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Music Theory - Minor Keys Explained - Chords, Scales and Function
This episode is everything you need to now about Minor Keys and their Chords, Scales and How They Function. I discuss in detail all 3 Parent Minor Scales the Natural Minor, Melodic Minor and Harmonic Minor. I will show you the Triads, Seventh Chords, Modes, Scale Degree Names and Roman Numeral Analysis of each scale. The minor ii V i is also explained in this episode.
* At 12:56 I forgot to include the vii diminished triad in the box in the lower right hand corner. It is correct in the chart. So it, should be the ii and vii chords are diminished in harmonic minor.
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Комментарии : 215

@gabrieltafarel 7 лет назад

Thank you for existing, Mr. Beato!

@photoallergic 5 лет назад

I love watching this guy deep-nerding into music theory. You can see in his eyes how satisfying it is to him when everything matches perfectly within the model he explains, and because of his methodic style, my brain effortlessly sympathizes with his satisfaction. And that's exactly when your brain is in the best mood for learning.

@AlexandrBorschchev 4 года назад

photoallergic exactly!

@abraxian7090 2 года назад

This wonderful sickness is spreading

@ultramother 5 лет назад

I gotta say it Rick, your channel is so important to me. As an office creature and family man, it's so damn difficult to work all these topics by books alone (..it actually makes u wanna cry out in desperation if you havent learned all the basic vocabulary as a kid)... You make it possible to integrate music theory into complicated adult lifes and I love you for it! Thanks, Max

@omarsaad4196 6 лет назад

Thank you Rick for this extensive explanation for the Minor scales, I think this is one of the best elaborations of the Theory in a RU-vid video. And thank you for the efforts in all your videos.

@Silsarsystems1 6 лет назад

This was a "Master Class" for me, thank U so much Mr. Beato. God bless U and your family. To me, U are the best teacher there is.

@treylem3 4 года назад

The BEST CONTENT. I can't wait to go back over this. Thanks Rick B.

@LuisSilva-rk1ye 7 лет назад

The Beato Book is amazing!!! Can´t thank you enough , Mr. Beato!

@YuvalGuitaristBaruch 5 лет назад

Saving me 30,000 dollars instead of music school thank you!

@anonymousguitarist9096 5 лет назад

R u sure? What is pattern step by step on music theory

@benjaminking5708 4 года назад

He doesn't issue certification. But he is helpful.

@faridrosero6040 3 года назад

Go to school man

@JS45678 3 года назад

The way i see it pal, if Rick saved you $30,000 on music school, send him a $29,999 donation and you are still $1.00 ahead! 🤠

@stacey_1111rh 3 года назад

More like 300,000$

@martyisabeliever 7 лет назад

Thanks Rick! Tis clear to "C" there is nothing "minor" or diminished in your muiscal knowledge; and you certainly have a major gifting and ability to teach.

@arthouston7361 2 года назад

I'm going to watch that first two and a half minutes several times to get all of this fire hose of info into my brain. I'm just digging into the minor scales now, so this is good stuff. Thank you for explaining these relationships.

@eoghanbishop9745 4 года назад

Great to be able to go back to this after watching the recent video on Modes of the Melodic Minor. Thanks Rick!

@richardjordan6518 4 года назад

Thank you so much Mr. Beato! As someone who is self taught and grinding for a living in Nash.... your video has augmented my knowledge of music theory! I'm immensely grateful to God for this teaching and His Gift of Music! God Bless you!! p.s. I think Harmonic minor might be my favorite minor key. Can't ever go wrong colorfully when you have a half dim and a fully dim in the same scale progression hehe!!

@bumhollow 7 лет назад

Thanks for posting this Rick, it is helping to understand.

@Abc-qs8ir 7 лет назад

Fantastic work Rick :) Your have an amazing grasp of music and how to teach it :)

@kolkrabbi-io 6 лет назад

Thank you, such a good lecture! also the moment when half dim changed to dim off camera in Natural Minor Triads was funny, because I was writing it down from a screenshot, thought I was going theory mental!

@markvironda 3 года назад

Thanks for all the knowledge Rick!

@pixelatedparcel 6 лет назад

Man, these are the videos I like...Thanks for giving me my fix.

@legendofthestrings1 5 лет назад

Hey Rick just bought the book. Checked out the first 20 or so pages I can pretty much fallow your guide but watching this video in relation to the materiel was very helpful in addressing most of my questions about the chapter. I'm not formally trained totally self taught. But always looking for perspective on how to go about learning the information in a meaningful way. But I see in some of your other videos you talk about this to some extent as well and I will be searching for that information next. I've been through the basics before but not really with this sort of approach from beginning to end.

@hopetea7670 Год назад

Excellent. BTW Rick's Beato book - well worth having - bought it earlier this year.

@lindareese4579 2 года назад

Thank you so very, very much Rick!!!!

@acialist 7 лет назад

I have been waiting for this one! C:

@PMTluke 3 года назад

Thank you Rick as always !! Thank you !

@gadgscoastguitars7494 4 года назад

Finally the penny drops YAY (50 years on LOL) - I get it now. Thanks Ric. Love your shows.

@KennedysKitchen 3 года назад

Thank you . . . what I find most illuminating is what can be known. Start, be consistent, do the work, step by step, work on what you don't know. Go.

@erik878 3 года назад

I got some plain english tutorials on my channel plus tons of classical music I wrote. I'm very ambitious hopefully you are too for music. No need to subscribe I'm just trying to make a change in culture toward classicism. In 21st century we have resources to be better than mozart. I can teach you to write symphonies rapidly

@ront8270 3 года назад

Rick this is awesome I wish I could recall this as fast as you ......great lesson .....is this what they mean by a little theory can go a long way ....

@dpmahoney125 3 года назад

Ditto, wish I had more...thanks Mr beato

@frankmcnugget1511 6 лет назад

You are great. Thank you so much. New information

@donlessnau3983 5 лет назад

Excellent lesson. Thanks a lot.

@holidaygames 5 лет назад

Would be cool to hear familiar musical examples in the background along the way for the main highlights - awesome videos thank!

@peaceandlove1876 3 года назад

You are a gift Rick ❤

@ChristianGARCIA-oi5sx 7 лет назад

Excellente Leçon et explications , Merci Rick avec tous mes compliments . Musicamicalement Christian GARCIA

@overtonesnteatime198 5 лет назад

please talk about the Neapolitan scales! theyre so interesting thanks rick

@handsomedagger 3 года назад

Thanks Rick!

@jimsskot1 4 года назад

Thanks. You are great Mr B 👍👍👍💪🏻

@jonathanrojas2348 5 лет назад

Thanks really helpful!

@sergiocordoba4007 Год назад

Extraordinario de cuantas dudas salimos, con esta teoría que bien explicado gracias 🙂 👍

@ShadamAran 4 года назад

Hey Rick I really love these kinds ofvideos, I was a music Major for a few years but dropped out when I realized college wasn't for me. These really help me stay brushed up on my theory and answer questions that I have since forgotten the answers to. Question, when reading number charts, they are all written in major keys. It's it always safe to assume that any tune that starts on a 6 chord is minor?

@SB-dt7in 7 лет назад

Thank you for the lesson Rick!

@simonhumphries6200 3 года назад

Is there an idiots guide to minor? This is exhausting (but brilliant nonetheless)

@rishmatic 4 года назад

After discovering this theory repeatedly I was typing with my right to say this "I am doing the left hand legatos, as we speaks! Rick you have opened a portal to a musical dimension in my ears!"

@flowerbomb1156 5 лет назад

amazing video. thank you.

@AlejandroBellizzitheperson 4 года назад

This is a great explanation for people who already know everything else about music theory. I am not one of those people.

@apokswitch6378 3 года назад

I found it great and I do not know everything about music theory. It made it click for me and I now understand.

@RoshanDsouzaAngelore 4 года назад

Very near explanation you give.. Really good

@magnificentelectromagnetic7417 7 лет назад

good work, thank you

@rebeccapams8894 4 года назад

Thank you so much sir ...this is what I. Looking for.👍😊

@IntoTheBass 7 лет назад

Academic and Artistic! - This guy is ''The Man!'' - See for Yourself.

@boldcautionproductions9203 4 года назад

Learning piano, superb lessons.

@raingodmusic 6 лет назад

Thanks man. Yyou are the best.

@BlackCee99 6 лет назад

Thank you so very much.

@katesummers5622 4 года назад

Amazing!

@coryhughespsu Год назад

Sometimes I think we should notate scales by their semitones. Semitone 1 through 13. Would be less confusing in the long run .

@andresdiaz2737 6 лет назад

Thank you Rick, this is so useful. What would you say are the most common/useful modes out of both melodic and harmonic minor?

@jimmpanik3402 4 года назад

I need to go back a few lessons. You're WAY beyond my understanding of the material. I KINDA get it but not enough yet. Thank you for putting these lessons together.

@gavdobs 6 лет назад

thank you!

@arunrawat3142 5 лет назад

Thanks you so much

@gilregev4823 6 лет назад

:an eay way to remember the mode names Melodic minor is a Dorian bekar 7, so the IV is MixLyd # 4 , and so on. Harmonic minor is Aeolian with bekar 7, so the iv is Dorian #4, and so on.

@VasilBelezhkov 7 лет назад

Mr. Beato, is there a video where you include the Biharmonic Minor Scale (1-2-b3-#4-5-b6-7), as well as the other Major Keys which differ from the Natural Major Scale (like Harmonic Major: 1-2-3-4-5-b6-7, Melodic Major: 1-2-3-4-5-b6-b7 and Biharmonic /or 'double harmonic'/ Major: 1-b2-3-4-5-b6-7)? It would be also interesting to compare the scales from the different degrees of the Melodic Minor with their equivalents from the degrees of the Melodic Major (for example: F-G-bA-bB-C-D-E-F is F Melodic Minor but it could be the scale build on the 4th degree of C Melodic Major which concists the same notes: C-D-E-F-G-bA-bB-C). The same can be found when we compare scales from the different degrees of the Biharmonic Minor with their equivalents from the degrees of the Biharmonic Major (for example: F-G-bA-B-C-bD-E-F is F Biharmonic Minor but it could be the scale build on the 4th degree of C Biharmonic Major which concists the same notes: C-bD-E-F-G-bA-B-C).

@CMM5300 2 года назад

Dble harmonic minor and dble harmonic major are both within the same parent scale. I learned it as Hungarian minor and double harm Maj is mode 5. Same thing with melodic minor and melodic major. Melodic major is mixolydian b6 the 5th mode of melodic minor.

@Nivenization 4 года назад

Thank you.

@MegaMixking 6 лет назад

most excellent

@jacom9223 5 лет назад

awesome!

@PopPianoPerth 2 года назад

Thank you so much, Rick! Your videos are always great! I've learned keys and chords a slightly different way when it comes to pop songs. If a song is in C Major/A Minor(natural), we can think about it being in both the keys at the same time. This way, we only have to know a single set of chords I,ii,iii,IV,V,vi,vii (CMaj always being chord I, Amin always being chord vi) instead of CMaj as chord I in some part, and when it switches to a more 'A minor' part of the song, Amin as chord i. Would there be any disadvantages knowing it this way?

@sisisjomax 7 лет назад

Hei thank you for the video. Really helpful.. Can u make a video where u show this on a Piano? Maybe this (for me) difficult stuff is more understandable. Thank you really much for your great and helpful videos ;)

@TheAtheistworld Год назад

Brother Ricky chiki!! So, chord fuctions are the same everywhere? It’s just structures of chords in different scales that differs??? Ur the best, Rick. Keep on rocking!

@TakeTheFallActHurtGetIndignant 2 года назад

Omission around 12:58 - The ii chord is also diminished, but it is left out of the summary of harmonic minor chord qualities.

@Amazology 6 лет назад

thanks for more awesome

@sanamusic 2 месяца назад

You are the best

@danieleduardoramosmoreno4446 5 лет назад

Super nich thanks a lot...

@JariSatta 7 лет назад

Dorian #4 is also known as Ukrainian Dorian Mode. (4th Mode Harmonic Minor)

@modernman4269 4 года назад

Great video rock thank you is this coveted in the besto book ?

@gus3333 5 лет назад

Where's the pythagoras theorem??

@ayepeemusic9543 6 лет назад

Hi Rick, Could maybe do one on writing modal and then what other modes could work with a progression in phrygian ect. Please and Thank You.

@frankmcnugget1511 6 лет назад

So got a question for you. On lydian, the submediant, the best chord for it is a maj7 #11 chord, you got any information about this in the minor scale?

@skeeter197140 4 года назад

Holy crap! Comin' in hot!!

@leondenengelsen1157 3 года назад

Hey Rick, something I've always been wondering. Does it make a difference, when playing or figuring out a song, to 'think' in major or to 'think' in aolian minor? Both have the exact same material and are parallel to each other. Why bother knowing the modes in Aolian minor when one can 'think' in it's parallel major scale. People refer to a song being in major or minor depending on an overal feel, starting or end-chord am I right? Why not say that the song is starting and ending on the 6th mode of a major scale instead of it being a song written in the (Aolian) minor scale? I understand that the modes are different with melodic and harmonic minor etc. but since major and Aolian minor are practically the same, I always tent to stick to the major scale and its modes. Love your content by the way!

@weily-why-lee 2 года назад

Been wondering the about the same thing. Seems to me that every song in natural minor is just a major key song starting on the 6th chord.

@Adrnalnrsh 7 лет назад

my brain

@lyrasimo 6 лет назад

ikr

@Ned-ke3ui 5 лет назад

How does he remember all this theory A brilliant teacher though Wish I had this 30 years ago 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@Kylielifts6379 4 года назад

NedDontDrink Weedkiller Haha, look at his hair you think he knew 30 years ago.

@AlexandrBorschchev 4 года назад

Ned 70 50 bc he studied this for years :D

@rik-keymusic160 3 года назад

🤯

@NelsonRiverosMusic 2 года назад

Thank you Rick, what tunes/compostions can I seek out with Harmonic Minor Harmony , Jazz, World music, etc.?

@michaeldepass1859 7 лет назад

How do you categorize the "tonic", "predominant" and "dominant" chords in minor scales? Also, we often write in natural minor and then borrow the dominant chord from the harmonic minor scale. Can you touch on these topics and elaborate more about minor harmony?

@marcoevans2155 2 года назад

I usually gloss over all the details like he did when I get home after sun-up

@davemckay4359 5 лет назад

I live in denton tx. Music is everywhere but i learn so mush noe

@gavinreid8351 6 лет назад

Minor, my favourite, add harmonic and melodic.

@adozensparrows 3 года назад

I never knew in the natural minor key that the 7th note was called the subtonic. I always assumed it was the leading tone. Thank you for the brushing up, Rick!

@mohammedaboalborghol9213 7 лет назад

on 12:56 , speaking of the harmonic minor you said there's only 1 diminished chord when in fact there are two " the second and the seventh " othere than that , its all good thank you for the lesson

@RickBeato 7 лет назад

Hi Mohammed-I just noticed that. I have it correct on the chart but forgot it on the window at the bottom. Thanks!

@RickBeato 7 лет назад

They are to the ear but not in theory. I will talk about that more when I do a video focusing on the Harmonic minor scale. By the way, great explanation to Mohammed. If you have been watching my other videos. You will notice that I left out all the sus4, lydian etc triads that I normally talk about. This was more about the chord, scale degree, roman numeral and mode connection.

@_._gyokan_._ 3 года назад

So if I build a harm. minor scale the modes associated with the scales will be the same regardless of what key Im in, right? And the chords, structurally, will stay the same?

@jameskennedy7093 5 лет назад

Is a simpler way of describing this to say that all the chords are the same as in major, except we're starting on the sixth degree? And if that's the case for minor/aeolian, is it also true for each of the modes? So in major it's I ii iii IV V vi VIIdim, but in aeolian we're just starting at the vi, and moving upward from there?

@thegroingringus2607 7 лет назад

Uhh can I use a ii7 min chord in a minor ii-V-i like a modal interchange from Dorian type thing or is it 'better' to use the ii half diminished? Asking for a friend.

@GUIM1797 6 лет назад

Using iiØ7 implies a pull towards a minor tonal center. That said, you can certainly use a standard "Major" ii7 - V7 to resolve to a minor chord (e.g. D-7 G7 C-7) AND you can do the reverse, a iiØ7 - V7 to a MAJOR chord (DØ7 G7 C∆7). Loads of composers do this interchange to make it "surprising" and I first learned it from Cole Porter's compositions.

@joetroutt7425 4 года назад

Anybody?? Is the two chord always diminished regardless of key in the minor progression? Also, is the seventh chord in the major scale always diminished?

@CMM5300 2 года назад

You can combine all the chords from all 3 minor scales.

@krisjanisnoviks120 6 лет назад

i dont understand any of the terms what am i doing here 😂

@leejaybirdmusic9829 7 лет назад

Gah there is so much to learn about music theory. Is there some kind of course I can take or book to read that will take me from the basics through advanced? I mean besides college courses.

@davidmurray591 2 года назад

I was wondering why you break it into the function they have without the 7ths and then with the 7ths? For example in natural minor if we are using triads like at the start of the video then the ii is treated like it's diminished since it's got the flat 3 and flat5. But then once you move on and add the 7ths to the chord functions the ii becomes half diminished because the 7th isn't flattened again like it would be if it actually was diminished. Why treat the ii chord like it's diminished and then also treat it like its half diminished when you add the 7th? Why not make the 7th part of this from the start?

@Trioptic3D 7 лет назад

good info. thanks. what makes a pentatonic minor scale?

@SadisticKillerXx 3 года назад

So what are the functions? How each chord relates to the tonic? It's the same as major?

@christianmoss9196 5 лет назад

so for the natural minor scale harmonizing it is the same as harmonizing the major scale but shifted 6 places? hence if you wanted to make a lydian chord progression you could harmonize the lydian scale by shifting the chords 4 places? i.e. I II III IV V VI VII maj7,d7,min7,m7b5,maj7,min7,min7 is the harmonized lydian scale? and can be used to write lydian progressions?

@RicardoMarlowFlamenco 4 года назад

Yes... but lydian doesn’t work as a tonal key so you would want to limit the number of chords (vamp it’s called) you use so you retain the lydian vibe. Most other modes have the same problem... it’s why Ionian is special and used as basis of tonal key. Aeolian has to use altered scales in order to function as a tonal key.

@markdavenport2613 4 года назад

13:56 Why is the V chord in Harmonic Minor a Dominant 7 flat 9? Diatonically, shouldn't it be a dominant chord? That's what's in the Beato Book. Not sure where the flat 9 comes in since he's discussing 7th chords.

@sallybowles2781 4 года назад

Is there a video where they play all these scales over and over? To understand well the differences

@RicardoMarlowFlamenco 4 года назад

12:56.... no there are two diminished triads, ii and vii. Also the entire video is only showing chord scale break downs, nothing on the function of the MINOR KEY which is a single concept that uses all these scales plus other scales and functions.

@GLomaxUSA 4 года назад

I'll go back and play my keyboard and review my notes. But, at 6:40 . I must ask - if it is Phrygian Augmented and not actually Lydian Augmented.

@bharatbhagwat Год назад

If Very Basic Major Key Chords Progression is 1-4-5, what is the Basic Minor Key Chords Progression?

@manualvarado2212 7 лет назад

I have some troubles differencing the natural minor scale and the major scale, because they basically the same starting in a different note. How do i difference them in a musical context?

@gavinreid8351 6 лет назад

ManuAlvarado22 the chords used with it.

@aburaagekojima4528 5 лет назад

does natural minor scale really have a dominant function?? it doesnt have leading tone and its tritone interval were in II diminished and VII dominant...

@bassmonk2920 5 лет назад

This be it!

@LearnerChess 6 лет назад

I'm getting a bit long in the tooth (old), and I'm wondering how much music theory I need. Question: Would my two music heroes, Miles Davis and Neil Young, know all this?

@EclecticSceptic 4 года назад

I suspect that Mile Davis would, dunno about Neil Young.

@freddie7981 4 года назад

yeah miles definitely knew all of this. He went to berkeley i think. He learnt a lot of his composition techniques off of people he chilled with though, because he felt that although knowling all of this was useful and thanked school for that, he wouldnt have gotten anywhere at all in music without developing his own compositional techniques.