Chromatic Mediants Explained

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Love the way that you use the chromatic mediants as a passing chord! Great job!

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This lesson was super helpful! I knew roughly "how" to use chromatic mediants, but this taught why it works, which better teaches how to apply the use. Thanks!

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Really well explained. Made much more sense than there other videos on KZbin about chromatic mediants. You are a fantastic teacher the way you describe things. I appreciate your skill.

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using the chromatics as passing but extending is so nice.

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Now I know what chromatic medians are. Thank you for sharing.

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Nice sound using Chromatic Mediants. I just tried one going from Cmaj7 to E7/b9 Fma7/9. As you said, the E7/b9 sounds good as a passing chord.

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Is the neo soul progression in the key of C? How does the Bb related and DB relate

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Loud Production Gang give me a time stamp for the exact section of the video you’re referring to and I’ll check it out and respond. At the moment I don’t quite understand the question without know where you’re referring to in the video.

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Piano Lesson with Warren 14:15

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Loud Production Gang yes the home chord would be C, but Neo Soul doesn’t follow traditional rule of harmony and key. However if you want to create a relation, the Eb is the chromatic median for C, Bb is the b7 ( also the 5 of Eb) the Db is the b7 of Eb ( also the chromatic mediant for Bb). So overall, I’m just moving between the key of C to the key key of Eb.

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Great lesson Warren. Basically your borrowing chords from the parallel scale? Example Cmajor/parallel scale "c minor"

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Hi Warren! Nice video! I learned the chromatic mediants that have no common tones to the original key as doubly chromatic mediants. Have you ever heard this?

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No I’ve never heard of that, but could be true, will have to look it up.

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Excellent lesson, Warren. Especially good is the practical application of the theory. Minor point - Debussy and Ravel are technically Impressionist, not Romantic...

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Vico Re thanks for watching, and yes I’m very much aware of Debussy’s and Ravel’s technical period - I sometimes miss things while on camera. Never the less, the technique is employed extensively in their music.

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@@PianoLessonwithWarren Hey, you've inspired me to go back and review my music history for mediant modulations. I'm pretty sure Wagner used them, and Dvorak, too. Maybe Mahler? Also, in more contemporary context, isn't the beginning progression in Yesterday by the Beatles considered a mediant? Also I think Creep by radiohead?

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Vico Re yes, yes, and yes, 😊 your music history is definitely on point. The chromatic mediant I believe really started in late classical era, even probably with Mozart (I’d need to review that) but definitely with Beethoven. Then the romantic guys ran with extensively, most definitely can be heard all over Wagner’s symphonic works. Beetles and Radiohead also used it - Radiohead pulled a lot of inspiration for “classical” pieces.

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Question for ya, please. For the chord of Cmaj, I go down two steps in the C major diatonic scale and get A. So, therefore, Amaj is a chromatic mediant chord to Cmaj. How then does Ab get to become also a chromatic mediant chord? Same idea with going up two steps to E makes the chord of E but also Eb. How does that work? What is the 'rule' there? PS, thanks and so glad I ran across this video. I've been studying modulations in general and have spent a good bit of time on specifically the Chromatic Mediant modulation. I am still struggling and waiting for that light bulb to come on. Thanks again!!!

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These are the criteria for chromatic mediant 1. Both root chords are separated either by a major third or minor third. 2. Both chords shares at lease one chord tone.

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Hi warren, at 15:42 when u go from Eb to Bb, Bb is not the chromatic mediant of Eb right?

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Correct, Bb the the Dominant. Chromatic Mediant is always either a minor 3rd or major 3rd apart.

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@@PianoLessonwithWarren Oh so the movement is C > Eb is chromatic mediant, when u decide to move from Eb to Bb is just like 5 to 1, and then Bb to C# is the chromatic mediant again?

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