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@OtamatoneTony

4 жыл бұрын

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@MusicMattersGB

3 жыл бұрын

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You take complicated subjects and explain them in such an elementary way it leaves me wondering how i never got it before! Thank you so much for taking the time to put these videos together!

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

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I'm trying to learn music theory, and I keep coming back to your videos. Every time I want something explained clearly and concisely, your videos are the absolute best I can find. Thank you so much for the videos.

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2 жыл бұрын

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Listening makes all the difference, thanks to your excellent recording.

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5 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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@hellopsp180

2 жыл бұрын

Listening is the first step to ear training.

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

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2 жыл бұрын

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Clear, easy to follow, and very well done, like all of the lessons in the valuable channel. Thank you for making music theory accessible!

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

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Another wonderful video!! Thanks for making this so clear.

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

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You are excellent. Almost all the vids i see on KZread just ramble on and on about music theory and in the end, them promoting their Patreon service to get donations while leaving the viewers still saying "huh? I didn't learn anything and that person trying to sell their services?" Much appreciation for your very useful video. Please stay safe.

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

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Thanks Dan from a self taught platy by ear musician who has finally decided to try and understand a little of what I play, - VERY helpful! Warm regards, from Gus

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

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Great video! You explain these music theory 'rules' in a way my theory class simply didn't! Very helpful!

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

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@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

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Outstanding. Thank you for taking a complex topic and explaining it in simple terms where I could understand. Bravo Sir. Thanks!

@MusicMattersGB

10 ай бұрын

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You are awesome! You showed me how to do it, how to hear it and what it looks like. Thank you!

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

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This is amazing, I've learnt something great.

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Жыл бұрын

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Wow, thank you so much for such a great lesson! It’s the first time I actually understand it!

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

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Great stuff!

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

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Funny thing, I already knew what major, minor, and diminished chords were, but I didn't know what an augmented chord was. "Augmented with what?" I thought. I feel a bit silly now that I've learned how the augmented chord is like a cousin of the diminished chord. I'm glad I already know what suspended chords are. Thanks a million! :D

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

No reason to feel silly but it’s brilliant that you’re now in a position to complete that corner of understanding. See www.mmcourses.co.uk for much more.

This is so great

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you again, good Sir.

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

😀

Thank You So Much

@MusicMattersGB

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

had to refresh me old brain cells on this today as I totally forgot how to work them out hahahah.. thank you mr Green yet again for saving my grey hairs coming through

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

A pleasure, as always.

great lesson about chords ,i'd like to ask if there is any rules to erect chords (open position,close ,....) i have an issue erecting chords especially 7th chords with their inversions. THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT VIDEO

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

At one level you don’t need to be put off by rules. At another level it’s all about voice leading ie where particular notes want to progress. For example in relation to a V7 chord, usually the 7th wants to fall by step and the 3rd wants to rise by step. That would apply whatever the inversion.

Here is another way to look at the differences between these four kinds of triad: Major triad: a minor third stacked on top of a major third like C-E-G, Minor triad: a major third stacked on top of a minor third like C-Eb-G, Augmented triad: a major third stacked on top of a major third like C-E-G#, Diminished triad: a minor third stacked on top of a minor third like C-Eb-Gb.

@MusicMattersGB

18 күн бұрын

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Great Courses

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks.

Thank you!

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

A pleasure. See www.mmcourses.co.uk for much more.

I would wish to join Online learning if it's there please. Thanks so much Master Gareth Green!

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Жыл бұрын

Hi. If you go to www.mmcourses.co.uk you’ll see our online learning at courses and at Maestros. We look forward to welcoming you.

It’s nice of you that you reply to every single persons comment

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

We try to do that - with apologies to any we inadvertently miss.

Does augmented & diminished apply only to the 5th of a chord? Can you augment & diminished the 3rd as well?

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

No. Leave the 3rd as major or minor, then move the 5th to determine the chord.

thanks :I have two question 1) in major scale i can make only seven degree diminished chords with the root of b or I can make on the root of other note of scale like :c_d_e_f_g_a 2) augmented chords only a raised fifth degree of major chords or can build on root of every note. of scale such as :d_fsharp_asharp in c major scale? thank you very much 🙏

@MusicMattersGB

3 жыл бұрын

You can form diminished or augmented triads on any degree of the scale by putting a root, minor 3rd and diminished 5th for a diminished chord or root, major 3rd and augmented 5th for an augmented chord.

@user-of8nl9th8b

3 жыл бұрын

thanks music matters you are amazing

@MusicMattersGB

3 жыл бұрын

Most kind

good teachr

@MusicMattersGB

3 жыл бұрын

That’s kind. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk including details of our online courses and of our exciting Maestros programme

Thank you for your clarity. So is a half-diminished chord a major triad with a lowered 5th?

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

If you’re looking at it that way think of it as a minor triad with a lowered 5th

@bethl

2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB. That is fully diminished, yes?

@MusicMattersGB

Жыл бұрын

That’s a diminished triad

So this is just like a scale also those are the steps to the major minor diminished and augmented?

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it helps to identify how chords are built on the scale and why some are major while others are minor or augmented or diminished.

Hi Maestro, I recently took a course from musicmatters I am actually studying " BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY " from Queen. I believe the key signature is Bb major ( 2 flats ) I would like to understand the chord C-Eb-F-A ( C, E-flat , F , A ) in the Bb major signature ( All B and E are flats already , but the composer puts a "b" flat before the E , in the chord C-Eb-F-A, while being in a Bb major signature ) so that means I should read/ play it C-Ebb-F-A ( C,E double flat, F , A ) ??? if Yes, what type of Chord is C-Ebb-F-A??? if No, how should I read/ play the chord C-Eb-F-A: what bothers me is the "b" flat before the E, while being in a Bb major, having all E's " flats" Sorry for my poor " explanation", Thank you ,Sir

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

Ok. The flat in front on the E is probably either a reminder (what we call a cautionary accidental) or a return to the key signature after an E natural. The FACEb is a Dominant 7th chord (V7). CEbFA is therefore V7 in second inversion.

@jessyprince681

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir...thank you

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

😀

I wonder what makes these particular semitone intervals so special that they become a "chord"? Why not, for example, 1,4, 6 semitone interval is not a chord?

@MusicMattersGB

3 жыл бұрын

Any combination of notes will give you a chord but some combinations are more consonant and some more dissonant. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk including details of our online courses and of our exciting Maestros programme. Next Music Matters livestream on December 19th.

I can figure out chords by ear but only on my instrument. Definitely not perfect pitch but Its probably good relative pitch specific to my instrument.

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

Relative pitch is much more useful than perfect pitch.

getting the bag huh

@MusicMattersGB

3 жыл бұрын

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yes, but i find it's harder to identify chords that are inverted. in root position, it's easy to tell the chord. is there any trick to quickly identify inverted chords?

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

Root position - the other notes are a 5th and a 3rd above the bass note. First inversion - the other notes are a 6th and a 3rd above the bass note. Second inversion - the other notes are 6th and a 4th above the bass note.

@moontan91

2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB thanks ! this would be so much easier i think if there were 6 black and 6 white keys to an octave. the pattern of the standard keyboard is confusing...

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

One gets used to it!

@adriankolsters

2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB What has helped me a lot when trying to learn this back in the day, is just realize there are only 7 combinations possible, regardless of the key (i.e. sharps/flats) you're in: CEG, DFA, EGB, FAC, GBD, ACE, BDF. It really does not take long to get that into your memory, esp when playing them all over (for me it's the piano). After a while you immediately recognize for instance GCE being the 2nd inversion of the C-chord. Or ACF being 1st inversion of an F-chord. There are just no other possibilities with these three notes. When a fourth note appears, it's usually a 7th, so the one just before your root note. After i got that, I took my sheet music book of classical works and started writing the correct chord below the bass staff with a pencil. It doesn't take long before you get really good and fast at that, and it also makes you play much easier/faster, as you see in one view what chord it is, instead of looking at all the different notes it's made up off.

@MusicMattersGB

2 жыл бұрын

That’s all good as long as you can transpose for other keys.

so if i want an augmented chord i raise the 5th. if i was a diminished i lower the 3rd and 5th, if i want a minor i lower the 3rd?? all by semitones..

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct, assuming you’re starting from a major triad.

@lisasexammusicoriginalcomp5861

4 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB hmm what happens if its a minor triad ?

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

Minor triad is always a minor 3rd and perfect 5th above the root.

@lisasexammusicoriginalcomp5861

4 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB thank u :)

@MusicMattersGB

4 жыл бұрын

😀

so say if you had a minor 3rd and augmented 5th what would you call that

@MusicMattersGB

5 жыл бұрын

That would effectively give you a major chord in first inversion (although you would have to regard the augmented 5th as the equivalent of a minor 6th, which sounds the same but looks different).

I can't help to hear the same thing between the augmented tone and dimished tone. :(

@MusicMattersGB

3 жыл бұрын

There’s a difference but they’re both alterations to what one might be expecting to hear. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk