharlesCornellStudios Plz make a collab with adam neely!
Drinking game: Do a shot everytime Charles resolves a chord progression.
You will be more sober than you wish.
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Wannabe soundcloud music producers gang
Got a black more keys hoodie. Looks great! Thanks for continuing your content, love it :)
This is incredibly useful, and fairly easy to understand. For some who likes the complexity of music, but doesn’t understand it this is a great step towards understanding. I really hope you can do more of these.
That thing is..this is really helpful in precessions. Which I’m in. So it’s sooo good to simplify it. Keep learn mate you’ll do great
Yo I'm in the same boat! There are some things I understand but there's a lot that I don't, but I still love to listen to music like Dream Theater and Rush.
I'm trying to learn the fretboard and I'm practicing the Circle of Fifths progression. I IV vii° iii vi ii V I. I'm spending a lot of time looking at the voice leading of each chord so I can really understand it. It's taking me a while, but my piano teacher is encouraging me to go at my own pace.
Me: **sees ii-v-i**
Also me: **John Coltrane noises**
When changing keys; Should we use the II and V of the target key or the key that we’re currently in? My guess is the target key. Going from C to Eb, do we do C Dm G7 Eb or C Dm Bb Eb oooooor C Fm Bb7 Eb
Me: Hey that's a really nice shirt
Charles: That's mine
Me: *Pikachu Face*
Good God your videos remind me how much I miss music theory classes 😭🙌🏻 thank you for reminding me!!
Merch idea:
"It's technically CORRECT but... *stank face*"
Jimmy - Child, 7.
Luigi_125 or Jimmy, 7, scared
We need more tutorials from you!!!!!!!
Day 2: Asking Charles to analyze the jingles from ‘history of the entire world, i guess’
*THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER*
Keep at it
TBH it'd be cooler to see him analyze his actual songs...such as "La de da de da de da de day oh"
Sal Volcano not anymore there’s a blanket
This is HUGE! I’m so excited to play piano again
i don't know if its me but I am hearing "Sunday Morning" out of 2-5-1 hahaha.
IKR, every time anyone plays a 2-5-1 in C that's all I hear lol.
(It does actually use those chords)
You're hearing half of all the music that was ever written.
I'm wanting to try composing music, and this helped, thank you
Me, just thinking about Charles’ shirt: Hmm that looks nice, I would like one
Charles: New Merch!
Me: Surprised Pikachu Face 😮
This lowkey is more understandable than music in school for me
I like you when you meme, but I love when you teach something. It's insane how your passion comes through.
I feel my brain aquiring this knowledge
This video is so helpful
Charles: "The world can never hurt from more jazz"
*laughs in freedom jazz dance*
“Charles Cornell writes giant steps”
j a z z. i already know this is gonna be a good video!
Charles!!! This is phenomenal! ♥️ As a musician, I definitely learned this theory, but you somehow make it make so much more sense.
I went into this thinking “oh crap, I’m not gonna understand any of this” but, I was proven very wrong. This video really helped in explaining and simplifying all of this “music lingo” if you will. So thank you dude!
Helping me reprocess my theory classes very helpful!!
Charles. Thank you for using your talent and incredible skill to show and educate us so much man. What a blessing it is to see your vids. Cheers from Costa Rica!!
Making me fall in love with Jazz a lil’ more every day.
Great explanation! Thanks for making great content.
Charles: Explains music theory some what understandably,
Me: wAiT hE hAs MeRcH nOw?
I love the merch, I might get some. The design looks really high quality.
I’ve been playing for over 8 years - unfortunately self-taught. And I have never understood this concept until this video came out. Honestly Chris, thank you. I struggle with a learning disability, and having so many piano teachers fail me dissuaded me from fully falling in love with piano. But in a little over fifteen minute, you’ve managed to spark that musical ember. Thank you dude.
This was really nice. Subscribed! Thank you for such a great video!
Time for an overhead cam shot of the keyboard when explaining chord progressions and leading tones. It will be easier for most people who are at least a little piano literate... and you’re a good teacher.
Seconded! 💙
I already knew all these but I love your content so I still watched it :)
Charles: If it's not in the budget right now, please don't stretch yourself
Me: Ha, I'm irresponsible
As a struggling self improver, piano. I am always awe struck by skill and knowledge, such as on this channel. There must have been a time when this titan was in a similar place as where I am right now. How did he get to where he is now? O.K. The obvious answer - Hours of practice, and study. Understood. Then the feeling that there has to be aptitude, and just as importantly a good teacher. I feel in my bones that a touch of skilful guidance is what I need. I worry that my energy and my time is lacking direction. But where are the good teachers? P.S. I went to the 'merch store' wondering if there was a book, or tutorials to buy.
I would love a brief music theory series from you. Going over all the keys, leading and common tones, all that stuff. I really love your stuff
Looking forward to wearing the hoodie!
You're amazing I swear
the piano is like mirrored so when he said he was playing a C major scale, it looked like he actually started on E but actually thats a C lmao
Ok I’m getting a new hoodie!
Charles: talking about the change in the first two chords and leading notes
Me: OMG PLEASE RESOLVE THE PROGRESSION I'M PULLING MY HAIR OUT
Satin Doll must drive you up the wall. 🤣
we NEED more Jazz Charles!!!!!
I still relatively new to music, and this is probably the best example of teaching chord voicing. It seems to be something that a lot of teachers take for granted, where they just go all over the piano, and I'm just like "whoa, there!". I have a hard time imagining chords as anything other than triads within one octave. I never know when to spread it out, and where to place voicings
Great video, thank you! It would be great to have a video explaining numbers after chords (e.g. Fmaj7, C9aug11), where they come from and what they mean both in terms of the notes but also the feel of the chord.
Charles! I love all of your content, and I have learned so much in addition to tons of laughs all the time. Could you possibly put more graphics on screen of what chords you are playing to help keep things clear when you are explaining a concept? Nothing crazy, but like when you put the 5 and 1 up when you explained how you did the Imagine key changes. Keep up the amazing work. I can not wait for what comes next. Thanks for keeping a smile on my face throughout some rough times!
Love these educational videos
I don't know what I'm doing here, because I don't speak English 😂😂
If y'all want to skip the intro & jump to the topic, click here 2:23
Now I have Sunday Morning by Maroon 5 stuck in my head.
Very helpful. Thanks!
First TH-cam merch I'll ever buy
Wonderful tutorial
Love this. I already know this stuff, but it's still entertaining to watch you teach it! It'd be awesome if you made more videos like this but went deeper. I'd to love to know more about jazz theory.
impecable bro
Man where you made those 4 keys work with each other... that might have been the most eye-opening use of the ii-V-I I've ever had someone so patiently explain to me. Thank you very much for this video!!!
Where were these videos when I was taking music theory? They would’ve helped so much haha
Can we just appreciate no dislikes,
The way it's meant to be
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12 now:(
@@josephpatten9689 I know, it's just not meant to be like that
thanks
When you use the 2 5 1 as a tool for key changes, are the 2 and the 5 in the starting key or the target key?
This is a good question. 5 1 is a key change. The 1 is the new key. Any new key. Charles demonstrates later in this video.
2 5 1 is a key change. The 1 is in the new key.
6 2 5 1 is a key change. The 1 is in the new key.
3 2 5 1 is a key change. ...
This reminds me of a podcast I listened to recently on: Why learn jazz standards. It motivated me to accelerate my efforts to learn harmony.
great question
Target key.
I have learned so much from you! This was an amazing lesson that I apparently have been clueless on 😂
yay music stuff woo education my simple singer brain has a hard time lol
edit: hey cool merch to yay
I had to skip the first few minutes, but loved the resolution of the vid. Will put it to work.
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You playing the piano made me understand what a chord progression is
(sorry if it took a while to watch)