Congratulations! You have found the channel that's going to teach you musical ability from the ground up! Hi! I'm Dan Vrancic and I teach music as a high school teacher everyday. I've probably helped a thousand students who know nothing about music get their start and progress to levels they previously thought unreachable. I can do this for you too!
Here's my goal. Let's create an online music community that allows us to learn from one another and get amazing at playing our instrument. Let's, as a community, share and talk about the things that are keeping us from progressing and help one another succeed.
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-Dan
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I’m sorry you didn’t find the lesson useful. The video intended to show you how you can see and label diatonic chords in sheet music. It’s the beginning steps to really understanding how harmony works the the music you are playing.
Very simple and and easy to understand. ❤
Glad it was helpful!
This helped me so much more than my professor, thank you so much!!
Comments like these make me so happy!
Where can I find the resource page?
I’ve had to take the site down - I’m planning to launch it again in the future
is this the end of the series?
It is for now - there are many more I would like to do though!
Thank you for this lecture. Very useful for us.
You are most welcome!
Thank you so much this entire course was a lifesaver, so underrated
Glad it was helpful!
Thank-you *so much* for these videos! They’re helping me review and fill in gaps in my understanding. The ‘music theory complete’ course/playlist is so well thought out and presented-thanks again!
You're very welcome!
Do you have a video about rests?
Not specifically. I do plan to make new rhythm videos that go into much more detail!
HI DAN: I have watched your first six videos , and find them very informative, straight to the point, easy to follow, and a real pleasure. Thank you. I'm kind of a intermediate-beginner. Meaning ; I've been taking private lessons and playing piano for a year, but I continue to struggle with every step. So in seeking out answers and understanding I have been cruising KZread, and found your video series. It looks like I have found a GOLDMINE. Keep up the great info stream.
Gerald! So happy to help. The journey is challenging but so worth it! Wish you luck in your musical endeavours!!
You're a great teacher. Thank you
I appreciate that! Thanks!
This is a very good analysis.
Thank you Nitin!
I like the way you explain.Well done.
Thanks!
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Thank you for the videos. Really appreciate this.
Glad you like them!
Thanks. I'm new at the keyboard, but this helped a lot. Hear these terms often by musicians but now at a learning level to absorb these pretty easy concepts once you have learned and studied the basics. This helped. Thank you.
I’m glad it helped!
Thank youuu so much!
You’re welcome!
Great video
Thank you!
Thank you!!!! Thank you!!!!! You are the best 👌. This is so helpful. Not either my professor explain this so nice and clear!!!!
Thank you for the kind comment! Appreciate you!
Website name please
Great lesson!
Thanks 😊
Thank you, this video was so helpful
You’re welcome!
Thanks
No problem!
I like how gentle he looks and how gentle he speaks.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video 😄
Ridiculously underrated video. Its almost criminal.
That comment made my day! I want that on a Tshirt!! 🤣🤣
Ugh u had me blindfolded and sold at the beginning! Love it haha HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME! 💋
Good job man
Glad you liked it!
What’s the rules how to write accidentals in front of the chords?
That’s a great question!! It’s also a really long answer! Here is a link I found that explains the concept clearly. Hope that helps! ultimatemusictheory.com/4-note-chords-accidentals/
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Perfect
Thanks!
Hey Music Theory Followers! I wanted to make an amendment to the video to offer the following caveat for Chord Progression 4. You might be wondering why the circle of 5ths went from Ab to D and not Db. Please read the explanation below! Great question! Yes, if I wanted to go all the way around the circle of fifths until I ended back at C, I would have gone Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G, C. The problem is - it's really long! Many songs that use the circle of fifths in their chord progressions never play the whole thing. What they do, is take a short cut. Instead of playing the circle of fifths, they play the "semi-circle" of fifths. Once they get to the bottom of the semi-circle (half of the circle), they jump directly across, and take the last couple of chords home. Jump into a new tab and pull up a diagram of the circle of fifths and follow along below: For example, look at the chord progression for I Will Survive or Autumn leaves. I Will Survive is in A minor. It goes Am-D-G-C-F. But instead of going to Bb after, it goes Bm7b5 - E - Am. This short cut works because it tricks the ear into a 5th movement that we expect with a perfect resolution into the next chord (E). Autumn Leaves is almost identical except the shortcut is taken 1 chord earlier. It goes, Am - D - G - C - F#m7b5 - B, Em. This shortcut happens after C. It doesn't go to F, it goes to F#. The rule of thumb is to play a chord 1 semitone higher than the circle would naturally go and then follow the rest of the circle home. The chord quality doesn't really matter - it depends on the melody you're harmonizing. In the video, I played a major chord - these examples used half-dim chords. Next time when you're playing, try it out. You can take the shortcut from really anywhere. Try it after the second, third, or fourth chord. You can get interesting results!
I don't understand Chord Progression 4. D is not the 5 (or 4) of Ab, Db is. So shouldn't the last two chords be Db Gb?
Great question! Yes, if I wanted to go all the way around the circle of fifths until I ended back at C, I would have gone Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G, C. The problem is - it's really long! Many songs that use the circle of fifths in their chord progressions never play the whole thing. What they do, is take a short cut. Instead of playing the circle of fifths, they play the "semi-circle" of fifths. Once they get to the bottom of the semi-circle (half of the circle), they jump directly across, and take the last couple of chords home. Jump into a new tab and pull up a diagram of the circle of fifths and follow along below: For example, look at the chord progression for I Will Survive or Autumn leaves. I Will Survive is in A minor. It goes Am-D-G-C-F. But instead of going to Bb after, it goes Bm7b5 - E - Am. This short cut works because it tricks the ear into a 5th movement that we expect with a perfect resolution into the next chord (E). Autumn Leaves is almost identical except the shortcut is taken 1 chord earlier. It goes, Am - D - G - C - F#m7b5 - B, Em. This shortcut happens after C. It doesn't go to F, it goes to F#. The rule of thumb is to play a chord 1 semitone higher than the circle would naturally go and then follow the rest of the circle home. The chord quality doesn't really matter - it depends on the melody you're harmonizing. In the video, I played a major chord - these examples used half-dim chords. Next time when you're playing, try it out. You can take the shortcut from really anywhere. Try it after the second, third, or fourth chord. You can get interesting results!
@@LearnMusicTheory Actually I'm not a music theory beginner. I'm familiar with this solution as a workaround (pun intended). My 2 cents: You should at least mention this concept in the video. Otherwise you could leave a newbie very confused, staring at his circle of fifths chart for hours, wondering why it isn't clicking for him. Especially if you're going to annotate the chords with roman numeral "V", which suggests that each chord is literally preceded by it's V chord (because as I note, Ab is not the V chord of D, but your diagram labels it as such). I think it's worth more than a casual mention. You should point out that each chord is preceded by a chord having its root a perfect fifth's interval away (diatonically), with the exception of that skipping trick, which in this case is a diminished 5th.
@@LowDinksHijinxPickleball Thanks! I appreciate your input. I completely agree that this caveat should have made it into the video. I will look into annotating it, if possible, to include a link this conversation.
A good explanation of time signatures, thanks!
Appreciate that!
Thank you so much
You’re welcome ☺️
By far, the easiest way to learn modes is to toss out all the garbage about "Ionian", "Dorian", "Phrygian" and instead reduce the entire system to simply numbers. For example, instead of "D Mixolydian", it's "G5". That's so much simpler. "D Mixolydian", as it is now, means to first know that Mixolydian is the 5th degree of the scale. Then one must ask, "What major scale has D as the 5th degree?" It's G. What a ridiculously convoluted system. Just say "G5" and that means, "Play a G maj scale starting on the 5th degree". That's all there is to it.
This is very true! That being said, the more familiar you get with modes, the more you think of the new scale itself and less about the scale it's related to. For example, anytime I see Lydian, I think #4. Every time I see Mixolydian, I think b7. I think this is because it is convoluted to think back to the original scale and way more practical to think of the new modifications. Jazz musicians will tell you that the best way to think about modes is through internalizing the modifications so you can apply them on the fly. Your system of using the scale name plus the scale degree would work but for the fact it would get confusing when they overlap with chord symbols and pitch locations. For example, G5 means an open G chord (no third) but it also means G in the 5th octave. Including the meaning of D mixolydian to G5 could get a little more confusing. I think the best way to use modes is to get familiar with how they sound and understand their use cases. That way, it will feel more intuitive when you go to apply them.
This was a lfe saver, thank you so much
Bro it's good to see you back on KZread since 2 years what were you up to😋
Hey Cory, thanks for checking in! I’ve been teaching High School music IRL and trying to build my music community online. Hope you’ve been well 🙂
@@LearnMusicTheory yes I have been well last time I saw you I was 7 years old I watch all your videos I Learned so much from your videos thanks very much for that🥲
@@chris_gamer391 so kind to say that! That’s why I make these videos!!
Just can't wait for 4 November cause I'm writing soon please try not be fast when your teaching music theory more especially DIMINISHED CHORDS
That’s awesome Somie! No problem 😉
Thank u vwry much bro, i understand!!!
thank you so much buddy
You're welcome!
Dude thanks! This was such a good video. Subscribed!
Thanks for the sub!
Hey where's the exercise?
brooooo your even better than my actual teacher.......You are sooooo underrated, Thank you for helping us
I appreciate that!
Thanks for this it's really helpful
Glad it was helpful!
How do I enrol for the theory course?
Go to musictheorylessons.net! Enjoy
@@theodosios2615 hello, yes currently I’m in the process of switching hosting providers. Please bare with me!
how could i enroll?
But it is not easy
How do you know Jane or Jake
James I mean
Thanks James
Tysm I really needed this