6 Essential Piano Chord Progressions - Piano Lessons (Pianote)

Make sure you have these progressions in your back pocket the next time you head out to jam! You’ll find these chords everywhere! These progressions show up in both pop and jazz music but can be used within any style of music. Learn these progressions and you will be able to play just about anything!
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[@ciousli]

00:20 6-4-1-5 (Major) 03:07 1-5-6-4 (Major) 04:23 2-5-1 (Major) 07:22 b7-4-1 (Mixolydian) 09:04 1-b7-b6-5 (Minor, 6-5-4-3 in relative Major) 10:40 1-b3-4 (Mixolydian #2.. wild guess)

[@ddkay6478]

How do you know? Can you just explain me quickly about chords and mode please?

[@ciousli]

​@@ddkay6478 I know from having some years of jazz piano practice under my belt. There are videos on youtube that explain it much better than I can. The youtube channel NewJazz has the very best videos about that stuff (especially about modes). If you just want to understand some music theory you can go watch videos from the WalkThatBass channel. Also, an actual piano teacher is the most effective (and fastest) way to get over the beginning hurdles. Try to get 3-5 lessons from a jazz player, they love talking theory lol. EDIT: Those music theory things can seem very hard and almost impossible to learn at first. Stay on it, you are not alone with your struggles, it took me years to get a somehwat applicable understanding of things. But maybe you're faster than me? :) To help you get an overview of what is important and you should learn first: - Most important, learn all 12 major, minor and diminished *3-note chords* (also called *triads*) - Learn all 12 *major scales* - Realize that you can count up the notes inside each major scale from 1 to 7 (in C major, C = 1, D = 2, E = 3 etc.) - Realize that inside your respective scale you can build a *major triad* on the 1, 4 and 5, a *minor triad* on the 2, 3 and 6 and a *diminished triad* on the 7 without going outside the 7 notes of the key (*diatonic chords*) - Now you know everything to play most of the progressions mentioned in this video :) Actually, you don't need to know about modes at all to play the things from this video. But if you want to learn: A "mode" is really just a scale. If you play the C major scale (all white keys starting from C) this can already be considered a mode, the "C ionian" mode. But what happens if you instead started playing all the white keys from the G instead of the C? It won't be a C scale anymore, because it now has the sound of an G scale. But it is not the normal G major scale, it is the "G mixolydian" (5th mode of C major). This works for all the major scales (or any scale really, NewJazz has great videos about exactly this) Hope this helps and have fun with your music :)

[@ddkay6478]

@@ciousli Wow thank you very much for the time you took to write this for me! It helps me a lot! I'll go and watch this channel right now

[@abbesatty9498]

@@ddkay6478 To understand @cious li list, it's important to learn basic scale (major/minor) and learn to count keys from 1-7 in these scales. You can expand after that with other scales and dive in more music theory elements.

[@naturalmindy]

god

[@Gmel405]

“So now the progression sounds like this” *Plays masterpiece*

[@PianoteOfficial]

That's Jordan for you. He's pretty good ;) . I hope the lesson was still valuable though!

[@Gmel405]

@@PianoteOfficial oh yea most definitely 😅

[@encoreservice2745]

Lmao I was about to post the same thing... great content though 👍🏾

[@subscribenrg7676]

Ryan R 😂😂😂

[@urilevi9575]

Thinking the same. Was on the same wavelength until the jazz playing happened... Then like hmm how and what.

[@Pawl0solidus]

I’ve just finally understood the 2 - 5 - 1 jazz progression and it feels amazing!!!

[@MoveOverMozart]

Nice! 🎶🎹💙

[@mattm4213]

Ive been learning piano from a few great teachers off youtube for 6 months now. And i always hit a wall! Something i dont understand, something i cant apply, something that goes over my head etc.. this lesson just pushed me past that wall! 🙏🙏 thank you

[@carlosmarilyn1]

Learned more in this session than in years of piano! Thank you.

[@MoveOverMozart]

Nice! 🎶🎹💙

[@jesuswept2718]

Songwriters toolkit. Best lesson i've ever seen in my 40 years as a musician. 6 billion thank you's from everybody in the world. I'm having the time of my life on my 3 day old piano. I play 5 other instruments. You guys are awesome i love you all.

[@Healmyheart68]

Jordan could u teach us with more detail on how you played those extraneous notes wheb playing those chords in the chord progressions please? As a singer songwriter that would be very useful

[@twoserpents2457]

It's just riffing through the relative scales ... if you haven't figured out what to do yet, I can give you some lessons on leading!

[@sebastian-go6rx]

I love how they explain everything in a kindergarten level and then proceed to *flex*

[@emmetfettig9196]

I was going to like this comment but it already reached the perfect amount of likes.

[@thepianoimpressionist8734]

@@emmetfettig9196 you're right. I had to unlike the comment

[@AdrumaVictoria16]

You da Man, Imma focus on this to bring my drumming, singing self to another level of joy. Thanks!

[@eXpas04]

00:20 vi - IV - I - V 03:07 I - V - vi - IV 04:23 ii7 - V7 - I7 07:22 bVII - IV - I 09:04 i - bVII - bVI - V 10:40 I - bIII - IV - I

[@RightAway87]

Loving this. I'm playing along with a 12 string acoustic. Especially the pentatonic riffs.

[@spiro2706]

Love how he just turns and goes into the next progression after playing something super dank

[@gregengelhardt5093]

Smooth delivery, easy to understand, very professional.

[@rafa-ariel.9487]

wooow the last one is epic, my ears love that kind of melody :O

[@himadri394]

I was feeling so down for few days ... this thing instantly makes me happy ... Its feels so nice to play these progressions.. thank you very much

[@MoveOverMozart]

Nice to hear. Music is food for the soul! 🎶🎹💙

[@rogercook8277]

You seem to be a great teacher. I love looking and learning from videos like this. I am a songwriter. I have a Mr76 ensoniq keyboard with a 16 track sequencer on board. I do all of my own tracks. I play all of my music by ear, even though I can read piano music to a certain grade level. lol. Learning chord progressions from your videos makes it alot easier for me to find the chods I am searching for when I am creating my own music. Please keep it coming.

[@cedzimagination]

Keep it up bro!!

[@asankaranarayanan9860]

Greetings from India! You are a great teacher. Your tutorials are easy to understand and nice to learn! Thank you so much. God bless you!

[@sarahmotlong949]

I love how you super explain the beginning basics of finding the 1-2-4-5 so on and then are like "play the inversions" ha! now I'm trying to remember inversions from piano lessons years ago... but seriously, though, great video, will be great for practice and song writing! thank you

[@lindamcdermott2205]

Jordan, clear practical directions. Fine teacher!

[@jcmusix1]

Thank You! This video has helped me to break through to go from reading sheet music to start doing basic improv.

[@mattdeans9873]

I can write melody but always had nightmares with the chord structure. Thanks to you guys, learning so much I didn't learn in college. You've whet my appetite to compose again.

[@Christopher-cz2yi]

This is great! Thanks! Best progression video on youtube. Could you make lesson on how you arpeggiate the bass, and one for basic right hand fills. Pleeeeeeze! You explain things so well.,

[@wonaenopeum1614]

11:36 i need more of that in today's popular music

[@sophieyulinluo3567]

The 6 chord progressions sound so beautiful, Oh I Iove it! Thanks

[@endtropi]

excellent tutorial! i've discovered you the last days and i am very glad! could you please make a video with more chord progressions and maybe in a different key?

[@jesuswept2718]

I'd say the best thing we can do is learn all 6 progressions in C and then transpose up one key at a time until we know all 6 progressions in all 13 keys. That's what i'm aiming for but i have a feeling i';ll be playing naturally after maybe 4 or 5, maybe 6 keys.

[@lpa9974]

Aren’t there only 12 keys? such as 12 Majors, 12 minors, etc.?

[@PerfectLoveCastsOUTALLFEAR]

@@jesuswept2718 This is the assumption. He got us started, we can use the consecutive order of the other keys and their triad structures to rebuild it in every other key. Such an amazing tutorial! I am absolutely blessed by it. Learned some much and practicing! Thank you, Sir! God bless you and keep always! May His face shine upon you and grant you peace. He is with you. Appreciate you mucho!

[@johnvisoky7321]

Great! I love the way you teach piano. Thank you!

[@ambarishroul7278]

Pianote lessons are very much exciting and easy to understand.

[@clivewhitworth4755]

thank you so much for this. It's clear, it's simple and it is directly at my current level of understanding. Great tute.

[@MoveOverMozart]

Yes, I agree! 🎶🎹💙

[@frikkiebotes5613]

im going to use this for the next 3 months

[@pedritotuga2984]

xd

[@andreasjkampe-buecher]

thank you, for helping us learners, to progress

[@adithyakp6471]

We can tweak that last chord progression: C, Em, Bb, F. thanks for the video!!

[@Salsuero]

Yeah... as with all progressions, they don't have to be done just one way... as you could also easily do C Em F G.

[@diamondwebb5749]

Enjoyed your teaching and playing style.

[@Bestavashvili]

The 2-5-1 seventh is beautiful

[@oneworld9071]

Nice..... appreciated...... One suggestion: since you are doing a number of examples, a bit of titling at top or lower left as to the progression you're discussing would help, using popular notation (i.e; vi IV I V). I am often tormented by the IV, or iv? If the IV chord is made minor, how does that affect..... the key(?). Well presented; while I have a desire to teach guitar, I can't explain scales and other basics without keyboard first.

[@madxpinklady]

In any key, the sequence stays the same: major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, minor (diminished)... in other words: I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii. I hope that helps. And I just realized, your comment was posted 2 years ago, so you've probably already figured that out by now. Lol! 😂

[@marLamaDeo]

madxpinklady Helped me though lol

[@madxpinklady]

@@marLamaDeo Happy to hear! 😆

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci for these lessons. I am busy preparing my cheat sheets for chord progressions, since I've done it for 2-5-1 on the circle of fourths. And I thought it would be nice to do the same for 6-2-5-1. And then this came across my feed. My first song I will compose will be called Serendipity-doo-dah.

[@kellitaylor3502]

So awesome to hear the chord progression, think ooo, hit the road jack, and then hear you bust out that favorite standard. Pianote is definitely helping to develop my ear!

[@jomiranda2993]

Thanks for this, it's super informative and also inspirational, definitely something to aspire to!

[@MoveOverMozart]

Yes, good point. I agree! 🎶🎹💙

[@wiebreitdertag]

the C-chord at 2.52 is not a second inversion (albeit in the right hand but that wasn't specified), the lowest note (bass) counts and the one you play with your left hand is C, i.e. the root, so it's a root position chord there

[@DeeAceTX]

this is great! Our artist really practices your techniques

[@THETRAVELRANGERUK]

Excellent!!! Glad I found you!

[@SymbioGaian]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[@s.vidhyardhsingh3881]

That flat seven and four progression is awesome.

[@garyclarke1340]

Progression 6 was really catchy. I moves right along.

[@hermitgreen3966]

Loved this lesson, thanks so much.

[@dikidsaputra2536]

I really enjoying the music that you made

[@mrlloyd149]

Now if you could just make a tutorial on those masterpieces you just played

[@MoveOverMozart]

Totally Agree! 🎶🎹💙

[@allanjeong]

Hello Jordan! Once I’ve memorized these chord progressions, how do I know which chord progression to use when I start playing a requested song by ear on the piano? How does memorizing chord progressions help me learn how to play piano by ear?

[@jesuswept2718]

Nice question. You'd have to hope the requested song is one of those 6 styles. If it's a popular song from the last 70 years it probably will be. The trick is to rehearse these routines til they play themselves. That's what i'm gonna do.

[@AnthonyJones-zo7dy]

FANTASTIC!!!! thanks once again!!!!

[@BoSong]

the last progression is stunning!!!

[@madhatter2012]

This is an enormous help to my songwriting. Thanks for posting!

[@glenjaminrex]

Jordan!!!! 💞 thanks for this clip! Love it and youuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

[@hanoitripper1809]

This sounds like many songs already! Thanks for showing these

[@amalsliem4586]

Thanks

[@ProfeARios]

Gracias por la leccion. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@allgood6760]

Nice... that last chord progression was awesome! 👍

[@lisaguerrero1671]

Great lesson Thank you!!

[@Feathers147]

Top lesson, great material thanks for sharing!!!

[@MoveOverMozart]

Yes, I agree! 🎶🎹💙

[@sugarnspice9744]

Wow!! What a great tutorial. I loved it, thank you.

[@MoveOverMozart]

Yes, I agree! 🎶🎹💙

[@annadouglas7961]

great success for sharing this video

[@michaelengland7228]

I loved your 251 section thanks

[@jasneskis]

Great tutorial. I did end up with only 5 progressions. It would be nice if you listed them in remarks below video so I could immediately know which was missed and go back in to video to find explanation of missed progression.

[@cedzimagination]

You're amazing !!Thank you for this video

[@AnthonyJones-zo7dy]

EXCELLENT... THANK You!!!

[@in.stereo]

Thank you! You rock

[@enea2116]

your channel is something I'd need if it doesn't exist. thanks

[@sakalambanoah6203]

This is not possible how can a chord progression sound like this, 😍

[@adelaide2567]

i just love your tutorials. great job

[@SkylerPamatmat]

YOU'RE AWESOME!

[@budino.]

Nice! The 2-5-1 is pretty much Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity. Much easier to wrap my head around now that you've broken it down :D

[@sbspco4030]

Really excellent. I am really learning the things. Keep it up. Hope more videos in future.

[@iveno_]

I love the video, learning them all but I would love it if you'd say a little more about what you do at 4:05 & 8:35min you called it mo down. I am glad youtube can play videos much slower. THANK YOU, great video!

[@davidlibolt1264]

iven simonetti He said “modes on” not mo down.

[@lawrencer588]

very kind of you to post this video! what is the pattern of hitting the notes on the left hand?

[@dustyn428]

8:27

[@joshuaalejandro42]

this helps a lot Thank you

[@LiveHart]

This was great! Thank you

[@phyllis_spielman]

This is great!!!

[@notrommorton6411]

6 4 1 5 G. O. A. T. IMO especially in the key of Bb. The last one was really cool as well.

[@sinimposibles256]

Most helpful vídeo ever

[@sandrarowney]

251, yep, 251 in 7ths, yep, 251 with inversions, yep (sort of)..."and now it sounds like this"....WHAT???? pause for nervous laughter (sigh).

[@joro8604]

Well done. Is there a continuation on this for left hand accompaniment and some fills for the right hand? Love this series.

[@V1rusFPS]

For the 251, when he goes "so now it sounds like this," that's the best shit I've ever heard. How do I do exactly the thing he does right then?

[@Gmel405]

Lmaooo naa no funny shit 😭😭 i played that back like 7 times cuz im like how the hell did u get to that 😂

[@DavidPuckArtist]

😂 a lot of practice I imagine. You can break it down, separate the left and right hands and into smaller chunks. Nearly all the notes are from the 2-5-1 chord he just explained. The left hand is mostly an underlining rhythm kept constant like a bass or drum. The right hand then is doing the interesting melody/riffs. The combination of the two together, keeping it in time and on rhythm, exploring multiple octaves, whilst only playing the notes that fit, all that comes together to create something complex but that sounds 'correct'. Pianonote have other videos about how to create riffs on the right hand, how to keep the left and right hands in time, how to create a bass rhythm with the left. Basically everything comes together. Depending on your level it's better to start very simple and eventually build towards something like he played, cus otherwise it'll get messy and be frustrating. Staying on rhythm is a huge thing. I find the female teachers examples easier to replicate initially.

[@bolordorj8790]

super useful!!

[@aishaanipal3914]

Adding a flat 7 to the last chord progression doesnt actually sound bad. What do you think?

[@PlaybyRaine]

Thank You

[@DanielRamBeats]

after learning music theory, it became so much easier to produce music, I am so glad I learned

[@glasfactor]

Instant subscribe! Thanks man! Exquisite.... 😎😄🤓🎹🎹

[@ribusgan]

How do you break the triad in two hands? Full on the right, root position, and 1&3 on the left? Like in C major, CG on left and CEG on right?

[@iveno_]

I love the MODONE at 8:30min could you do a video on just that, thanks!

[@davidlibolt1264]

iven simonetti They are called “modes”. Aolean, mixolydian, Dorian, etc ......

[@mchaelbarber7484]

Hi, Jordan. Thank you for this tutorial. Your teaching is probably the best...certainly for me! As next Sunday is Remembrance Day 11th November I am struggling to play the left hand fingering of chords for a beginners Theme from "Schindler's List". Have you time to help with this and maybe other related piano pieces that reminds us of the worlds war dead? Kind regards Michael B.

[@m.lundgaard4946]

How do you do all those cool rythms and different patterns of fingerpicking you show in 4.05, 6.55 etc?😍

[@slavebrooks2660]

TRhanx for the tutorial WAS wondering WHY MY music on fl sounds WEak...i WASnt playing full chords.God Bless

[@sthrdking1568]

Amazing 😍😍😍😍

[@charleslaine]

9:42 You should have said "tone" here instead of "semitone". Moving down a semitone from B flat would put you in A natural, not A flat.

[@scott1564]

May have been mentioned but check what you're calling chord inversions. You were doing what would have been inversions in your right hand, however, your left hand was playing the tonic in the bass, thus the chord was technically in the root position. I know -- I struggled with that a lot. You may even be able to find someone who would argue that truly is an inversion but it really isn't.

[@frankpham4686]

Thanks for you nice knowledge, the b7-4-1 in C Major sounds like the 4-1-5 in F Major (Bb - F Major - C Major).

[@frankpham4686]

Ah I see the C Mixolydian

[@esterkarume9764]

Do you guys do complex progressions of this kind

[@Eloho-Inibi]

Thanx for the lesson. Wish i could know the Fill- in method you used. Fascinating

[@Zaybytheway_]

Great video

[@RadfordPiano]

Excellent and useful tutorial. I often use roman numerals to notate chords so it’s flexible in all keys. So, how would you notate, in roman numerals, the Bb chord in the key of C, which you call a flat 7? Technically, I think a flat 7th chord be a viiº or a fully diminished 7th chord, but that’s not what you’re referring to. As I recall from music theory, it would be a vii/vii, but this is very awkward for pop music. So, is there a more efficient way to notate in roman numerals what you call a flat seven chord or a flat 6 chord?

[@robertcbonner]

Carl Radford, you would use bVII. Uppercase means major, the flat before lowers the root, and adding a seventh (e.g. which would be a-natural on a B-flat) would be bVIImaj7. Any time you add 7 after it implies lowering it (i.e. the dominant chord G7 has a lowered 7th as compared to major 7 and the d7 of minor quality also has lowered 7.