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I’m sure it’s rare but can the bII resolve deceptively to vi? The Beatles have a song where they move from the bII in root position directly to the I skipping the V altogether. I’m guessing not very conventional.

I also like the borrowed bIII and bVII and even the borrowed minor v.

I'm a little late on this one, but thank you for this! It's helping me tremendously!

Thank you so much.❤

I keep thinking I hear him saying E Sharp at around 4 minutes and those words together confuse me...

Thankyou :)

I want to become a producer, I'm really confused about creating and organizing textures for different instruments in my songs, where should I start to learn?

Playing from memory also allows you to not have to bring any material with you. ;)

I'm still working on my keyboard skills, and this is out of my pay grade. But I sat in on the course anyway, as I have done for almost two years with your video classes. And I have never felt hopelessly lost, since you always include a home base with your calm presentation. For a retired health care provider who used to joke about my lack of musical understanding, this is a life changing event. Merci beaucoup to you and Alex. I hope both of you have watched my video on exercises to stabilize and strengthen the low back. Thirty seconds of exercises that could be done every day, since it's only thirty seconds. Oh, BTW, it SHOULD be done every day, since it's only thirty seconds. Also included are treatments for the shoulders and hands. Oh My Aching Bach

If I is called tonic, V is called dominant, then what are II, III, IV, VI and VII called?

Who needs Mozart when we have the Music Matters theme tune🤣🤣

So I'm watching this again after 7 months. I've been playing piano for two years and discovered your channel early on. I was never intimidated even though I had no idea what you were talking about. But you opened up the world of music theory and that has helped me tremendously. I don't watch Rick Beato yet for his music theory classes, since he cannot teach simple ideas. As soon as I have my post-Doctorat degree, I'll try him out again. Until then, I'll stick with your channel. I'm still frustrated that my keyboard technique hasn't caught up to my theoretical skill level, but it is inspiring. I'm always interested in reading your comments section, since it is one of the most polite and informative groups on the Tubes. That is thanks to the work that Alex and you have done. Many heavy metal band members watch and learn from your channel. That is a testament to the power of music. Merci beaucoup.

Thank you for the helful lessons.

Love this lecture, succinct and beautifull.

Ah Fred! The stories during my A-Level music lessons with Gareth. Feel like I know the chap well even now.

What about Lever Harp

Excellently explained. thank you!

Thanks alot!

What?!? No classical guitar? 😢

Brilliant!

thanks for this video, I am a musician who studied piano and singing for years but in French. Kiss from Belgium ;)

Merci beaucoup, you really have a soothing theme and I will eventually buy the score. I recently had to suffer a surgical intervention, and I dreaded the recovery room and wanted to avoid another stay in the ICU. I am a veteran especially with my shoulder, I live with a FURS syndrome. The operation went better than expected, and when I was in the recovery room there were only two machines making noise. But they must have been either a perfect fourth or fifth apart, and I was dreaming of music matters. And then a nurse told me when I woke up that I was in the recovery room. I can't remember exactly what I said, but I talked about an angelic song, and that I had no pain. I was chuffed. I sent a mail to my surgeon explaining the importance of sounds and he was very interested. You might spontaneously contact your local hospital and discuss the importance of pleasing noises. They will probably have you get in touch with medical equipment manufacturers. I think this is an unexplored topic but is so important for people in vulnerable situations.

You're a great teacher, thanks for da tips :O

Incredibly useful for my students- I will be sharing this with them, Thankyou.

One of the best channel for musicians ! Thanks a lot.

Good lesson. I think I just may pass my Music Theory final exam. Wish me luck!

Great video. Apparently the lyrics were inspired after one of the lyric writers (Lori Lieberman) had listened to Don McLean singing live in the 70s.

I've never used a canon to catch a crab before !!!

Hi Gareth, I have a question about two-handed piano chords. As a basis for four part harmony I start with the root and 5th in the left hand and 3rd and octave in the right hand i.e. C major = C + G in left and E + C in right. But what about inversions? Should I just move the root up an octave to give G + C in left and E + C in right? Or should I go back to the original triad, invert it and then add the octave? I.e. E + C in the left and G + E in the right? I'm pretty sure both choices are 'correct' in that they contain the right notes but is there a convention about how to split inverted chords across two hands? And how would it work with 7th chords and other added tone chords? Thanks Steve p.s. couldn't find a specific lesson about this but would be really useful to have one!

Hello Garith you are a Great teacher indeed, thank you so very much, Ivan Lane St Francis Alberton South Africa.

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3/4 is strong weak weak, strong weak weak…… whereas 6/8 is strong weak weak, medium weak weak…….

Thank you so much! Just what I needed to start choosing chords for my melody. This will get me started but I wonder if there is much more to this?

I'm trying to compose a Harp sheet music book of 22 songs. I learned a lot from this one video. My melodies are usually unique to the measure but follow a logical chord progression. I never write a 12 measure melody line in 3 lines of music before. I will try that in my next few songs I'll write and try to use it as a habit. The old masters used an 8 measure call and response 2 lines melody arrangements. I seemed to even overlook even that? anyway, my one measure melodies are quite musical and sounds just lovely just the same. I wonder if you have used them before? The melody in this video sounds a bit childish to me. I wonder if its used for children's songs. I truly think that the old masters call and response is more mature then what you present - or am I wrong?

If you want to, and its in public domain, please deconstruct Vince Guaraldi's Ice Skating from Peanuts.

Excellent, thank you

Maestro, congratulations for your videos are explained very clearly and then a truly beautiful thing: you speaks slowly that for a non-native English speaker it is highly appreciated. I submit a question to you: I am a student of composition and I always wonder with what key should I start my piece with? Are there any rules or is the choice random? Why did you put 2 flats there, why not 3 or 1, or sharps? And then this modulates in which key should I go? is it a problem that has always worried me, a problem of choice, how do it choose? Could one of his very clear videos make about it? Thanks and a greeting from Rome, Italy. Carlo

❤ U made it look easy. good job

You can have my negative harmony when you pry my cold dead fingers from around it.

Related to the crab canon and possibly of more musical interest, in that the listener has a chance of hearing what is going on are pieces of which Haydn has left a few examples. Could you consider how you would set about writing palindromic music? It occurs to me that in music of this sort some adventurous harmonies could be an advantage in drawing attention to the palindromic structure.

Hey teacher i may well be a lilte pesky but as a singer and self producer i would like to understand more thoroughly the how and why the melody fits so well with the chords and what are the key points here to create a perfect match (melody/ chords) ...

An very interesting video!

Lots of thinking in these videos.

Only Mozart and Mendelssohn can do this dictation in one hearing ! It took me over 10 times to get things right and I have an A in A level music !

Is a double plagal cadence a thing? IV/IV-IV-I. Thank you 🙏🏼

Beautiful final result! Bravo Gareth 😊👏🏼👍🏼

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