This video was very helpful, thankyou very much!I am planning to take the grade 5 theory exam and is working my way up.This is very helpful to me, thankyou:)
Thanks for the video ! Still in Gr4 theory and I still have a Gr5 piano exam and Gr5 theory to be booked too!😪I found this topic really easy though(minus my lousy key signature knowledge)!
I'm glad you are feeling more confident. If you want to get a grip on key signatures, instead of trying to remember them practice writing out the circle of fifths. It takes a bit of time at first, but if you keep doing it you get real quick at it. Then you can just write it out quickly on a piece of scrap paper - and you're all sorted for all of your keys in any exam. Maybe this will help... Circle of Fifths: Everything a Musician Needs to Know. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R46RHSCeQIQ.html
Good tutorial. I am using one of Eric Taylor's book first printed 1990 and reprinted 2007. I realize that I have more excercises than your book. Example, for this part, I have A-H, you have A-F.
Hi l want to finish my grade 5 theory until this year it had been around 1 month l started from grade one but l didn’t had their exam l will directly have my grade 5 theory exam do you have a advice? I learned every think from you thank you so much. :-)
Hi I'm sorry, I can't quite follow which part you are referring to. However, your starting point for the technical names is always the tonic - the key note, as note 1.
I am slightly confused by your explanation of the term subdominant. At 3.35 you say that the subdominant is 5 notes below the dominant. I think that should be 5 notes below the tonic. Am I mistaken (or just confused)? Or both??
You are quite right. Apologies. This was me getting used to talking to a camera. You are quite right. the subdominant is the lower dominant, 5 notes below the tonic. Apologies.
It's either a major key or a related minor key. The minor key is shown by the raised 7th or raised 6th & 7th degrees (depending upon which scale - harmonic or melodic- pattern is being used. Also, the harmonies will indicate the key. If it's in F major you'll see FAC triads, if it's D minor you'll see DFA triads. This is first covered in Grade 3. Have a look at the following video link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Re7QH22chc.html Hope this helps!
You don't know from the key signature alone. You have to look to see if there are any extra accidentals in the music to indicate minor. However, if it's just the whole key signature and nothing else then you know it's major. Have a look at this video from Grade three which shows how to decide between major and minor keys. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ApQPh6WLZdU.html
@@SharonBill thank you, I think I get the idea now :) also thanks for doing all these videos! I cant afford theory lessons but an preparing for my grade 4 theory exam in summer thanks to you 💕
@@ma0487 That's so good to hear. It's exactly why I do these vids. It's good to know that there are real people out there and I'm not just talking to a camera and a blank wall! Thank you :D
In the title it says "Diatonic" which means part of a standard scale. It will be part of the key signature, so it's as usual. For example, when in F Major Bb is part of that key so Bb is the 4th degree of the scale - so the subdominant.
Hi, Just a suggestion, could you please make your videos longer? It’s a little troublesome to look for all the videos.(Maybe you can connect 2-3 exercises together into 1 video)
I tried to make videos that were in manageable chunks, so as not to overwhelm with too much information. However, I do take your point and I'm working on alternatives for the new theory syllabus.
