Yo I've been playing piano since i was around 3. I've studied classical piano in middle school, went to an arts high school for piano, AND studied piano in college. This is by FAR one of the BEST explanations on progressions I've EVER heard. I am an advanced piano player AND teacher, and this lady taught me something i didn't think of before!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know your comment is old, but ive just came across the channel, does the video actually explain chords progression or the chord for different keys change?
She is blessed to have a the true talent of TEACHING. Not only does she lecture and implement various styles of learning, she also checks in with her audience to ensure their understanding. As a bonus, she utilizes "common" stories as anecdotes in order to maximize each listener's capability to learn. Simply put, SHE'S AWESOME!!
Self taught, play by ear guitar, ukulele, harmonica. Brain badly wired ; totally unable to read notes. Limited knowledge and difficulty understanding much of the music theory. Very, very happy to come upon your series of videos on playing by ear. Has been able to understand some of the theory now. You are a fantastic teacher. Not everyone can impart knowledge in the way you do, and with such humour and enthusiasm. Thank you very much.
What makes a great teacher? 1st hand experience, passion for the subject, understanding of learner psychology, tips & techniques to jog the memory. Finally, stage confidence & a sense of humor. This lady's got it all.
Praise the Lord, she is amazing and made it easy to understand the chord progression. Sincere note of appreciation with profound gratitude. God bless you with immense joy peace love and happiness for ever and always.
Wow Karen thank you so much. I've always just guessed my way around til I found solid chord progressions or riffs....sometimes I'd get lucky and hear amazing riffs in my head....now i can go back and make sense of what I've done. Thank you so much for this. I've been playing guitar for over 15 years and I never got this til I saw this video
I love this video. She makes everything seem so simple to understand. So many teachers are more interested in impressing you with what they know than making it easy for you to understand it. This woman truly loves what she does and it shows through in her teaching. Thanks for posting this for everyone.
You are a gifted teacher, Karen. I am so glad I discovered you on RU-vid. You demystified much of Music Theory for me with this one and several others videos I have watched in the last week. TY! TY! TY!
We need more and more base Music instructors like Mrs Karen Ramirez, her inspiration in teaching the basics of this class help me to understand what I didn't know, just as when I first learn to play my slide trombone back in 1989. It starts with the theory of learn it in class before playing the instrutment your grow to love.
its pretty fun learning all this. ive been playing piano for a few years now and never had a teacher. so i had to figure out this myself. i'm so glad i found this video.
Thanks so much. I've understood chord progressions to some extent, but you've made it soooo easy. This is really helpful and I can't wait to get going with it!
wow. thank you. this is why i dropped lessons. just mindless repetition, practice, chord identification, scales, memorizing (not learning) a song, without ever explaining the relationship between chords, and how to move through progression. it honestly felt like to me that my instructor didnt want me to grasp this concept so id be inclined to pay for more lessons. i know thats nonsense and he teaches much more experienced musicians, but i dont understand why this wasnt made clear to me or even mentioned by now.
You are an amazing teacher....THANK-YOU! I have been looking for this explanation forever. I finally get it, thanks to you!!! It will be so much easier to teach my students now (I am a guitar teacher). You posted this in 2008...7 years later...your still teaching and training the world on autopilot and your teaching legacy lives on. God bless you.
For sure man! Circle of fifths is for all music, doesn't matter the instrument at all. I used to run a guitar school and it was always important for our students to learn the circle of fifths.
Karen thank you sooooooo much for this very clear explanation of the circle of fifths. I was trying to learn the chords to a song and couldn't for the life of me. When you said that 85% of music revolve around that circle I put it to the test and surely just as you said the song used those chords just like that. Thanks!
These videos are so amazing to me. I would never ask my teacher to explain any of this because I would totally zone out with the explanation. You explain it in a way that I can grasp. Thank you so much!
i came across your channel to refresh the whole music theory I had in school years ago. thanks alot for the vids, I really enjoy them and oh before I forget it.. Karen, your smile makes me smile the whole time. greetings from Austria :)
She is an excellent teacher. I did music theory in class and did not understand a thing. But listening to her and replaying the video I got it clear as crystal. Thank you teach.
Thanks for the video! this is the best explenation I have found so far. your a great teacher! ( : (yes I know I am 15 years late bc this came out when I was born)
I've tried to understand this all my life. Can't read a note, I play guitar, from Hank to Beatles and beyond and for the 1st time in 67 years it has made sense to me. Never had a teacher but if I had of had a 1000000 they couldn't have been better than you. Thanks Ever So Much !
Amazing!!! I have been trying to get someone to explain it like that for ages! I knew there was a way to use it like this! Thank you so much uploader!!
This lady is so freakin awesome I can't believe it! If I make an album I am hiring her to play her organ, man it sounds great! Lady you made me smile from ear to ear, and I learned ALOT! great teacher, .lucky kids, you should get a raise!
I really love this vid, very very helpful, I'll be watching it over and over again 'til it gets stuck in my head and know everything by heart, thanks alot :D
Mom! I have to say these,you are not just best teacher even you are funny 😀😀so every time when I here you talking,I become very happy. Keep going today is Monday 2019-04-15 from Sweden thanks so much. I am African and swedish. Thank you again
Yes I had the AHHHHHHHH moment too. The road home works for almost all standards the I have tried and after a while I started memorizng the road home, D always goes to G and B always to E etc. I,ve watched this vid a couple of times this past week while practicing and it totally works for me. All Karen's lessons have improved my skills. Thank you Most all the RU-vid vids on cirle of fifths do not include anything like this. They only show how to find keys and sharps and flats for scales
Thank you ma'am. I was getting gray hairs trying to figure that out. Some instructors and books make it more difficult than it is. You taught me the whole concept in 10 minutes.
I love the use of metaphors here to make it easier to understand - and it does! Of course, I tend to be a husband who leaves home without the GPS, and I love "getting lost" - to use Karen's metaphor. I have some friends - such as the diminished 7th, a few modes, the German 6th, etc., and they help me go to places where no husband has gone before. Egads, don't tell the wife!
Thank you for the upload! Thank you so much, really, you just expanded my mind and opened the doors I've been needing to succeed in music! Won't be long now, before you all hear my color added to the palate :D
Wow I musta had at least three ahhh Haaaa moments there...I read all this a hundred times in the guitar theory books ,and just could not get it.Its soeasy to learn from this funny ladie she really has something special in her teaching abilities.
Thank you! :) ......been learning the circle and scales and now it all makes sense....great for composition; instead of arbitrarily trying to find chords...save a lot of time.
I am really happy to learn something which i knew from before actually, but like this i learn with more understanding, therefore i say this is a great music teacher an intelligent one indeed.
