My Favourite Things - Tutorial | Common Chord Progression Identification
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- Learning a new song such as this one, My Favourite Things, is a process which takes place 90% away from the piano and 10% at it. The 90% involves listening to the original and then variations, if desired, until it's playable on one's Internal Jukebox. The lyrics are then acquired, thus the structure and melody are known passively.
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Original: • My Favorite Things - J...
Variation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2d...
Lyrics: www.metrolyrics.com/my-favorit...
Then, study the chords (lead sheet here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
) and identify very regular patterns. In this, there is the 2 5 1 and the 6 2 5 1, as well as the common 'up a fourth' logic (video on that: • Power of the Circle of... )
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Dude, nice breakdown. Really appreciate the chords and arrangement. Wonderful job!
Thank you so much
Kudos to your patience!!
Very helpful tutorial. Thank you so much. Wish you all the best
Thanks so much Dan, I've always wanted to know how one of my favourite songs works. Very helpful!
Thank you that’s my favorite song and I’m not a sheet music type of pianist I just use my ears but I also do tuts so ty for doing this song
Bonjour Dan.. nouveau commentaire sur ce tutorial !.. j'avais dit magnifique..mais c'est bien plus que ça, cette exercice,ce titre est immense dans son apport de connaissances,de connections , d'articulations !. j'essaie de le jouer en " dynamique" comme tu nous l'apprend et c'est " EXTRAORDINAIRES".. à tous les niveaux ,ce titre est musical et nous apporte réellement le sentiment que nous cherchons, nous pianistes!..Encore mille fois merci pour ça, Des fois pour les aguerris,ce n'est rien mais pour nous qui apprenons c'est magique avec du travail bien entendu !..Dan ❤
This has become one of my favourite things ,now.....Thanks.
I managed to learn in one day and I did have to slow the video down Cause you were going kinda fast but I can play this song now. Thankyou!
Ooooh I do like those b9's. Very nice Dan, thank you. So helpful to 'low-hours pilots' to hear those 2-5-1's introduced. Filling the pool, bucket by bucket.
Yes, a b9 is what makes a diminished upper chord structure so it sounds sweet. C, E, G, Bb, Db is C7(b9) but the E, G, Bb, Db is a diminished chord, you see? More on 251s here: czcams.com/video/wZ3_i7E76mE/video.html
Keep filling!
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Dan
Thanks for doing my requested video Dan!
My pleasure :) I hope it helps and you will make something of it... perhaps even share it!
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Dan
Mmmm this channel is packed🔥
Great analysis. Very simple to understand from the piano point of view. Two guitarists in our jazz group are hung up on the chord progressions from the Real Book, and the framework you have expressed here should help me explain what is going on. #winovertheguitars
awesome tutorial. brilliant! I'm learning this thanks to you. cheers!!
Thank you and welcome, LK!
Do perhaps enjoy this article, too: piano-jazz.blogspot.hu/2015/11/the-pianists-checklist.html
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Dan
Hello there. First of all want to say Im a big fan of your work and an avid follower. Thanks much for your videos they're of much help and very interesting especially for adding a bit of philosophical discussion to music. I have a suggestion/request if you don't mind. Do you think you could prepare a video going over ABBBA's "The winner takes it all"? Not only a tutorial on how to play but also do some analysis on the structure/style etc? Thanks again! Cheers
Welcome, MV! Thank you for your kind comment - glad they're helping. Have you discovered my blog, too?
Interesting request. Added to the list! Thanks for that. Will look into it.
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Dan
So helpful!!
Magnifique
Hello Very helpful video hearing all sorts in this tune now! Would sound good as a Bossa with all those tasty extensions
That modulation that takes us back to G at the end is an A7 dominant rather than a minor in the original and sounds better this way I think!
Hi Tom, thanks for your comment. Glad this helps! I agree, and I love how jazz repertoire is so flexible to rhythm. If you haven't seen it, this is the link to all the song analyses: czcams.com/play/PL4cPpP-Ua6NUh1zopQKUb3T0kyyu88L1Q.html
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Dan
great thank youi...one of my new favorite songs(Johny Coltrane version)
Thank you for identifying the chords and describing how one arrives at the correct names of each chord to this classic song! However, I have hard time memorizing and recalling the chord progressions that go with particular songs when I want to sit down at a piano to play songs spontaneously.
Can you describe how I can reconstruct the chord progressions step by step and on the fly (e.g. identifying the basic triad chord containing the current melodic note or the note immediately following a passing melodic note, going down the circe of fifths to work towards the tonic note, etc.) as I play the song melody on my right hand?
Hi there, thanks for your comment - just seen it! I have a few videos on helping with chord progressions and often it's a process which takes place away from the piano, mastering the progression numerically (so that you can play it in any key). Also, it seems you need some diatonic chord help. Perhaps try these two videos and tell me if they help. If not, I'll make a new one for you on the topic: czcams.com/video/3WbZhc79H0M/video.html / czcams.com/video/h4bZlontz2A/video.html
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Dan
Hello. Thanks for another great video!
I have one question, how do you play melody without thinking? Like when i learning a piece i have no confidence in my melody unless i've played it many times, and i feel like playing like this i rely too much on muscle memory and not on what i have in my mind.
Sorry if i've worded something weird, not a native speaker.
Hello Nikita. Welcome and thank you :)
Your question is good. You asked, "How do you play melody without thinking?" Then you wrote, "I have no confidence in my melody..." There is your answer and, as always, it is about the mind, not the fingers.
Consider this article first: piano-jazz.blogspot.hu/2016/01/the-fear-of-spontaneity.html
Then this video: czcams.com/video/pT6UXxUXCoM/video.html
Then this one: czcams.com/video/Y1QIkmxpM7c/video.html
Then let me know how you get on :)
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Dan
Great tutorial as always Dan! I find very useful also the link to the score with the lyrics but google doesn't let me download it from my iPad, so I have to go with a couple of screenshots of it. Maybe Dropbox would be a better choice, you can share whole folders and even move the files without losing the public link to them. Just an idea, thanks
Ok I found a way: open the link in Safari and then "download image" thanks :)
Glad it works! I was going to say, it's only a PNG image file. The Google Drive link is static for me and I only share images for scores from one place but I will surely consider dropbox for larger/more complex ideas in the future :)
Now enjoy the piece!
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Dan
Really, really well done, my friend. Thanks for doing these! Do you think you could do Coleman Hawkins' "Body and Soul" sometime? I'm good for the first half and get lost thereafter. :-)
Hi there,
Thanks for your comment. Good request! I performed it in this video so you may be able to steal the chords used? czcams.com/video/R-cPBq0bLxc/video.html - from 2.30
Let me know how you get on :)
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Dan
danthecomposer thanks!
Thanks u help me a lot
My pleasure, Iyan, welcome to my channel!
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Dan
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Do you think it is a good idea to start with this way of learning the song and then starting a more jazzy approach ?
Yes. You need to get the patterns, chords and melody down.. especially away from the piano in your mind before you can start getting fancy. You may enjoy this article: piano-jazz.blogspot.com/2016/12/learning-songs-quickly.html
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Dan
Help found your channel I can’t play a note so have you made a lessen on the numbers you keep talking about I have no idea what a 6251 Is please explain maybe you could I react e to a lessen you have already made explaining thees numbers thank you
Hello Rosie, thanks for your comment and welcome. You're starting quite high up the mountain... 6251, and related content, can be found here... but major scale mastery is unavoidable: czcams.com/video/wDeDccsm3YE/video.html / czcams.com/video/heEVryaj-wI/video.html (major scale mastery).
Let me know how you get on.
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Dan
A scale is constructed of a root note and a series of half or whole steps upward in a pattern. A major scale is a scale with the pattern: R W W H W W W. I can index this pattern such that R=1, then the next note = 2, then 3, 4, through 7. For example, in C major, C natural= 1, D natural =2, E natural=3, F natural =4, etcetera. These numbers are called "scale degrees". I can play a major triad, minor triad, dominant seventh, etcetera chord rooted at any of these scale degrees. For example a major triad rooted at the 6th scale degree of C major would be A major triad. I can make a sequence of these chords, and label then by there scale degrees. So here 6251 means "play a chord at scale degree 6, then play a chord at scale 2, then 5 then 1". Now what are these chords? Major, minor, seventh? 6251 will not tell you. You need to make some inferences. There are some common tropes, called "cadences" that can help. Note: a cadence pairs both the type of chord and the scale degree information.
Note, there are names for the scale degrees: tonic=1, supertonic = 2, mediant = 3, subdominant = 4, dominant=5, submediant = 6, leading tone = 7.
Also scale degrees are often written as roman numerals to avoid confusion.
When is the right time to start learning this Daniel? After major scale mastery or when?
When you want, my friend. Never let technical or theory block repertoire progress. Just fill in the theory and technical holes as necessary for the piece. Go for it :)
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Dan
tank u very much
Thank you Amos and welcome! Glad it helped.
You asked in another comment (which has disappeared?) about the song: Sunshine- Osibisa. It's not the kind of thing I would do a tutorial for but I found this: chordify.net/chords/osibisa-sunshine-day-lyrics-emperor-kuzco - it literally shows you the chords to play! All you need to know are major and minor triads which I have a video on here: czcams.com/video/tuuVUrHjAZc/video.html
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Dan
ok thanks
Is there a video where you have played this song its very soothing and spiritual feeling
No not a whole performance I'm afraid, only what's available in this. Glad you enjoy it and hope you'll learn to play it very soon!
i just subscribed!!...im interested to play piano, im 29...am i late to learn piano at this age? i mean..i really want to be a good piano player. thank you!!
Thank you Sir and welcome! Not late at all! See this video: czcams.com/video/TQxJJ7AgS7k/video.html and read this: piano-jazz.blogspot.hu/2015/11/the-pianists-checklist.html
Perhaps drop me an email? danthecomposer@gmail.com
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Dan
thank you so much sir... :D
Hey Dan where do you live? Which place?
I'm in Budapest, Hungary.
we have the same keyboard
It's very good, isn't it. It's now discontinued. Perhaps I'll upgrade in a year or so. It's currently the DGX 660 at the time of writing.
For those interested in cheap keyboards, this link is useful (no affiliation) : www.digitalpianoreviewguide.com/how-to-pick-the-best-digital-piano-under-500/
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Dan
thanks. thats awesome.