❗️CORRECTION: at 1:10 the formula for the minor pentatonic scale should have a “b7” but I’ve missed out the flat symbol! Sorry for any confusion 😅 Thanks to Brion Reid for bringing it to my attention.

@Wind-nj5xz

3 жыл бұрын

You accidentally invented harmonic minor pentatonic

@arcioko2142

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wind-nj5xz but it has a semitone

@Wind-nj5xz

3 жыл бұрын

@@arcioko2142 It also has a tritone, but pentatonic doesn't mean no tritones or semitones, it just means 5 notes

@arcioko2142

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wind-nj5xz well yes

@00001Htheprogrammer

Жыл бұрын

btw, you can PIN your comment

"Wait... so it's all pentatonic?" "Always has been."

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Is that a reference to "The Egg"!?

@oopsallbeets2320

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano andy weir?

@OmnipotentO

3 жыл бұрын

🔫👨‍🚀

@connormacdonald2883

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano no, but an equally old meme.

@SomeNot

3 жыл бұрын

@Connor Macdonald PLEASE send a direct link not a link to a google cached version.

I very accidentally discovered this as a little kid. I would sit at our piano and play just the black keys in random rhythmic patterns (basically what you're doing at about 12:30), and it never sounded bad. My family (who weren't very musical) thought I was some sort of 5-year old prodigy composing classical music. I was just mashing notes together that had no possibility of dissonance.

@glennpagemusic

Жыл бұрын

😆

@noradosmith

Жыл бұрын

Lmao this is gold

@haruyasumi616

8 ай бұрын

i also accidentally discovered it a while back as an adult. i've always make electronic music but never really followed music theory much, just doing what i felt instead. and realised that just using black notes meant that it couldn't ever go wrong. but i wondered for ages why everything i made sounded a bit chinese! it wasn't until i bought a guzheng and learnt about pentatonic before i realised why.

@althealligator1467

8 ай бұрын

​@@haruyasumi616 Wow that escalated quickly at the end

@oliverdiamond6594

2 ай бұрын

haha nice.

"First, and, sometimes only..." I feel attacked

@mcswordfish

3 жыл бұрын

We all do, but we also all know it's true

@HeraclitorisScroll

3 жыл бұрын

Cze polak

David could be anywhere from 11 to 35 years old

@CarlSong

3 жыл бұрын

He'll look exactly like this when he turns 40.

@kalvino67

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully he will still look like this when he turns 60!

@Orholam5

3 жыл бұрын

agreed! in the video I would've said 25, but then the hands playing piano maybe 35...no one knowssss

@davidhughes7174

3 жыл бұрын

a wholesome young man

@JScottLittlefield

3 жыл бұрын

David is ageless, as is the information provided. Thanks, David!

The trick that Bobby McFerrin did was brilliant! :D

Appreciate you showing examples from other cultures as well, to show how these ideas don't just apply to Western music.

@sieteocho

3 жыл бұрын

He has to - pentatonic scale is an even bigger thing in Chinese music than it is in the western tradition.

@KasumiRINA

3 жыл бұрын

Well, Pentatonic scale is basically what gives music "East Asian" vibes, kinda like harmonic minor sounds "Middle Eastern".

@saoranachnah-alba723

3 жыл бұрын

@@KasumiRINA I was always told that the pentatonic scale made music sound Scottish or Chinese, although this may have some bias as I am Scottish.

@rewdwarf123

3 жыл бұрын

@@saoranachnah-alba723 Like the song 'Mull of Kintyre'.

@rewdwarf123

3 жыл бұрын

@@KasumiRINA Like the song 'Japanese Boy'?

Almost no beatles examples... Blink twice if you are being held hostage

@gonesnake2337

3 жыл бұрын

The copyright people are holding the Beatles music hostage

@sieteocho

3 жыл бұрын

An even more egregious omission is the Bee Gees. Every other song they write is pentatonic.

@Henry3Studios

2 жыл бұрын

They’d probably take up the entire video as great of a band they are.

@oliverdiamond6594

2 ай бұрын

no radiohead too.

0:43 Ive never been so offended by something I 100% agree with

@michaeleaster1815

3 жыл бұрын

I celebrate sly, low-key jabs at guitar players! (and I'm a guitar player)

@KevyNova

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a guitar teacher and one of my goals is to make sure none of my students fall into that category. It’s way too common for guitar players.

@farhandaryanto770

3 жыл бұрын

Jokes on him, I know blues scale

@NeverEverClever

3 жыл бұрын

i first thought he was making fun of keytar players

@robertturtle

3 жыл бұрын

The key moment of my guitar learning path was when somebody told me I can add the B note to the A minor pentatonic scale. That was after almost 10 years. It opened a new universe that eventually led me to learn other scales and actually understand the theory behind it.

Music theory notes: If you take 5 notes in a row on the circle of 5ths you get a pentatonic scale. Also, the notes of C major pentatonic are part of the C major, F major and G major keys, which explains some of the versatility. If you think in terms of modes, then the notes of C major pentatonic are found in C Major, C Mixolydian, and C Lydian which further demonstrates the versatility.

@kevin_dasilva

3 жыл бұрын

Dude i had that lightbulb moment when he explained how the major pentatonic cuts the 4th (what makes major lydian) and 7th (mixolydian) notes! Same with the minor lacking the 2nd and 6th degrees, what characterize phrygian and dorian, respectively!! I had never thought of it like that before, although I have never had formal training, i dont know if all this is supposed to be obvious I love it when things start making sense 😅

@KevyNova

3 жыл бұрын

So weird, I taught one of my students this exact same thing last week.

@anthjmauro

3 жыл бұрын

And by extension, the notes of A Minor Pentatonic are found in A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor (aka A Minor, A Dorian, and A Phrygian). That’s not to mention the bluesy applications of minor pentatonic scales (playing a minor pentatonic scale over a Dominant chord).

@kevin_dasilva

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthjmauro yes!!! After watching this video, I sent it to an old music teacher of mine. He forwarded me a book talking about being able to use three different major pentatonic scales built on the First, Third and Ninth degrees (of the chord) when playing over a maj7 chord! My mind got blown away

@InventorZahran

3 жыл бұрын

That makes so much sense! The notes of the C major pentatonic scale can all fit over a C, F, or G chord. Since those three chords are the most commonly-used out of all the chords in the major scale, it just seems natural to play a pentatonic scale that fits them all.

The five modes of the pentatonic scale: 1st Major Pentatonic (Ionian mode): 1 2 3 5 6 C D E G A 2nd Egyptian Suspended (Dorian mode): 1 2 4 5 b7 C D F G Bb 3rd Blues minor/Mang Gong (Phrygian mode): 1 b3 4 b6 b7 C Eb F Ab Bb 4th Blues Major/Ritsusen/Yo Scale (Mixolydian mode): 1 2 4 5 6 C D F G A 5th minor Pentatonic (Aeolian mode): 1 b3 4 5 b7 C Eb F G Bb

@robertweekes5783

2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say minor pentatonic looks like the blues scale 👍🏼

@set3777

2 жыл бұрын

Too much ado about stupidity/garbage. Maybe you people should ignoring the 4th and 7th groups of the periodic table too? Group 4 : Carbon, Silicon, Germanium, Tin, Lead etc Group 7: Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine etc

@turquoise770

2 жыл бұрын

@@set3777 I wondered why Lydian and Locrian weren't mentioned.

@gabrielmahutasoit8953

2 жыл бұрын

@@turquoise770 the pentatonic eliminates the dissonance brought up by tritone and semitone intervals. Lydian has 1 and #4 as a tritone, making we can't make pentatonic version of this mode due to the lack of root (prior to the tritone elimination). Locrian is the same because of 1 and b5 note those're eliminated because of their tritone interval.

@turquoise770

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielmahutasoit8953 Another instance of racism - even in music

Wow, the amount of "digging" you have to go through to achieve these kind of videos just blows my mind. Very well researched! Kudos to you my friend, keep it up, very interesting!!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot 😃

I really appreciate that you've taken the effort to compare the subject with the musical concepts of other cultures rather than sticking to the harmonic concepts of 18th century European composers. It's another layer on top of this fascinating subject.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

I see you’ve been watching Adam Neely 😉

@Kastagaar

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano And I see I am not alone in the comments. :)

Of all the music theory KZreadrs I find this channel the most helpful. I appreciate the straightforward explanation of each concept with ample use of popular music examples to illustrate the points. Not knocking Beato or Neely, but I find David’s approach very accessible and helpful to revisiting these fundamental concepts like modes, scales, etc. Also nice that because these videos are sponsored I don’t feel pressured to buy his course. Keep up the good work!

That little composition at the end was really nice and left me with some really chill vibes. Beautiful, thank you.

"songs that use the pentatonic scales" also known as: "every single pop/rock song in the last 60 years"

@thefakepie1126

3 жыл бұрын

and that's not a bad thing !

@bazicuber1037

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefakepie1126 Seems pretty overused by now, I'd be ok with it if it was used once in awhile, but artists rely on it nowadays.

@thefakepie1126

3 жыл бұрын

​@@bazicuber1037 "overused" if you actually believe that "every single pop/rock song" use it , but that's a false statement exagerated on purpose , you shouldn't take that as face value , of course not every pop/rock song use , I don't know what the statistics are but I hear non-pentatonic minor and phrygian all the time , and a lot of non-pentatonic major too , and how the fuck can you "overuse" a fucking scale , scales are such a most fundemental building blocks of music and you can do so much with it , saying a scale is overused is like saying "man using notes is so overused , I'd be ok with music using notes once in awhile , but artists rely on it nowadays" "making sound is so overused I want my music dead silent" "dude existing is so overused omg" , and also I'm ready to bet 50% of my earnings that 50% of the songs that use pentatonic scales you hear you don't even notice it use pentatonic scale , don't lie

@bazicuber1037

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefakepie1126 ok I didn't want anybody to be so mad over this topic, the pentatonic scale is not the only reason or even the reason why i dislike modern day radio hit songs from the 00s, many things come into affect like the dissociation from songwriter and performer and not authentic music playing. Like I said, I have no problem people using the pentatonic scale, you are correct saying a scale is overused is quite ludicrous, I meant it more in singular artists catalogues sort of way but that doesn't matter. I love music and the fact there's so much you can do with it. Coming from loving music back in the 60s and 70s I wish more modern music would try more adventurous things. Not like there isn't people doing that, I love Jacob Collier and thank you scientist, but i guess I'll just have to keep listening to the thousands of 70s bands and miss out on concerts when bands where in the prime.

@thefakepie1126

3 жыл бұрын

@@bazicuber1037 "I wish more modern music would try more adventurous things" have you ever heard of 100gecs tho ? I don't really know exactly what you mean by "adventurous things" tho so maybe you're looking for a specific thing that I don't know , I also don't really get what you mean by "the dissociation from songwriter and performer and not authentic music playing." , but anyways , you like what you like you don't like what you don't like

My man David out here doing what every kid questioned wether it's possible or not, playing only the black keys on a piano. Great video!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@asloii_1749

3 жыл бұрын

tuRnInG tHe bLacK kEyS iNtO whItE kEYs

Lead guitarists: 👁👄👁

@Kylora2112

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I know TWO scales! ...minor pentatonic and blues...

@KasumiRINA

3 жыл бұрын

to people who didn't get @@Kylora2112's joke: blues scale is literally the same as minor pentatonic with added diminished fifth. Aka the blue note. Aka the devil's note. Aka Diabolus in Musica. It has slight off-key sound so makes the music heavier. Best example is Black Sabbath, the song. Main riff is three notes. G... then a higher octave G, and finally, the Db that gives it that shivering feeling. Add vibrato to make it more unnerving.

@gergoretvari6373

2 жыл бұрын

*laughs in chromatic scale*

@sthego3970

2 жыл бұрын

@@gergoretvari6373 Ok but, can you make it sound good? lol

@gergoretvari6373

2 жыл бұрын

@@sthego3970 yes, why couldn't you?

"The pentatonic scale is the first and only scale people often learn on the guitar" - I and 100,000+ anonymous cynical keyboard and piano players who've played in bands THANK you for saying that.. 😄 ❤ ( My official nomination for 2020 KZread Quote of the Year)

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@yuothineyesasian

2 жыл бұрын

Never forget that we still get laid more for playing guitar with mediocrity than pianists do no matter their skill.

@fffvsr

2 жыл бұрын

I used to play piano, then harmonica, then trombone and now mainly guitar with a bit of piano, you must have played in bad bands lol

@yuothineyesasian

2 жыл бұрын

Hey hey hey... I resemble that remark.

@sntslilhlpr6601

2 жыл бұрын

Hey that's not fair. I learned the blues scale too.

"the first....and only scale people learn on the guitar" way to hit me where it hurts david, way to hit me good

"First , and often the only scale guitarists learn" Wow , you didn't have to attack me like that.

@KasumiRINA

3 жыл бұрын

I learned open C major first lol. Actually even easier. Kinda useless because you can't transpose it without tuning your guitar to another key.

This is the second video of David Benett Piano playing piano and it makes me happy

All of the melodies that you play on the ocarina in the legend of zelda(ocarina of time and majoras mask) are all based on the pentatonic scale. I always thought this was so fascinating because the creators were able to fit so many memorable songs that you can play with only 5 notes

@poke-champ4256

2 жыл бұрын

That is false. Its not based on a normal pentatonic scale just because its five notes youre wrong

@rikk319

Жыл бұрын

@@poke-champ4256 You may be right, you may not--not providing evidence of your claim just makes it as baseless as the original comment.

I've just started my GCSE music course and I find your videos so helpful to see how these concepts work in practice is so helpful, thank you so much!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks William! I'm really glad that you find the videos helpful!

that ending composition 😍😍😍😍😍😍

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

😊😊😊

The song at the end was absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the video!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Classic Rock musicians: (shivers)

Your videos actually help me gain a deeper understanding of music and how it works. Thank you

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I've been watching since February 2019, and your channel has been one of my favorites since! Keep up the good work, and thank you for being awesome!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot! Hopefully I've provided some entertainment during this miserable year 😅

@daniellel230

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano No problem- I love that I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos, and I hope you're doing well.

@ghqkdlfwkkskxbw4546

3 жыл бұрын

Radiohead yes?

@daniellel230

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghqkdlfwkkskxbw4546 yep- In Rainbows

@ghqkdlfwkkskxbw4546

3 жыл бұрын

@@daniellel230 omg what is your favorite radiohead song sir?

Great videos David Bennett. ..it's like having a sat-nav for music..

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😃😂

Out of all your compositions, this one might be my favorite. It's just so relaxing to listen to. Your explanations are great and your music is lovely. Thank you.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Riko 😊😊

Isn't "Minecraft" from, well... Minecraft pentatonic, even with the chords. (Except one chord in the entire song, that is)

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Great example! I was considering including that actually!

@wilsonlee2423

3 жыл бұрын

What is a Minecraft pentatonic scale?

@adrin181

3 жыл бұрын

@@wilsonlee2423 i think he means "isnt 'minecraft' from minecraft, the game, in pentatonic"

@zionj104

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano You probably should do something like that in your next video, to get more people from the Mumbo Jumbo collab into your channel.

@jjsdumbshit2792

3 жыл бұрын

David Bennett Piano You should make a video on this!

The melody you created at the end is just gorgeous!!! Beautiful usage of the scale!!! 🎶🎶✨✨🎶💙

So when are you releasing that ending tune? It's a banger

@aron-new9391

3 жыл бұрын

That melody actually sounds quite familiar to me (reminds me of a certain song I know).

@anaroque6351

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like Hanging Tree from Hunger Games '-' (or im crazy)

@MichaelPKelly-hg5jo

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Scarborough Fair.

@NishantDangwal

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like the song 500 miles.

This guy is amazing. So analytically sound and well presented. Couldn't imagine a better video on the topic. Great Pentatonic melody (over pentatonic chord progression) too!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric! 🙏🙏

David, your video about pentatonic is best of all i saw)

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

hiya, love your content. it makes me a better musician, thanks so much!!!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love this stuff - I don't understand much of it, but I really enjoy listening to an expert. That tune at the end was lovely BTW. Keep it up David

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@alastairdallas

3 жыл бұрын

You saved me some typing :-).

@49rockon

3 жыл бұрын

Snafu Ditto 😀

@trustnugget280

3 жыл бұрын

It's surprising to me that I actually understood most of it - I guess - despite having good musical knowledge. Great video imo!

That Bobby Mcferrin vid is one of my alltime favorites and I go back and rewatch it every now and then.

"My Girl' is how I first learned the major pentatonic scale.

I've always been fascinated by the fact that you're left with a standard pentatonic scale when you count all the notes outside of a standard 7 note scale. These notes are so dissonant within the context, but so consonant with each other. I love using all these 5 notes when changing chords for a dramatic modal sound, such an other-wordly color even just with two chords. The internal consonance of the left over pentatonic makes it easy not to stray into dark dissonant territory, you can get very bright sounds with Lydian etc., just transpose a second Lydian scale up or down a half step or tritone and you're covering all of the pentatonics outside the key, you can then pick any mode from those and see how it sounds. You can use any scale that has this pentatonic in it, melodic minor has one while harmonic has none, but I find sticking to the modes is part of what makes it sound like such a cool contrast of consonance and dissonance, straight forward relationships in basically all but one way. If you picked Lydian and another Lydian a tritone away, you get Locrian if you invert that back to the same root as your initial Lydian, this is a HUGE contrast while that root is still in there and it sounds beautiful. Going down one mode creates a pretty smooth whole step motion down From Lydian to an Aeolian scale, this is one of my favorite sounds. Lydian really does wonders for brightening up harmony that's quite out there while providing very pretty semitones with the 4-5 and 7-1, Aeolian has a darker 5-6 and 2-3 I also find particularly pretty in their own way, but still overal not very stanky at all, like a Phrygian or Locrian would be. There's just SO many options, it can sound even more mindblowing in sequence, but having just two chords repeat at least once really has a beautiful effect too, I highly recommend anyone to play around with it, no matter the style of music. (For the most part, I guess) If you're transposing a semitone rather than a tritone btw., I find it's better to just play notes that really bring out your mode, the ones that aren't in the other + some that are shared to smoothen the gap while mostly leaving out the rest, if you just play everything it sounds too clearly like it's just transposed and given another root to me, since the semitone is so smooth. Ohh yeah, contrary motion can also help in this case, just don't pick equivalent notes in both transposed scales, but use ones that are shared and try seeing if you can get some different intervals into your voice leading other than just whole/half steps. How you distribute it over octaves also helps a lot, a semitone down can become a major 7th up. This goes for selecting notes for both chords and melody, of course, motivic melody writing/call & response is still great but don't just transpose equivalent shapes unless you want a very obviously chromatic sound. For which there's some really cool shapes too btw., say you're just moving a minor or major triad shape up and down, there's 3 in each of your scales, that's a lot when none are shared between your two scales. With the tritone move the semitones move in different directions by default, so you can just play the whole thing and it'll sound great.

@Gacha_x_Misty

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t understand a single word of this except from “help” ( > ^~^>)

7:13 If you take blues scale and play it with the b3 as the root, i.e. the "major mode", it will give a bluegrass scale: 1 2 b3 3 5 6 A common folky bluegrass run in G might go like this: G-G-A-Bb-B-D-E-D C-C-D-Eb-E-G-A-G G-G-A-Bb-B-D-E-D B-Bb-A-G Notice the shift to C as root, similar to how in blues you will shift pentatonic scales to match the dominant chord underneath, almost like an entire key change. With these two scales, the blues and the bluegrass, you have the two sides of the American folk music coin. (well the third side would be Native American music, but then we would have 100 sides to cover every culture that has added some spice to American folk musics...)

@MrFree-vj8qj

3 жыл бұрын

That a complicated way of just saying major blues scale

@mickeyrube6623

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFree-vj8qj what? Calling it the bluegrass scale? If you wanna call that complicated...

Thanks for this video. Really interesting

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊😊

And this is the reason why Pentatonix have the name they have. They named themselves after the Pentatonic scale (only it is a conicidence that there are 5 of them in the group) and they are the most versatile music group ever who have turned their hands to literally every type of music you can think of and smashed it out of the park every time and all acapella as well. I would love for you to do a video analyzing Pentatonix and their arrangements and stuff because Musically they are a force of nature and i think only one of the members of the group has full formal music training Kevin the beat boxer cus he also plays cello and is classically trained.

Excellent video. I first started playing the pentatonic scale over 35 years ago when I started to learn guitar and I still use it all the time. I figured how could a video about the pentatonic scale be interesting to me? I was wrong, really excellent work!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear! Thank you 😀

Thank you so much for all that you do. I’ve recently started to learn about pentatonic scales and this video could not have come at a better time! Thank you! 😊

The famous folk song Five Hundred Miles is one of the prettiest melodies ever written in pentatonic.

Hawai'i 5-0 theme song is minor pentatonic except for those little chromatic runs toward the end. Figured this out the first time I played a bass guitar and learned the pentatonic. Just by screwing around with the scale you can find it even if you never played until an hour ago.

@rerite2

3 жыл бұрын

-- Cool! I'll check it out. Thanks.

Really great pentatonic piece you’ve come up with! Genuinely loved it!

i got really excited because i thought this video was about pentatonix, the band, but realised it was about the pentatonic scale (but the video was really interesting so i’m not disappointed at all)

Your original composition is gorgeous! I just wanted it to keep on going.

I really enjoyed your connection of the scales to different culturals!

That was your best video so far I think David. Another beautiful piece at the end as well, please keep doing these! Thank you.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

That means a lot - thank you! 😃

Always awesome and useful 👌🌹❤️🌿Love from Iran🌹❤️🌿

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is a really great video. Very thorough and features a diverse collection of music. Thanks!

David, this, like all your work is so well done. I have been racking my brain for weeks trying to find someone who can explain the differences between the major and minor and why the notes within each are what they are. Thank you so much, please know you are making a difference in my music and so many others.

This is very helpful for my understanding in learning to play piano. Thanks. Nice tune at the end. You inspire me to explore music ever further.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Cake!

You're definitely one of the best guys talking about music theory out there, dude. Keep up the good work!

Once again a great video from David Bennet, and once again another beautiful piece of music at the end. How this man has so few subscribers I’ll never know. Now if you’ll excuse me I need to unsubscribe just so I get the joy of subscribing to you all over again

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support!!

as usual, your video is just perfect to learn stuff in music, without realisng youare actualy learning something...so you're the best teacher for musical understanding and culture! Thanks you!

So much work to make these fascinating videos.. *loud applause*

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Once again. Educational and informative. Great job David.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Your videos ARE SUPER INFORMATIVE! Im self teaching piano and ive mastered finger independance and have multiple songs muscle memorized from start to finish. And your videos are educating me about music theory, physics in frequency context, and human prefernce. Thx

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Great! Thank you 😃😃

Nice to see the acknowledgement of Chinese orchestral pieces when it comes to pentatonic scales 😀 Yes, we have quite a lot of pieces that are melodically and harmoniously pentatonic, and sadly a lot of people dismissed it as being old-fashioned and weathered

@haruyasumi616

8 ай бұрын

i often feel like tradional western music is naieve in certain ways and quite rigid. for example different styles of asian music notation will give clues about how a note or section is played. i think music theory often places a level of importance in western tonality, and acknowledging african and afro-american contributions, while completely ignoring asian influences on modulation, performance and even use of music. (i would argue that asia started to widely use music as a form of entertainment, rather than part of religious practice sooner than the west).

When I was little I loved playing songs on just the black keys and I always thought it sounded very Chinese. A couple years ago I realized they formed a pentatonic scale and suddenly it all made sense.

man these videos are so well done

That piece you played at the end was just so lovely and gorgeous.

I have been reading an listening to videos all week trying to learn WHY the pentatonic scales are important and why I should learn them as a beginning guitar player. This video explanation is by far the best explanation I've heard. Awesome piece of work David!

Love Reign O'er me by the Who is heavily based on an E-flat minor pentatonic scale. Rick Beato recently did a video on it, as part of his "What Makes This Song Great" series. Edit: I almost forgot to mention that the reason I was reminded of it was because of the outro piece at the end of this video. I even sang a little bit of the vocal part to it.

@tonybates7870

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed that, too.

Another entertaining and educational video. Thank you for explaining this important musical concept in a way I finally understand.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob 😊

Love your composition at the end really beautifully written and played

I'm from China and I realized the relationship between our five traditional scales and pentatonic scales long ago. These five scales are Gong, Shang, Jue, Zhi, yu. In the case of C major, Gong would be 1 2 3 5 6 1, omitting the fourth and seventh In Shang, it would be 1 2 4 5 6# 1, (in D major would be DEGACD), omitting the third, seventh, raising the 6th. In Jue, C major would be 1 3b 4 6b 7b 1. (starting from E, EGACDE) In Zhi, C Zhi: 124561 (starting from G, GACDEG) In yu, C yu: 1 b3 4 5 b7 1(starting from A, ACDEGA) I learned a lot from watching ur videos BTW, I started from scratch one year ago and now I have written about 100 songs!!

Off topic but can we appreciate how cute David's hands are. Like they look so soft and pretty

Have you been watching Adam Neely recently, David? I took particular notice of you citing cross-cultural ideas of theory, and then using Anuja as a reference.

Excellent, I love the pentatonic scale. Great video, David, keep it up. 😊

David. From one who sings music and is Re-learning guitar some 50 years on, a big thank you for making scales easily understood and in a way that I couldn’t fail to understand. Superb!

Excellent video. Your own pentatonic piece is quite lovely. It reminds me a bit of not only the Chinese music you mentioned but the intro of the song I'd Die Without You by PM Dawn. Just the fact of hearing all of this in your song reinforces your point of the versatility of the pentatonic scale.

Wonderful ... I wondered if you would touch on music beyond Western civilization (and vaguely remembered the Bobby McFerrin talk). I smiled at those moments and thought "of course David would cover that!". This channel is a real gem.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael! That means a lot 😊😊

On the guitar I just finished learning the minor pentatonic scale, all the shapes, and have now started to move between them. After watching your video it’s made me realize how important it was to learn it.

That little piece you composed at the end there is lovely 💙

That's a really lovely piece that you composed at the end of the video. :)

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Very well explained, clear and good information. Tnx a lot!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I have watched 100s of videos on the pentatonic scale while learning guitar, this one is in the top 2 in terms of usefulness, with the bonus of going into Eastern music. Outstanding.

I've seen several videos attempting to explain what pentatonic scales are. Your explanation starting at 2:43 is the best I've seen. The others just say what the major and minor scales are without stating that it's the same as regular scales without the notes that are a semi tone away from the preceding or next note. This was a Eureka moment for me! It immediately made sense where others fail. Plus the excellent way you demonstrate why we use them has ensured I subscribe to your channel. Thank you!!

Great vid! Super interesting, thank you very much.

great video, keep it up!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I just love the way you explain things. Thank you so much!!!!

When I took guitar lessons back in the early 70s, the teacher never mentioned pentatonic scales...in fact, I don't think I even heard of them until I read a book about non-western music which was better than a decade later. But now that I know what to listen for...

Your composition at the end sounds like a traditional Scottish love lilt.

Another great video and so well researched. Thank you.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dr Robert! 😊

Another music concept explained with exceptional clarity. Great talk track, great graphics, superb! Thank you-

Great explanation and examples to illustrate your point regarding the pentatonic scale.

Really nice video - loved it!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

I think it's interesting that in your song you use ornamentation and dynamics as a way of introducing contrast, since you can't use harmony for that. Instead of relying on tension/release of harmony you have to rely on tension/release of rhythmically simple vs. rhythmically complex or soft vs forceful. I enjoyed this piece quite a lot.

Your videos are so so inspirational. Thank you!

One of the best explanation on Pentatonic esp the minor penta & how it relates to songs. Thank you!

Oh, this is epic

That piece in the end is amazing.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙂

Wow this is just what I was looking for. A beautiful melody with only black notes. Thank you David.

Amazing video that essentially explained how to use a scale to me in the process as well. Thanks for all the great work you do David.