First of all, I commend this musician for being such an excellent instructor. He gives to time to understand what your doing but also where your going with your creativity. Finally found one who can make sense of the chord movement. Thank you and may God continues to nless you as you give back.
WOW! Im Classically trained but my instructor had to stop teaching me at an early age. I can play most music set in front of me but the theory and structure of it, I missed out on. I'm teaching myself scales all over again and at my age, it can be difficult but i LOVE the music! I'd be lost without! You explained that concept EFFORTLESSLY to me and I grasped it the first time! You're an AWESOME Instructor and Encourager! Thanks SO MUCH! I will be Practising!!!!!! I hear music in my head but can't get what's in my head onto the piano but with your Instructions, I believe I can do it now! Again, THANKS A MILLION! You've opened up a new WORLD to me in music! !!!!!
Kimberly Godbold thanks a million. I enjoy helping people understand. I’m coming out with a course in about two months or so that will teach these concepts of you are interested.
WOW thank you so much. went to piano lessons for 7 years, having been trying to teach myself to play worship songs, but was the person you talked about, glued to the chords and sheet. I'm going to practice these now and hoping I can finally have a breakthrough in worship. I went to a private teacher who taught me sheet music, which was one of the biggest reasons I hated piano. Also all my lessons were in a russian language so its been really hard trying to switch to just playing worship music when I don't really have a gift. I've been really improving lately. No one I have listened to, has given such a simple lesson. Thank you !
Thank you SO much for breaking this down for me! I'm a VERY MUCH BEGINNER and i'll be taking over the position of music responsibilities in July or as soon as i'm comfortable enough to hold the service at my church. Your lessons are so helpful to me. THANK YOU!
Good info here for beginners. I have been playing keyboards since 1985 . I didn't study music but play by ear. Over the years I've learnt to manipulate keys example just hitting 1 minor key quickly to give that melody a bright spark. New keyboards display the chord on the LCD in arranger mode so it helps your chord progressions and you know what chords you are playing. It is documented that playing on the " C " key is the easiest but I've found that the " G " key is easier. Easily understandable is that a songs chorus should be on C or G and the stanzas might drop or rise to higher note progressions. With modern keyboards you can use TRANSPOSE function example transpose an F chorus to play on the C keys of the keyboard meaning that when you strike the C key , you are playing the F note or chord depending on your chord fingerings . I normally hold 3 or 4 fingered chords. For all you learners out there , ultimately PRACTICE is what's ESSENTIAL . You will always learn new styles and new finger working for the rest of your life on any music instrument till the day you die. Basically we humans are still learning till we die.
I play professionally too. But I have got to say you are a very exceptional teacher. I watch other videos but you are a blessing and a revelation to me. I have learnt more about the art of teaching from your approach. God bless you.
Thank you, so much! I have bought books, seen videos and heard many people advice. In under 10 minutes you unlock the secret of wonderful chord progression movements. God bless.
This is awesome and much needed. Thank you! Often music theory lessons dont explain this, so you learn to read the notes, but dont understand the framework, especially for hymns. Some folks also use the tonic sol fa to memorize the sound of the notes at each position. Old school, but it works.
Thank you for this video. It really laid out the basics in a way I could understand the importance of learning number chord progression and inspired me to continue practicing. Blessed!
Thank you again for explaining the chord progression, now I have to practice, practice, practice. I have been in some situations where I was asked to play various chords numerically, and I could not do it, now I have no excuse. God Bless.
Ok Are you real? My brother I just discovered you. May God richly bless you. Fantastic teacher and awesome musicianship. Please continue this is exactly what I needed. Thanks
You just blew my mind with this!!! I just practiced the progressions in the c scale and it is amazing how my fingers knew where to go without looking at the “letters”!! I’ve only done the scale you shown here, but I’m excited to put this into practice. God bless u!! I would love to see a basic video on learning filler notes or how to easily play the melody to a song, do you already have a video to help with this?(because currently I mostly play chords) I would love to add to my songs to make them sounds more blended and full. Thanks 🙏🏾
please sir can you do a tutorial on passing chords. I've checked many videos on passing chords but no clear explanation. you explain better in your videos, so I believe I'll understand yours. God bless you
Hello Davin! Here’s another way to define and explain the term chord progression... **DEFINITION** A chord progression is a series of chords where each chord is determined by root notes at select note intervals below melodic notes played on the down beats. **EXPLANATION** Most will tell you that a chord progression consists of a series of chords and will describe the relationships between the chords in terms of note intervals like 1, 4, 5, or I, IV, V. Furthermore, many will advise you to familiarize if not memorize the most commonly used chord progressions. However, **many neglect to describe chord progressions in relation to the melody** in ways that help one determine what chord progressions to play with a given song/melody - which no doubt is our ultimate goal here. So here’s a description of chord progressions in relation to the song melody: 1. The root note (the lowest note in a basic chord) is often the note at 1, 3 or 5 intervals BELOW the melodic note played on the main down beats (or sometimes immediately after the down beat following a passing note). 2. Last root note of a song is almost always the same as the last melodic note in a song. 3. When melodies progress up or down chromatically, root notes are often 3 intervals below the melodic notes on the down beats. 4. Form your chords with notes 1-3-5 or 1-5-8-10 intervals ABOVE each root note. Applying these simple patterns is one way to identify chords for whatever melody one is playing - making what ever chord progressions you learn and memorize almost irrelevant. However, familiarity with the common progressions can help you decide when to use the 1, 3, or 5 melody-root note intervals. On the flip side, any given chord progression can be selected and used (by applying the above rules in reverse) as a framework for composing and improvising new melodies that “tell a story”.
