Great explanations, Chris! As a life-long musician who's gotten by with limited music theory knowledge, I can say this helps immensely. Especially loved your more "deceptive" progressions!
Thank u for this! I passed my music theory exam I was worried about for the suspension chords as I never understood how they were created But this cleared it all up! And now I’m realizing that Sus4 chords are absolutely everywhere in orchestral music. I’m a trombonist of 10 years (Bach 42BO with a Hammond 11m mouthpiece for those curious) Currently a senior in high school Love from Sweden
When I discovered sus chords i suddenly had another understanding of how to make spicy chords. They are great. Working on making the saddest chord progression I can think of now.
Helpful video, thanks! As an education tip, consider throwing up the names of the notes you're playing on screen (maybe just at the start when you're explaining) or highlighting the piano keys, or ideally both! I'm sure there's probably a lighting solution that would make the depressed keys much darker so you wouldn't have to do all the work to edit those in, but the note names on screen would help a lot, imo! You could also consider throwing up what the chords look like in western notation, but I'd say that's the most optional suggestion. Visually organizing any/all of this for a video without it looking cluttered is also likely difficult, but that's outside of my expertise.
