Understanding the number system and how to use it is EASY! But we do have to differentiate between the different ways we might use it to refer to what we're playing...But after that, it's EASY!

@CharlesCornellStudios

14 күн бұрын

How dare you

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

@@CharlesCornellStudios Ok you literally didn't even accuse me of anything this time like what do you want

@CharlesCornellStudios

14 күн бұрын

@@Better-Piano You'll see...

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

@@CharlesCornellStudios 🙄🙄🙄🙄

@Joshsclips

14 күн бұрын

@@Better-Pianoguys, stop arguing! You’re both beautiful

Yes. It's like solfege ("Do-re-mi") from chorus, but expressed numerically, and much easier to understand especially with the piano.

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

Great point! 100% agree.

@Better-Piano

13 күн бұрын

@JN-so6wt Not a bad idea at all!

The timing of this post is crazy good lol. This weekend I’m teaching basic music theory at my church for our team(it’s made mostly of volunteers). This was one topic I had planned to cover, gave me some good ideas how to make it clear for beginners!

@Better-Piano

13 күн бұрын

Awesome. Good luck!!

Your child-like excitement of music - seen in other of your music videos - is the secret of your success❤

Nice video! Funny how this is used in classical music too, just Roman numerals. People think music theory is complicated. It’s not. Gospel musicians call everything from the scale. 2 5 1 of the 4 just becomes 514. It makes more sense to just keep it consistent. You’re really just labeling the Bass note. These chord qualities change and are not consistent or diatonic. That’s where things get complicated. 1625 could be lots of chord qualities and show up often as different ones, even sometimes through a tune...ie make every chord dominant in the solo section lol. I recently realized the diminished scale allows this flexibility with qualities. Heck, Barry Harris said the 1st chord of the blues is Bbmajor6.

Interesting video! It surely has helped me a ton.

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

Great video!

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This one trick definitely changed my playing Charles! Great that you're freely sharing the knowledge which I spent hours on KZread and with teachers trying to understand - once you get to a proficiency, you no longer start using note names, especially in scenarios where you're learning on the go or if the singer changes key whenever the hell they want (singers always in charge, we are merely their jukeboxes). I reccomend everyone go and learn this to the best of your ability as it will pay off MASSIVELY and allow you to play anything at any time without restricting yourself to certain keys (YES, YOU CAN PLAY IN B 😂).

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

HA! There's a great story about Oscar Peterson where he accompanied a less-than-proficient singer and just kept changing key for her with every unintentional key change 😂 Thanks for watching, glad it was useful!

@pianooctopus765

14 күн бұрын

I love B major. And G# minor. Unfortunately, I know no one who can use it.

@youtubemeshack2590

14 күн бұрын

@pianooctopus765 Funny thing is I like F# Major and E Major and G#Minor is cool too because I like Ab Major. But B... I don't know man something about it is harder to visualise for me, it's still doable but no solos in B. B minor is fine though

@Better-Piano

13 күн бұрын

@@pianooctopus765 😂😂😂😂

@Better-Piano

13 күн бұрын

@@youtubemeshack2590 Not sure about you guys but generally speaking, I HATE sharp keys. I'll think of everything in flats long before I use sharps. Jazz brain-itus.

I use the numbering idea all the time when transposing songs. That's how I am able to do it. I look at a chord and am like, "Oh, that's the 5 chord, so I need to play the 5 in whatever key I'm putting it in." And it works marvelously. Also, why is it that I have never met anyone else who can play in all 24 keys?? I'm like "why can't you play in Gb major? it's only one extra flat from Db major" :) Maybe one day...

@Better-Piano

13 күн бұрын

Yes!! It makes everything SO much easier! I'm not sure if I can even play in all 24 keys 😂I get a little hung up on F♭

@pianooctopus765

13 күн бұрын

@@Better-Piano I've never actually used F♭ major before. I did do D♭ minor, once.

@therainman7777

2 күн бұрын

@@pianooctopus765Is there any real, tangible benefit to playing in F flat rather than E? Genuine question, because I’m not advanced when it comes to theory. But if there is no tangible benefit to playing in certain keys, that might explain why you’ve never met anyone who bothered to become really proficient in all 24.

@pianooctopus765

2 күн бұрын

@@therainman7777 F-flat major isn't one of the standard 24 keys as far as I know, but it does exist, although there really is no benefit unless you hate sharps.

nice. thanks better piano!

@Better-Piano

13 күн бұрын

You're welcome lastnamefirstname!

@lastnamefirstname8655

13 күн бұрын

@@Better-Piano 👍

-not- charles, can you do a video on the difference between standard tertiary vs quartal and quintal harmonies, and their use cases?

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

Ooooo love this idea. I'll tell Charles.

Thinking in scale degrees basically make it so that i didnt really care much about key signatures. Very useful.

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

While key signatures have their place, scale degrees definitely make things easier!!

@Forgeries

14 күн бұрын

@@Better-Piano I know so many pianists who struggle with key signatures with a lot of accidentals like b flat minor or B major but thinking in terms of scale degrees after learning the circle of fifths and all the scales and whatnot just makes it so much easier.

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

@@Forgeries I struggle with key signatures myself, even! I find it easiest when I figure out what key it actually is and then ignore the key signature. I'm probably subconsciously just using the number system 😂

and 251 is prime

So I assume its the same in minor keys 😁

Crazy video! Dumb question, so a ii V i changes depending on key? I always just thought it was 3 specific keys.

@DoctorJoelThomas

14 күн бұрын

Yes, the key center is always scale degree 1.

@MikeM91320

13 күн бұрын

@@DoctorJoelThomas Thanks for the response. I am somewhat of a beginner but just when I thought I knew a little about music theory, I had to look that up. Super excited to now know this!

Did I miss the beard trim 😳

don't talk to me about no Dm-G-C or F#-B-E we only talk about ii-V-Is in this house!

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

THAT'S RIGHT

...'By doing a little bit of math'... - it was never by best subject 😬 But great explanation!

@Better-Piano

14 күн бұрын

It wasn't mine either! Luckily, this really is just "a little bit" 😂