How is it that in 15 minutes you’ve been able to help me understand something I haven’t for the last 15 years.. thank you for this amazing video!

@R.Akerman-oz1tf

7 ай бұрын

I hope Ricky goes over the "inversions" too.

Chords are a secondary effect of single lines moving at the same time. In the 1200s through to the 17th century music was mostly church music and it was single lines that were sung. There were strict rules about how those lines were allowed to move together and those rules became known as counterpoint. The preoccupation with the identity via the analysis of chords is an after-the-fact phenomenon.

Mathematically there is an isomorphism between scales. So I find it useful as a starting point just to remember: TTSTTTS, where T means tone and S semitone. The way I remember this is to visualize the piano keyboard starting with the interval between C and D. The chord construction demonstrated in this video I learned as "piling on thirds". If you also add the 7th, you construct the standard 4 note jazz chords. Because the diatonic scale has semitones, you can create different modes. You just move the starting point for the different modes in that particular key scale. The circle of thirds is a good idea. This has a cycle of 7 as does the circle of fifths. The interval between the circle of thirds is two and between the circle of fifths 4. However, if you look a little closely at the circle of fifths, you realize it does not actually exist. If you use it to find keys with sharps, it breaks down when you get to the key of B since the key with 6 sharps is the key F#. It is actually a circle of eighths where you have to think in semitones. I don't know why they don't teach that, since it would be much more logical.

@markE946

3 ай бұрын

I've identified a lot of fundamental flaws with music theory and infact a few with the Circle of 5ths, the music professor I wrote on KZread didn't have an answer unfortunately...

Isn't that sheet of paper aesthetically pleasing? A work of art. I'm going to make one for myself and put it on my wall.

@paulasp1

2 ай бұрын

Me too

@FUUUUU1111

4 сағат бұрын

what are you all talking about? paper, minor and major scale, all other stuff... are you writing these comments under a different video? am I going crazy???

I can remember figuring out the pattern of notes to an octave that a scale was, all by myself jumping up and down in my room : "that's why its called a diminished chord!! That's how it works!! Oh my god!!!" I'll never forget that epiphany. Thought I was a genius lol

This is such a great explanation and you've taught in 20 minutes patterns I haven't understood for 40+ years!!! Thank you so much for making this and explaining the concepts so clearly and memorably ❤

Who knew it could be the easy to learn with this right teacher.

Dear Ricky, you deserve a medal for explaining thing so brilliantly that I could go on watching and listening you endless hours. I love your english humour which appreciate very much. Besides that you know how to make people understood you. À bientôt.

40 years of learning guitar without lessons, this has been the BEST explanation I've ever seen. THANK YOU. Subscribed.

Completely relatable. I spend seemingly too much time over pen and paper, than the keys or fretboard. Music is mathematical and can be visualized as well as heard. Thanks

I've taught this same material individually to thousands of students since 1979 - I like Ricky's approach, particularly the nemonic 'Every Good Band Deserves Fans And Cash' !

I knew this but somehow it’s much more clear now. Thanks Ricky😊

Okay this is awesome. For some reason you're instruction by writing on paper increased my understanding. I've been playing the guitar off and on for 15 years and I'm so used to personal instruction and regular books. Since you were writing on paper and explaining at the same time I really focused and paid attention:)

I've been playing the bass guitar and learning music theory for years, and this was the most well-explained version I've seen of why chord structures are the way that they are and how this builds into chord progression and cadence in a song.

Wow... so those are the 3rds and 5ths everybody talks about... today I'm feeling one of those "enlightenment moments", if you know what I mean. Today is the first day of an exciting rest of my life. Thank you!

would be so helpful if someone had told me this at least 20 years earlier. Awesome explained. Suddenly its so easy to understand how it all fits together

The greatest explaination i ever seen. Simple & easy to remember. Thanks so much

I'm home educating and trying to learn music theory to assist in teaching piano. I have to say that this explanation is the best I've found on KZread for explaining chords and I thank you for it!

This is the first well explained video I ever found! well done! and thanks for the great lesson!

Great explanation. I love the way you explain music. Your textbook and your videos really go hand in hand for easier understanding and memorization. Thank you very much❤

Fantastic video. Thank you for explaining every step patiently and clearly! I’m an absolute beginner and this is exactly what I was looking for.

Absolutely brilliant, thank you! 🎶

Thank you so much Ricky! Your explanation is so tight and full of wisdom. was really nice to see another facette of musictheory!

I can't believe how incredibly clearly you explained that. Thank you so so much.

Thank you so much for your time and knowledge. Most importantly thank you for the clarity of your explanations. For someone who finds this a difficult concept you have made it easy to follow and learn. And your presentation manner is enjoyable and perfect. Thanks much!

It is amazing tutorial … thank you so much for this videos!! Open my mind for this, I’m 47 years old and never couldn’t understand it very!!! Your video was nee word for me!!! Thank you again!!

Good thing what you did & your method is the simplest & the easiest among all Ive seen. Awesome!

I knew most of this already, but it's great to see it all explained comprehensively and concisely. I'd also forgotten that an augmented chord is two major thirds stacked.

Incredibly helpful ! Thanks !

On the piano the easiest method to play 12 chords using base note, plus 4, plus 3. With right hand place thumb on a note (C for example to play C chord), then count 4 notes to get second note of chord (E), now count 3 notes to get third note (G). Now you can play 12 chords! Turn chords into minors by simply moving middle finger 1/2 step back, now you have 12 additional chords! You want 12 more chords? Same as base note plus 4, plus 3 just add another plus 3 to get your 7ths! Now you know how to play 36 chords, which gives you tons of songs to have fun with! 😁

@mazeradeville2911

Ай бұрын

This is probably the easiest way to learn theory. The perfect fifth interval is 7 semitones apart and 7 can be most evenly divided into 4+3 or 3+4. When the interval spacing is 4+3, the triad is major. When the interval spacing is 3+4, it is minor. For your 7th chords though, you want to think in terms of spacing from the 7th and 3rd rather than the 7th and 5th. If the spacing between the third and the 7th is a tritone (6 semitones), you get some type of dominant chord. In the case of a tritone being built off of a major 3rd (4+3+3 as you mentioned), you get a dominant 7th. In the case of a tritone being built off a minor 3rd (3+4+2), you get a minor 6th which is an inversion of a half diminished chord (3+3+4). When the interval between the 3rd and the 7th is a perfect fifth (7 semitones), you get a major 7th if it's built off a major 3rd (4+3+4) and a minor 7th if it's built off a minor 3rd (3+4+3). What's interesting is what happens when we shift these intervals further to the point that we are no longer sitting on a major or minor 3rd. For example, if we take the 3rd and 7th of a major 7th and raise it up one more semitone, we end up with a suspended 4 chord (5+2+5). If we take the 3rd and 7th of a minor chord and bring it down one semitone, we end up with a double suspended chord (2+3+2). This is, unfortunately, as far as we can take it since as soon as we move it one more semitone off center, we end up with a tritone and thus get another dominant type chord. If you can quickly identify your intervals, building chords is easy even if you may not know the names of all of them. Just look for the key intervals: tritones (6 semitones) and perfect fourths(5 semitones)/5ths (7 semitones). Chords without tritones are resting chords that your ear is satisfied with while chords with tritones are moving tones that want to resolve towards a resting chord. Keep that in mind and you can do pretty much anything you want.

Wow! Just WOW! How easy and accessible you made music theory! It just said click in my head and I suddenly grasp the math and beauty in the relationships between the notes and chords.

Wow 🤩 thank you so much! Excellent explanation

The best and most understandable explanation that I have seen so far on Utube. Thank you Rick.

This was a great explanation of chord building, Nashville Number System and a lot more. Great Job!

DEAR RICKY, YOU ARE JUST A JOY TO LISTEN TO MY FRIEND... GOD BLESS YOU FOR MAKING LESSONS SO FUN AND SIMPLISTIC... MY HATS OFF TO YOU SIR.

Great lesson and excellent teacher, thanks.

One of the best and easiest explanations I have seen. Thank you for sharing.

Mindblowing, thank you so much

Brilliant video ! Thanks.

Fantastic explanation 👏👏👏👏 thank you so much mate 🙏 very very helpful.

I've had the book for a while but have only just started working through it. Ricky has allowed me to fall back in love with playing the guitar. I'm like a big kid again. Thanks Ricky, you're rocking awesone

You make it so easy to understand. Thank you

Rick you are a genious teacher! Thank you for sharing these lessons. ❤

Your handwriting is beautiful 🎉

Thanks for Sharing Sir.❤👍

Thank you brother.

Excellent!! Easy to comprehend

Thanks Ricky. This seems like a good approach for remembering these concepts. Another technique I've find useful for determining chords in a particular key is visualizing a moveable fretboard pattern. The problem I seem to have though, is applying learned theory and concepts on the fly (like when attempting to jam along with other musicians to an unfamiliar song). It's one thing to simply play a typical major, minor or pentatonic scale over simple chords, but what I can't comprehend is how so many guitarists are able to solo over a more complex song so easily. It seems as if you must possess the memory and mental quickness of a savant in order to tackle all of the various mental gymnastics. For example, determining which chords are played, the song's key, if there are any key changes or non-diatonic chords at play, remembering when those key changes and chord changes occur, what to solo over each chord (which mode, intervals or notes to focus on), etc; and all why playing freely and non analytically. How do you tackle all of these things simultaneously? I feel as if I don't and will never possess the mental quickness to play on the fly. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Just got my copy of the book and it’s also brilliant! Very clear. Has really helped me to understand music notation and what the keys are on a piano which I previously thought was a ‘black art’ . A life changing moment for me, thanks Ricky

GREAT EXPLANATION!!

Nice breakdown, really helps me understand

What a great teacher you are Ricky! You Rock!

Great explanation! Thanks for sharing!

Off the charts. Learn more with this video then all the nonsense in school.

Such a great video very helpful.

Thank you! You are a very good teacher. You made it so easy to understand. Bless you❤

Awesome...For the first time in god knows how long and in just ten mins of your video I understand something I never could get my head round... I am now a subscriber....Thank you...!!!

Thank you Ricky.

This video clarified so many things for me. Thank you

@rickysguitar

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Awesome Mr Ricky... Subscribed.

Great explainer for anyone who wants to learn music theory.

A good explanation makes it easy to understand the formation of scales and scales chords. Good

I just learned my first lesson in music theory and my mind is blown at how much I've been missing out on. Immediately after studying your lesson and "methods of madness", I picked up my guitar and mapped out the notes (I play in open tunings and weird tunings) and I understood the notes and how to move between them. THANK YOU FOR THIS LESSON, I definitely subscribed!

Great explanation.

awesome !! best tutorial so far .

A most excellent lesson!! I am teaching my grandson and this is going to help enormously. Thank you!!

Very helpful Thankyou.

Although I played the guitar, my interest in watching this theory is to put into muscle memory what you show in this video. I play the keyboard and enjoyed the video.

Thanks for sharing!

God bless you, Rick. Thank you so much!

I 've had that explained to me at least three times, but your explanation is by far the best, (even if it is in english!) merci

Great Teacher!

Best explanation I have found! Thanks so much!

Great lessons, Ricky! Please keep them going. I have ordered the book.

@rickysguitar

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, super appreciate you buying my book. Hope you enjoy! Ricky

that was aweosome!!

Already bought your book love it.

This is the most understandable help I have ever seen period !!!! You answered a Question I had using my Conklin 7 string fretless this early morning.I wanted to understand how to build cords from notes.Bless Jesus you came perfectly into my day .And I am a new sub too :>) Cheers Mate.

Stellar explanation, thank you very much for sharing!

well that was easy. trying to learn to play piano and this was an incredible and thorough lesson that was easy to follow. Great job and thank you!

Unbelievably stuffed full of music theory in a very concise, easy-to-understand format. You cover a LOT of ground, yet it seems so simple to understand (admittedly takes much longer to master). Very well done presentation, right down to the tiniest of details (eg capitalize Major, while minor is lowercase; capital letters have serifs, etc). Impressive, dude!

@modancientwoman

5 ай бұрын

wholeheartedly agree with your comment. this video is fab!

This was amazing. I have reviewed all of this before but the maj, min, dim, aug just made sense enough to stick!

Very good method 👍👍👍

Always looking for new ways to teach chord theory to my piano students ( who I teach to play the piano like a guitar!) This is great, thank you!

i have tried to learn the guitar both independently and through teachers, i decided to try again and just as i was reaching the point of giving up i stumbled upon your channel and you have made the guitar a music theory make so much more sense than anyone i've come across so far. I'm actually retaining the information because of how you discuss and illustrate it, and my practicing has actually been productive rather than frustrating and reductive, so thank you very much

Great! Thank-you 😊

I finished a music school and loved your explanation ❤

Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Ricky! This theoretical approach is just incredibly intuitive, I've never understood it so quickly. Thank you so much! You have a new subscriber.

That was amazing . 😮 I don't understand exactly how to apply it yet but you broke it down beautifully. I'll be returning and it will all sink in soon. Beautifully laid out and explained, thanks 👍

Great video! no words to say thank you, you were born to teach! gracias Maestro!

I'm so glad that I found you! Cheers!!

Awesome Mr Ricky, Subscribed

Wow, this is brilliant. Trying to teach myself and this is SS helpful. Thank you.

Awesome. I am so old half my brain cells have fizzled out but I am following and understanding your lessons incredibly well. Thank you! I wish I had a tutor like you when I was younger and had time to play around with the idea of learning music theory and playing it.

This is priceless, thanks so much Ricky!

Very good explanation. Tq So Much

Hey Ricky what a GREAT explanation. I wish I would have seen this years ago. I played and could read music for clarinet in my school days but have forgot it all. I can follow music as someone plays on a piano, and I have also played guitar for some time but was always confused about Triads, Major and minors. But you explain Triads, Major and minor so well and let us not forget your wobbly Bob the diminished 🤣It's like one easy to digest course that I will not forget. BTW say hello to Huddersfield as I used to live in New Mill, I really miss Last of the Summer Wine country! Again thanks for sharing!

Great Lesson. This was something that my first guitar instructor taught me in 1977. He also had me waik it through all of the relative minors associated with each key. It changed my life! I have never understood why music theory courses don't start with this as it is a fundamental building block.

This is the best basic explanation I have seen in many years!

와우. 진짜 좋은 설명이다.

My fiance is teaching me to play music and understand music theory and it's really great to find videos like this to help me study when he's not around. Thank you so much good sir for your video I will be coming back for more!