The 4 Chords That Unlock Most Songs 

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The best circle of 5ths explanation I’ve seen yet! Thanks so much!

Thank you so much Leah Murphy from LeCheile Music (hope I spelled your name right).🤔 I know this is going to sound like a paid ad, but truly you are so amazing! I love watching your videos because your explanations are so clear and insightful. You have such a friendly and easy manner (and I love your Scottish accent-it’s so fun). I always keep an eye out for your next video and new bits of wisdom. Really-my 16 year old grandson and I made a wager (a treat to Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt) to see who can find your next video first-HaHa! Take care, keep up the excellent work and thanks so much again!! 🙏😀

Thanks for clarifying the note positions on the piano. Makes a lot of sense now for me.

While revisiting several of your videos and comments, I realized my mistake and give you my sincere apologies. I have never visited either country but I will take note regarding differences in the future. Happy Saint Patrick’s day on March 17th and I wish you all the best. 🍀🎶 Thanks again for your awesome lessons. Take care.

The analysis of the circle of fifths is clear, concise and most useful. Thanks 👍

Wow, you are amazing. I found you quite by accident and I’m so happy. I’ve subscribed!!!! I have the Circle of fifths chart and now I know how to use it for chord progression… I’ve saved about 5 of you fantastic videos so far. I love your practical way of teaching.. I am watching all of videos even though some are advanced for my level… they are smart, easy to follow and I don’t feel like I’m “ not getting it”. Very comfortable… 👏🏻I love ready the other comments.. I’m 69 and since retired I purchased a new Kawai( and let my 60 year old Estey go … the bottom finally fell out) I am excited to sit at my piano each day trying to get back into piano… I get lost in playing( luckily I retained much of my site reading but I still need training, as it’s been at least 4 decades.🥴Thank you so your teaching strategy… 👍🙏🏼❤️

Thank you for another “aha moment “. I finally feel like I understand how to use and understand the circle of 5ths and chord progressions. I remember an accompanist changing the key of a song I was singing, on the fly. I thought she was magical! Now I understand how she did it. Thank you for also showing the hand positions for the inversions. Yours were even simpler than the ones I was using. Time to develop new muscle memory!!

You are so good at explaining the musical concept and methods.

You have made understanding chords simpler by showing it with the circle for fifths. You have helped us understand music. Thank you very much. .

Totally this. I was in the sing-song group who wanted to learn classical piano, but had a bad experience with a teacher who made me feel anxiety about my playing ability, even though I had just started. I sometimes wish I had overcome that experience. Instead, I just isolated and learned to play on my own. But I don't have the discipline to monitor progress on my own or encourage myself to keep going when I get frustrated. A good teacher should encourage, discipline, and teach you all the tips and tricks.

The circle of fifths shortcut is brilliant!

Fantastic lesson, I really enjoyed, I wondered about why Sub Dominant and Submediant were so named and how they fitted in. Thanks very much Leah.

there is a lot of information here, so I look forward to watching it a few times. The circle of fifths is so interesting, I see more and more insights into it every time I watch a video. Many thanks for sharing

Very clear and helpful thank you

Great stuff. And I don't even play piano! But just as relevant for classical guitar.

I’m one of those who learned sight reading as a child and got to where I could easily read an intermediate piece.. However, up until about a year ago, I couldn’t play two handed Jingle Bells without music! Crazy, but true. Thank you for the explanation of the circle of 5ths….I see a light at the end of the tunnel! 👍👏

You and a really good teacher very clearly explained. Looking forward to more! Thanks!

This was a great tutorial. I love how you explain how you can find chords Using the circle of fifths. I like your attitude that this is a lot and it takes time to digest it all and use it to my advantage. As I get olde, I have more time to practice and play but my skills don't come as fast as they once did. I am invested in learning music and playing most types of music. I already know several Christmas songs. So, all your efforts are worth everything to those of us who don't have teachers sitting beside us to explain a lot of this very helpful information. I work at my own pace, and I do move through different aspects of the process as I feel like doing. But I show up every day at the piano and I work really hard to learn as much as I can. Thank you.

I’M one of those rare individuals who learned classical sight reading of music and also learned all about chords, circle of fifths, and a great deal of music theory. That’s because I’ve been playing since I’ve been a teenager (67 years old now). I studied both piano and pipe organ (as well as synthesizers and harpsichord). The building and use of chords is essential for quality understanding of music. Thank you for this beginning use of chords and how they apply to the circle of fifths.

Excellent

Hello Ms Murphy. That was a nostalgic revision for me! This came easily for me decades ago. Should get some back! Thank you,, as usual.

Thanks so much

By chance exploring just this subject with my teacher today, your video is very clarifying and helpful thank you much appreciated

Your videos are so useful and helpful. I am an adult learner. I started taking lessons 3 years ago when I was 69. I have really used some of the practicing techniques that you have suggested. “Bar-plus-1” is one of my favorites. I will need to watch this one a couple of times to really get the shapes. Thank you!

Amazing! Makes so much sense. This is what you taught me in our last session but this has a deeper application. I get now how some musicians transpose the chords from electronically recorded to acoustic chords progression. And some musicians can no longer reach the notes they could when they were younger. So it still sounds like how it was performed back in the day, but when you listen closely it's not the same chords because it has been transposed to a lower key. So cool! I am continuing to practice what you taught me and this video made things more interesting and gives more depth to my practice. Thank you again Leah! Hope to see you soon! 😊👍🏼🙏🏼🎼🎶🥰

I just received my (sort of first) piano today and watching your videos has been so rewarding. Being able to easily move through keys and invert chords is exactly what I have wanted to understand of the piano. This opens up so many possibilities for my playing. Great work and thank you!

I'm thrilled that I found your videos. This video, the sight reading video and the rhythm video have been so useful to me and I've been playing piano for a long time. Thank you so much for putting together this excellent content! I will share with my piano friends.

Hello again from Tim. I love your explanations they absolutely tie in with my musical philosophy. Your explanations have no holes in them unlike so many other piano teaching videos I have seen. I think I told you that I was involved in teaching in South Africa as well as professional arranging and product development work for Technics Japan and a Chinese company that makes many product brands that are household names. I am in Dublin for the weekend and met my 4 year old grandson for the first time. I discovered that he has perfect pitch because he sings songs in the keys he heard them in. I sang Jingle Bells a tone higher and he yelled at me and said the song doesn't go like that. He doesn't have relatives pitch because he absolutely hears the song in its original pitch. I saw him moving in time to a beat and he was locked to the pulse. Poor child doesn't stand a chance, he's a musician at 4 and that's his DNA. I will need to send a keyboard over from my home in the UK. His toy piano is a whole tone up. Urggh. I don't know if you're in the North or Republic, would be fun to meetup on one of my trips when I visit the little guy.

Makes the circle of 5ths understood.

"These three chords cover all notes in the scale, so hearing them defines the scale" Mind blown!

Very helpful when getting to know the chords. Thank you!

Regarding the circle of fifths: It is quite easy to learn, once you realize how it builds up: - C is in the 12 o'clock position - G D A E B F# follow (there's probably a mnemonic for that) - The circle repeats the same notes, but one half note lower/flat (F#/Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F) - The inner (minor) circle is the same as the outer, but rotated 90 degrees to the left (c is in the 9 o'clock position) - When needed, convert between flats and sharps, so that it's sharps on the right and flats on the left (e.g. instead of db it's c#) Whenever I need a circle of fifths, I just take a piece of paper and draw one this way.

brilliant content Leah :)

Awesome 👌 👏 👍 😍

If you have seen it, I'd also recommend looking up Pachelbel's Rant by Rob Paravonian, another great piece of musical comedy.

How about finger numbers?

Thanks! Because gibbetyface!

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